Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-06-04
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.


A regular meeting Of Council was he'll
in Council Chamber on Tuesday evening
last, with all the members present.
After the minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved, the Mayors vet
Of the Cooper and North Broad Street Paw
ing Ordinance was read, also the Solicitor
opinion on the legality of the ordinance
The veto was published in our last issue.
The Solicitor, in his opinion to Council
made more plain, if possible, the legal OBJ
lection given the Mayor a week ago, ant
then the vote was taken on the question
ssShall the ordinance become law not
withstanding the objections of the Mayor
and the vote was unanimous in sustaining
the veto.
Mr.. Davis, of the Finance Committee
reported the accounts Of the various city
departments audited and found correct
Mr.. Davis then stated that the business o
the City had reached point where it wa
an imposition to ask members of Council
TO audit the accounts. Members of thi!
committee had been obliged to work hert
night after night until midnight and il
was too much to ask members to do Hi
thought that an accountant should be EN-
ployed to do the work. He then moved
that the Ordinance Committee prepare al
ordinance providing for the employment o.
an accountant to audit these accounts
which was ordered.
Mr. Munyan, of the Ordinance Commit
tee, reported an ordinance providing for the
laying of water, gas and sewer service pipes
from the mains to the curbs on Cooper
street The title was taken for the first
reading, then the ordinance, under suspen
sion Of the rules was placed on second
reading. The ordinance was read, and
then Mr.. Davis suggested that a general
ordinance be prepared to include all the
streets of the City, so that as street was
to be improved, the connections could be
ordered by simple resolution. Mr.. Burkett
then moved that the ordinance be recon-
mitted, which was ordered.
Mr.. DAVIS reported that stick 3-in.
square and IS inches long, had been found
in the Y of the pipe on German street,
which accounted for the lack of pressure on
the 4-in.ma on German street on occasion
of the fire at the Glass Works.
Mr.. Batten presented an ordinance
authorizing the issue of bonds in. the
amount of $50, 600 for the improvement OF
streets in the City.
A motion to suspend the rules and place
the ordinance on second reading was made
by Mr.. Kugler, and opposed by Mr.. Bur-
kett. The motion to suspend the rules
was lost by the following vote:
Aye-Reading, Batten, Chenoweth, Kug-
Ter, A.
No-Burkett, Davis. Glover, Henderson,
Munyan, 5.
Mr.. Batten then presented an ordinance
for the permanent improvement of Cooper
street from Broad street to Bayard avenue.
Mr.. Kugler moved to suspend the rules
and place the ordinance on second reading.
This motion was adopted by the following
vote
Aye-Reading, Batten, Burkett, Cheno-
weth, Davis, Kugler, 6.
No-Glover, Henderson, Munyan, g.
The ordinance was then read through,
section by section, and passed by the
following vote:
Aye-Reading, Batten, Burkett, Cheno-
weth, Davis, Kugler, 6.
No-Glover, Henderson, Munyan, 3.
Mr.. Munyan moved that committee be
to confer with the Gloucester
Turnpike Company with a view to the
of that portion of the turn
pike on North Broad street. The motion
was passed and the three members from
the First Ward were appointed on this
committee.
Mr.. Davis moved that the Solicitor ascer-
tain, and give an opinion as to steps to be
taken to secure possession Of North Broad
street from the Turnpike Co, and time to be
in getting such possession.
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