The Penn's Grove record., 1905-01-20
B8Ard Of F~reeho,deas.


The January meeting wac held iii the
Court House, in Salem, ON the 18th.
All the members were present. Benz.
B. Westcott, who succeeds ]. w. Briant,
from the East Ward, Salem, presented
his credentials and took his seat. This
makes the Board six Republicans to sew
en- Democrats. The terms of Freeholders
Griscom, of Warrington, and Fogg, OF
Lower Alloways Creek. both Republicans,
and Hannah, Lower PENIS Neck, and
Summerill, of Upper Penn,s Neck, Demo-
Gratis, expire next spring.
Prosecutor ]. Forman Sinnickson ap-
peared before the Board, to make a state
ment relative to the bill of Drs. Carpen-
ter and Davis, of Salem, for $72, tor medi-
cal attendance to Hezekiah Hicks, who
was stabbed in Salem on Oct. 1st, and
taken to the County Hospital. There
was some objection to the bill when pre-
scented last month, and it was laid over
for investigation. 1t was contended that
as the county employs a physician for
tile Jail, at a stipulated compensation, he
should have been called in the case.
Prosecutor Sinnickson, however, stated
that the injured man had been taken to
the office Of DR.. Carpenter, and that he
dressed his wounds, with the assistance
of DIR. Davis, and they asked him relative
to the case. He and Judge Sinnickson
advised every effort to save the mans
life, and on this authority they had con-
tinued their attendance until the man
was out of danger. As the bill was there
fore authorized by the Judge of the Court
and by the Prosecutor, amotion was made
by Mr.. Borton that it be paid, which was
ordered.
J. F. Ayres, of the committee on the
Remsterville iron bridge, in Alloway
township, reported the bridge completed,
and recommended it's acceptance, which
was adopted, and the bin for it's erection
of $1O98, to the New Jersey Bridge Com
pany, ordered paid.
j. R. Edwards, for the committee on
the Centreton iron bridge, reported the
bridge completed and also recommended
it's acceptane, which was done, and the
bill of 1875, to the New Jersey Bridge
Comany, also ordered paid.
A bill of $119O. go for the maintenance
of the insane patients Of the county, in
the State Hospital, was ordered paid.
There are now forty-fve patients in the
State Hospital from Salem county.
A bill of DR.. W. L. Even, of Alloway,
for $25, for examining insane patients in
County Asylum, was referred to the
Solicitor for examination, as it was re.
garded as unusual, no one seeming to
have ordered it.
County Collector Butcher submitted
the report of State Road Commissioner
Budd, as to the States share in the con-
struction of the Pennsville and Woods
town State roads. The cost ofthe Penns-
vile road was $34, 328.O 2. The States
share, $11, 442.67. The cost of the Woods
town road, on a State appropriation basis,
ST., 1853 sc. The States share, SIS, 7S4, so.
Total paid by State to the county on these
two roads, ST.. 227. 29, The actual con-
tract cost of the Woodstown road was $35,
258. 70. The Borough of Woodstown is
to pay ten per cent. of the contract price.
A communication was read from Fred
w. George, Clerk of the Camden County
Board of F~reeholders, to the effect that
tie members of the Board from the coun-
try districts, had decided to have a bill
prepared and introduced in the State
Legislature, to do away with spring cleo
tions, and asking the cooperation OF the
Salem County Board.
On motion, tie matter was received
and filed.
John H. Foster, owner of two boats
that landed oyster shells in Salem last
spring for the use of Lower Penn's Neck
| State rood, appeared before the Board and
claimed seventeen days demurrsge, at SIS
a day, amounting to $85, because of the
detention of the boats in unloading be-
yond the usual time.
Considerable discussion ensued as to
the liability of the county for the demurr-
age, and the bill was finally rejected.
A communication was received from
the Clerk of the Board of Freeholders OF
Morris county, reciting the burdensome
character of public road Improvements
on the different counties; and the fact
that this is likely to increase; and also
that the said public road improvement is
in the nature of general, and not local
improvement, and therefore the State
should bear one-half of the expense of all
public road improvement, and requesting
the several counties to Join in the effort
to secure the necessary legislation to
change the law.
On motion of Mr.. Freas the commun.
ication was received, and a committee
appointed to prepare a similar resolution
dLlQ PISbCIlb bliC SAINT W OCudVOl OUIlluRiS
Assemblyman Hunt.
The director appointed Messrs. Freas
and Burk as the committee to prepare
the resolution.
James Sweeten, treasurer of the Board
of Almshouse Trustees, asked for $500.
which was granted.
Mr.. Sparks, representing the Smith
Premier Typewriter Company, was be-
fore the Board relative to the purchase Of
a typewriter for the use of the Clerk Of
the Board.
On motion of Mr.. Borton, the matter
was placed in the hands of the Public
Building Committee. to investigate the
the merits of the different machines and
report.
Auditing Committee for February
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