Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-02-24
CONSTITUTIONAL
BILL UP THIS WEEK
Assembly VIII Consider Hem
nessy's Measure in
Amended Form.
TFrom n stan oorrespondep,.l

ii1ENION, y. j., Feb. 24.-The As
selnbly this week will take I'm on see-
ond reading Assemblyman Hennessv,s
constitutional convention bill and con-
Nder the dozen or more amendments
10 the original bill as presented nv
ane House committee on judiciary last
Thursday i''9'
inese amendments provide in the
MAN Tor four things. One is that in
the Erecting OF delegate in each one
OF the sixty districts created bv the
Dill the voter shall express his FIRST
second and other choice in ordes
that no delegate may be chosen nv a
minority vote. Another requirement
is that each candidate for delegate
ming a petition of nomination shall
sign statement which shall in form
De substantially as follows:
hereby certify and declare that if
am elected delegate to the consti-
tutlonal convention, will respect and
observe every provision of the act of
the Legislature of 1913 under and by
virtue of which a constitutional con-
Vention has been authorized"
me provision of the bill to which
THIS declaration is particularly intend
ed to apply is embraced in another
amendment offered by the judiciary
committee and which reads as fol-
lows:
Provided, however, that on any
proposition coming before said con-
vention which may involve an alter
alton or change in any respect, of the
system of legislative representation
as existing under the constitution of
the State at the date of the passage
of this act the delegates shall vote
thereon according to counties, each
county being entitled to but one vote"
The judiciary committee amend
ments also make a great many
changes in the districts as originally
planned in the bill when introduced
by Mr.. Hennessy.
In the amendment providing for the
expression of first, second and "other"
choice, 1t is stipulated that IL a candi-
date receives as first choice a major
ity vote, he shall be- declared elected.
but that if no candidate shall receive
such a majority as first choice, then
the second choice vote shall be added
to the first choice votes received by
CdCn CdAuludlO, lliC lCCClN-
ing the largest number of first and
second-class votes combined shall be
elected, if such combined votes con-
stitute majority. If the person re-
ceiving the highest number of first
and second choice votes does not re-
ceive a majority then the "other"
choice votes shall be added to the
first and second choice votes. The
word majority is defined in the law to
mean more than one-half of the total
number of first choice votes cast for
oil candidates.
A change in the districts for Mercer
county has been made and the three
districts of the county under the judi
ciary amendments are made up as fol-
lows: First district, the Third, Fourth,
Sixth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and
Twelfth wards of the city Of Trenton;
Second district, the First, Second,
Fifth, Seventh, Eighth, Thirteenth
and Fourteenth wards of the city or
Trenton: Third district, the several
boroughs and townships of the county.
The revised districts for Essex
county are:
First District-Caldwell borough,
Caldwell township, North Caldwell
borough, Cedar Grove township, West
Caldwell borough, Verona borough.
Essex Fells borough, Roseland bor-
ough and Montclair town.
Second District-Bloomfield town.
town of Nutley, borough of Glen
Ridge and town of Belleville and the
Eighth ward of eNcity of Newark.
Third District-The First ward ana
the Eleventh ward of the city of New
ark.
Fourth District-The Second ward
and the Fifteenth ward of the city OF
Newark.
Fifth District-The Fourth ward and
the Fifth ward of the city of Newark.
Sixth District-The Tenth ward and
the Twelfth ward of the city of New
ark.
Seventh District-The Ninth ward
and the Sixteenth ward of the city of
Newark.
Eighth District--The Third ward
and the Fourteenth ward of the city
of Newark
Ninth District-The Sixth ward and
the Seventh ward of the city OF New
ark.
Tenth District--The town of Irving
ton and the Thirteenth ward of the
city of Newark.
Eleventh District-City of East Or
ange, village of South Orange, town
ship of South Orange, town of West
Orange. town of Livingston and town
of Milburn.
Twelfth District---The city of Or
Rnse