Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-08-23
REFERENDUM ON I
CIVIL SERVICE ACT
ASKED FOR IN {. 0.
Following Newark's Action,
Petition Is Presented to
City Council.

fnere was presented to the East Or
ange City Council last night a petition
ror referendum at the coming election
on the adoption of the civil service act
py that city. It was referred to City
attorney Gedney. The petition con-
tained considerably more than the five
hundred names required by law In cities
or the second class This is the second
petition of this character filed. one hav-
ing recently been presented to the Com
mon Council of Newark fora referen-
oum on the law. A third petition will
De presented to the Board of Freehold
ers covering similar referendum for
Essex county positions, and there is
talk OF still another being presented to
the Board OF Trustees of the Village Of
South Orange, in which the law was
previously adopted by ordinance, and
remained in force until the decision of
the courts against this method of adop-
ton.
In case the county petition is filed, 1t
will be necessary that there be printed
upon the ballots used in the municipali-
ties named two separate referendum
votes. one covering the adoption of the
law by the city and the other by the
county.
Under the law, it is the duty of the
governing body to give public notice of
the referendum-by publication in one OF
more newspapers of the municipality or
county at least once week for the four
weeks preceding the election, and by
posting notices in five of the most pub
lie places for at least four weeks.
Names ON Petition.
The petition presented last night con-
tanned the names of several prominent
officials and a large number of infiuen-
tial men in East Orange.
Among the signers were the follow
ing: Congressman William H. Wiley,
City Attorney Jerome d. Gedney, City
Clerk Lincoln e. Rowley, Postmaster
Marcus Mitchell, Freeholder David A.
Mcbride, the Rev. George s. Bishop, the
Rev. James F. Riggs. George r. Howe.
DIR. Charles s. Stockton. Cation l..
Decker DR.. Ralph Hunt. DIR. A. A.
Boyer, w. N. Knapp, John English, f.
J. Pursell, f. e. Bruen. John 3. Crowell,
Dewitt c. Reynolds, George P. Olcott,
George III. Austen, Franklin w. Fort.
Henry b. Gombers, Oscar HI. Condit,
p, r. Bomeisler, Henry A. Potter. Fred,
erick Saxelby, George W. Buggeln, Benz
jamin Shepard, J. Edwin Ellor, James
G. Barradelle. E. Frank Boutillier. S. ].
Blair, W. w. Conklin. Hedley Y. Cooke.
Trad Hawley, Ogden H. Bowers, Robert
M Ogden, Byron G. Matthews. Frank
Il. Bell, r. o. Lindsey, Elijah Doremus.
William B. Harris, e. NJ. Green, Fred
erick 7. Ward, George W. Sill, A. w.
Palmer, Henry Blaurock. Oliver e.
Wade, John II. Palmer, Henry J. I'm
tiedt. Richard Coyne, jr.. Thomas John
son. Thomas D. Mcguire. F. w. Wilson.
E. d. Vanderbilt
Complains of Autos.
Complaint was made by Benjamin
Shakespeare, of Central avenue, that
yond the speed Limits OH that driveway,
and that something should be done at
once to stop the nuisance. Mr.. Shaker
speare- stated that he had complained
on several occasions to policemen along
the avenue. but that the latter said all
they could do was to report the vio-
lation and endeavor to get the cars
number which most of the time was OBJ
scured by dust.
The complaint led President Boteler,
of the East Orange Police Board, to
declare that many more policemen were
Heeueu. ne Saiu tiiat IL SSe'hou dhioSt
ridiculous to think that city with
seventy miles of streets and fifty mill
lions worth of property had only
twenty-four men to guard it at night
and ten patrolmen and one motor
cycle man for day work.
Councilmen Lee. Merrill and Buggelyn
were appointed to complete details for
attendance at the p. b. A. convention
at Atlantic City.
The contract for the disposing of the
city's garbage was again awarded to
Michael Loprete for the year for $500.
Other minor contracts were also given
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