The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-01-06
The Small Board of Freeholders

The Small Board of Freehelders
With its meeting at the Court Hous
on Wednesday this body passed out {
existence and adjourned sine die. Befor
/ departing, however, the members pledge,
themselves to assist their successors il
Office, and DIR. Hugh LeJambre statet
that if he lived he would look up tn
record of the large Board at the prope
Board would be bothered as was tn
small Board when the members tool
office at the beginning of last year, 70
it was nothing but hades for the first TIVE
months before they could get settled
down to business.
The real business of the session die
not begin until afternoon, and the frs
matter to be taken up was the reading
of bills, the total amount of which
footed up to about SIG, 500.
Previous to acting upon these, excep
ton was taken to the bill as presented
by the County Board of Elections. DIR
| LeJambre would not sign the same al
he had knowledge that at least two o
the members of that body had shirkeC
much of their duty, and he was of the
opinion that they should only receive
pay for the time put in.
Another bill that was turned dowr
came from the Albert Datz Printing
Company, of Jersey City. They wanted
$3.50 for furnishing "a tally sheets anC
16 return sheets that were ordered for the
November election by Walter w. Mars
clerk of the city of Burlington. The
Board never received bill of this kline
before and payment was refused. The
members ascertained that to supply
these sheets for Northampton for the
special and fall elections it cost Just
twenty cents.
In order to meet payment of the bills
presented there were transfers amount.
ing to $1,174.54 from one account tc
another.
Director Howard Russ then called at.
tention to the fact that Davis & Davis
had brought joint suit to recover dam.
ages in the sum of SIS, 900 and S., 900,
respectively, for Alfred S. and George
Chase, of Burlington, against the River
side Traction Company and the Board
of Freeholders, for injuries which they
sustained by a live trolley wire which
fell and struck them about two wears
ago when trolley car crashed through
the Pearl street bridge and fell into the
Assiscunk creek at Burlington. The
Board instructed Solicitor Budd NJ Rigg
to hand over the papers in the case to
his successor in Office, who was to be
chosen at the organization of the large
Board the following day.
The question of paying bill to the
Guides Construction Company, of Tren-
ton, amounting to $96, for the use of a
roller which contractor Thomas J. Bar
rett secured while building a piece of
road for the county, came up for discus
sion. The borrowing of this roller was
approved by James Logan, county en-
gineer, who did not want Barrett ham
pered in any way with his work, but
there was an agreement that when Bar
rett was paid in full, he was to settle
such claims. AS the road in question is
not in satisfactory condition for ac-
ceptance, there is still a balance of
several hundred dollars due the con-
tractor, and from this sum the roller rent
is to be paid.
Southampton township also wanted
S35. SO for cleaning stone road. IASeefls
that the township took authorize I1axTn
itself to do this work, as no member of
the Board had ordered it DONE Payment
for this was refused, but as there were two
other items on the bill of previous date
which was thought might be legitimate,
the bill was ordered returned for correc-
ton, and that matter will be investi-
gated by Samuel c. Roberts, road super
visor.
The Board was then the recipient of
bouquets thrown by County Clerk Harry
l.. Knight, Sheriff A. J. Jordan, Steward
Charles A. Bovine and others, who said
that from the great consideration given
them their offices and institutions were
in better shape than they have ever been
before.
1t was an expression from the members
that the county Jail was in fine shape
and that a new and costly institution,
such as was suggested by the State
Board of Health, was entirely unneces-
sary, and that the prison answers all
purposes that could be expected of it.
1t has been renovated and improved
under the care of the Sheriff and passed
inspection under the scrutiny of the
grand jury, as had the other county
buildings at New Lisbon, and concern
ing those in charge of these institutions,
Director Russ paid high compliment
and recommended that the management
of them be continued.
Previous to final adjournment the fol
lowing resolution was passed: That il
is the sense of this meeting that the
Board stands ready to render any assist.
ance in our power to the incoming Board
of Freeholders.