The Penn's Grove record., 1904-05-06
BOARD OF -FREEHOLDERS.
Last Meeting of Old Board,

The May meeting of the Board Of
Chosen Freeholders of the county and
also the last session before the ~organiza-
ton of the New Board next Wednesday
was held at the Court House on Wednes-
day.
Director Freas presided and all the
members were present except Messrs.
Burk, of Oldmans and Hannah of Lower
Penn's Neck.
Among the bills paid was one for So
from John Craver, of MonrOeville, Upper
Pittsgrove township, for killing one grey
fox.
Thomas I. billiard appeared before
the Board in behalf of Edward Broadway,
a soldier, now confined in the county Jail.
Mr.. Hilliard stated that Broadway had
served time for petty larceny and soon
after being released was re-arrested for
being drunk and d~isorderly and now that
he has served several days he requested
that Broadway be released. The matter
was left to the Committee on Discharged
Prisoners with discretionary power.
Messrs. Griscom and Summerill, the
Committee, appointed at the last meeting
to visit the Rumsey farm on the Hawks
Bridge road and report as to the advis-
oOAAipy "a OulA0AAS q Olu1OO blClCOIy IldOC
a favorable report and the report was re-
ceived, the Committee continued with
instructions to make an agreement with
property owner in order to save harmless
the county from all damages that might
accrue from the building OF the said sluice'
The bond of the contractors, Messrs.
Tuft and Lloyd, Of the Lower Penn's
Neck State Road, was read and accepted.
Tho Dead T0ra, oAokoI 4I-A -
would be commenced at once.
The Committee on the Woodstown
State Road reported that they had met
with the Borough Council and had prac-
tically agreed to all the suggestions made
by MIR. Acton in his letter to the Board
at the last meeting.
Mr.. Freas of the Committee appointed
at the last meeting to confer with How
ard B. Keasbey, Esq, in the matter of
injuries received by himself and horse
recently In Quinton township, stated that
the Committee visited Mr.. Keasbey and
he explained fully the details of the acct
dent and when asked at what figure he
placed his damages he stated that if the
Board would make an offer of 500 he
would consider it. The Board took no
action but simply left the matter in the
udlluS VI ILl0 OOLuLulUCeo.
The Director stated that Thomas G.
Dunn, the shoe merchant, whose property
extends in the rear of the Court House,
intends in the neal future to rebuild and
in order to straighten his line he would
like the county to lease to him for a term
of years a few feet of land on the west
side of his building and in consideration
for this he would grant them a perpetual
right of way over the rear part OF his land
for which the county is now paying $40
annually and he would sell to the county
a strip of land in the extreme rear at a
very small cost, which would be e~quival- |
ent to the amount needed to straighten
his line. The matter was laid over until
the next meeting, the members of the
Board in the meantime will view the
premises.
MI. Lounsbury, the member from
Qulnton township, presented a petition
signed by owners of two-thirds of the
lineal feet of land along the road from
Quinton to Salem asking that the road
be made a State Road and improved with
shells. All the members present voted |
to accept the petition but the resolution
to construct the road and appoint a COM
mittee to have charge was laid over until
the meeting next week.
On motion the night janitor was dis
charged.
The Director appointed the following
committee to audit the accouuts of the
County Collector: Messrs. Griscom, Bor-
ton and Summerill. Accounts OF Col |
lector of Surplus Revenue, Fogg, Briant,
and Lounsbury.
In some accountable way the check
drawn at the last meeting to pay the bills
of the Sinnickson-Smith Lumber Com |
pany disappeared after the meeting end
the County Collector stated that he had
stopped payment on the same and asked
that he be authorized to draw a dupli-
cate for the amount of the bills. The re-
Quest was granted.