Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1906-01-16
City Attorneyship
: Is Not Yet
! Settled.
POLICE WAIT.
George J. Haney Named for Wa.
ter Commissioner to Succeed
MIR. Jensen.
KITCHELL FOR LIBRARY.
Mayor Chose a. Democrat Be-
cause Of His Good Work
Three for Health Board.
Member of Board of Water Com

Member of Board of Water Com
Observation-Disclosures j. Haney.
Members of Board of HeaIth-Vic-
tor w. Main, Math Hansen and JOS
eph B. Quick.
Members of Board of Public Lii
brary Trustces-Dr. Francis w.
Kitchel (re-appointcd).
Member of Board of AsscsosTs-
Frank Neer.
Commissioners of Assessment for
Street Improvemcnts-JOhn Andcr-
son, Jorgen Martinusen and Ferd
GarretsOn (all re-appointed).
Representatives TO Board of School
Estimate from Board of Aldermen
w. T. Stacey and Emil Warter.
The foregoing appointments were
made at the meeting of the Board of
Aldermen last night. The prophecy
of the NEWS was borne out in detail
except that DR.. f. w. Kitchel, dem
ocrat, was renamed as a trustee of
the public library, as the mayors let
ter stated.
lin recognition of the good work he
has done" while he has been in tho
library board, of which he has beea
president. u
No mention was made of the CITY
attorneyship. =
The water commissioner was elect
ed by the council, as were the COM
missioners of assessment for street
2 improvements. and me TWO 1iiembers
of the Council to the Board of School
Estimate.
The health commissioners, asses
sor and library trustee We're named
by Mayor Brace in a letter to the
council and the nominations were
confirmed by the council
Messrs. Quick. Main and Hansen
become members of the Board OF
Health in place of Wilbur LaRoe,
Carl Nelson and James Toomey,
whose terms have expired.
The mayors appointments were
confirmed as a whole. The vote was
unanimous. The voting was also
unanimous for the other appointees.
No Policemen Appointed,
In his communication Mayor
Brace stated that no policemen
could be named because of financial
reasons. This is due to the necessary
reduction of the tax rate according to
the Hillery tax law
ExFreeholder Haney, who enters
the Water Board in place of Anton
Jensen, the democratic member
whose term has expired, was nomina-
Tod hv ldarpao Sfacoy and tho nam
nations then closed, on motion of
Alderman Schultz. Mr.. Haney was
appointed for the term of five years
prescribed by law commencing Jan
uary 1, 1906, which is, as was last
night stated by Alderman-at-Large
Pfeiffer, an uHexpired term, as a half
month of it has already elapsed.
There are now two republicans to
three democrats in the Water Board.
When nominations were called for
for the Councils two representatives
to the Board of School Estimate,
Mr.. Warter nominated Mr.. Stacey
and Mr.. Stacey nominated Mr.. War
ter. The nominations then closed
and those two members were elected.
Before voting on the list of ap-
pointments made by the mayor, AL
derman Schultz asked if that list in
cluded only the health commission
ers, assessor and library trustee. He
was answered in the affirmative and
he voted AYE" with the rest. He
probably only wanted to be sure that
no city attorney was being named.
Frank NGer becomes member OF
the board/6f three assessors in place
of JohH Hanson who resigned upon
becoming a freeholder
MEETING POSTPONED.