Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-11-20
Regular Meeting Of South
AmboJ's Common Council
City Solicitors Pay Continued
School Q be Repaired and Other
Items Of a Busy Session.

School to be Repaired and Other
Items Of a Busy Session.
BIZ SPECIAL Corres1oYdent.
SOUTH AMBOY, Nov. 200There
were present al the regular meeting
of the Common Council last evening
| Councilmen Stanton, P1rtsen. Shuey.
IConnors and Councilman-elec George
urer Timothy Sullivan, City Engineer
| McMichaels. Street Commissioner
Connors and Councilmanelect George
| Kress.
A communication was read from
City Solicitor Coaklcy, now stationed
at Newport News with the U. 8.
army, stating that there was a state
law that allowed the governing body
of any municipality 70 grant the pay
| of any employee of the city while serv-
ing with the colors. The letter fur
Their stated tiIat IL h council saw
their way clear to continue his pay
: service by making the checks paya-
BILE to his wife residing in his city.
The communication was received n
fled on a motion offered by Council
man Parisen. All bills hat were
read were ordered paid.
Councilman Parisen introduced a
resolution which provided for the con-
tinuation of the salary of the city
solicitor while he is in the service. The
resolution also provided that any Up
pointment made to fill the vacancy
would only be temporary and the po-
sition would return to the present In
cumbent upon his return to this city.
The resolution was adopted.
The clerk read a resolution that
was adopted at a meeting of the
Board of Estimate which recon-
mended the appropriation of five
thousand dollars to cover the cost of
repairs to. school number two, made
necessary on account OF the Morgan
explosion. He then read a resolu-
ton that was introduced by Council
mar Gordon, which provided for the
%discounting of a note for FIVE thous-
and dollars and instructed the clerk to
draw q warrant for that amount In
! favor of the Board of Education for
that amount. Upon a motion by
| Councilman Parisen the resolution
was adopted.
In order to meet the current ex-
penses Councilman Gordon introduced
a resolution which provided for the
| discounting of a note for n thous-
and dollars for three months in an
tcipation of taxes. h resolution was
also adopted.
on November Is the finance COM
mittee ordered the renewal of a gem
eral account note of fifteen thousand
dollars. Councilman Gordon intro
duced a resolution confirming the ac-
ton of the finance committee.
A resolution was adopted when
: confirmed the action OF the finance
committee In renewing a Broadway
Improvement note for ten thousand
dollars for three months
A Broadway improvement note Tor
three thousand dollars becomes due
on November 81. A resolution was
adopted which provided for the re-
Inewal of this note for a period OF
three months at six per cent interest.
The action of the finance committee
in ordering the renewal OF a stevens
avenue improvement note of Sl2,OO0
was confirmed by a resolution intro
duced by Councilman Gordon.
A Main street improvement mote Tor
sl1.O56 was ordered renewed for a
period of three months. There was
also a general account note for nVe
thousand dollars renewed for the same
period.
The eport of the overseer of the
poor showed the total cost of main
tanning poor to be $59.17.
Upon the request of the Eastern
Coal Dock Company Mayor Kerr an
nounced the appointment of Samuel
Riener as special police othcer WITH
out pay.
one be secured to estimate the dam
Gals to attend a service flag raising
in Mechanicsville on Saturday even
ing. Upon a motion offered the
council and city officials accepted the
invitation with hanks
Councilman Stanton stated that his
attention had been called to the I'M
slightly condition Of the firehouses in
this city, especially the one on Broad
way where the new expensive fire.
fighting apparatus was stored. Coun-
Gilman Parisen stated that the same
thing had been brought to his atten-
lion. He stated that as chairman of
the buildings and grounds committee
he would take care of IT.
Mayor Kerr suggested that some
ofe be secured to estimate the dam
age done to city property as the re-
suit of the Morgan explosion.
Councilman Hackett stated that
while the chairman of the buildings
and grounds committee was looking
after the frehouses he could look af-
ter other city property. He stated
that the poorhouse was absolutely
, uninhabitabIe; hat the inmates OF
the institution were being housed in
the cells of the city hall, the place set
aside for criminals.
Councilman Stanton replied to
Councilman Hackett's remarks. He
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cured a house in which to keep the
city's poor until such time as the new
home is built but it was not opened
on account of not being able to Sc
cure a matron. He said that the poor
of the city la not been neglected.
Councilman Parisen volunteered
the information that he was tallanG
with Mrs. Farrell. the former matron,
and she stated that she would be able
to take charge by the end of the
week.
Councilman Hackett stated that all
business OF the city should be trans
acted out In public. He said that the
most important meeting ever held in
this city was held in the postoffice
building and 1 can prove it," he ex-
claimed. He said that the press rep
resentatives were not allowed to the
Friday meetings when most of the
business was done. DO business so
the public press can get it and they
in turn inform the public?"
Councilman Stanton replied that
all business of the city is transacted
in these meetings (meaning the pub
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