Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1922-01-06
ANCLESEA

The old North WllUWOOu lily NOuA
Gil met about 11.30 last Monday and
finished the business for the old year.
There were present Mayor McLinden,
Councilmen Erickson, Ostenreider,
Penrose and Webster. Clerk Redding
and Solicitor Bright were also present.
The bonds of Collector and Treasurer
P. l.. Peterson and the deputy col
lector, his wife, furnished by the
American Surety Company, were pre-
scented. Each bond is for the sum OF
100000, and they were approved by
Council. Council then adjourned sine
die. AT noon the new Council or
ganized, as is provided by law. Under
the present law Council consists of a
Mayor and seven Councilmen. Three
Councilmen are elected from each OF
the two wards and one at large. There
is one vacancy in Council in the first
ward, being occasioned by the resig-
nation of John Carlson, elected last
November, to accept the position or
Assessor, made vacant by the res1g-
nation of Robert Bright. When the
new Council was called to order Mayor
McLinden and Councilmen Albert
Cline. Frank Erickson, Penrose n
Herbert Shivers and Webster answer
ed roll call. Councilman Elmer Hewitt
was absent in order to attend the
County Board of Freeholders' meeting
which was also organized at Court
House at noon. Mr.. Hewitt took his
seat as a new member of that body,
having been elected last November to
succeed Freeholder P. L. Peterson.
Councilman-at-Large Herbert Shivers
was elected president of Council and
presided at the meeting. All the old
officers were elected by Council as
follows: City Clerk, George A. Red,
ding; Treasurer, P. L. Peterson;
Deputy Collector of Taxes, Mrs. P. L.
Peterson; Solicitor, Robert Bright;
Engineer, L. M. Rice; Police Surgeon,
DIR. Margaret Mace; Electrical Inspec-
tor, Victor Braidwood; Plumbing In
spector, Gustav Muller, Sewer Inspec-
tor, William Streaker; Janitor, War
rem B. Gordon; Street Supervisor,
Charles Robinson; O%verseer of the
Poor, Thomas Corson. All of the
above appointments were confirmed.
The appointment of building inspector
was not made pending the adjustment
of fees. Mrs. Louis M. Kraus was APP
pointed a member of the Board OF
Education. DIR. Mace, Andrew Apple
gate, William E. Epler, Frank Colson
and Arthur Dare were named as mem
bers of the Board of Health. Miss Eva
P. Woodward, financial secretary of
the North Wildwood improvement AS
ISOLATION, was present at the meeting
and objected to the appointment of
Mr.. Dare, stating that he row lived in
wildwood. Councilmen Aie kson and
Penrose were named as members of
the Board of School Estimate, whose
duty it is to meet with a like COM
mittee from the Board of Education
and recommend the school budget.
Collector Peterson, John H. Beecher
and Charles F. Sanders were appointed
on the Sinking Fund Commission. The
time for the regular meetings of
Council was fixed for the first Tuesday
evening in the month, except for the
February, March and April meetings,
when it shall be the first Friday at
7.3O.
The regular meeting of Council was
held on Tuesday evening with Mayor
McLinden, Councilmen Cline, Hewitt,
Penrose, Shivers and Webster present;
also Clerk Redding, Solicitor Bright
and Collector Peterson. The monthly
report of the collector read as fol-
lows: