Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-01-06
AMsOY LAWYERS
SUBMIT SOME OPINIONS
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Fudge Beekman's opinion follows.
THE present council is altogether
a different body, both in number
and mode of election, than the form
er council provided for in the char
ter. The council, under the char
ter. consists of three aldermen and
six councilmen, elected at large, the
mayor being a member and the pre-
siding officer of such body. He had
a vote In case of a tie. The pres
emit body Is composed OF six alder
men and an alderman-at-large,
elected under a general Law, which
~supercedes the charter. 1t is an
entirely different body from the one
provided for in the charter, and the
charter provisions have nothing to
do with such, as to number, mode
OF election pr formation.
Charter Not In Force.
ct is an entirely different body or
ganized in a different manner. than
the one provided for In the charter.
The charter provision, as o the vice
president. applies only to the char
ter formation, which is no longer In
force. The aiderman-at-large is the
presiding officer. The object of the
charter, as to a vice president, was
to provide a presiding officer, when
the mayor could not preside, on ac-
count of causes set forth in the
charter. He was chosen for that
purpose. The reason being no longer
IN force, the office fails with the OBJ
jeet.t@ @ssr
Besides, there is another feature
that must not be lost sight of, and
Ii is this: The very act under which
our present Legislative body Is form
ed-Act approved March "a, 1895.
and which created the office of AL
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES that
/ such alderman at-large shall have
all the powers and privileges apper-
tanning to such office. and makes
him the presiding officer OF the
council. Powers and privileges must
| include all those that were former
t1y vested In the former presiding Of
fcers of the council, by the charter,
and which certainly includes the
right to act as mayor in such contin-
geneiesa as have arisen In our city.
It certainly cannot be claimed that
the council a say what powers
are vested In the alderman-at-largei
arbitrarily or otherwise. Those pow
|ers and privileges are fixed by law.
| To say that he was only to have q
part of those powers and privileges
land not others would leave them
without boundaries.
1.-The alderman-at-large is certain
lly not a DIR. Jekyli, ne TO a part OF
ibis powers N privileges, and a Mr.,
Hyde, as to the others. All the
powers and privileges formerly
vested In the vice president under
The charter, as presiding officer Of
the council, are vested by law
In the alderman-at-large, or the act
of 1895 is without meaning
ssPicayune PoIitics''-Kehoe.
81 believe that to the victor be
longs the spoils,, and not In playing
picayune politics in d%epriving a mar
elected by. the people of the rights
and privileges of his Office, said he
eorder Henry w. Kehoe. this morn.
ing when visited at his Office by Q
NEWS representative. Recorder
Kehoe. who fs q Democratic official,
declares he takes this stand in the
Arm neliei5eatA1 iaFresssn = en- 2
the cityss chief. ~rs~aasa.
w. A. Spencer -.rz
William Al. Spencer, clerk OF tn
County Board of Taxation, declare
lit amply proves that the Democrats
organization is not capable Of run
ming the city's government In 9
| credita BILE manner.
JoseIson Approves Action.
Jacob b. Joselson, who ran for the
assembly on the Democratic ticket
Hast November, declares he approves
| of the action of the aldermen, and
believes it fully within the bounds
OF law.
Stremlau Is Opposed.
Emil Stremiau, a rising Hepubli
can lawyer, emphaticaIly states he Il
opposed to the and hearth,
comedies with the views of Mr.
Garretson.
Strfcsyer Refuses TO Talk.
Joseph e. Stricken, Thomas Brown
and Leo Goldberger, three OF tbs
best known members of the lega
profession in the city. refused to tail
on the subject. They declared the!
have nothing to a on the question
for publication, although they ma,
have personal views on the matter.
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