The Jersey City news., 1906-10-29
ELECTION NUIIUE

~ ! " aaAas aHaa aseJa
that the acceptance Or rejection OF an (
Act of the Legislature of the state pI +
New jersey entitled, "A further supple-
meilt to an Act entitled, An Act 70 re-
nrove the fire and police departments "a /
cities Of this State from political eontroi'
approved May second, one tholsane eignt |
hundred and eighty five, appfoyed May |
II, 1905. viii be submitted to the voters /
OF the City of Jersey City at the gem
eral election to be held IN the said CITY
on the sixth day Of November 4, "
1906.
Tie following is a COPY of the Act |
CHAPTER PAP.
a Further Supplement TO ansAet emitted
stAn Act TO remove the police and hre
departments in the cities of this State
from political cd.trol approved May
second, one thousand eight hundred and
eiehty96ye.
Be it enacted bg the Senate and Cen
eral Assembly of the Stare Of New JeT-
sey
/. Section one Of the Act to which this /
Act is a supplement be amended so as
to read as follows:
l. The board of FIRE commissioners in
Act to which this Act is a further sup.
plement shall fix the compensation Of
the permanent members Of the IRE de-
partment as follows:
70 battalion or district chiefs the
sum Of not less ssss twenty hundred
dollars per anuum; to the captain or
! foreman Of each res5ec tive company, the
sum Of not less than sixteen hundred
dollars per annum: TO lientenants OF as
sistant foremen the sum of Dot less than
fourteen hundred dollars pei annlim; to
each permanent member or the arst
grade the sum of not less than thirteen
hundred dollars per annum. to each per-
manent member Of the seeoud grade, the
sum of not less than eleven hundred dol
lars per annuna; to each permanent rnen-
ber of the third grade the sum of not less
than ten hundred dollars per annum; to
each permanent member of the fourth
grade the sum of not less than eight
/ hundred dollars per ainunl: the above
/ sums to be paid in monthly or SEMI
monthly payments to the above battalion
/ or district chiefs. captlins. foren1en,
| ieutenants or assistant foTemen and per-
manent members Of the first second,
third and fourth grades. The said COM
! peEsation to begin on the first day Of the
next calendar month after this act shall
/ go into effect.
| 2. Ail Acts and parts of Acts ireon-
| sistent with this SAct be and the same are
/ hereby repealed, and this Act shall take
effect immediately; prWided, however,
that none Of the foreg6ing provisions
shall take effect iii any city until the ac-
ceptance or rejection of this Act shall
have been submitted, as herein provided,
| to a popular vote; such submission shall
be made and the vote hereinafter pro-
| vided for taken at the next election,
whether general, municipal or special,
and it shall be the duty of the county
/ sIp7k OF loo 81 FOR n We ihaffhrn a Sur
election. to give public notice by puhli-
cation in two or more newspapers pub
\ lished and circulating in the city in which
/ said election is to be held, that such sub<
mission viii be made at the ensuing
election stating briefly the question to
| be submitted as herein provided.
There shall be printed on each official
| ballot to be used at such election beneath
4 the list of candidates thereon the follow
/ ing words: .sAct of one thousand nine
i hundred and six increasing the compen-
! sation of hremen' with the word for
4 and the word against above and im-
4 mediately preceding such proposition.
/ And the legal voters of such city shall
lat such election so decide upon the ac-
I ceptanee or rejection of this Act by the
use of such ballots If the word ssfor''
! be marked off or defaced upon the ball
dot, it shah be counted as a vote against
! the same; if the word against be
I
I shall be counted as q vote in favor there
1 Of; and in case neither the word 'sfofy
/ or the word against be marked off or
/ defaced upon the ballot, it shall not be
! counted as vote either for or against
such proposition.
3. The acceptance or rejection of this
Act shall be determined by the result Of
1 such election, and if there shall be found,
1 on a canvass of all the votes east, to be.
made as herein provided, that a majority
! of ballots have been cast in favor of this
Act. then this Act but not otherwise.
4 shall take effect Immediately in such city;
! the return of the election officers and GER
1 tifcate of the results of the votes cast
| in every election district or voting pre-
/ cinct in such city for and against the ac-
! ceptance of this Act shall be filed forth
4 with after the close of said election by the
officers conducting thesame with the clerk
/ Of the city wherein such election is held,
/ and it shall be the duty of the clerk to
! tabulate the said returns and canvass
/ the votes so cast in all the election dis
/ tricts in said city and certify upon such
/ tabulated statement The number of votes
/ cast for the acceptance of this Act and
/ the number of votes cast against the ac-
| ceptanee of this Act and he shall file
such tabulated statement with his certih-
| cate thereon in his office, there to remain
Of record.
| Approved May, II, 1906
Done in accordance with said act.
JOHN ROTTERDAM.
| County Clerk of Hudson County. X. r.
@ &C OF the County Clerk, Jersey
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