The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-08-21
WOULD COLLECT COSTS
IN CERTIORARI CASE
City to Collect Through Solicitor
$241 Expenses Incident to
Defending Council.

City Council met Monday evening,
Councilman Adams presiding, and
Councilmen Anderson, Blackman,
Schmidt, Sapp and Derr being in
their chairs.
and John Carman, being property
ting on a certain 15-feet wide street
or alley adjoining their property neal
Washington venue and Third Street,
requested that same be vacated, An
ordinance to do so was passed on first
and second readings.
An application was made by Will
liam CHANNEL for a wholesale liquor
license at 81 E. Delilah Road. Upon
was laid over until the next regular
meeting.
Bids to furnish 25 tons stove coal
follows: Lake & Risley Co., gross
Clark, gross $3.50, no quotation on
structed to accept Mr.. Clark's bid.
The following resolution, presented
by Mr.. Blackman, was adopted:
cas-, IAC dSIlOI u lit OOlh
mon Council of Pleasantville, N. j.,
granting a retail and a wholesale IL
quor license to the Hotel Rodney Co.
was attacked by Mark Wesley Blake,
and his attorneys, and by them car
ried to the New Jersey Supreme
Court on certiorari, and
"Whereas the City of Ple~asantville
has been put to the expense of $241
~ JafapJ D1oocon+vi11 IN sold writ
of certiorari, and
"Whereas the action of the Com
mon Council of Pleasantville has been
affirmed by the New Jersey Supreme
Court and the cost placed upon the
prosecutor, Mark Wesley Blake,
Therefore be it resolved, by the
Common Council of Pleasantville, n.
j., that the City Solicitor is hereby
directed to take whatever legal action
that may be necessary to collect the
said S241 from Mark Wesley Blake
as the New Jersey Supreme Court
directs that he shall pay the cost of
the certiorari and the same shall be
paid to the City Treasurer"
A resolution was adopted requiring
tax bills in the future to contain the
information that all taxes not paid
on or before December Goth draw SO
interest until paid, to be collected
with the tax, as required by an act
passed by the last Legislature.
Mr.. David B. Fairbrothers, repre-
senting the Peter B. Risley estate,
stated that a piece of property on De-
catur avenue belonging to the estate
was assessed at IL times that of adj
joining property and requested that
it be reduced to correspond with the
others. He was advised that he
should have appealed to the County
Board.
VIM. H. Mathis complained that he
was assessed on the same property
in Pleasantville and in Egg Harbor
Township. He was told that Council
could grant him no relief.
Thomas A. Leeds also complained
of his assessment, but since the Coun-
ty Board had fixed the assessment on
his property it was decided to allow
it TO stand.
The assessment of Mrs. H. Channel
was adjusted by taking from her
property that she does not own.
The following bills were ordered
paid:
streets-Jesse L. Risley, $6.75;
$3.50; Samuel Price, $50; N. W. Cole
man, $14; George Wilson, $6.12; Jesse
Harris, $3.50.
Police-Clarence Krewson, $39;
Arthur Driscoll, $4,000; Harry Nc
Dermott, $11; Arthur Risley, $32;Rob-
ert Marshall, S32.
Mark Fritsch, two weeks salary as
Janitor, $3.50; Webster Price, Col
l%ector, paid bv him for stamped en-
velopes, $84.96, and relief
assessments, S46.24.