Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-05-27

other fixtures necessary, and that all of
the records, minute books and other
documents connected with the business
of the Board of Chosen Freeholders be
kept in these quarters, and that all bust
ness connected with county affairs,
whether by the board or its officers, be
transacted from the county seat.
8. REPOSITORIES: The funds of the
county being the trust funds of the en-
tire inhabitants thereof, whether raised
by taxation, revenue or sale of bonds,
should be apportioned amongst the va
rious banks in the county, in proportion
to the financial standing Of said institu.
tons. We therefore recommend that this
disposition of the county funds on hand
be made, and that in every instance in
terest of at least three per cent should
be exacted from these institutions on both
checking and special ~ccounts.
a. INFRINGEMENT: In view of the
financial condition of the county which
will necessitate making provisions for
the payment of interest charges and prin-
cipal on past indebtedness, either by
taxation or by raising the assessed valu-
alton of property throughout the county,
we recommend that a rigid economy be
practised in contracting new Indebtedness
of the county until the %county's finances
are placed upon a solvent basis, and that
no new public improvements be under
taken unless absolutely essential for the
preservation of work already contracted
and paid for.
S. COUNTY SUPPLIES: We recon-
mend that all properties and supplies of
the county, when feasible, be kept in a
central location and no supplies be with
drawn except upon proper order or au-
thorization, and a record kept of the date,
the amount and the person to whom such
supplies are delivered.
6. ORDINANCES AND PUBLIC
HEARINGS: The Board of Chosen Free
holders are constituted by law as a cor
poration and are custodians of a vast
sum of money, and under the act create
indebtedness and the expenditure of
money by the passage of a mere resolu-
ton. Small municipal corporations
within the confines of the county, before
they can %inaugurate a public improve
ment and provide for the payment of the
same, must introduce for passage an or
dinance covering the subject matter, adj
vertise the same, and afford a public
hearing in favor or against the adoption
of the ordinance. We therefore recon-
mend that the County Act, Chapter l85
of the Laws of 1918, better known as the
Revision of the County Act, be amended,
compelling that all public improvements
other han the ordinary, necessary oper-
atoms of the County Board, can only be
authorized by the adoption of an ordi-
nance, duly advertised, and after public
hearing afforded to the taxpayers Of the
county to place themselves on record for
or against the propositions.
7. CIVIL ACTIONS: In view of the
large sums of money Of which the county
has been defrauded by certain members
of the Board of Chosen Freeholders and
contractors, and moneys due for interest
which properly belongs to the county, we
recommend that the County Solicitor in
stitute suit to recover from such party or
parties who have thus obtained or re-
tanned the moneys of the county.
At the suggestion of Mr.. Justice Black,
this Grand Jury Investigated not only it.
self, but the entire Grand Jury list; like
wise the drawing of the present panel,
and the list from which it was drawn,
and as a result thereof we find that there
was no Interior motive underlying the
Of the said list.
At the same time we desire to recon-
mend that no persons name should be
added to the list of either the Grand or
Petit Jury upon their own request or
by the Jury Commission from
jury duty at their at their request
or the request of any other person, but
that the law creating the list should be
followed in the selection of both
he Grand and Petit Jury.