Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-12-29
OF COUNCIL.
Last Meeting or the Council or Ieoa

With President Reading III the chair
and all the members in their seats, the
last meeting Of the Council of 1904 was
held last Tuesday evening
After the minutes Of the last stated
meeting were read add approved, COM
mnnication from Solicitor Avis, relating
to the employment Of ianitor for the
free reading room, in which he advised
Council that under the terms of the Dept
ford Tract it was the duty of Council to
employ a janitor for the Free Reading
answer to the question as to whether the
bill was d legal claim, and same was re-
ferred back to the Solicitor for specific
answer.
The Clerk read communication from
the Mayor, yetoing the ordinance increas-
ing the salary Of the City Clerk from 5000
to $3.50 per year without his approval for
the reason that the present salary, with
fees, made sufficient salary.
The question was then put, Shall the
ordinance become law notwithstanding
the veto OF the Mayor, and carried by a
unanimous vote as follows Burkett,
Chenoweth, Davis, Glover, Henderson,
Kugler, Munyan, Pearson, Reading.
The ordinance was then laid on the table.
BILLS PAID.
j. Boyd Avis, salary as Sslr Sl0O 0G
S H Ladd bill ) 40
j Z, Estell, mos sal. Ii 66
J + Estell, postage, 4 year. ) 36
Mr. Chenoweth, Of the Sanitary com
.mittee, presented /. lengthy report, recon-
mending amendments to the sanitary code,
as follows:
WOODBURY., II. j., Dec "a, 1904.
At meeting OF your committee held
December 9th, the communication from
the Board of Health TO the City Council,
dated December 18th, 1904, relative to the
proposed amendment to the rules, regua-
Gions and sanitary code, was taken up and
considered, and they leg leave 60 submit
the following report
The proposed amendment will change
section rs of the Seminary Code SO as to
read, as follows: The keeping Of any
goats or swine within 200 yards, formerly
so feet Of any street or avenue in the city
or within 200 yards formerly 100 feet of
any dwelling house or public building
except the residence OF the owner of the
said goats or swine, is hereby declared to
be nuisance, and any person or persons
causing or maintaining any such nuisance
or aiding therein, shall he liable to a
penalty not exceeding twenty dollars
The preservation of life and health is the
one grand object of the Board Of Health.
The aim is to be achieved by preventive
rather than remedial measures The pre-
ventative measure introduced into the
Sanitary Code eliminates the malodorons
pig pens from our city, and meets with
your committees hearty approval and CO.
operation in every possible manner.
Furthermore, the Board of Health re-
quest that some action be taken in refer
ence to the collection and disposal Of garb-
age aud refuse. AS the collection Of garb-
age, ashes and light refuse in our city at
present is left to private initiative, and in !
many cases is too specifically ps formed,
aud garbage may become a menace to
health through the fouling of the air, or
sou during aecomposssioh' anu 70 insure
It's proper performance a. = l's removal
ana 70 iaake certain s,iae elie garbage ls
eoilectea u pot''ols y sne ciey whefe most
needed, such wcfK shouid eisnef oe under
cstN cohttoi OF else performed oy ine city
lssesi - = iog'eal anu necessary dnat cry
's,o 60" f,' therasor sesnsa
recommends thar ii, oslinance' be pre-
pared regulating The removal aud disposal
q garbage tel' tee CITY ana suggests the
1os'oN ~ pss, '9a, ,,..,, .''I.,', ~
sapsri,tp,,,I,,nt ne ag Inspeesor a. Office an :
pointed annually BY City Council
2ad--Fhe 9wo classes Of refuse must be
Kept sspa'a1r as'lss e ns'alllc enos ana
s.swiil,5 ,,1ii Il IL tiyt,t vessels. s''''S'