Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-07-22
The following letter was read:
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their limits that are now in possession
of the county, except the main arteries
of travel or main stem roads, leading
from the several resorts (meaning the
turnpikes across the meadows) and
through the townships to Philadelphia
and other large centers, and at a
meeting on July 9Th a motion was
passed fixing a meeting on July 18th
at eleven o'clock daylight saving
time) for the Board to sit in the Free
holders room in the court house at
Cape May Court House, for the pur-
pose of hearing the townships, also
representatives of civic organizations,
in order that there may be obtained
intelligent information as to the feel
ings of the different localities in re-
gard to this proposition. Kindly take
official notice and oblige,
by direction of the Board,
yours very truly,
IRVING FITCH, Clerk"
Mayor Smith announced that he had
appeared, accompanied by the other
two Commissioners and the city So
%licitor, before the meeting and refused
to accept the return of the roads.
A resolution changing the official
time Of the weekly meeting to two
o'clock in the afternoon instead of
half past one, as heretofore, was
passed.
The following resolution was also
passed." Be 1t Resolved, by the Board
of Commissioners of the City of Wild
wood in the County of Cape May, that
the resolution placing a limitation
upon the salary to be paid policemen
and special officers as adopted June
29th, 1920, be and the same is hereby
r~escinded, and be it hereby resolved
that all appointments in any depart
ment of the city and salaries paid to
such appointees shall be confirmed
by a majority of the Board of Com
missioners.
The Water Department was placed
under the Department of Finance.
A resolution was passed announcing
that all bills to be considered by the
| Commissioners must be presented to
the city clerk "a hours before the
weekly meeting. Bills presented with
less notice would be held owe for the
next weeks meeting.
The Marine National Bank, the
Union Bank and the Wildwood Title
and Trust Company were appointed
official recipients of the city's funds.
All Withdrawals must be signed by the
Mayor and the city clerk.
An appropriation designated as the
1921 Emergency Note was passed.
The note calls for $10,500, and it's use
is set forth in Treasurer Kay's report.
The Mayor requested Mr.. Kay to speak
on the emergency note in order that
the people might understand per-
fectly why it was found necessary.
Mr.. Kay said that the former admins
tration had spent nearly all of the
appropriations for this year already
and that the note was to ex-
penses that might come up.
Mr.. Taylor said that the sewerage
disposal plant was only operating
eight hours a day and wanted to know
if he couldn't put on a night man. A
motion was passed at Mr.. Carll's sug-
gestion giving the Commissioner of
| streets full authority to use his own
judgment.
Harry Corson, the taxicab man,
asked if the Commissioners couldn't
do something about making the Re
lance people pay for a license, as the
taxicab men were forced to pay a
license, and the Reliance people were
taking away their trade and not pay
ing a license. Mr.. Hand said that they
could do nothing until they heard from
the Supreme Court.
Henry Chalmers came forward and
presented a bill of a client who had
had II chickens, valued at $29.75,
killed by stray dogs, unknown,
and requested the city to pay for
them. Mr.. CARL said that the driver of
the life guards motorcycle ambulance
had also complained to him about
stray dogs, saying that they followed
his machine and got in his way. Mr..
Woods, in the back of the room, said
that this city was no place for chick
ems anyway and that he'd rather see
the chickens removed than the dogs.
He added that he meant the kind of
chickens that wear feathers. Mr.. Tay-
lor moved that Mr.. Woods was out of
order.
Mr.. Ingersoll spoke about children
with the whooping cough. He said
that all children with that ailment
should wear a designating ribbon and
not be allowed in closed, public places,
and that there should be a fine for all
caught violating that ruling and a
strict quarantine placed on their
house. He said he had spoken to the
state authorities and that they had
annrOyed his rihhon nlan. IT was de-