The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-01-05
Board of Ereeholders.


hat would be needed for the year 1915.
ir. Mahan, of Bordentown city, was the
bsentee.
The fact that a County Collector was
o be elected lent extra interest to the
Meeting. There were two candidates in
he field. Warren C. Pine, who had oc-
;upied the Office for the last three years,
desired to be reelected, and John B.
who was county Auditor, thought
lie would like to take the place. The
Democrats did not have a candidate.
All they asked was to have Alfred /.
Davis retained as Director of the Board,
and to this there was practically no OBJ
So the Democrats decided there
no necessity for going into caucus
and some of the Republicans had the
same idea. The majority of the latter
party held a caucus and decided to sup
port Mr.. Pine for Collector.
There was not much delay in getting
Director Davis dropped the
gavel promptly at noon and he was
nominated for Director. MIR. Jessup
was named by the Republicans. Mr..
Davis received % votes; Mr.. Jessup, IL.
Mr.. Davis was escorted to the chair
and made the following address:
Gentlemen: Your selection of me to
act as the Director of the Board for the
year 1915 is, / assure you, deeply appre-
ciated, and while / do not feel that | am
superior to any member Of this Board in
my ability to preside at your meetings,
vet / do feel proud to occupy such an
important position and deem it a high
honor that, after one years experience
as your Director, you have sufficient con-
6dence in me as is evidenced by your
vote today to again elect me to this high
Office.
I'm looking back oyer the last year |
can see things that have been done b a
might have been left undone and things
undone that might have been done. but
l take it that this is true of every cor
porate body which honestly endeavors
at the beginning of a new year to take a
correct account of stock with a view OF
profiting by the mistakes of the past.
Taken as a whole, however, | feel that
this Board has just reason to be proud OF
its work during the year 1914. We have,
| believe, worked together as harmon
iously and happily as any body of men
representing different localities of ouI
large county, and of varying political
faiths, could work. tits my sincere be-
lief that the membership of this Board,
with few, if any exceptions, have honest
ly striven to give the county an econo
mic and efficient administration of its
affairs. Our financial condition, through
no fault of the Board, as constituted in
the year 1914, or as now constituted, has
not been such as to justify the expendi-
ture of large sums of moneys in improve
ments that might otherwise have been
made.
Burlington county is one of the lar
gest counties, t~erritorialy, in our state
and our system of roads, bridges and ouI
institutions require constant attention,
and / congratulate the members of this
Board on their faithful performance OF
the duties that devolve upon them as
the representatives of the various MUM
cipalities selected by voters thereof tC
look after the interests of their respective
localities, but, in a larger sense, selected
to rule for the general welfare of the
county atlarge.
II want to thank the members of the
Board who served as such last year, fol
their cooperation, their patience and
their courtesy to their Director. 1t was
with fear and trembling that / under
took the task Of acting as your presiding
officer last year, but your willingness tC
assist me in everything that was for the
good of the county, as well as your
friendship, buoyed me up so that / soon
forgot my timidity in the one desire tC
work together with you for the good OF
the people whom we serve.
'In concluding, / thank you heartily
for your support and assure you that ]
shall endeavor to preside at the meet
ings of this Board with fairness and i'm.
partiality and | trust with courtesy
towards all, and may we all work to
gether, determined to make this the best
year in the history of our county"
Mr.. Davis was heartily applaudec
when he concluded his address. The
official oath was administered to him by
the clerk and business was proceeded
with.
The next matter to be attended to was
the election of a county collector. Mr.
Russ nominated Warren G. Pine anc
Mr.. Jones named John B. Tilton. UndeI
the rules the vote must be by roll call and
the clerk called the roll. The result wal
as follows:
For Pine-Birkhead, Bozarth, Bright,
Carly, Clair, Couples, Delaney, Durell
Farmer, Glasgow, John E. Haines, Ben
iamin nj. Haines, Jessup, Joyce, John
son, Logan, Peak, Pew, Ridgway, Rob
erts, Rodman, Russ, Thackara, Wright
IA.
For Tilton-Aaronson, Black, Burr
Dudley, Esham, Hart, Hill, Jones, Lip
pincott, Loveland, Sykes-l1.
Absent, Mahan. Not voting, Davis
In the above vote there were five Dem
ocrats whe went to Mr.. Pines assistance
Mr.. Clair caucused with the Republi
cans.
This matter settled Mr.. Glasgow cam,
up with the motion he always has OF
tap, to adjourn. In this case he got .
little mixed in his dates. He said, "Mr
Director, l move that we adjourn unit
January 8, 1913" AS there did not ap
pear to be anybody willing to 60 bacl
that far the motion was not seconded
and business proceeded.
The family Of John B. Davis, former
member from Burlington city, sent 9
letter thanking the board for the resolu
tons of coincidence which had beer
adopted at the previous meeting.
The appropriations were then taker
nm A aoah ifotn uyac roo1 NJ. rI:n
chairman of the finance committee, ex.
planned the instances where changes ap
peared. The total amount needed was
thought to be s305, 600. This was changed
later by alterations being made in some
of the figures.
When the item of 81, 400 for Farm De-
monstrator was reached, Mr.. Joyce
moved that it be stricken out. This
motion was seconded by Mr.. Hart.
Mr.. Jessup was not sure this would be
a good move. The demonstration had
served for a month and the board paid
him for hat time. 1t would seem as if
the official must be kept. There was
very little discussion ON the subject, and
the motion not to appropriate the s., 400
was carried by a vote of 2s for and 6
against.
In the item of salary Of Supervisor of
Roads Mr.. Russ called attention to the
fact that there would be more money to
be expended this year and more expense
to be incurred by the supervisor. He
moved that $500 be added to the appro-
priation for that officer and it was so Or
dorod