The Penn's Grove record., 1910-03-18
COUNTY BOARD OF FREEHOLDERS
Funds Running Short, Budget Fails
to Pass

Funds Running Short, Budget Fails
to Pass
The March meeting of the Board o.
Freeholders was held on the 9th.
1t was voted not to pay the Road su-
pervisor for attending meetings OF the
Board, 1t was also voted to refer to the
| County Solicitor the matter OF accrued
pension to John Nickerson, a deceased
soldier, amounting to $40 and now in the
! hands of Mrs. David Simpkins.
The coroner's bill (MacGeorge's) In
the case of the sudden death of John w.
Burk, was $S7.4 3 and was ordered PAID.
Burk was the man found dead about one
month ago in a ditch near Pedrlcktown.
Coroner MacGeorge, al the time, salo
there was no inquest necessary, but II
seems that some Gloucester county per-
o n demanded it, and the investigation
was therefore made at the stated expense
to Salem county.
Mr.. Hart reported sixteen prisoners III
jail, The expense Of feeding the prisoners
! had averaged eleven and ohe-third cents
a day. The expense for Jail supplies was
$52.2S.
The committee on discharge OF prison.
ers reported that it would recommend the
| the payment OF the costs andthe discharge
oil the following prisoners; Edward Clark,
William Donahoe, Joseph Briant and
Hugh Kelly. The costs amounted to Sly.
The recommendation was accepted and
the prisoners ordered discharged and the
costs paid.
Mr., Pierson, for the new Alloway-
Aldine road committee, reported that
there appears to be too much clay III the
gravel, which makes a bad winter road
| and he thought something ought to be
done in the matter, but no action Was
| taken.
Mr.. Gray reported that the Elmer
Hardingville road is being scraped. For
| the new Elmer State road, County Solici-
| tor that he had gone to Trenton with the
| Director and had an interview with the
| State Road Commissioner, who had stated
| that while he would not object to the
Elmer road proposed, yet he felt that the
Warrington road to Woodstown should
| be built first. He also wanted the Bor-
ough to pay for the road from the regula-
ton width to the gutter lines. In a letter
| to Director Gray, he stated that the Man
| n~ington State road would make a con-
Meeting line of State roads to Camden
and ought to be built, but that he would
spproye the Elmer road. The Commits
sioners said in the letter that ii the State
made the concession of approving the
Elmer road the Freeholders should make
the necessary preparations for building
the Woodstown-Salem State road next
wear. No definite action was taken by
Board in the matter.
The Public Buildings Committee re-
ported in the matter of buying a type
writer for the Sheriff's office; they had
been offered an Oliver for $50 and an I'm
derwood tor $83. 80, and that the clerk
prefers an Oliver, which was ordered
purchased.
Mr.. Hart reported that the county had
been paying $4.OO per ton for bltuml-
nous coal from two Salem dealers for the
mast four wears and that he thought the
county could buy it as cheaply as the city
schools, which pay but 1925. His state
ment as to the a. 90 price was corrected
by tire County Collector and oy other
members, but the discussion resulted IN
the adoption of the resolution that the
! Public Buildings Committee advertise Tor
bids Of bituminous coal for use in the
county boilers until Dec. 81, l9lo. n
resolution was unanimously adopted.
The request to paper the residence por-
ton of the sheriff's home was granted,
and repairs also ordered made to fence
around the property. When the budget
was brought up a motion was made to Tx
the amount for the year 1910 at $3.50 o
the same as raised last year. The vote
resulted in 6 for 2 against and 5 absent. 1t
was then learned that there were not
| enough members present to adopt the
budget, even had all present been in favor
| of the amount.
Collector Butcher reported that unless
1.-The budget be adopted there would not be
enough mpney to pay the Coroner's'
| Clerks and Sheriff's bills. 1t was finally
decided to hold these bills, which only
amount to a few dollars, over until the
ext-rheeting. The failure to adopt the
budget knocked out a resolution to bor-
row 81, 0OS in anticipation of taxes, for
the use of the Sheriff's, Surrogate's and
Coroner's Offices.
Order vour strawberry checks at the