Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-03
NEIGHBORING TOWNS
new COUNCIL
. SOUTH AMBOY
Municipal Bodies Organize
for the New Year.

Special to the EVENING NEWS.
South Amboy. Jan. S:-The new
common council met yesterday In the
city hall at IL A. M, FOR the purpose
of organization, appointment OF off,
GERS and committees. etc. At the
time the city clerk called the meet
ing to order there were present
Mayor-elect Welsh, Councilmen Man.
haitian, Berrian, Stuart, Stanton and
O'Connor, also ex-Councilman Cam
pion, who was requested by the
council to sit within the council rail-
Ing for that meeting. Councilman
chairman and upon the call for nom
nations for president OF the council,
Mr.. Manhattan was nominated and.
unanimously elected.
The clerk read the bond OF Pat
rick McCabe as constable with sure
ties John Sutliff and James Carberry.
1t was laid on the table until the APP
pointment Of a solicitor In order to
secure the latter's approval as to
form.
The clerk stated he held a mes
sage from the mayor and forthwith
proceeded to read same. The mes
sage will be found in a separate OIL
umn Of this issue. Mr.. Stanton
moved that tn message be received
and filed and the council be governed
accordingly. Carried.
Mayor Welsh stated he hoped the
message would be carried out, that
1t had been prepared after great
thought and elaboration as well as
consultation with the preceding may
or, and TX adhered to he had no
doubt 1t would mean q very success
full year for all the citizens of the
city. He stated he intended to work
hard the coming year, but In order
to make a success he would need the
earnest cooperation Of every mem
Der of the council and officer of the
city, and IL this was accorded he did
not believe but that the taxpayers
and citizens would be very well sat
is1ed with the administration of the
present council.
The president then proceeded to
read the various committees as fol-
lows. Streets, O'Connor, Manhat-
tan, Stanton; Judiciary, Stuart, Stan
ton, Berrian; lights, O'Connor, Man
haitian, Stuart; fire department,
Stanton, Berrian, Stuart, public
buildings and grounds, Berian.
O'Connor. Manhattan; finance, Ber-
rian, Stanton, O'Connor; taxes and
assessments, Stuart, Berrian, Stan
ton; poor, Stuart, Manhattan. O'Con-
nor; police, Stanton, Stuart, O'Con-
nor; sewers, Stanton, Manhattan,
O'Connor; water department, Stu
art, Stanton, Manhattan; licenses.
! stanton, Stuart, Manhattan; miscel-
~laneous, Berian, Stanton, Stuart.
The following officers were noEi-
mated and unanimously elected,
there being no opposition.
Street commissioner, John Con-
norg; water commissioner, ]. B. Mar
tin; city physician, DR.. e. A. Mea-
cham; janitor and 1ailer, Nj. G.,
Byrnes; Port Warden, Capt. M. 8.
Kirby; city engineer. s. ]. Mason.
There were two nominations for
city solicitor. MFR. Stanton nominal
ted Francis p. Coan and Mr.. Berrian
nominated F. M. P. Pearse. upon
ballot being taken the result showed
three for Mr.. Pearse and two for
Mr.. Coan, and was Pearse was there
upon declared elected city solicitor
for the ensuing year,
The appointment Of police justice
and city treasurer were laid over I'M
til next meeting, al there appeared
to be a question as to whether Oh not
their term of office under the ordi-
nances had yet expired.
The appointment of a matron of
Tompkins Home was also laid over
fur further. consideration until the
next meeting of the council.
The following tax assessors were
duly nominated and unanimously
elected: First district, Edward De-
wan; second district, j. D. MuHane;
third district, Eugene O'Toole.
Upon motion Of Mr.. Berrian the
same rules governing the late body
will govern the present a~dministra-
ton.
Upon motion of Mr.. O'Connor a
letter of thanks was ordered trans
mitted to ex-Mayor Scully for the
able manner In which he had admin
istered the duties of the office of
mayor of the city for the past year.
A very handsome horseshoe of
flowers was presented to Mayor
Welsh by his constituents, with best
wishes for good luck In his new Of
fee. While the flowers presented In
the past to the different mayors
have been most beautiful, It is
thought this particular piece slight
ly excelled any within our recolleo-
ton. The mayor was very prcfuse
In his appreciation of the good will
OF the many people present, the au-
dience numbering about two hun
bred.
The members adjourned to meet
next Tuesday evening In the city
hall.