Evening journal., 1915-01-07

missioning these officials for a term |
OF four years il would be best TO low
er the term to two years, and pro-
vide for a State tax of ten dollars
upon the issuance of their commits
sion. A practice has grown up IN
some sections, of cutting the tees
prescribed by law. and In order to
place the Notaries on an equal basis
| recommend that legislation be en-
acted which would provide for the
revocation of a commission i'm case
Notary cut his fees. The law re-
auiring the annual publication in
the newspapers Of the appointments
of the Justices of the Peace and No
tarics Public should be abolished as
II calls for a needless expenditure OF
money and no special benefit is de-
rived. as the information can be OBJ
tained through the proper channels.
without any trouble by those inter-
ested
Salary of Lieutenant Governor, state
Treasurer, and Insurance Com
missioner.
am of the opinion that the office
OF Lieutenant Governor created by
] the Constitution of 1897, should be
/ placed upon a specific salary basis.
/ II now carries a per diem allowance,
the same as is given to the members
Of the General Assembly, which gives
! that official only three hundred dol
/ lars in the years when the General
/ Assembly sits. and for the alternate
years no compensation. except a per
diem allowance for meetings OF the
BoaId Of Pardons.
/ suggest that the Constitution he
go amended as 10 provide a SPECIFIC
salary for the Lieutenant Governor.
such as would beft the dignity and
importance of the Office. In this con-
nection l would also suggest that the
statutes providing for the cOmpen-
sation OF the State Treasurer and
the Insurance Commissioner be so
amended as to provide a specific sal
airy for these two officials instead NJ
the salary and fees now allowed
, them.
ExDressage Of State Matter.
The section of the law directing
the express companies operating III
the State to transport, free OF charge
certain hooks. papers and public
documents. should be changed tC
, meet the conditions existing today
There Las been conflict between
various state officials and the com
panies referred tr concerning this
service. A law clearly defining tn
T, duty OF the express companies ir
this matter, ami defining the limit
for The shipping Of books. papers
and documents, il greatly needed 70
the proper transaction of the Stat
9 business.
Legislative Bills.
> The last General Assembly abolish
ed the system # enrolling bills an
resolutions and substituted in lie
= thereof system Of typewritten bill
= with prescrihei form OF backin
u In malv instances II was necessar
to veto and return bills because 2
typewriter errors and general M
Il tidinoss la typography. As thes
s bills constitute &c Comments of recor'
d il is essential thar no carbon cOpie
r be backed, as only the original bi
q comes to the Chief Executive for az
y proval. II is equally essential thf
r no interlineations. typewriter
d otherwise, be permitted in the or
ID ginal typewriter bill. II should ais
be provided by statute that the bacl
)f ings of the bill contain a certificate
s. as to the number of votes received
Is each House upon the passage Of Il
te measure so that the Chief EXecuti'
l. can tell at a glance whether the bi
ID has received the requisite number
G. votes as provided by the Constitutio
oi for the various classes Of bills.
ly Legislative Calendars.
j. Inasmuch as the State does NJ
n provide for the publication of u
lie daily proceedings of the General A
Id sembly or the printing of the Jou
s. nal. from day to day, the Legislati'
be Calendars which are printed dai
a are relied upon to a great extent f
be information that is important an
c. essential at the time the General A
y. sembly is sitting. The practice
IL prInting the legislative Calenda
be with no particular regard for III
n formity or accuracy prevents the
~ being Of real use at a time when I
ry information contained in them
We greatly needed. If the printing
Ial these calendars were placed IN I
sc hands of the Eoard of State Su
es plies. the result obtained would
re beneficial.
Printing and Distribution Of Sessi
Laws.
lie The delay in the printing Of I
of Session Laws after the adiournme
nd Of the General Assembly could
ng cbviated by changing the Statu
Ter which requires the assembling OF
sse various laws under certain titles, a
ed, t1oviGes a method for printing.
les the Board of State Supplies We
he uermitted to a.lot the contract
ice connective bidding for the print
ice of the laws before the General
of semblv went into session, u wol
lit, then be possible for the Secretary
wo state. whose duty II is to compile
The Session laws. to side-note and p
The mare the statutes for the printer
My thew are passed by the General
M sembly. and approved by the Gov
II nor. At the end of each session u
Of forms could be bound together
TO issued within a comparatively sh
End time after adjournment. This is
TO very radical step to be sure
in should the idea not meet with "
lall general approval, | suggest as
De- alternative that the statute wh
CT provides for the arrangement un
lat titles be changed so that the Ia
the could be chaptered chronologically
Il THE number of copies of the S
IN sion laws required to DC prln
nal should be reduced in order 10 G
on form to the demand for the sa
col which falls considerably snort OF
total number printed from year
lcle year.
'ca- The distribution Of the Sess