The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-01-04
F. FRALEY DOUGHTY ELECTED
FREEBOOTER BOARD DIRECTOR
Organization Meeting Held at Mays
Landing on New Years Day.

Organization of the Board of Chosen
F%reeholders of Atlantic County was
effected at Mays Landing New Years
Day without a hitch, and the plans of
the body went through without so
much as a ripple of excitement. The
Board was called to order by Director
Samuel W~interbottom, of Egg Harbor
City, and the first thing done was the
election of F. Fraley Doughty, of Alb
secon, as the director of the body for
the coming year. He had no opposi-
ton and received the unanimous vote
of the members.
On taking the gavel Mr.. Doughty
thanked the members for their conf
dence in him. He said that the body
would be run on business lines during
the coming year and that he expected
the undivided support of the members
and committeeman, and that he would
expect all of the committees to keep
within the appropriations as made.
A resolution was presented by Ira
T.. B. Smith fixing salaries of county
officers for the coming year. That of
the Clerk of the Board was raised from
$1,000 to $500; that of the road super
visor from $500 to $4,000; sealer of
weights and measures, $500 to $2100;
county auditor, from $1,000 to $1,000;
superintendent of the almshouse, from
$500 to $4,000; clerk and assistant to
the County Collector, from $500 to
$2100, and the salary of the Solicitor
from $4,000 to $4,000, with an extra
$1,000 for maintenance of office.
Fred. w. Willitts was elected to sue
coed himself as clerk of the Board for
a term of three years: Absalom H.
Higbee to succeed himself as auditor
for a term of three years; Enoch A.
Higbee to succeed himself as solicitor
for a term of two years; Edward
Strickland to succeed himself as sealer
of weights and measures for a term of
five years; Japhet Price t. succeed
himself as County Road Supervisor for
a term of five years; and DR.. H. c.
Munro, to succeed himself as superin-
tendent of the county Almshouse and
Asylum for a term of five years; w. E.
Shackelford, of Atlantic City, was
elected a member of the Sinking Fund
Commission, to take the place of David
c. Reed, recently made a member of
the Atlantic City Sinking Fund Com
mission.
The Board adopted a resolution fix
ing the following dates and places for
their meeting during the year 1919:
In their room in the Guarantee
Trust Building, Atlantic City, on jan
uary Is, February II, March Il, April
8, May IA, June IL, July 9, August Is,
October 8, November II and December
10. The September meeting will be
held On the 10th at the county aims
house.
Following is a list of the committees
named for the coming year by Director
Doughty:
Finance = Ashmead, W~interbottom,
Risley, Fitzgerald, Tomlin, C. Scull,
Burt.
Bridges-Swoboda, Tallman, Garri-
son, Oxley, Filling, Cimino, William
Scull.
Asylum and Almshouse-Ryon, Rob-
inson, Ashmead, A. B. Smith, Osgood,
Tomlin. Risley, j. Smith, Collins.
Public Buildings-Adams, Ira Smith,
Tallman, Swoboda, Achenbach, Burt,
Parker.
County Roads - Tomlin, Clements,
Ira Smith, Adams, Swoboda, Garrison,
Cimino, j. Smith, Robinson.
Forfeited Recognizances-Oxley, A.
d. oLillH, W.. OCull, GdTT6tSO0, FILLING.
Ordinance IN. Smith, Risley, W.
Scull, Aschenbach, c. Scull.
Library-Clements. W. Seull, Swo-
boda, Parker.
Soldiers Burial = Osgood, A. B..
Smith, Collins, Garretson, c. Scull.
Discharges of Prisoners-Burt, Ach-
enbach, N. Smith, Cimino, Ryon.
Printing and Stationery-Fitzgerald
Collins, Robinson, Tallman, Filling.
The allowance made in recent years
for mosquito determination of $26, 900
vas entirely cut out, and the ap-
preparations adopted showed a total
decrease of $11,479.50 over last year.
Following the organization the mem
bers of the Board and many other
prominent citizens of the county dined
at the Hotel Malatesta, Atlantic City,
as guests of several of the officers of
the county. Governor Edge was pres
ent and addressed the assemblage, as
did also State Comptroller Newton A.
K. Bugbee, of Trenton, who is a candi-
date for the Gubernatorial chair.