The Penn's Grove record., 1915-04-30
SHELL FISHERY
BILL is SIGNED
Special Senate Session Needed;
Governor Undecided as to Date
BOXING BILL is IRREGULAR
Substitute to Permit A. A. u. Bouts
Took Wrong Course to Fielder
Cannot Be Sisned-Bayonns
Board Not Restrained.
Especial Trenton Correspondence.


Especial Trenton Correspondence
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Fielder signed
Senate No. Z, the Last of the economy
n efficiency measures passed by the
Legislature, and the final bill in the
series OF eight proposed for the re
organization of State departments.
This bin provides for a single depart
ment of shell fisheries by CONSOLIDATE
ing the State Bureau of Shell Fisher
les, the State Oyster Commission, Oys-
ter Commission for the District of
Ocean County, with it's superintend-
emit; Oyster Commission for the Dis
trict of Atlantic County, with the du-
ties OF the oyster and clam commits
sdoner of the district of Shark river.
The proposed new board is to con-
sist of eight members with a director
of shell fisheries who shall receive a
salary OF $4,000 q year. The bill pro-
vldes that the commissioners shall be
named by the governor with the ad-
vice and consent of the Senate. There
fore, 1t will be necessary for Governor
Fielder to call a special session Of the
Senate to act upon the appointments
to this board.
The governor said that he did not
know whether Oh not this special ses-
sion would be called before he leaves
nor the Panama+Pacifc Exposition or
after his return.
The governor has decided upon the
plan to finish the consideration Of all
the measures beforehand. Then, ii
he has time, he will name the COM
missioners for this board and call the
Senate together before he leaves New
Jersey. 1t is probable that he will be
able to do this.
Governor Fielder appointed William
H. Chew, of Salem, to succeed himself
ON the State Board OF eHalth. This
appointment is until June 80, when the
State board will be reorganized under
the economy and efficiency laws. Mr..
Chew has been appointed and confirm
ed as a member of the new Board Of
Health, which goes into office July /.
Boxing Bill Can't Be Signed.
Discovery was made that the com
mittee substitute for the Singer boxing
bill did not pass the Legislature in
regular form and is therefore dead.
The bill was originally introduced in
the House and provided for ten-round
bouts. In the Senate a committee sub
stitute vas reported from committee
and the substitute provided for four
round bouts of three minutes each un-
der A. A. u. rules.
The Senate passed the committee
substitute, and the substitute was re
turned to the House and concurred in.
Under the rules of the two houses the
committee substitute, which was ap-
proved by the House, should have been
returned to the Senate because. under
the ruling of the Supreme Court in the
Pierce grade crossing case three years
ago, the committee substitute in real
fly made the original Singer bill a
Senate measure.
After the House had concurred in
the committee substitute it was not
returned to the Senate, and this fact
will prevent the delivery of the COM
mittee substitute to Governor Fielder
for consideration. The committee sub
stitute is now in the hands of the clerk
of the House and there is no chance
of it's becoming a law this year.
Bayonne Board Not Restrained.
The Court of Errors and Appeals
denied an application to restrain the
organization of the new city commits.
sioners IN Bayonne. The application
was made to the court for two citizens,
James T. Brady and John T. Devlin, of
Bayonne.
The grounds for the application were
similar to those in the New Bruins
wick case, which Supreme Court Jus
tice Bergen swept aside. 1t was re-
lated to the court that four adherents
of the Cronin faction who are city
commissioners held a preliminary
meeting without the knowledge of the
fifth member of the commission. After
a conference on the application the
court announced its decision.
After notification that the Supreme
Court had held valid the preferential
voting law, the Bayonne commission
ers organized as follows: Pierre P.
Garven, mayor; Matthew T. Cronin,
commissioner of finance; Hugh H.
Mara, commissioner Of streets and
public impr, sments; Henry Wilson,
commissioner of public safety, and
Horace Robertson, commissioner of
parks and buildings. John J. Ryan
was appointed city treasurer, William
P. Lee, city clerk, Robert A. Gardner,
city collector, Daniel ]. Murray city
attorney and William j. Cain, city re-