The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-01-06
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FOR JOHNSON
Again Made County Collector by
Freeholders - Higbee is Re-
named as Solicitor.
Guion Is Asylum Head

With an increase in his salary from
$4,000 to- $4,000 per annum, Enoch- l..
johnson, County Treasurer, was re-
named for that post at the annual
meeting of the Atlantic County Board
Of Freeholders on Tuesday at Mays
Landing. johnson is also Supreme
Court Clerk, at the salary of $4,000 a
year, but will soon retire from that
office as a successor will be named
soon by ~Governor-eleet George s. Sill
ger.
Judge E. A. Higbee was again ap-
pointed County Solicitor. His salary
remains at $4,000 with an additional
$4,000 for expenses of the office. The
Judge was modest this veal and did
not ask for a raise.
Japhet Price was also given a sal
airy raise from $4,000 to $4,000 a year,
as County Road Supervisor. Price
vas also given a new Lincoln Coupe
for his official use by the F%reeholders.
DIR. Edward Guion, of Atlantic City,
was named as Superintendent of the
Atlantic County Insane Asylum, to
succeed the late DIR. Henry c.. Munro,
and his salary was made $4,000 a
year; William B. Bessesen was made
Superintendent of the County Aims
house, at a salary of 81 1900 a year, or
a total of $4,000 for the two positions,
which heretofore have been filled by
the same person and whose salary
was $4,000.
John Smith was made County Audi
tor to take the place held for a long
time by Absalom Higbee, and his
salary is $4,000 a veal, as heretofore
for this office.
Among other increases were $500 a
year for Fred Willets, clerk of the
board, making his salary total S 5000;
$500 for County Adjuster Henry Scull,
making his total $500 a year; 5000 in
creases for Deputy Sheriffs Howard
r. Cloud and James Cimino. Then
$40 a month to the pay of the employ
es in the offices of the county clerk,
the sheriff and the surrogate, some
thirty-six in number. Also the allow
ance of County Treasurer Johnson for
office expenses and clerk hire was
jumped from $4,000 to $2,700 a year.
The following committees were
named by Director Doughty:
Finance - Samuel W~interbottom.
Robert M. Willis, John Tomlin, Rob-
ert Fitzgerald, Claude Scull, Frank
Swoboda, George .Jeffers.
Asylum and Almshouse-Clark Adj
ans, A. B. Smith, John B. Tomlin, N.
Freeman Parker, Jacob Blum, Robert
M. Willis, John W. Risley, George
Banning, Lee w. Roberts.
Roads-John B. Tomlin, Charles w.
Clements. Clark Adams, l. T. B.
Smith, Frank Swoboda, Samuel Win
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Filling, Harry L. Murphy.
Bridges = Frank Swoboda, Claude
Scull, Clark Johnson, Walter Yates,
Henry Butterhof, P. Anthony Colasur-
do, William Soul.
Public Buildings. T. B. Smith, N.
Freeman Parker, Harry L. Murphy,
Milton Garretson, Daniel Conway,
Henry Butterhof, William Flanagan.
Forfeited Recognizances - Charles
NJ. Kesler, A. B. Smith, Milton Garrett
son, August Filling, George B. LETTERS.
Ordinances = Norris Smith, Daniel
Conway, Claude Soul, Henry Butter
hof, George Banning.
Soldiers BURIAL. B. Smith. Ash
ley Garrison, Charles NJ. Kesler, Aug
ust Filling, William Scull.
Discharge of Prisoners IN. Free
man Parker, Norris Smith, Daniel
Conway, Walter Yates, John w. Ris-
ley.
Printing and Stationery = Robert
Fitzgerald, Charles NJ. Kesler, N.
Freeman Parker, Harry L. Murphy,
August Filling.
Library = Charles w. Clements,
John w. Risley, Clark Johnson, Frank
WOhod N Freeman Parker
Legislative Jacob Blum, Claude
Scull, Clark Adams, |. T. B. Smith,
Daniel Conway.