The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1904-04-27

Collector, keeps his books and makes up the
county statements
The testimony shows that Edward Hum.
phrcvs, whOn County Collector. received $50 90
a wear Tor distributing The laws TIN, was
paid To HIM by The Board because he claimed
10 have distributed the h,ys biu Mr. Hmm
phrcvs himself could not show and there Vas
no evidence that he made the distribution AS
the law required or that he did any extra
work IN the matter There were two voneh
crs presented to me for $,oo each paid TO I'D.
ward HumphrcyS County Collector Each
voucher was Tor 5000 per wear Tor distributing
the stattftc laws throughout t,r COUNTY. J,,,;,
eas Ii one of his three vear terms eamine WITHIN
,h,s ,nNrst,uafi,, pt5Ltrg an. LurdTed ,nJ
CIV dollars for each thret wear Term and
en- dallars forZ nosfaqr aud stationery Tor
al ten, The two vouchers cnyer sly
-, Al III. s.,,ie, ~ cn,nI, E,llccta, anG
,,,r. AZ rn,,,.,. m ,>..ess III ms sal,r, ~ nnr
thousand dollars Nor ye.r lie had no risbt
IN mis- S,n5 MAT fr s5= received because there
was no prooi thar he had done what the law
rr,I,,,r,d ~ In iis,,iLf,ti,,n NJ tho laws As
iar ms tbr nnstaee and stationery charge is
concerned ram ind No LAW that will allow
INN ANYTHING Tor that there being no proof
that h,. had TNnen1rd anythin, and lns salary
s,,,rs mn, q~rrn5r nj tll,t kfnd 1 was refer.
r,d 10 A seef,nu OF The statutes Gen. Stat.
, al ,,,pr ,nf section 10 bnt there Is no
evidence irura Nr Ilunnhtry or auybedy else
Thai he complied with the terms ii the statute
HIS salary as Comfy Collector covered all the
services rendered by HIM and the law So de
cIarcs. The Board OF Frechodcrs had no
usW lie pay nun inc m"atS tePleseal'qI ny
the Two vouchers presented 10 me, ana ne
,n,uunt ~, received Inv him 10 vii Sloo
.H9 'l'at w I'm " "'e '''' -"
inyrsupatiun WAS cmDIuyed AS clerk OF the
BOARD Al am annual salary of 500 aud $500 a
Jay 'ul "' sP'''at h''iiiiEs Ni H1e "'a'" y, -
'''""'t"S "a" Us ~ ,i,','h
salary fer the work winch he Is called upon
To =a5. winch he himself admits is pufcly eic,-
'at. III 'H92 ''' ''HiI nv ''"ssH 'i3 - -
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"N'H IL 9a'' i''' N'"'i az ~ va
eietk lei "ne'hti ieiln ol t.lSS lS"S;,, III
lPej' Whie ne was stlt IN "'hse, tne noa ai Il
'Rdlh lhsItdseu Ms s'idiN 10 Soou PEI 9e"'' NV
highest amount MhSa, uhatt Tue Jaw tneS
could give MN IN Na'In N4u',y' 'ue s!s,N
OF the h"aid "i Nh"seh tteehoidcls receives
- per year lha' statute P'oNaes ~ ''Iu.
stat Vol; = pIs' ~, SS'l'"h 10 h''' H'y
heaid 9l fiseh"ldets Shal hot nc fitpuWsitu
to ehaHSe inc leih 9l 81. Nl.os % eo,"Pei!a'
ton oi any oHset whose tenn on service anu
compensation arc ltkui"ea ny ANY 'Nl9aHh
statute oi TINS Si3ies Sehsldei' lp,,tioie'
that the Hoard had no llght TO make the IN
cfeasts. also ma ny the testimony lh't inc
clerk TOM Nhuits' ShaIEea inc county +2-oo
on Two dlteiem occasions io' e"'hs 10 N9i
ton to attend 10 some pruning loi the boHu'
and As late as January l9nl iISo,NeH H','
the county &eF lol kolhG 70 hCtNluclc !"
get minute books when the minute books were
Shurts. should pay back these moneys. which
amount to S1zSs together with the extra sal
aty which he received, Il he WAS not entitled
10 the same. which amounts To about 500
The sa.,rv paid to the attorney OF the Board
of FteehoIdefs each year il appears to me,
was excessive Nv a resolution OF the Board
the attorney was 10 receive $toop a day and
his expenses as his compensation. In gong
over The vouchers OF the attorneys OF the
BOARD during tie perfad covered hy my in
yfstigatlon. / find that the several attorneys
taal every opnortnnity 10 render services and
ftr the very slightest service $1,000 was charg
81 / find the total amounts ol the bills of
etfh 81 the several attorneys each year range
from Shoo Ia 5000 Onf hin of O. T. Chamber
In 10 fer about months services. amount
ed Ia sft7.o3. winch Is more than the attorney
Al The RnaId of Eteeholdefs of Warren Coun
~ pets Tor the whole year In one OF the
MS II Tins same attorney, O. +. ChambeTlin
FSo. ind the following charges all on one
mi ihr eatuc dav: Attending meeting. $1,000,
drawing lin $1,000: expenses to Trenton
e. also find that he has a charge for
rv,rv day The ASYLUM committee went to the
,syl,,r {ar ms services as attorney attending
IVA, romnutfcc In his hills. | also find a
rbargt of 4 oo for attendance upon the Judge
"a, each and every INDECENT unatic case
bf.,,sbt hefare The Iudgc. This seems To me
tn he mos, extrayavant. The person who
would know hest about The Circumstances Of a
lunati-@ v.euld he the Frcchuldet Of the town.
sbip where the lunatie resided and not the at