Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-02
CUT EXPENSES
At WOODBRIDGE
Budget is Adopted at Eleventh
Hour, Making Change I'm
possible
ATTORNEY MARTIN SAYS
viii Pledge to Keep Down Ex-
penses So As to Have
$500 Balance

WOODBRIDGE. March 2:-Foi-
lowing another stormy session at
Woodbridge last night the budget
for 1922 was finally adopted. This
was the third hearing held for the
purpose of having the budget adopt
&c and each session has been more
bitter than the previous one. After
the committeeman had passed the
budget announcement was made by
committeeman-at-large II. w.
Christie that a resolution would DC
passed at a future meeting taking
$1,000 off the budget. in accordance
with the pledge to save that amomnt
during the year to be kept as a bal
ancc for next year.
No investigation will be started,
contrary to rumors circulated. David
Wilentz, representing certain tax
payers. gave a long talk before the
committee criticizing their way of
drawing the budget and referred to
the many miscellaneous and general
accounts in the tax ordinance. He
declared that they left room for
criticism In that the people do not
know what is going on.
Mr.. Wileutz declared that the
action Of the committeeman is not
covered by law, and that 20 per
cent. of the budget items are mis-
ce1laneouS or general. He stated
hat it is no wonder the taxpayers
turn out in large numbers for a
hearing of this kind.
J.. ii. Thayer Martin. township
attorney, pointed out hat the mis-
cellaneous items cover a multitude
of different items and if all were
advertised separately numerous coll
umns of space would be taken up.
Attorney WilentZ again referred to
the unhealthy condition caused by
the committeemen's actions. He said
the taxpayers want light. The ac-
tivities of the committeeman should
be open and above board. he contin-
lled. Mr.. Wilentz said he had an
opinion from Commissioner OF Ac-
counts Darby in regard to this bud
get. and Mr.. Darby is alleged TO
have declared that the budget is un-
fair and that he did not know how
1t got through his Office.
In regard to the claim of the
committeemen that the time for the
filing OF the tax budget with the
county board expired at midnight
last night, Mr.. Wilentz declared that
the committeeman had found a way
TO put in the illegal accounts and
that they should be able TO find a
way to cover their hardness in filing
same.
Ephraim Gutter, a local attorney.
made a plea for reductions in the
budget figures, comparing the tax
tiqte Of MoQdbridge with other mu-
inequalities in MiddleseX and I'm
ion counties with the result hat
Woodbridge is found to have n of
he highest. He asked that econ
amy be practiced,
The representative of the Fords
district, William Hoy. declared that
some of the miscellaneous accounts
could be cut down, road appropria-
ton from $500 to 5000. poor and
other items. NJ. II. Clum of Fords,
ia discussing the Fords situation,
said that although Fords got a lot
and as a result has no kick coming,
it is going to get more. He said
he was not talking annexation, but
hat when Fords is ready it will
discuss annexation TO Perth AM
bay or a separate borough.
Committeeman William Gardner
outlined the efforts to cut down the
budget ana repeated his efforts at
former meetings to practice econ
omy. George Jackson and Abraham
Duff also spoke reviewing charges
made at previous meetings.