The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-01-08
EXCISE M|SF|T.
George Z. Record Wants to
Ring In City Clerk 0'Don-
nell as Factotum Of the
Impossible Com
mission.
ALAS FOR THE SALARIES
The Law Affords No Excuse
for Soaking the Taxp payers
Legal War Ahead.

The most decisive move in the direction
of placing the Excise Commission in a
position to assume its doubtful duties was
made this morning VIXEN Commissioners
Dowling, Bacon and OBrien filed their
bonds in the sum Of $1,000 each. Conf
missioner Fry, it is thought will file his
bonds this afternoon or tomorrow morn
ing.
Commissioner Dowling's bondsmen are
John Madden, a saloonkeeper and Thomas
+ Carey an undertaken. Commissioner Ba-
cons bondsmen are Henry and David
Bishop. Commissioner O'Briens bonds
rier are John Edelstein and Patrick Nc
Ardle
The Commissioners hope to organize
early next week. They have received the
advice of Corporation Counsel George Il
Record that they may do this with safety
and Immediately get down to business
The most discussed business IS, acocru-
4 ing to Afr. Record and the Commission
ers, 1.-The granting reyoking and trans
ferring of licenses to saloon keepers This
power is now vested in the Board of Al
dermen, but this new commission, the
members and the Corporation Counsel
say, will take the power unto itself.
Mr.. Record said this morning.
1.-THE Excise Commissioners will organ
ize early next week. They will appoint
inspectors and an assistant clerk. The
City Clerk is, by the law governing the
Excise Commission, clerk to the Commits
sion. When he receives the applicants for
I licenses or the reyoking or transferring
| of the same he will turn them over to
! the Excise Commission. .
..What are you going to do for money
to run the Commission?"
THAT is something I do not care to
discuss now
"wir you put the sum necessary in the
tax budget?"
well, that might be done But the tax
budget will not be made up again until
next December, and the point is to pro-
vide for the present"
And you won't say how you are to
provide for the present.
Not just now"
Suppose the City Clerk refuses to turn
over the communications that come to
him regarding excise matters to the Ex-
else Commission2p
~That is bridge we viii cross when we
come to it,
city Clerk o'Donnell was asked if he
would turn over excise matters to the
new Commission.
Il will be here when the time comes,
was his significant reply
Mr.. Record was asked about the Com
missioners' salaries.
so far as can see the Commissioners
can't get any salary just now" he said.
| This would seem to mean that some
steps may be taken in regard to this later.
A prominent lawyer in speaking of the
methods available to raise money for the
expenses of the Commission said
Money can be raised in only two ways.
The sum necessary must either be put
in the tax budget or bonds must be $
sued The tax budget is made up to De-
cember 1 next and that makes it impos-
7 sible to provide funds for the present.
Bonds could be issued at any time, but
the people will hardly be glad to pay the
expenses of a board which has never been
necessary before. The money cannot be
taken out OF the liquor license money
excenxay an act of the Legislature.
Their good ground for fight agains
9f s5s to be no doubt that the or
gabs the commission will be fol-
low ef @egai fights. 1t IS xepected that
| sass III 3r6 of Aldermen will guard their
! r4 {Szt 10 bitter end.
der which tho commission
| WI "a by Mayor Fagan was:-
NAPIER CccxLvI.
An X4&N relation to board of excise
cdt41Ex sioners in certain cities of this
l. Bet enacted by the Senate and Cen
eral Assembly of the State Of New Jer-
/ the mayor of any city Of the first class
/ in this state at any time after the pass
age of this act, in his discretion to APP
4 point a board of excise commissioners
therein, to consist of four segal voters of
said city, two of which said commission
ers shall be selected and appointed from
the political party which at the last pre-
ceding election for mayor in said city cast
the largest number of votes for mayor,
and two from the political party at said
election casting the next largest number
of votes for mayor, the comm sSioners so
appointed shall serve for the term of two
years and until their successors shall be
appointed: they shall receive such salary
or compensation as is now provided for
by law for members of the board Of ex-
else commissioners in ouch cities.
g. And be it enacted, That members Of
i the board Of excise commissioners in such
| f'his act Shall continue in ONCE until the
appointment and qualification of their
| successors whereupon their respective
offices shall become vacant notwithstand-
ing they may have been appointed for a
longer term, and such commissioners shall
receive and be paid salary and COM
date that part Of he annual salary or
compensation proportioned TO the actual
term served by them as such commisS on
ers.
8. And be it enacted, That any vacancy
which may happen in the office of mems
her Of excise comm sssioners liz such city
shall be filed by the mayor of said city
for the unexpired term only. and that
the member so appointed to I'LL ouch va
cancy shall be selected from the same
party as the member for whose expiring
Term he is appointed.
4 4. And be it enacted, That the terms
4 of office of ali officers and employees ap-
pointed by the board of excise commits
4 sioners in any such city shall cease on
the first day of June, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-follr. Notwithstanding
such officers or employees may have been
appointed for longer term, and that
silch officers and employees shall receive
and be paid as salary and compensation
for services rendered up to said date that
part of the salary or compensation pro-
portioned to the actual time served by
them in said Office or employ yment