Bridgeton pioneer., 1909-05-13

FREEHOLDERS IN SESSION.

The regular May meeting of the
Board of Chosen Freeholders was on
Wednesday, the Board meeting at 10
O'Clock this morning at the Council
Chambers of City Hail.
The May meeting for very many
years has been the most interesting
and important meeting of the year, it
being the date of the organization of
the Board, officers being elected and
appropriations for county purposes
being made. Now the Board organ
ICES in January. which is also the be-
ginning of the county fiscal year.
At the May meeting, however. there
still remains some of the offices of the
Board to elect. All of the bridge ten
ders are chosen, the bridge managers
as well. and to-day they are reelected.
The terms Of County Collector Ed
ward P. Bacon and County Solicitor
Roscoe g. Ward would expire to-day
had it not been for the passage of the
law of 1908, which fixes the annual
meeting in January, and extends the
terms Of officers previously elected to
the following first day of January.
Immediately following the roll call
the minutes of the previous meeting
were read, and the regular business
was taken up, the bills approved by
the Finance Committee being first
disposed of.
After various committees had made
reports Bridge tenders were elected
until January 1st as follows:
Broad street-John Ryan.
Commerce Street-William Smith.
Mauricetown-Jacob Hunter.
Assistant Mauricetown-Alber Rob.
bins
Dividing Creek-Ed. D. Fleetwood.
West Creek-Walter Croft.
Menantico-Harry Ackley
Managers for bridges wefe selected
Broad street, Frank K. Muta.
Commerce street, I. I. Nichols.
Main street. Millville, Capt. Harold
Hinson.
Menantico, Harry Ackley.
Dividing Creek. Reuben HI. Leaning.
Mr.. Reeves, Chairman of the County
Building Committee reported that to
make the tower upon the new struc-
ture Of stone would require very con-
siderable strength upon the part of the
building to support the additional
weight. In order to change from wood
and copper to stoneswould cost ST, 450. :
90.
Mr.. Erickson moved that the tower
be complete according to the original
plans and specifications.
Mr.. Nichols thought that 81, 45O 90
would be wise expenditure of money
to add stone tower. and he urged
that the new plan be adopted for the
tower.
The motion of Mr.. Erickson was
carried.
Another effort was made to get the
improvement of the Malaga road before
the Board of Freeholders. The Road
Committee refused to make any recon-
mendation basing its conclusion upon
the opinion filed by Mr.. Ward, the
County Solicitor, who held that the
petition was not legally sufficient.
Mr.. Reeves and Mr.. Muta felt that
there should be no attempt to vote
upon the question until there was a
legal petition before the Board.
Herbert Bartlett, attorney for Lands
appeared before the Board and felt that
there should be direct vote upon the
question. He thought that there
should be no furher delay.
The motion was lost.
A new petition was presented for an
improvement to the road in CONNER
cial township. It was referred to the
Road Committee.
The Committee on Fees and Elk
penditures reported that the salary and
expenses of the Sheriff's Office were
largely in excess of the receipts. In
less than six months the expenses of
the Sheriff's were ST., 597. 90 in excess
of the receipts. The Surrogate's office
in the five months and half was $400
in arrears.
Mr.. j. HI. Bacon offered a resolution
authorizing the appointing OF a COM
mittee to confer with Judge Tuller
relative to the matter The committee
named is Bacon, Livingston and OFT.
Knights Templar Elect Officers.
Trenton, N J !, May II These officers
were elected to day by the Grand Com
mandery, Knights Templar of new Jer.
sey, in annual session here Grand
Commander, Chas, A. Mohr Hoboken