The Savannah morning news., 1901-10-12
SUCCESSOR To DALE.
ALBERT WILLY ELECTED COUNTY
COMMISSIONER
LATHROP MADE CHAIRMAN.
MIR. DALE's RESIGNATION ACCEPT
ED WITH REGRETS.


CommissiOners-He Gives No Rea-
son for His Retirement-Mr. Lath-
rOp the Unanimous Choice of the
Board His SuccessOr-Mr.
WHY'S Election Was Also Unani-
imous-POachers on County Farm
to BE Prosecuted in the Courts.
The resignation of Mr.. ]. ]. Dale as
chairman and as a member of the
Board of County Commissioners was
received and accepted at the meeting
of the board held yesterday afternoon,
and as predicted in the Morning News
yesterday. Mr.. Frank S. Lathrop was
elected chairman. Mr.. Albert Wylly
was elected to fill the vacancy on the
board created by the resignation of
Chairman Dale.
There were few formalities attend
ing the election. While the meeting
of the County Commissioners was in
progress Mr.. G.. Reuben Butler read
the resignation of Chairman Dale. 1t
was short and to the point-addressed
to the board and in terms as follows:
Il hereby tender my resignation as
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will be accepted at once. Thanking
you for the many courtesies received
while a member of the board and with
best wishes, 1 am, respectfully yours"
Accepted With Regrets.
Gentlemen" said Vice Chairman
Moore, you have heard read the res
ignation of Mr.. Dale. What is your
pleasure in regard to this matter?"
Il move" said Commissioner Paul
sen, that the resignation be accepted
with regrets" The motion was
seconded and carried.
1T now becomes our pleasant duty"
| continued Commissioner Moore, ito Sc
lect chairman of this board, to sue
coed Mr.. Dale"
Il nominate" said Commissioners
Vetsburg, "Mr, Frank S. Lathrop."
Il second the nomination" said Com
missioner Paulsen. When the vote was
taken every response was in the affirm
alive.
Mr.. Lathrop, you have been elected
chairman of the board" declared the
vice chairman.
II thank you very much for the
honor" said Chairman Lathrop. This
was all, and then the consideration of
other business was resumed.
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The first matter considered was the
election of a successor to Mr.. Dale as
| a member of the board Mr.. Moore
nominated Mr.. Albert Wylly, the nomi-
nation was seconded, and Mr.. Wy.ly
was declared elected with as little for
mality as had characterized the choice
of a chairman.
The election of Mr.. Wylly will be GER
titled at once to the Governor. with the
request that his commission and the
dedimus authorizing the commissioners
to swear him in be forwarded as soon
as possible. There will be forwarded
with the request for the transmission
of these papers a copy of the letter of
Col. George T. Cam, county attorney
giving it as his opinion that the COM
missioners are the proper authority to
receive and accept the resignation of a
member of the board. There has been
some doubt on this subject but the
county attorney has made a careful
and exhaustive examination of the law
and it is believed that the authorities
he cites in support of his position will
serve to satisfy the Governor and his
legal adviser that the position the
county attorney has taken and the con-
clusion he has reached are the correct
ones.
sworn in Within Few Days.
It is probable that the commission
of Mr.. Wylly will be received in the
course of the next few days. He has
already consented to accept the office,
and he VIII be sworn in at once.
Changes in the membership and chair
manships of the several committees of
the board will not be made until he
has taken his seat as commissioner.
Mr.. Wylly is one of the best known
and most popular of the younger citi-
- Co 10 hn In
terests in the country, and a thorough
acquaintance with the needs of the
people of the county. His election Will
prove general satisfactory.
The board instructed the county at
torney to prosecute c. H. Ehlers and
Henry Suffer, who were reported to the
board as having been shooting on the
county farm on last Sunday. This is
a violation of an order passed a year
or more ago-one which the County
Commissioners have striven, though
with little real success, to enforce.
The letter upon which the board pro-
ceeded mentioned circumstances in
connection with the case that induced
prompt and severe action. The letter
addressed to Mr.. w. F. Chaplin. super
intendent of public works and roads
of the county, was from j. Wheeler
Wilson, acting quartermaster at the
farm, and was as follows:
Charged with Shooting.
Il beg to inform you that on last
Sunday. Oct. g. l caught two parties
shooting on the farm c. II. Ehlers and
Henry Suffer, and / ordered them off
the place, after taking all the birds
they had, which was only one.
Il have been informed that Suffer has
made a remark in the city that he
would be out next Sunday and was GO
ing to shoot again and would have
some buckshot with him and would not
be so easily stopped again."
The letter. which had previously been
read in caucus, was read again in open
meeting at the instance of Vice Chair
man Moore. 1t was at his suggestion
and upon his motion that the commits
sioners determined strictly to enforce
the order thay had previously passed
and to turn this particular case over
to the county attorney, with instruc-
tions that the offenders be prosecuted.
Two petitions from residents Of Yer
nonsburg. better known as White Bluff,
We're read. They asked for the paving
with shell of Davidson avenue, and the
| continuation of the Vernon Shell Road.
| The former connects the shell road
with the rear of the line of residences
| at White Bluff, while the latter reaches
the southern end of the bluff. The su-
| burbanites declare that these improve
| ments would mean much benefit TO
them, and that they could be made at