The Pleasantville press., 1913-01-08
Organization
of Freeholders
Estel D. Rghtmire Elected County
Engineer After Bitter Fight.
The Higbees Reelected

After the bitterest fight that has
ever been recorded at meeting of the
County Board of Freeholders, Estel
ID. Rightmire was elected County En-
glneer for a 5-year term at the organ
lzation meeting of the Board at Mays
Landing. Two ballots were necessary
to insure to Rightmire the place, the
hrst resulting in a tie at thirteen
each between Rightmire and A. H.
Nelson, with one vote for Warner
Rlsley, and the second swept Right
mire in by IA to II vote, with Risley
getting 2.
Salary $4,000 Year.
The election followed the placing of
the County Engineers office on a sal
ary basis, the stipend fixed being S5,-
900 year with an additional $1,000
for expenses incident to the office. The
salary means saving of about $4,000
a year to the county, as Rightmire
last year drew, under the fee system,
about $4,000.
Solicitor Salary $4,000.
In accordance with the plans of the
Board to place all positions in the
county on salary basis instead of a
fee basis, the County Solicitorship
was also placed on salary, the am
cunt fixed being $4,000 per year.
Judge E. A. Higbee, for years Solici-
tor to the Board, was elected for a
three-year term without a dissenting
vote
Absalom Higbee Elected.
Absalom Higbee was reelected to
the authorship, at an annual salary
of $1,500, and Captain D. F. Vaughn
was reelected superintendent of the
public grounds at the same salary as
last year, $50 per month.
Cyrus S. Osgood, of Hammonton, a
Democrat, was reelected to the Di-
rectorship of the Board, there being
no opposition to his candidacy.
With the exception of the Septem-
Der meeting, all the meetings during
| 1913 will be held in Memorial Hall,
Atlantic City, and, as usual, Wednes-
day has been selected as the day.
Dates of Meetings.
The meeting dates are as follows:
Memorial Hall-January 8, Febru-
ary II, March II, April 8, May Z,
June II, July 9, August 13.
Smiths Landing, Asylum-Septem-
Der 10.
Memorial Hall-October 8, Novem-
Der II, December 10.
Committees Named.
The committees were named as fol-
lows:
Finance-W. L. Black, Fred. Will
let's, F. Fraley Doughty, w. E.
Shackleford, John Dutch, Samuel Win
terbottom, Robert Fitzgerald.
Asylum-A. B. Smith, John Worth
ington, G. B. Jeffers, A. T. Fifield, J.
K. Johnson, John P. Ashmead, Charles
Hart.
Roads-G. B. Jeffers, C. NJ. Kesler,
Anderson Bourgeois, Frank Barsug-
liza, w. L. Black, C. w. Clements.
Bridges-A. B. Smith, Charles Hart,
J. K. Johnson, Ira T. B. Smith, James
Clark, John Hanselmann.
Public Buildings-Samuel Winter
bottom, John Carver, Harry Fulmer,
Edward Harris, W. S. Van SAINT.
Forfeiture Recognizances = John
Carver, Robert Hart, John Worthing-
ton, c. w. Clements, Harry Fulmer.
Ordinances = Anderson Bourgeois,
W. E. Shackleford, John Carver,
Frank Barsuglia, Edward Harris.
Soldiers Burial. K. Johnson,
Charles Hart, James Clark, w. S. Van
SAINT, c. M. Kesler.
Discharge of Prisoners w. L.
Black, John Dutch, A. T. Fifeld, Sam
uel Winterbottom, Ira T. B. Smith.
Printing!. Fraley Doughty, G. B.
Jeffers, John Carver, Harry Fulmer,
Robert Fitzgerald.
Library-Anderson Bourgeois, Jas.