The Penn's Grove record., 1921-02-25
Firemen's Ordinance
Still Held Up
Fails of Passage By One Vote
New Cell Ordered Built For
Use of Women

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the Borough hall.
Mayor S.. M. Hunt presided. Mem
bers present were Robert w. Kidd,
Alfred Gillison, Dennis Fahy, Charles
L. Smith, together with Clerk w. A.
Hunt.
The report of the Finance Com
mittee showed a balance in the hands
of the Collector of ~$17,352.49.
At the present time there are many
applications for assistance from able
bodied men out of work and the Street
Committee suggested that it would be
a good time to clean up the streets
and make needed repairs by employing
these men in-tead of the Overseer of
the Poor providing for them out of
the poor funds. While the pay offer
ed them could not be up to the present
standards the compensation will make
them self-sustaining instead of objects
of charity. There are not sufficient
funds available to put all applicants
at work but many could be aided.
Offering them work at a compensation
that would relieve their immediate
needs would eliminate the appeals OF
the undeserving which are numerous
as proved by investigation.
Five big healthy looking colored
men living in one house on Pitman
Street, applied for assistance. When
told to report for work in cleaning the
Borough hall only n showed up.
Another applicant seeking aid would
not accept the pay offered for working
on the streets. He said he was look
ing for a good job.
A motion prevailed that when men
physically able to work apply to the
Overseer of the Poor for assistance
for themselves and families that he
refer them to the Chairman of the
Street Committee who will, if possible,
give them temporary employment on
the streets.
Nh. Smith suggested that the Over
seer of the Poor give all applications
very careful investigation as many I'M
deserving cases had developed. All
the money that can possibly be
spared should be spent upon the
worthy and deserving applicants and
not upon fakirs and chronic loafers.
Mr.. Giilison, Chairman of the Tax
Committee, said they held a meeting
every Wednesday. Means are being
devised to enable the Collector to take
action at once in the matter of collect
ing the large amount of delinquent
taxes now being carried, and as soon
as the lists are in shape the work will
be proceeded with. Considerable OF
these back taxes is owed by people
who should not be classed as delln-
ouents and they ought to be forced to
pay up.
Borough Clerk W. A. Hunt stated
that during his term as Collector, ).
Rushing Leap was made Deputy Col
lector of Taxes, and he sent every de-
linquent a statement Of his account,
both real and personal, and stated
that unless prompt settlement was
made the full power of the law you'd
be exercised to collect the same.
Nothing was done, however, and much
| of the money is still unpaid.
! The Collector was instructed to
state the amount of delinquent tax, II
any, upon the tax bills of al! persons
sent out in future together with the
wear for which it is due.
The new fire department ordinance
was then taken up for third reading
and final passage.
The ordinance amended at the last
meeting had been gone over by. Solcl-
tor Leap and a few technical changes
made. 1t was read by the Clerk.
A vote was then taken upon final
passage, but it did not go through: 1t
REQUIRES the votes of four members
to pass an ordinance and only three
voted in favor of it, Messrs. Gillison,
Fahy and Kidd. Mr.. Smith voted
against it. Messrs. Pyne and Walker
were absent.
Mr.. Smith explained his vote. He
said it was not his purpose paftlcu-
larlv to hold the matter up but he felt
that Messrs. Pyne and Walker, who
voted against it at the previous meet
ing, should be present when ina ac-
ton is had and his purpose was to
protect his colleagues in their rights.
There were also influences being ex-
erted to force the matter through
which he did not approve. He was
heartily in favor of a frst-class nre
department in the Borough and was
using his best efforts in that direction.
He would not change his vote until ne
had consulted the two absent mem
bers.
At the last meeting the matter OF
having a regular appointed physician
To look after the needy in case OF SICK
ness was discussed and the Overseer
of the Poor was instructed to CORE
spond with the physicians in the Bor-
ough and get their views on the mat
ter. All who replied thought the idea
was a good one, but none OF them
were willing to accept the position, SO
the matter was dropped. =.
Clerk w. A. Hunt upon request
made at a previous meeting read a
list of the permits granted for street
openings for the past two years n
made a return of $35 thereon.
Lewis Leibig was given the contract
to build a new cell in the Borough hall
for the exclusive use OF women
His bid was s295.00 for the complete
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