Board of Supervisors

New York, 1895

The District Attorney's Esthetic Tastes Must be Curbed.

The board of Supervisors met at the Court House last Thursday. A bill for stationery supplies for the District Attorney's office created quite a breeze. For 2,000 envelopes and 2,000 letter-heads a charge of $64 was made. The maker of the bill explained that the letter-heads were engraved and the envelopes were printed from dies. The board did not think it necessary for the District Attorney to have such high priced stationery, and Supervisor Pople offered a resolution that hereafter all officers make requisition on the board of Supervisors for their supplies. The resolution was passed unanimously. By law the County Clerk and Surrogate are exempt from the provisions of the resolution. The editor of THE FARMER was present at the meeting and favored the resolution.

The board awarded THE FARMER the contract to print the proceedings of the board for 1895, 1,000 copies, at its bid of $1.20 per page.

A bill was audited in favor of Sheriff Doht for $837 for the services of deputy sheriffs at Maspeth and Ridgewood during the railroad strike. This is the last bill to be rendered for that service.

The time had arrived for the board to adjourn sine die. Before doing so Supervisor Everitt offered a preamble and resolution thanking Chairman Wood for the efficiency and courtesy with which he had presided over the deliberations of the board during the year and thanking Clerk Seabury for the careful and correct work he had done for the board. Supervisor Koehler made a felicitous speech, paying several deserved compliments to Chairman Wood, and then the resolutions were heartily adopted.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, March 29, 1895, p. 1.