Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-12-19
FINAL PASSAGE
OF ORDINANCES
Aldermen Adopt Measure to
Appoint Future Fire Chiefs
and Pay Salaries.
MARKET RULES SETTLED
Committee Named to Revise
Rules OF CounciI--0 Other
Matters Receive Action.


An ordinance to provide for the
appointment OF the chief engineer
and two assistant chiefs of the FIRE
department, which means that fu-
tnre chief engineers will receive a
reasonable salary, were among the.
several measures taken up for final
passage at q meeting of the Board
of Aldermen last night Rules pro-
viding for the change of location
and to govern the farmers market
were adopted; q committee of three
aldermen was named to revise rules
Of the Council; the ordinance pro-
viding for 1912 appropriations was
finally passed and other subjects
were disposed of.
TO Pay Fire Chiefs.
The fire department ordinance,
which is an ordinance to establish a
fire department in this city, provides
that after June 1, next, when Chief
Engineer Patrick j. Rocks term ex-
pires paid chief engineer and two
assistants will be appointed by the
Council instead Of elected by the
hremen as at present. In order to
give the chief engineer salary,
the aldermen had to provide In the
ordinance in question, that person
not member of the fire department
may be appointed. This, Acting
Mayor William D. voorhees, explain
ed after the meeting last night,
does not necessarily mean that a
man who has no connection with
the fire department will be chosen
for the position, but that in order
to overcome provisions of prevailing
laws, a member selected will be
asked to resign from the department
and then be appointed chief engineer
and receive a reasonable salary for
his duties. The duties of the POSI-
ton will then require more efforts
than do those of the present time.
The chief engineer will have greater
responsibilities and will have q
greater amount of work to do. The
ordinance was passed. Alderman
Calvin and Lorson voted tNo."
Adopt Market Rules.
Rules TO govern the farmers mar
ket were adopted as introduced at
previous meeting, with additions.
They provide thas the market be res
moved from lis present location to
Maple street and that farmers pay
for spaces allotted to them The
market is to be conducted under the
supervision of Henry Toft, se;lier of
weights and measures. Farmers
must produce affidayits that they
are bona fide farmers and raise at
least half OF the products they offer
for sale. Any Misrepresentation of
goods means the revocation of mar
ket privileges. The rules become
effective May /, next. A motion was
passed to have 500 copies of them
printed end placed n the hands CT
Sealer Toft.
Revise Council Rules.
Aldermen Seaman. Dalton and
Hornbsy were selected by Alderman
at Large Voorhees, to revise rules of
the Council. This, Alderman Dali
ton explained after the meeting
might mean the revision OF rules
SO as to change meeting dates, rou-
tine of business, etc. When the COM
mtttea was selected Alderman Gall
vim asked the alderman at large
why he did not choose committee
of the whole TO do this work Mr..
Voorhees, replied that he thought a
committee of three such as he had
chosen would be fully competent OF
performing the work.
The ordinance providing for 1912
appropriations, amounting to $780,
100, as introduced at previous
meeting was passed on its second
and final readings. It provides for
allotments OF moneys s14.200 In ex-
cess over the aggregate appropria-
tions of this year.
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