Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-10
Defer Action On 1920 Budget
For County Until Tuesday,
Many Demands For Money
Another Meeting at Which
Budget Will be Considered
Will be Held by Co. Board

BY staff Correspondent.
NEW BRUNSWICK. Dec. 10:-
Additional money to the amount of
s14.317.13 will be required to meet
the obligations of the county. in
three different accounts. for which
the sum of s7O.750 was set aside at
the time the budget for 1920 was
approved. As pointed out by County
Treasurer +. William Hilker. the
county is looked to for the payment
of these debts. though the expense
incurred is not within the control
of the board of freeholders.
The account for which the major
portion of the additional moneys are
to be used is for the care and MAIN
tenance of INDECENT tubercular pa
tients of the county. For this pur-
pose alone $10,372.63 more than the
$4,000 provided for in the budget
will be required.
Financial aid for widowed moth
ers for which the county is liable
has surpassed the amount estimated
early in the year, and for that pur-
pose an additional sS.723.45 will
have to be provided. The amount
set aside for this purpose in the
budget was $4,000.
The $3.50 provided for use in SOL
diers and sailors burials has also
proven to be insufficient for the pur-
pose. 1t has been found necessary to
raise s221.05 more.
To enable the county treasurer to
pay these debts, the freeholders yes
terday authorized an emergency
borrowing on short-term notes, to
mature in at least two years at in
terest of not over six per cent.
Through a misunderstanding
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none of the tentative work which
it had planned for in preparing the
1921 budget was done yesterday, but
the members of the board will meet
next Tuesday morning for that pur-
pose.
Further requests from various
county departments for an increase
in the amount of their allowance for
1921 were pi esented and will be cor
sidei ed at the meeting next Tuesday.
A delegation headed bv Obey q.
Bowen, county agent. appeared be-
fore the board with a request tnat
provision be made by the freehold :
crs to assist in establishing a boys'
and girls club IN this county. These
clubs. of which there are six in the
state. come under the supervision
and management of the state board
OF ana lOI the puI-
pose of interesting the young folks
of the rural communities in matters
pertaining to agriculture and mat
ters of interest in the farming sec
tions.
The state agricultural college has
agreed to furnish $1,000 towards the
establishment of such club in Mid
dlesex county, but IL is estimated
that at least $4,000 more will be re-
quired. and that is the amount the
county is asked to furnish.
An increase of $3.50 in the allot-
ment to the Office of the county sd-
perintendent of education for the
next year, was contained in a COM
munication from Fl. Brewster Will
lis. The increase is asked for to pay
for printing and office expenses in
connection with that department.
With the demand that is sure to
be made for new road construction
and the requests for increase in
budget items coming in. the indi-
cations are that the freeholders will
be kept busy between now and the
end of the year in settling the
amount that will be needed to con-
duet the county government during
1921.