The Penn's Grove record., 1916-11-24
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER "a, 1916
State News
Continued from page u

tin, one of the State Democratic lead
ers. Ex-Secretary Garrison came to the
Capitol in connection with the legal bat
tie over the recount of the votes for
Congress in the Third District. Scully
claims to have been reelected by a
plurality of Ia votes, but including the
returns of two districts in Ocean county,
Robert Carson, Republican, of New
Brunswick, is ahead with a plurality of
IL. Scully got an order for a recount
in each of the three counties of the dis
triet and then Carson obtained writs of
eertiorara to set aside the recount or
ders. The case will be argued at the
State House before Judge Kalisch on
Friday. Garrison is counsel for Scully,
and Theodore Strong, of New Bruins
wick, representing Carson, asked the Err
rors Court yesterday to f a special date
for hearing the final appeal in the fight.
The Court set Monday, December 4, as
the date for the hearing. Owing to the
doubt whether the Democrats or Repub-
Leans will control the next Congress,
this contest is attracting the attention
of the whole country. The majority in
Congress will be so slender that the de-
cision in this case may determine which
party will control.
Governor Fielder yesterday afternoon
appointed the four Senators who, with
himself, will constitute the State Can
vassing Board to canvass the vote of the
State cast November Z. The Senators
named are: Henry e. Ackerson, of Mon
mouth. and w. Edwin Florance, of Mid
dlesex, Democrats, and Collins B. AL
len, of Salem, and Barton B. Hutchin-
son. of Mercer, Republicans. Governor
Fielder will be the chairman of the
chairman of the Board.
The Canvassing Board will sit in the
Governors Office at 2 o'clock p. m. and
viii canvass the vote for Presidential
Electors, United States Senator, Gov
ernor and members of Congress in those
Districts containing more than one
county.
The tax to be paid this year upon
bank stock in New Jersey under the
Fielder-Pieree bank stock taxing act of
1914 amounts to $670,402 "a, compared
with 1868. 1888 last year, an increase
of $7,21S.3S. The rate at which this tax
is levied is three-quarters of one per
cent. One-half of the tax goes to the
municipalities in which the banks are
located and the other half goes to the
county in which the banks do business.
Under the old bank stock taxing law
known as the Buck act. the bank stock
tax for 1913 amounted to $~190.949.17.
The increase since then shows what has
been accomplished by the Fielder-Pierce
statute. +
The total amount of tax to be paid
in Gloucester county is 11.420.24. of
which one-half will go to the towns in
which the banks are situated and the
other half to the county.
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The Court of Errors and Appeals has
just handed down a decision that the
Governors secretary is not entitled to
upon the railroads on a free pass.
The decision is in the suit of the
Pennsylvania Railroad against l.. Ed
ward Hermann. secretary to Governor
Fielder. to recover a sum claimed for
Secretary Herrmann's travel between
Trenton and Jersey City where he lives.
The decision is based upon the grounds
that the office of Governors secretary
is not within the charter contract of the
railroad company, and that the char
acteristics of this Office are not within
any valid exercise of the police power
in respect to free transportation. The
effect of the decision is that Secretary
Hermann will have to pay for the rides
he has already had and surrendered his
pass: also that the new secretary named
by Covernor-elect Edge will not be EMIT
led to a pass.
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Governor Fielder has issued his pro-
clamation designating Thursday, No
vember 30. as Thanksgiving Day.
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