The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-05-07
Roard of Freeho1ders.

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, Is supposed to close on the S1st of Decen
Der.
All the members were present. The fir
thing done was to read the report
Steward Harbert. AS has been the cas-
for some time this document showed tn.
it seems impossible to run the almshous
on the amount appropriated at the begir
ming of the year. The sum asked for t
make good was $2,75325, which oyel
draws the annual appropriation owe
$4,000.
The committee on stone roads reporte
having awarded contracts as follows
Pompestin creek to Bridgeboro, B.
Sweeten & Son; Lumberton to Cros
Roads, B. M. Stanley & Sons. Thes
awards were in accordance with the bid
published in THE News last week.
t. j. McGovern, who was bidder Oh
the Lumberton road, entered a protes
against the awarding of the bid to tn
Shanleys. He said the contest was not OF
fair basis His firm had bid on al
eight-inch road while the successful par
ties had bid on six-inch road. This wa
caused by the existence of two sets o
specifications, Mr.. McGovern getting tn,
set that called for eight inches. If he haC
bid on the other size his figures would
have been much below those of Stanley.
Solicitor Merritt said that there haC
been mistake in handing specifications
to McGovern, the latter receiving a Sc
which called for deeper roadbed. Thi,
caused discussion and Mr. Smith moved
that there be readvertising for bids. This
motion was defeated, and the award tc
Shanleys was confirmed.
The next subject to cause discussion
was the proposed purchase of the Moores
town and Camden turnpike road. The
valuation placed on this property is $780,
900. A motion was wade that the county
pay $22, 3O4.4 as its share of the price.
Mr.. Birkhead was opposed to action al
present. He did not deem it advisable to
borrow money for the purpose this year.
Mr. Hilton took an opposite view. He
thought the matter should be closed at
once and the turnpike made free road.
Tolls on the road now amount to more
than the taxes on some farms and he was of
the opinion that relief should be afforded.
Messrs. Etheridge and Donnelly wan ed
to know how the passage of this resolu-
ton would affect the appropriation of
money for other roads. Nobody appeared
able to give information on this point.
Solicitor Merritt explained the law I'M
der which this action would be taken. If
the resolution were adopted the turnpike
company could demand its money at once.
Mr.. Hilton said State Road Commission
er Hutchinson had promised to favor the
payment by the state of one third of the
purchase price. The motion to buy was
then adopted.
Mr.. Birkhead. of the finance committee,
called attention to the fact that the appro-
priation for bridges had been overdrawn
"a 600. This was the result of an error.
He asked that the sum be taken from some
balance. He also stated that
the almshouse appropriation had been ex-
ceeded 81, 45O. and asked that this de-
ficiency be made up.
Attention was called to the failure of
several townships to pay their assessment
of ten per cent on stone road building.
Some of these townships are awaiting a
decision on certiorari proceedings, so no
thing was done in the matter.
A resolution was offered that the county
all townships for the amounts
paid for county tax where the Board of
Taxation had allowed appeals.
Mr. Brick advocated the motion. The
cases referred to was where townships had
paid the full amount of county tax prior
to decisions of the Board of Taxation. In
some instances large sums were taken
from the duplicates and he could not see
why the townships should be compelled to
stand this loss.
Mr.. Wittmeyer also advocated the
measure as he thought the county had no
right to the money.
Mr.. Jones opposed the motion. He did
not think it good precedent. He could
not see why this matter should be brought
up now, as the situation is no different
from what it had been for years. In Ger
mer times Commissioners of Appeals have
reduced the duplicates and no one ever
thought of reimbursement by the county.
The resolution was adopted.
Petitions were presented for the erection
of ratings on the road from Beverly to
Mount Holly, near Coopertown; on the
Sunset road in the same township, near
Boughers hill, Chester township, and one
near the Camden county line, in Chester
township.
The advisory bridge committee reported
that they had declined to assume respon-
sibility for paying for culvert in Lum-
berton township, and on motion of Mr..
Hilton notice was ordered to be sent to
the clerk of that township The bridge
committee also advised the erection of a
new bridge at Christopher's mill; and one
Moore's farm; new iron pipe, IS inch, to
connect with the railroad company s
drain in Medford, an iron bridge in Med
ford over Reeves run and new iron
bridge over the stream opposite the George
Jessup farm.
1t was ordered that State Road Commits
sioner Hutchinson be requested to make a
survey of the proposed stone road between
Burlington and Jacksonville.
Mr. Warrick, to whom had been re.
ferred the subject of bills of the State
Children's Guardians reported that he had
visited several of the county's wards un
der the care of this society and found
them we'll cared for. He thought the
bills were correct and just and should b.
paid.
Mr.. Hilton moved that permission bt
given toplace set of scales on portion
of the stone road in Riverside. Mr. Sacl
offered an amendment referring the matte
to the State Road Commissioner, which
was so ordered.
The Board then adjourned until mex
| Wednesday.
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Boyce's.
Medford.
| One candidate will be initiated in K o
p. on Wednesday evening.
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