Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-01-10

s'the overhead expenses were as great
as the operating expenses" Freehold
DIR Joseph Camp, Of Dias Creek, rep
resenting Middle township, laboIed in
vain to counteraet the force OF Mr..
Young's arrangement of the manner
OF conducting this Cape May county
mosquito bureau. After the spirited
debate between Young and Camp,
some persons present may have felt
that it was just like throwing the
money away to appropriate even the
$4,000, down to which point this item
was Jared after a bard fight. The tes-
timony of sailors was mentioned to
show the prevalence Of mosquitoes 10
the vicinity of Cape May last summer,
and tales told about workmen digging
CLAIMS and having a good time when
they were supposed 10 be digging
trenches. The good natured tilt be-
tween the Freeholders mentioned fur
nished much amusement for all who
heard it.
Among the bills presented yesterday
was one by prison keeper Smith in the
sum Of $1o6 representing a charge OF
$6 a day for 81 days in December, 1918,
for furnishing board TO prisoners. AS
the apartments at the county jail nave
not been in demand much lately, the
size OF this bill attracted universal at
tentiop, questions were asked about it
and finally jailer Smith was sent for.
The result of the investigation develop
ed the facts that in the month men,
toned there had been a total OF 10 pris-
oners at different times during that
month and that the total number days
all combined put in there was 202. The
jailer, because OF the "high cost of liv-
ing nowadays, was advanced TO an
allowance of 60c per man, per day,
last Septem Der, with a rider attached
to the resolution, specifying a mini
in the prison for 81 consecutive days he
would have been entitled to charge S106
under the terms of the resolution; but
he did not have 10 prisoners for 81 days
10 December last. Smith himself said
the combined time would be equivalent
to ten men for 2O4 days each. Multi
plying 203 by $6 you have $12S. Hence
the bill was $63 too high; and Director
Rutherford felt annoyed and express
ed much surprise at the discovery II
what now looks like a little minimum
"joker !" and said he "was sure he did
not understand the resolution that
way.n No doubt other Freeholders
felt the same way about this ten men
minimum clause, and Captain Bennett
has the laugh on them all! Cape May
county's approp riation budget for 1919
was fxedon Tuesday last at S3O' ,20l.72.
The 1918 budget totaled only 1858, 72S;
the increase for this y%earbeing $34 1858. ".
The Director said it was mandatory to
publish the appropriation budget in
at least one newspaper in the county;
but that the board has a legal right to
publish in a number of newspapers, at
its discretion. He remarked that in
his opinion a matter Of such vital i'm
portance as this budget is, should be
given wide publicity. 1t was agreed
to publish the 1919 appropriate budget
in five papers: Star and Wave; Cape
May County Gazette; Ocean City Sen
tinel; Sea Isle City Times; and Five
Mile Beach Journal. During the course
of the afternoon session, a motion TO
dispense with the bi-monthly meetings
was defeated. The chairman Of the
finance committee called attention to
the fact that it costs the taxpayers oil
Cape May county only $500, for the
administration of all county affairs,
the business volume involved amount.
ing close to half a million dollars. Mex
meeting of the board will take place
Tuesday, January 28th.