Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-10
8OWLBY SUESFOR
SEALER'S SALARY:
Appointee of Morris County's
Short-LiVed Small Board
Claims $3oo.35.
nseial 70 the Evening star.

peoIaI to tho Evening Star.
YOUNGSTOWN, Dec. 10.-Informa-
ion was conveyed to the Board Of
'reeholders at its monthly meeting
esterday, by Counsel John NJ. Mills,
hat Charles W. Bowlby had started
nit against the county for SS0SS5.
he counsel was asked to advise the
GARD whether II should defend the
nit or not at the annual special meet
ng OF the board next Wednesday.
The amount is claimed by Bowlby
salary and expenses while he was
citing as county sealer Of weights and
measures from January s, 1913, when
q was appointed by the ousted small
loartl of Freeholders," until March IL.
he same year. He submitted bill
a the Board Of Freeholders, which
ffer several discussions was ordered
ot paid until he submitted an item
ed bill showing what work he had
one as sealer and had secured a
tatenent from the State sealer with
9houo he said he had worked. Bowl
". who lives in Dover. was night
seeper at the county Jail until Oeto-
er. when he resigned following dis
.losures that he neglected his duty to
'eturn to Dover on a midnight train,
saving the jail unguarded. A num-
,er of the freeholders were for de-
ending the bill at once, and Counsel
ILLS advised referring II TO q com
nittee to report at later date Whiie
le made a formal answer to the suit.
Freeholder Elliott. of Dover, made the
notion that the counsel be asked to
1--WE an opinion.
The meeting was OF a routine ma
ire in prenaration for the final meet
ng Of the year on December 81. After
county Collector Mclean had ascer-
aimed from the board that there were
allen bridge bills still outstanding, 1t
vas ordered that transfers necessary
o balance the accounts for the year
ne made and notes Of $4,000 to cover
he fallen bridge account and So'OVV
sor the road repair account be exc
auted The latter was found TO be IN
sufficient, it was reported
Jail Has Been Cleaned.
DR.. Fl. e. Griswold. the Jail ply
sieian. in his report, stated that new
blankets and mattresses had been
occurred for the Jail and that it had /
been cleaned and was now as clean
IS 1t was possible to have IT. An
other letter was received from the
Morris County Branch of the state /
.harities Aid Society, calling atten-
lion to the complaint Of the State
Board of Health as to the condition
# the Jail, and suggesting fumiga-
.ors, shower baths, a dining room
n the basement. laundry, removal of
he outer screens and inner bars and
he placing of windows in the back
Il the main wing. The letter was
-eferred to the Jail committee. DR..
Sriswold also reported that he was
working IN conjunction with an ex-
lert dietitian on a proper diet Tor
he prisoners, and would submit his
llans to the sheriff for his approval
Daniel D. Dean, of this town, sub
nitted bill for $50. which he claims
Is damages done TO his machine by I
/ log sticking into the road near the
bridge. The bill was re-
erred to the damage committee. A
from the State COM
missioner of labor called attention
0 the law requiring license for
ngineers and janitors of public
who operate steam boilers.
NE communication was referred to
he courthouse and Jail committee.
'he council reported that a judgment
n favor of the defendant had been
iyen in the suit of James Purteil
.gainst the county. It was ordered
pread upon the minutes. Purtell
vas an appointee of the small board
s janitor at the courthouse. He ad-
nitted that he had done no work in
hat position, as the old janitor re-
used to stop. L
The township committees Of Pomp-
on Plains, Pequannock Township
nd the mayor and council of Whar-
on sent communications to the
'oard, asking repairs for the New
rl1 and Pompton turnpike and state
i'd for jackson street, Wharton. All
Fere referred to the road commit
&c.
Charity statistics.
The finance committee reported
ills for coroners and post-mortems
f ss15.73; stationery. $1,33396, and
courthouse and Jail expenses 1,3S096
The jail committee reported thirty
line prisoners in the jail, Of whom
hirty-six were In Jail at last report,
lfty-six committed during the month
nd fifty-three discharged. Bills OF
2S6 for permanent improvement and
1856 for current expenses were also
eported. Bills of 1,665.35 for the
Imshouse and sS91.40 for the chill
ren's home were reported. Two
hundred inmates were reported in
he former institution, Of whom 212
zero inmates at last report, twenty
we had been admitted since and
welve discharged. In the childrens
ome there were elghty-nine re-
orted, of whom eighty-five were last
months inmates; seven had been
Committed and three discharged.
Bills of s1.337.67 for the tuberculosis
hospital, s531. SO for Widows pensions,
4, 780 for roads, 81, 700.18 for elections,
37525 for printing, 81 ,416 for the
Iorris Plains State Hospital and
$50 for the Trenton State Hospital /
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