Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-01-25
The Township Law.
THE NEW ACT GOVERNING TOWNSHIP

THE NEW ACT GOVERNING TOWNSHIP
GOES INTO EFFECT FEB. 18th, 1900.
The new Township Act, which goes int
effect on February 25, is codifcation Q
all township laws. 1t summarily ends tn
terms of all township officials on th
second Saturday after the second Tuesda,
in March, 1900, and provides the mann e
of eIecting their successors. We Civ
herewith a skeleton of its provisions.
The Fiscal Year of the townships t
begin first day of February and end Oh
last day of January. Section 3
The annual township election TO be hell
on the second Tuesday in March. (SectIol
81
Township officers to be: Clerk, Assessor
Collector, Commissioner of Appeal,so man,
Poundkeepers as may be deemed necessary
Overseer of Poor, Township Committee
men, and such other officers as may by Law
be authorized. All officers TO hold term
for ne year except otherwise provided
Terms of Office to begin on second Saturda.
after second Tuesday in March. No office
elected OF appointed, hold Office afte
expiration of term for which he shall haVi
been elected Plurality of votes to elecl
u
township (Section a
Townships may appoint township at
torney. township physician and township
engineer need not be residents. NJ
member of township committee can b.
appointed TO any Office required to b
filed by committee. (Section J.
Township Committee TO fill vacancy il
case of tie at election or in event of death
IT signation or refusal to serve of am
official Section 81
Three members of Township COMMITTEES
to be elected in 1900, one for one year, on,
for two years, one for three years to b.
designated on ballots which term eact
one is TO fill. Hereafter one member to b.
elected annuity. (Section 81.
Mem ers of committee to get 81 per day
for each m citing, not over 5000 per year
Township Clerk to get So per day for each
meeting, or such salary as committee fixes
(Section 12).
Townsh p Clerk to hold Office three years
section 49,
Township Committee to appoint Town
slip Treasurer may be either Collector Of
some Their person. Section 15).
Assessor to hold office three years. (Sec
49,
Collector to hold Office three years
(Section III
Commissioners of Appeal TO be elected
in l900-one for one year, one for two
years, one for three years, to be designated
on ballots. Hereafter one to be elected
each year. (Section 49,.
Ogerseer of Poor to be elected for thre'
years. Section 19).
Nothing said in the act about constables
justices OF the peace, freeholders or sur
veyors, OF highways. Justices are consti
tutional officers; freeholders are county
officers and it Is ou- impression that thu
Office OF Surveyor of Highways has beer
abolished.
The act is chapter 100 of the laws o
1899.
A Burglar Almost Murderer.
In comfortable home, on the Malags
road, a half mile east of FrankiinVille
resides Mrs. Ellen Dennet, aged IS years
widow of a naval officer, Last Fall, hel
sister, Mrs. Mary Haskell, of Needham
Mass, came to spend the Winter with her
The bed room was on the first floor, ano
Mrs. bennett was awakened in the NIGH
by a hand passing over her face, and g
man said in low voice, ! am here fol
your money, and will not modest you il
yon keep quiet"
Mrs Haskell, the sister, was aroused by
the conversation, and asked, what is the
matter 2" Mrs. bennett, in reply, cried
out that robber YVES in the room and
wanted their money.
Mrs Haskell plnckly jumped from bel
bed, and met the burglar in the middle Of
the room. She grappled with him, and q
terrible struggle ensued, and Mrs. Haskell
was forcing her assailant to the floor when
be dealt her stunning blow across the
top of the head with a heavy. blunt iDstru-
ment, and she reeled and fell to the floor
in heap.
In the mean time Mrs. bennett made
her way out the front door and was hurry
ing to the nearest neighbors, a quarter of a
mile away, when she was oVertaken by the
burglar and felled to the ground by blow
on the back of the head. Mrs. Haskell
had revived and reached the front of the
house just as her sister was struck down,
and she screamed for help. The burglar
then turned his attention to her, and they
had terrible ST. uggle on the Veranda
Finally she was rendered unconscious by
repeated blows on the head. In the mean
time Mrs. bennett had been hurryiDg to
the neiehbors, bare foot, and clad only in hei
night dress, and aroused them. Hurrying
back Mrs. Haskill was found covered with
blood that flowed from wounds in the
head, and in a eomatOse condition. The
was Immediately aroused
and men hurried to Franklinville and to
Malaga, and before morning the news Of
the terrible nights work was known
throughout the township.
Prosecutor Starr and Sheriff Springer
were notified early Tuesday morning. and
went down on the noon train, and took the
statements of both women in writing
Mrs bennett, who is not injured by the
blow received on the back of the head said
that the man was small of stature, smooth
face and had on sack coat. but in the
darkness she could not distinguish his
features.
Mrs. Haskell said that her assailant was
smeared with blood, for after the wounds
IN her head she grappled with him, and
had her head under his arm.
The thief was unsuccessful in his object to
get money, as $3.50 belonging to Mrs. Has
KEEL. was found safe in a bureau in the bed
room, and nothing was disturbed.
Three persons suspected were arrested
but later released as there was nothing
about them to indicate guilt.
DR.. Smith is giving Mrs Haskell surgi.
cal attention, and his first diagnosis led to
the belief that her skull was frac
tured, but her improved condition does
not warrant that conclusion. There is q
severe scalp wound across the top of the
head, and her night clothing and the
Yeranda where the last struggle took plact
were covered with blood.
Reports from Franklin township this
morning confirm the facts printed above.
There is deep seated conviction that
the perpetrator OF this dastaIdly deed i,
one c0nversant with the bennett home, the
habits of the inmates and their circum.
STAGES The citizens of the township are
excited, and are aiding the authorities il
every way possible. Franklin township
has enjoyed almost unbrokeu immunity
from crimes of a serious character, and the
people are determined to bring the guilty
person to Justice.
Mrs. Haskell's condition is serious I've
ribs are fractured, there is slight fracture
OF the skull, and her body and limbs ar,
badly bruised Two detectives have beer
put on the case by Prosecutor Starr.
Eyre's Body Found
Ga Dec 81 last, Geo. B Eyre, promi
neDt young club man Of Chester, Pa die
not return home as usual, and his continued
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