Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-01-11
Board OF

The cape May County Board OF
Freeholders, at their organization
meeting at noon on Tuesday,. January
l, 1918, reelected Henry Rutherford,
of Cape May, as director of the board.
An effort was made to have Augustus
Hilton stand for the dictatorship, but
his refusal made the election of Ruth
erford unopposed. and unanimous.
A last minute surprise was sprung
in the election of Ernest Lloyd, of
Cape May, as solicitor, a post held for
years by Attorney Joseph Douglass, of
Cape May Court House. Douglass
had, previous to the meeting, presented
IN ultimatum that his salary must be
raised from 81 900 to 81, 800, or he would
not accept a re-appointment. The sal-
airy was raised, but Douglass was not
elected. Attorney Lloyd, IN a neat
speech of acceptance, pledged his un-
swerving support and loyalty to the
legal interests of the County, and stated
that he would work hand in hand with
the Senator and Assemblymen of the
County to secure such State legislation
as the County~may require. The ap-
pointment is for three years.
Joseph Scull was reelected County
Collector, and had his salary raised
from $1,000 to 81, 800 per year. The
salary of Frank w. Fowkes, as Clerk
to the Board, was increased from $500
to 81, 800. The increase In salaries will
eliminates all "extras," such as auto
mobile and clerk hire, which all the
county officers had previously charged
for, making the increase" an actual
decrease In the net revenue. especially
In the Clerks office, where the bulk Of
the County business is transacted.
Rice also Reelected
Although the term of the County
Engineer l.. M. Rice, vas not popular
ly supposed to end until March, he was
reelected unanimously to serve an
other three year term. The engineers
office has paid nearly $14, 900 a year In
fees for the past three years, and Is
probably the most desirable berth in
the County.
Following the organization meeting,
a subscription dinner was given at the
Royal Inn, Wildwood, to which the
Mayors Of the various resorts, and the
chairmen of the Township Committees,
were invited.
The members of the Board, through
Mr.. Baker, presented Chas. H. Clout-
ing with a handsome watch-chain and
charm, az a token of their esteem for
his competent and impartial manner
In directing the affairs of the Board for
the niue years he was in office. Mr..
Clouting went out of the Board last
year, when Mr.. Rutherford was elected
to fill the Dictatorship.
Cut Down Appropriations
The regular business meeting of the
Board was held at Court House on
Thursday, Jan. 8, when the budget for
1918 was adopted. 1t provides for a
gross total of $3.50, 900, which is approx
imately So, 1000 less than the final APP
preparation last year. The Mosquito
determination appropriation was left
the same as last year, $40, 600.
The Special Advertising appropria-
ton of last year has been entirely ell
minated. This amounted to So, 600, of
which about $4,000. ives used for ad-
vertising the County in the various
newsT apeIs and farm journals of thu
east, and the balance used chiefly as
donations to the various National
Guard and other military organizations
Of the County.
Street lighting has been entirely cut
out, effeciirg a saving Of ~several thous-
and dollars. One thousand dollars has
been clipped off the appropriation for
courts, and $1,000 added 10 the bridge
account over last year, making the
total $50, 900.
The total appropriation last year was
$3.50, 058. so, practically the same as this
year, but approximately $4,000 was
added during the year. Under the
new law this year, it will be impossi-
BILE to make any additions to the ap-
preparations after they are once adop-
ted, without a public hearing being
held and the proposed increase being
advertised for at least two weeks.-Sea
Isle City Times.
1870
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