The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1911-10-17
new ELECTION LAW
INCREASES EXPENSES
Salaries of County Election
Board Members Raised.


labors caused by the provisions of
the Geran election law members of
the Morris county board of elections
made a demand upon the board of
freeholders for an increase in pay.
The request was made in a personal
letter to Director John w. Fancher,
the contents of which the director
would not divulge. Before the regu-
lar meeting of the freeholders on
Wednesday conference of the demo-
Gratis was held and it was decided to
grant the county election board men,
bers an increase of $50 per year
each.
The board asked for an increase of
500 each Their former salaries
We're 500 each. The secretary un-
der the law gets one-third more than
the other members. so that Secretary
Henry F. Dempsey, upon whose
shoulders much OF the extra labor
falls. will receive 5000 per year. A
formal resolution making the change
in salaries was introduced and passed.
The appropriation for officers sal
aries has been found to be exhausted
and transfer of 81 900 from the in
cidental fund was ordered. This
year $6,500, the same amount as last
year, was appropriated. No provis-
ion was made this year for extra
compensation to the county road
supervisor, whose office was COM
bined with that of assistant county
engineer, new office created this
year. This combined office of super
visor and assistant engineer carries
with it a salary of $1,000 per year,
about $500 more than the road super
visor formerly received.
Another account running low is that
of road repairs and transfers of $500
from the Mt. Olive bridge fund and
$4O0 from the Roxbury bridge fund
were authorized.
The children's home was the recip-
lent of a gift of $77.59 for Christ
mas entertainment from the free
holders, this amount being the amount
left in the hands of the committee
after all the expenses of the outing
at Lake Hopatcong last month were
paid.
The Chatham trolley franchise was
formally approved by the freeholders.
Sheriff Orr reported forty in the
county Jail. Jail Physician Girls
void asserted the general health OF
the prisoners to be good and no ill
ness of Importance. Bills were or
dered paid amounting to $73s.40.
Freeholder Prudden reported 105 in
mates in the aims house and eighty
one in the children's home. The
bills were $833.3O for the aims house
current expenses, $49122 childrens
home current expenses and $41S. .2s
children's home permanent improve
ment. The latter item includes new
toilets and bath room, shower bath
etc, for the youngsters
Freeholder Norris presented road
repair bills aggregating $21,356.27
and they were ordered paid. He also
presented bills of o. NJ. Stanley OF
81 571.59 for repairs to the Morris
Plains and Parsippany road and A
C. Denehan Co. of $2,008.86 for re.
pairs to the Chester and Gladstone
road, being the five per cent. of the
contract prices for the two jobs held
back for one year by the county, tand
they We're ordered paid when approved
by the committee. Another bill OF
So 900 from Ludwig Bait for repairs
to the Mt Arlington and Youngs
Bridge road was also ordered paid
when it is approved by the committee,
the bill having been improperly made
out.
Other bills ordered paid were print
ing, $7Os.65; elections, $S96.65; court
expenses, $1,42266; surrogate's of
flee, $4,000; sheriff's office, $5S2.00;
county clerks office, $950.46; stat
ionery, $224.47; coroners' and post
mortems, $55.20; N. J. State Insane
hospital for September. $1,71299; N.
j. State Village for Epileptics, three
months, $36O.99; officers salaries,
$4,000; incidentals, $427.67; free
holders salaries, $1,775.00.