The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-05-08
Adjourned Sine Die.

resolution was adopted transferrin
all the unexpended balances to the mis-
cellaneous fund and that all appropriation
that are overdrawn be paid from that &C
count.
The River Shore Gas Company wa
granted permission to lay gas pipes Oh
either side of the main street of Moores
town, upon furnishing satisfactory secur
ity to the resident freebooter in the sun
OF $4,000 that the street will be left il
proper shape.
An inventory of the goods and property
of the county at the almshouse was read
The inventory amounted to $14,625.59
Thomas A. Crammer presented bill fo
$50 for damages to horse that was in
jured on a bridge in Southampton town
ship last March. 1t was thought this bill
was little slow in getting in, but Mr.
Joyce said he guessed it was all right
The opinion prevailed that the horse
was cheap at $50 and the bill was ordered
paid.
The sum of $500 was appropriated tc
the Aged Women's Home at Burlington
A motion was offered to allow Charles
K. Chambers, for his services as auditor
a sum equal to that allowed by the statute
for the same work.
This aroused an inquiry from Mr.. Grow.
ell whether the county was called upon to
pay two auditors at the same time He
understood of course the inability of Mr..
Gibson to do the work, but did not know
whether the county should be called upon
to foot the bill
Mr.. Tallman also opposed the payment
of two officials. If any of the men on his
his farm became unable to do the work re-
CURED of them he did not pay them for
not doing it when he had to employ some
one else to do the labor.
The attention of the Board was called to
the fact that the Salary of Auditor Gibson
had been acted upon earlier in the session
and the only way to get over it was to re-
consider the whole matter.
AS several members said they had not
noticed when the bill was considered, Mr..
Tallman offered motion to reconsider the
vote by which the salary was paid This
motion was adopted by a vote of IA to II
There was short discussion on the SUBJ
ject in which Mr.. Durell remarked that
Gibson was still Auditor by statute and
the law fixed his salary, and it was be-
yond the power of this Board to keep him
out of it.
A motion was then offered that the sal
airy of Gibson be paid, and it was SO or
dered.
Clerk White was given an extra hun
dred dollars for the work done beyond
what is usually required and Solicitor
Chambers was the recipient of $3.50 be
yond the stated salary for the same reason.
A resolution was then offered to annul
the decision made early in the year opur-
chase two turnpikes.
Mr.. Darnell objected. He said this
matter had been thoroughly considered be-
fore it was settled, and everybody ap-
p6aTcu 10 U6 SdGlSucu. u0 tuIHplk0 pcO
pie had accepted the action of the county
in good faith and to break with them now
be did not think would be at all fair or
creditable.
Mr.. Conrow moved to lay the motion to
annul on the table, but this was lost by
vote of IA to 8.
The original motion to annul the con-
tracts for the purchase of the turnpikes
was then voted on and resulted as follows:
Yeas: Mathis, Higgins, Norcross. Wood
ward, Evan, Durell, Sharp, Garwood,
Colby, Smith, Joyce, Tallman,
Sooy, Haines-15.
Nays-Jones, Mattson, Pancoast, Con-
row, Mitchell, Darnell, Crowell. Stecher,
Jennings, Brock-10.
Tie reason for all this action was made
plain in the next motion. At the meeting
n February an attempt was made to Sc
cure the building of two roads-one in
W ashington township, the other in Ewes
IAN. It was then stated that there was
lot enough money to do this work and the
.act that the county had agreed to pur-
chase the turnpikes was quoted as one
'eason why the appropriations were ex-
lausted. As soon as the action deciding
lot to purchase was adopted motion
was offered to reconsider the vote by
which it was decided not to build the
.oads referred to. The motion to recon
,ider was adopted by the following vote:
Yeas-Mathis, Higgins, Norcross, Matt
son, Woodward, EVAN, Sharp, Garwood,
Jhallender, Colby, Smith, Joyce, Tallman,
5ooy. Haines-15.
Nays-Jones, Pancoast, Conrow, Nit
,hell, Durell, Darnell, Crowell, Stecher,
Jennings, Brock-10.
A motion was then offered to award the
contract for the gravel road in Washing
ION township to, Alexander Mullen, and
hat for the stone road in Evesham to ].
Walter Ireland. This motion was adopted
by the following vote:
Yeas-Norcross, Pancoast, Woodward,
Evan, Durell, Sharp, Garwood, Darnell,
Goldy, Smith, Stecher, Jen-
lings, Tallman, Sooy, Haines-16.
Nays-Higgins, Mattson, Conrow, Nit
chell, Crowell, Joyce, Brock.
The old Board then adjourned.
The following bills were ordered paid
STONE ROAD BILLS.