Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-04-30
EDITORIAL kCOMMENT.
The Assembly District Law.

INTO as many dSSellDly ulSIlIClH %
the said counties are entitled to elect
members of the general assembly, re
spectively." the district lines in coun-
ties which elect two or more mem
bers are defined, being based on the
boundaries as they existed on Jan
uary LIST, 1906.
The fourth section makes it the
duty of the county clerks in the sew
eral counties to have the new law
printed within ten days after its APP
proval. for circulation in their re-
spective counties, and shall furnish
10 any person applying to them there
for a printed copy of this act" The
failure of any county clerk to furnish
such copy TO any person so demand
ing the same shall not be construed
to invalidate or affect any election
held under the act.
The new law was approved on
Thursday of last week, and, eXclud-
ing Sunday, the ten days limit will
expire on Tuesday next. Few, if any,
Of the county clerks will be prepared
to supply the copies on Tuesday next,
and in order to get the matter before
the courts for final decision by the
court of errors and appeals, mandam-
us proceedings will be taken against
one of the county clerks.
OF the three supreme court jus
tees who decided the assembly dis
trict scheme to be unconstitutional.
Justice Reed is the only M now a
member of the court. The sugges-
ton has been made that the proceed
ings shall be instituted before him.
Guided by the opinion read by the
late Justice Depue, he would uphold
the contention of counsel for the
mandamused county clerk, that the
new law is unconstitutional, and APP
peal would be taken to the court of
errors and appeals.
BY following this plan. the chan
cellor, chief justice, eight of the as
sociate justices and the four special
judges will be able to sit when the
appeal is heard, and the decision will
be that of fifteen judges, a larger
number than has passed upon an
appeal from a supreme court decision
in the history of the state. 1t is eX-
pected that proceedings will be start
+ ed next week, in order that the case
may get before the court of errors
and appeals at the June term, and a
determination of it announced dur
ing the summer.
Should the decision sustain that
1;y-1,, he J,,e+iaA D1t,,o Tho AnI,- ~, =,
by which the assembly districting
scheme can be adopted in New Jersey
is by amendment of the constitution,
and it will he more than TWO years
before this can be secured.-Trenton
Times.
The Circular Nuisance.
City council has at last taken steps
toward abatement of the circular null
sance, a resolution having been adop-
ted at the last meeting. directing the
city counsel to prepare an ordinance
regulating the distribution of hand
bills on the public streets. The sug-
gestion that such restriction would
be prejudicial to the interests of the
small shopkeeper was promptly refu-
ted by Councilman Francis. himself a
narience that tbo hest ad,orttsfno 70
euIrs are attained fror ,ha rnw.no-
pers.
No city can be kept clean and tidy
whore tho indt.criminata d-t.trthrtion
md +browina ,hout. ~, ,..a.. - afn
cm1ars and b.nd tiu. A.. ,.a,,,ittad
Every n-rooroyyiyo r,pnf,fn,fty hoe
found if recosearv ~ ros,,.irt ~, nro.
bihit this nracrfco
In arv citv bayf,u ,,. ,r ,,oro
daiIv tbe nana,y tbo' n.o 'af .ir.niare
for advartieira nu.no... rot oniy
nrecesea hur an ,.,.,aI n.asta o.
money ae ayna,ienca has tamgbt
MANY Camden stow. I...,a,s mbo
have had IN meet .bo r-,mnatition Of
liberal n-awen,r., .1~yo-t.ino
h mayor ,r-.r dotnu aI1 in bie
mower 10 sion rha u,.nring If the
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