The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-05-26
DR.. Van Dyke, of Princeton, on
Commission for Protection
of Fish.
GOVERNOR NAMES MEN
TO REVISE BANKING LAWS
Republican Party Stands Com
nlitted to Bishops Law"
Chief Executive Says.
[From a Staff Correspondent

TRENTON, May 26.-Announcement
was made today by Governor ]. Frank
lin Fort of the personnel of the State
commissions, in appointing which the
Governor was delayed by having to
wait for an opinion from Attorney
General Robert H. McCarter on the
question of the constitutionality of ap
pointing meIp5ersAof the Legislature on
some of me commissions. The attorney
general insisted on tn, opinion he gave
before, that it could nd be done, so the
Governor named no me hbers of either
of the houses of the Legislature to any
of the boards.
The Governor, on his own initiative,
named a commission to report a revision
of the banking laws. He also says in a
statement that there should be con-
sideration of the whole tax question in
this State in view of recent decisions
of the Supreme Court.
Interest Centres In Excise.
The membership OF the commission
to consider the excise laws of the State
was of greatest interest. Tax Com
missioner John Howe, of Newark, is
one of the commission. He is said to
pany in that city The other side is
represented by Peter Backes, the Tren
ton lawyer, who drafted the original
Bishops law two years ago, and which
was the direct cause of the recent rigid
operation of excise statutes in New
jersey.
Charles j. Fisk, Mayor of Plainfeld,
is another member. Plainfield has Ii
of G1 town
looked on by many persons as model,
SO far as the handling of the excise
question goes.
J. Kearny Rice, of New Brunswick,
was formerly a judge in Middlesex
County: ]. Frank Appleby is the
Mayor of Asbury Park which is deeply
interested in excise matters by reason
of fights that have occurred from time
to time to procure the sale of liquor
there Ca.eb Van Huysen Whitbeck is
editor of a newspaper in Hackensack,
which has been identified with the
Colby movement. George G. Smith was
a Senator from Ocean County some
years ago.
Excise Commission-Charles j. Fisk,
of Union; Caleb Van Husen Whitbeck,
of Bergen; ]. Kearney Rice, of Middle
sex; John Howe, of Newark; j. Frank
Appleby, of Monmouth Peter Backes,
of Trenton; George G. Smith, Ocean.
Dependency and Crime Commission
Michael T. Barrett, Essex; Emily H.
Williamson, Union; Caroline B. Alexan-
der. Hudson; b. B. Bobbitt, Monmouth;
Charles A. Rosenwasser, NJ. D., Essex;
Ernest A. Boone Camden; Benjamin
Murphy Hudson: Edward A. RANSOM
jr.. Hudson.
Delaware River Bridge Commission
L Snowden Haines, Burlington; George
A. Angle, Warren.
Auditor of Accounts-William D.
Drake, of East Orange. Mr.. Drake
named his assistants with the consent
of the Governor, Theodore B. Guerin
Newark, and Alexander B. Bishop,
Essex
Hudson River Bridge Commission
Anthony r. Kuser; Victor l.. Mason, of
Passaic; Frank r. Long, of Bergen;
Edwin D. Smith, of Union; Frederick
N. Eberhardt. of Hudson.
Commission to Revise the Public
Statutes lin place of former Chancellor
Maniel-Alan H. Strong, OF Middlesex.
Member of the Commission for the
Protection of Fish in the Delaware
piver-IIenry c. Van Dyke, D. D, of
MERCER
Commission to Suggest Law for
Taxation of Banks, Trust Companies and
Savings Banks-John o. H. Pitney, of
Essex; Senator Bloomfield II. Minch,
of Cumberland; William II. Davis, OF
Hudson; Albert M. Bradshaw, of
ocean; j. Hayes Lippincott, of At
lantic.
industrial Education Commission
George r. Howe, of East Orange; John
w. Ferguson, of Passaic; George @.
remnant, of Hudson; Andrew F. West,
of Mercer; William A. cambridge, of
Union.
Blind Commission-James j. Stanton,
of Sussex; Richard c Jenkinsop, OF
Newark; Mrs. Frank B. Cotton, OF
Newark; Miss Emily M. Roebling, OF
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