The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-07-26
Fired inspectors Connerty
and MoLauglin and As
sistant Clerk Egan of the
Pagan Board
DAuOT ELECTED PRESIDENT
INDICATIONS ARE THAT OLD
BOARD WILL CARRY ACTION OF
NEW BOARD INTO COURT
BOTH BOARDS WILL MEET
NEXT THURSDAY NIGHT.

The Board of Finance yesterday ap-
proved of the bonds of three of the four
new Excise Commissioners appointed by
Judge Blair. Charles Hendrickson, one
of the Commissioners appointed, is IN
Europe and is expected home in August.
Each of the three who qualified gave
bonds for $1,000. Philip j. Daub's sure
ties were Edward c. aGrdner and Hem
nv B. Smith. A. NJ. Henry's sureties
were James Ellington and John F.
Boyle. and those of William H. Jones are
Joseph Zumbusch and Frank w. Mawin.
The three members of the new board
met in the Assembly Chamber last night
and elected Mr. Daubt, an ex-Finance
Commissioner, president. The board as
thus organized discharged Inspectors
Connerty and Mclaughlin and Assistant
Clerk Michael Egan, but did not appoint
their successors. Their places may not
be filled until Commissioner Hemdrickson
returns home from Europe.
About one hundred saloonkeepers,
many of whom had been refused licenses
by the Pagan board, and number of in
terested politicians and spectators occu-
pied seats in the lobby. City Clerk Geo.
Mccarthy ofiiciated as clerk. A number
of saloonkeepers whose applications for
renewal of licenses were refused by the
Pagan board, believe they were persecut-
ed, are in hopes that the new board APP
pointed under the new excise law by
Judge Blair will rehabilitate them in
business.
As far as could be learned by diligent
inquiry this morning. the new board viii
not favor the granting of the application
of license by anyone against whose
place complaint was made and inyestiga-
ted by the police and not approved by
Chef Murphy under the Pagan board.
Chief Murphy recognizes the new board.
He says he can do nothing but obey
the law as he finds it Oil the statute books;
that it is not for him to wait and ascer-
tain what may be the outcome of any
possible litigation that may arise as to
which of the two boards is the legal one.
In some cases where he recommended to
the Pagan Board that inn and tavern
licenses should not be granted to certain
applicants he may not oppose the granting
of restaurant licenses to the same appii-
cante. This morning he approved of the
of the granting of a restaurant license
TO James Kelly, who has applied for
such to run the saloon in Exchange
Place formerly run by Matthew Foster
who had Withdrawn his application from
the Pagan Board
A short time before the meeting of the
new Board closed last night, Mayor Fa-
gan returned without his approval the
application of Charles Katz, for license
TO run a saloon at No. III Warren
street. Clerk Mccarthy picked it up
from the desk as the meeting was about
to adjourn. He said it was received too
late to be read. The receipt of this COM
unication caused considerable specula
tin. 1t is said that the Mayors object
was to test his right fo the power of veto
over thine actions of the new Board.
1t was also rumored that the action
of the new Board in dismissing Inspec-
TORS Mclaughlin and Connerty would be
made the basis of quo warranto proceed
ings.
Both Boards will meet next Tuesday
night in the City Hall.