Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-01-06
COUNTY OFFICERS
ARE REAPPO|NTED
Freeholders, at Organization
Meeting Today, Choose Ma
jority of Old Officials.
,contlnued from Flr.t POGO

George c. Bergen, $500: secretary
county auditor, Jerome Rieheimer,
5000; members of Board of Supervising
Architects of Essex County, Herman
Kreitler, John f. Capen and Joseph
B. Allen, no salary attached; super
visor of county roads, five-year term,
George w. Eager, 1880; secretary to
county collector, William ]. Rink,
s., 200.
County Supervisor Edward Schick-
haus, in his message to the board, in
dictated comparisons of figures show
ing the growth and development OF
the county since 1890. In that year
the total valuations were $145, 024,0O0;
state school tax, $425, 72S70; county
tax, $945, AIS; county tax rate, 1924;
In 1912 the valuations were: $751;
207, 926; State school tax, $1,492, 7S1.OS;
county tax, $2,37S,07s.54; county tax
rate. 1854
The last named rate Of 1854 repre-
sents 1854 for State school tax and
| 4076 for county purposes.
ut is surmised," the supervisor re-
marks, that the assessors in other
/
the ratables in their respective dis
tricts as are the assessors in our
county, with the net result that our
| taxpayers are burdened with an ever
increasing excess to the benefit OF
districts outside our county"
Harry Housed was elected deputy
clerk of the board, with no additional
salary to that received by him as
clerk to the county auditor.
On motion of Freebooter Malta the
rules were amended to have the pur-
chasing committee consist of four
members instead of the board as a
whole, as heretofore.
These committee appointments
were announced by Director Evans:
Finance and auditing, Harrison, Gill
bert, Malta, Waters; prisons and
Jail discharge, Malta, Ryman, IL
bert Quinn; hospitals, Ryman,
Malta, Harrison, Waters; pub
lie buildings, Lacombe, Malta, Gill
bert, Steck; stationery and publica-
ton, Malta, Gilbert, Ryman, Quinn;
roads, assessment and speedway, Gill
bert, Lacombe, Harrison, Steck; legal
questions, statutory payments and
official bonds, Lacombe, Malta, Har-
rison Quinn; county bridges other
than municipal and township bridges,
Malta, Ryman, Gilbert Lacombe;
weights and measures, Ryman. Gill
| bert, Malta, Waters; legislation,
Harrison, Malta, Ryman, Gilbert,
| Quinn, Waters; purchasing, Gilbert,
| Ryman, Lacombe, Malta.
Municipal and Township Bridge
| Committees-First district, Quinn,
| Malta, Ryman; second district, Wa
| tiers, Laeombe, Ryman; third district.
Ryman, Lacombe. Quinn; fourth dis
trict, Steck, Harrison, Lacombe; fifth
| district, Malta, Waters, Gilbert;
sixth district, Lacombe, Quinn,
Evans; seventh district. Gilbert,
| Evans, Waters; eighth district,
Evans, Gilbert, Lacombe; ninth dis
trict, Harrison, Gilbert, Evans.
Prior to the reorganization meeting
an adjourned session of the old board
was held, when the retiring mem
bers drew the fire of oratorical ex-
pressions from their colleagues re-
naming in office who complimented
them for work done and for fealty to
duty.
| Freebooter Ahner was presented
with diamond ring, gift from the
stationary firemen of the Overbrook
Hospital for the Insane, as a token
of appreciation for having been in
strumental in securing for them q
day off each week, by adding an
eighth man to the force. Freebooter
Harrison made the presentation and
Mr. Ahner responded.
The board of 1912 adjourned, after
referring all business to it's successor