Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-01-30
New Governors nominations.


Governor Murphy sent his first nomi-
nation to the senate on Monday night,
when he named Brigadier General Pc
ter Farmer Wanser of Jersey City as
major general of the state militia, to
succeed the late General William j.
Sewell, and appointed Charles G. Gar
rison of Camden as associate justice of
the supreme court for third term.
The nominations were referred to the
judiciary committee and will be con-
firmed next week.
Nominations to Come.
Following is complete list of the
appointments to be made by Governor
Murphy this year and the present in
cumbents, together with the time of the
expiration of their terms:
Clerk of the Supreme Court-William
Riker, Jr., Newark. Nov. 2.
Secretary of State-George Wurts, Pat
erson, April l.
Attorney General-Samuel Grey, Cam
den, April 5.
Judges of County Courts-Camden, E.
Amber Armstrong; Gloucester, John S.
Jessup; Ocean, Albert c. Martin; Passaic.
John S. Barkalow, all April l.
Prosecutor of the Pleas-Ocean, Theo-
dore S. R. Brown, March 81.
State Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tion-Charles ]. Baxter, March 81.
State Board of observation-disclosures Will
son, Charles Z. Surdam, Edward Maher,
Edward Russ, March %.
Public Library Commissioner-Dr. Err
nest G. Richardson, Jan. 20; Leonard ].
Gordon, ad interim.
Keeper of the State Prison-Samuel S.
Moore Elizabeth, March IS.
Inspector of the State Prison-Cornelius
A. Cadmus ad interim.
New Jersey Reformatory-Richard n.
Wilson and George w. h'ortmeyer. May l.
State Home For Boys-Frank S. Gaskiil,
Edward Spaeth. May 25.
State Home For Girls-Martin c. Rib
SAM, Noble c. Bristol Miss Anna Au-
gusta Allinson, Feb. H.
State Hospitals-Trenton, N. Newlin
Stokes, Cornelius S. Hoffman, Benajah
W. Andrews, Henry w. Baldwin, Joseph
Thompson, May %; Morris Plains, David
st. John, James w. Smith, John A. Nc
Bride, May rs.
State Village For Epileptics-Howard P.
Reynolds and James NJ Buckley, Feb Is.
Managers New Jersey Home For Feeble
Minded Women-MrS. Annie e. Gle, Mrs.
Caroline B. Alexander. March 81
State Board of Medical Examiners-E.
L. B. Godfrey, Charles A. Groves, Davis
p. Borden, July A.
Commissioner of Public Roads-Henry /.
Budd, Burlington, March &c.
State Sewerage Commission - John
Hinchcliffe and Charles w. Fuller, May l..
Commissioners of Palisades Interstate
Park-Nathan F. Barrett. Abram De
Ronde, Feb. IL.
The above appointments are made
with the appreciation of the senate.
Those made by the governor alone are
as follows: State board of health mem
Der, Cyrus I. Bracket, May 3; in
spector of steamboats,, Charles Ed
wards, June %; state board of pharma-
cy. George W. Parison, April p; state
board of dentistry, George Emery
Adams, Oct. Z.
Interesting Bills.
President Francis introduced bill
through Mr.. Reed this week providing
for an armory for the Red Bank cav
airy troop, the cost of which is not to
exceed $4,000. Another of Mr.. Fran
els bills provides that licenses for inns
and taverns may be granted for frac-
tional part of a year, not less than four
months, instead of a year as now, such
fee to be charged as the court or other
licensing power may deem fair and
just.
A bill by Senator Cornish permits
the taking of suckers through the ice
by hook or net during December and
January.
For the first time in years the house
dispensed with its Monday night SEES
sion this week because of the absence
of a quorum, many of the legislators
being delayed by the wreck of freight
train near this city.
The commission appointed last year
to select a suitable gift by the state
to the battleship New Jersey reported
on Monday night that silver service
valued at $4,000 was the choice of the
commission The legislature will prob
ably adopt the commissions recon-
mendation.
1t is expected that by next week the
legislature will get down to actual
work, there being now about a hun
bred bills in the hands of the commit
tees. But one or two of the important
bills of the session have been introduc-
ed, and the outlook is that there are
numerous important measures to be
presented and that they will make
their appearance within the next week
lr two.