Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-01-19
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.


City Council held their regular meetin,
on last Tuesday evening with Presiden
Cloud in the chair and all the member
present. City Clerk Mathers was absen
and Mr.. John Estell acted as Clerk.
The reports of the Sinking Fund and o
the Deplford Institute were presented Il
Council
Mr.. Andrews informed Council that h'
had been unable to get opinion of the City
Solicitor in the two matter Teferled to him
Mr.. Andrews thought the matter of cross
ing at Hopkins street would be satisfac
torily settled and be had communicated
with Mr.. Green, the principal property
owner
The annual report of the Water Superin
tendent was received showing the work OF
the year and the plant in good condition
The mean business showed a net profit o.
$3430.
Mr. Clymer wanted to know what pro
gress the Street Committee had made IL
the way of permanent improvement which
had been brought beforeCouncil few months
ago. He spJ ike at length upon the amount
of money that the city had expended on
their streets and at the end of several
years they found them in jast the same
condition in which they started. Mr.. An
diews, Chairman of the Street Committee,
said that they would wait until the Board
of Freeholdcrs had completed the stone
road through Woodbury.. The excavation
for the road would necessitate the removal
of several cart loads of dirt which could
be utilized in repairing other streets.
President Cloud called Mr. Glading to
the chair and took the floor and rotated his
experience during the mad dog scare last
week. Mr Watson had appealed to
the Mayor and the Solicitor, then came to
him. Mr.. Cloud did not see that 1t was
bis place to take the matter in his own
hands, but Us the case was very urgent, he
gave Mr.. Watson the necessary money and a
letter telling the proprietors of the Pasteur
Institute to send the bill 10 Council, which
they did amounting to 5000 There seemed
to be quite a difference of opinion as to
whether the city was legally bound to pay
the bill. Council was unanimous in the
opinion that the citizens of Woodbury.
were morally bound to pay the bill, but
Councilman Clymer contended that they
would be establishing dangerous prece-
dent by taking the amount out OF the
treasury; it would be an acknowledge
ment of the legal responsibility.
The division was whether the money
should be paid out of the City treasu or
whether by voluntary contribution. Those
favoring paying it out of the City treasury
commended that it was the same as any other
case where money was spent for the relief
of the suffering and would he equally
DO ne by every citizen of Woodbu
Mr. Clymer, who headed the opposition
to taking the money out of the treasury and
made quite lengthy argument on the legal
right of City Council; be was willing to
make personal sacrifices to pay the bill
Mr. Andrews and several other members
did not see it in that light. The question
was put to a vote and resulted in the afr
native by the following vote:
Ayes-Cloud, Riehl, GladiDg, Andrews.
Batten. Best-6.
No-Burkett, Hendrickson, Clymer-S.
The Board of Health asked for an appro-
priation of SIS. which was granted.
The dog question was again brought up
by Mr. Best, who had been informed by
the City Solicitor that there were two ways
in which to get rid of the ownerless dogs
about the city. The fist is to assess every
dog in the town. The second is to compel
each dog to be registered aud to create an
officer, whose duty it would be to kill un-
registered dogs. Mr. Best moved that the
Ordinance Committee prepare on ordinance
to do something which would protect the
citizens of the city. The OLD registration
scheme only lasted from year to year while
the new one is to permanent.