Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-26
REVISED CHARTER
TO GIVE Ne WARK
COMMISSION RULE
Mayor, as President of Board,
to Receive $4,000 a
Year.
FOUR COMMISSIONERS,
EACH AT $4,000 ANNUALLY
Present Departments to Be Re-
placed by Appointees, Irre-
movable Except for Cause.

The revised charter for the city Of
Newark that the Legislature will be
asked to approve at the present session
is ready for introduction in the form
of bill. The City Charter Commission
will meet tomorrow to formally approve
the proposed act.
The new charter legislates out of
existence the Common Council, Board
of Street and Water Commissioners,
Board of Fire Commissioners. Board of
Health, trustees of the City Home,
Board of Playground Commissioners.
Shade Tree Commission, city clerks
office
All authority now in these bodies will
lie In the mayor elected for a term OF
two years and a commission of four,
elected for terms of four years at $1,000
q year each. Power to issue bonds, fix
the tax levy, grant franchises. is
placed in the commission.
The mayor shall be president of the
commission and shall have his salary
fixed by 1t, but his compensation must
not exceed $4,000 annually.
The commission shall have the
power of naming the comptroller, who
shall hold office for four years and re-
ceive salary of not more than $1,000
He may be removed for cause.
Inc mayor shall appoint a commits
sioner Of health, whose term of Office
| Will be concurrent with the mayor
and whose salary shall not exceed
S7,b0O. The commissioner may name
| deputy, whose salary shall not be more
than $4,000. Ohe health commissioner
will have charge of all matters that
now fall under the Board of Health as
at present constituted.
A fire commissioner shall be ap-
pointed by the mayor for a term con-
current with his own, whose salary
shall not be more than $500. The fire
commissioner shall have supervision
over the fire department and take
charge of all the work that now be-
| longs to the Board of Fire Comnlis-
sioners. He may appoint deputy,
whcse SALARY may not be more than
$4,000
Police Head Allowed a Deputy.
| The police commissioner, appointed
| by the mayor. shall have jurisdiction
over the police department He will
take in effect the police board and may
have a deputy at salary of not more
than $4,000. All these department heads
may be summarily removed by the
mayor
The commissioner Of charities shall
be appointed for a similar term at
salary not exceeding $1,000. and he shall
have jurisdiction over city hospitals,
dispensaries and whatever is now un-
der control of the aims department.
He may name a deputy. whose salary
shall not exceed $4,000.
The law department shall be com
posed of a corporation counsel, ap-
| pointed by the mayor, for a term of
| the same length as his own. His salary
| shall not exceed $4,000. He may name
a corporation attorney at salary
not exceeding $500. an assistant at a
salary not exceeding $4,000, and as
many other assistants as the commits
sion may deem necessary to look after
/ the legal work of the city.
| A superintendent of buildings shall
be appointed by the mayor. His salary
shall not exceed $4,000 He may name
a deputy, whose salary shall not be
more than $1,000.
Excise Board of Three.
Provision is made for the appoint
ment by the mayor Of an excise COM
mission of three, who shall have con-
| troll over the sale Of liquor. They may
receive a salary of $1,000 year each.
| A municipal civil service commission
shall also be named by the mayor,
who shall not receive more than $1,000
annually, to have supervision over all
appointments and promotions to be
made in city departments
| A commissioner of accounts, appoint
ed by the mayor, shall perform the
work now done by the city expert. He
is to be appointed by the mayor and
his salary is to be fixed by the com-
mission.
All the appointees of the mayor are
for the same term of office as the
mayor himself enjoys
The commission shall have the power
| to employ a chief engineer, civil and
mechanical engineers, surveyors, su-
pervisors, clerks and such other en-
DIovaes as NAV be necessary. No