The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-07-12

The midsummer meeting of the Board
of Freeholders was held on Wednesday.
and while there was not much business to
transact Beyond payment of bills that
item kept the members on the jump, as in
many cases the appropriations had run so
close to the expenditures that 1t was q
serious condition of affairs.
County Auditor Peacock served notice
on the members that no bills will be ap-
proved until funds are on hand to pay
them, and as soon as an appropriation Is
exhausted work in that particular line
may as well stop.
The finance committee was kept figuring
during the entire session how to meet the
bills that had already been contracted
and there were several resolutions trans
ferring funds from one account to another
In order to keep within the law.
When the report of the committee on
the almshouse was read 1t was discovered
that the appropriations for repairs had
been spent and the items on that account
had been put in the general maintenance
account. This was remedied by one of
the transfers mentioned.
The committee on printing bills called
attention to the fact that there was but
1851 on hand with which to pay about
$716, and only six months had elapsed.
All the bills were laid over until some
other appropriation could be drawn upon.
A representative of the Children's
Home Society of New Jersey was given
the privilege of making a statement re-
garding a child under its care named
Blanche Gilbert. Her father is an inmate
of the county insane asylum, and during
his stay at that institution the lodges with
which he was connected had paid to the
Moorestown Safe Deposit Company, in
trust, the sum of about $1,000. The
representative of the State institution was
of the opinion that some of the money
should be turned into its treasury.
Blanche, when she first went with the
society, was minor, and 1t is argued that
her fathers estate was responsible for her
care. The matter had been legally argued
and decision had been rendered adverse
to that idea, so that If anything was done
In the case 1t must be In the nature of
donation. The society had taken charge
OF several children In this county and had
not asked any remuneration, but in this
case 1t did feel entitled to something. The
girl had bad fall and was put under
treatment and there is danger of her be-
coming an epileptic.
Solicitor Rigg said the subject of dona-
ton was illegal and the county could not
do anything OF the sort. He could not
see where any aid could be given the
Children's Home Society.
In reply to question whether the girl
had not been placed with families who
overworked her, the representative said
she had been In such family, but was re-
moved and given an easier place. and 1t
was at the latter that she received the in
juries for which she had been treated. AS
there was no way clear by which anything
could be done, the matter was laid over
for the attention of the solicitor.
Mr.. Birkhead, OF the finance committee,
called attention to the condition of the
bridge appropriation, After paying the
bills which had already been approved,
there would be but about $4,000 left. 1t
was the desire of the committee, in fact
1t had almost reached determination not
to approve of bill that in any sum ex-
ceeded the amount appropriated at the
annual meeting.
A bill for $81 was presented for adver-
Using in the Engineering Nescs The items
were for proposals for new roada This
seemed to be very large amount. but it
was explained that the law required the
advertisement put In this paper, so there
was nothing to do but foot the bill. In
cidentallY it might be remarked that
the same advertisement was inserted in
the Mirror and Herald and there was
some question over the rate that the papers
were entitled to charge, the committee
claiming that six cents per line was right,
the newspapers thinking the advertise
ment was what is called illegal" and the
law fixes 10 cents per line for that. The
papers were told that unless they con-
coded to the six cent rate they lost the
job, yet the $81 was paid without winkiug.
The j. W. Paxson Company presented
bill for loss of services of a scow owing
to the Hainesport drawbridge being out
of gear and consequent inability to get
the scow through. The company claimed
$40 for four days. Mr. Haines said there
was no doubt about the draw being out of
repair and the matter was left with solicitor
Rigg to ascertain the correctness of the
number of days claimed
A check for 800 was received from the
National Dredging Company in settlement
of bill for damage done by one Of its
boats to the Bridgebore drawbridge.
A check for 81, 239. 10 in the Gilbert case
above referred to was also handed in and
there was little time lost in getting rid of
1t, 81, 085 going to the improvement fund
of the asylum, the balance going to the
maintenance account of the same institu-
ton.
A communication was read from the
Camden county Board of Freeholders to
the effect that bids were to be received
for giving the bridges In that county one
coat of paint The Burlington County
Board was asked to appoint a committee
to act on the line bridges. The Director
onrnfnfod Maoorc
Land.
There was another communication from
Camden county complaining that this
county has been using gravel that was the
property of Camden county and asking
that the practice be discontinued. Mr..
Lofland said he had used gravel from the
pit mentioned but had paid for every
load of It,
The following resolution was offered
Resolved that the Burlington County
Board of Freeholders appropriate and
convey to the State of New Jersey tract
of land not exceeding $50 feet by 1875 feet,
having frontage of $50 feet on Grant
street in the town of Mount Holly, town
ship of Northampton and county of Bur-
lington, or so much thereof as may be
necessary, the said tract to be laid off on
eAC WOoo(AAJ Gnu VI DAO NO0ANy 10uO yluk
to the west of the county jail In Mount
Holly aforesaid, for the purpose and for no
other purpose, of the erection of an
armory for the use of the company of the
National Guard of New Jersey stationed
at Mount Holly, when, and upon condi-
ton that the Legislature of the state of
New Jersey shall pass an act appropriat-
ing funds for the erection of said armory,
provided that the said site shall be APP
proved by the state military board.
Mr.. Donnelly could not see any special
hurry for this resolution going through.
Beverly city has a military company; he
could not see why Mount Holly should be
given an armory when other places might
as we'll be considered.
Nobody seemed to care to discuss the
question and the resolution was adopted,
The Solicitor was instructed to notify
Charles Jeffries to remove the old toll
house owned by him and now standing on
the county road between Bordentown and
Crosswicks.
A letter from the Wharton estate gave
the county the privilege of closing the
old raceway leading from Atsion pond to
the old cotton mill In order to aid in i'm
proving the road which was recently con-
tracted for. The permission was given
with the understanding that the estate is
to have the right to open the raceway at any