Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1912-02-29
PAULSBORO COUNCIL.

/. On Tuesday evening Mayor Doo-
little called Council together with all
members present except Mr.. Black
Minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved.
A communication from Solicitor
Miller was read stating that John Car
| ter's bond for constable was of no.
value owing to Mr.. Carter's negli-
gence in failing to file his proper cleo
tion papers.
A communication from Solicitor
Miller was read calling the attention
of Council to the fact that neither
/ Messrs. Thompson nor Casperson
were eligible to Office owing to their
failure to file election statement pa
pers.
A communication from J.. Boyd
Avis, Solicitor for the Board of Free
holders, was read calling attention to
the vacancy in the board, and that it
would be proper for the Council to
meet Greenwich township officials in
| joint session and elect one
The above communications were or
dered filed.
The bonds of Collector j. A. Sou
ders and Sinking Fund Commission
VII otcChLOuSC9 dtiQ L III l4CI WO4 = eau.
On motion of Mr. Cowgirl the bonds
were ordered received and placed in
the vault.
Clerk returned Mr. Carter's bond to
him with an explanation of Councils,
failure to receive same.
An ordinance for the taxing of all
peddlers, venders, shows, etc, was or
dered read. first reading. This ordin-
ance will be carefully gone over be-
tween this and next meeting night and
several parts acted upon. 80
The Mayor brought fhe necessity
of electing q Freeholder to- fill the re-
mainder of the term of G. e.. Thomp-
son, who failed to file proper election
papers 1t was learned that the
Board of Freeholders had failed to
take any action therefore it would
not be up to Council. Mayor Doo-
little appointed as committe to
look into this matter Messrs. George
II. Lodge, Harry B. Cowgirl, O. w.
Sheets, Felix o. Quinn, and p Lodge
On motion of Mr.. G. Lodge the
Clerk was Instructed to write the
Clerk of the Board and ascertain
whether Mr. Thompson was "ousted"
or not.
The Mayor asked Council to fix the
fines for the keeping of all dogs cap
tured by the disobeying of his pro-
clamation issued several days ago;
also price to be paid for the catching
of dogs.
BY motion of P. Lodge it was or
dered as follows:
25 cents for the capture of a dog
25 cents each day for keeping dog.
Dog to be killed if not called for
in six days.
On motion of Mr.. Sheets a commit
tee of three was appointed to formu-
Late some way to care for the Bor-
ough's burying ground At present
it is without mark of Identification
Messrs. Sheets, W. D. Turner. G.. G.
Thompson were appointed to look in
to this matter and care for same. By
motion of Mr.. Cowgirl, the six dol
lars that Mayor Doolittle has held for
some time was ordered turned over
to the treasurer of said committee
when they organize.
Bills were paid as follows:
j. NAMELY, supplies. .s........ 5000
W. H. Flowers, supplies -. 1000
Chas. Jordan, labor .......... 270
S. Johnson, labor r........ 15d1
! Arthur Eager, labor ......s..... 4.38
A hack bill of J. Namely was read.
The Mayor ordered the Clerk to con-
fer with Collector Flowers about the
same.
S. Cole, police duty. ..... 800
IC. Nj. Civilian. salary ...... 1856
/ c M. Civilian, printing. 100
III A. West. gas supt. ....... 4250
IC. 1'redway, assist supt. 5000
e leopard, helper ..... 7.50