The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-16
II Signed 1t Would End
Their Terms With That
Of Mayor Haussling.
IS CAUSING ANXIETY
Affects All but Financial Heads.
Many Clerks Would Lsse
Places :. Measure Differs
From Minturn Bill,
Last Winter.

City officials, holding Office by ap-
pointment of the Mayor, are much
wrought up over the passage of the &C.
called Ripper bill, which mas Just
passed both houses of the Legislature
and is now in the hands of Governor
Stokes 1t provides that the terms Of
all officials of first class cities, holding
the positions by virtue of appointment
by the chief executive of the city shall
the Mayor expires.
In the new bill. which is practically Z
the Minturn bill which passed last
winter, amended. exception is made in
the case of the financial officers OF the
city, thus taking City Treasurer Albert
Guenther and City Comptroller J.
Harry Bachelor off the list of Offices
to be vacated at the expiration of the
term of the Mayor.
The Minturn bill the Governor re-
fused to sign because it included the
| financial departments of Jersey City
! and Newark, the only first class cities
! in the state, and returned the bill 70
the Legislature during the June re-
cess. recommending that a substitute
bill leaving out the finance depart
ments. be submitted. with the result
! that the Ripper bill was substitutes
and the Objectionable featurs removed.
Eminent authorities agree. however,
that the Minturn bill, passed last VIII
ter, became a law under a provision
of the constitution, on the time MILL,
the Governor having failed to approve
| nr veto the bill within the time pre-
seribed.
Under the ripper bill the Police and
Fire Commissioners, the City Tax Commits
| sioners City Auditor and other boards
| whose members were appointed FOR
! stated term would go out of office with
| Mayor Haussling next year. thus giving
| the new incumbent of the office the entire
patronage of all appointive positions, most
of them salaried.
The following is list of those who
would be affected in this city under ne
bill In question, together with their sal
| aries: City Counsel James r. Nugent'
| 5000 per year; City Attorney Francis
! child. ir., $4,000; Assistant City Attorney
| Charles NJ Myers, $500; City Auditor
| George Forman term expires 1909. SS,oOo
The Excise Board, consisting of Commits
sioners John Nieder, Richard Miller, John
Otto and Edwin B. Smith, at a salary OK
| $1,000
Taxes-Frederick w Paul. term expires
1907. philip Lowy, term expires 1903;
John Howe term expires 1908; A. Wildricl<
Swain. term expires 1910; John l.. Carrol,
term expires 1911 Salaries, $500 a year
each
Judges-David 7. Howell and Charles F
Herr. criminal court judges, term ex-
pires 1903, salaries $500 a year each.
Inspector of gas and gas meters Ems
worth Francisco. 81 500 a year.
Board of Fire Commissioners, salary
81 COO n year-Conmissloners john B. Oel-
kers. term expires 1908; Edward p. GnichteI
term expires 1903; Charles Logan. term ex
pires 1910; Thomas e. Burke, term expires
1911.
Police Commissioners, sl,000 a year--Com-
missioners Frederick Castle, term expires
1905 William Harrigan, 1909; Lyman n
Kane, 1910: John Baader. 1911.
New City Hall Commisslon-James p,
Howell, president $500 per year. and
Commissioners Thomas Cressey and Gott-
fried Krueger, at 81, 200 per annum
The Board of Health Commissioners
Shade Tree Commissioners and Trustees
OF the Free Public Library are also ap-
pointed by the Mayor but carry no salaries
This would mean that each succeeding
Mayor would have the appointing to oftco
OF men in the various boards and commis-
slolls, lhe lolhi VI "h"sS s"iafi0e ~. -
would amount approximately to S6O,Oo0.
The shake-up of officials every two years
under the act means that the large clerical
force in the various departments, most OF
whom are chosen by the heads of the de-
Jartments, would feel the effect OF the law
as well.
CONSERVATION reigns in the clerical circles
of the City Hall well as among the app
pointed officials. for they fear the bill will
be signed by The Governor.