Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-27
WILSON To ACT
IN POLICE CASE
Third Member of Police Pen
sion Commission Up to
Calvin and the New Mayor
COP AND MAYOR ON BOARD
Dorsey Believes New Mayor
Should Take Action---Al-
dermen to Have Meeting.

This third member OF the police
pension commission of Perth Am
boy will not be appointed until
rMayor-elect William c. Wilson takes
office. This became known this
morning when Mayor Frank Dorsey
declared that as he would not be in
offce to serve with the new commits
sion, he thought Alderman Wilson
should act in his place. as he will
of necessity be on the same COM
mission with the newly selected
member.
The commission, which is a new
one in this city under the 1920 state
laws, will consist of the mayor,
representative of the police depart
ment and a civilian having no inter-
est in police or political affairs. The
police department election resulted
in Roundsman William Calvin being
selected as their representative on
the commission. He will serve for
two years. The third member of the
commission will now be selected for
a one year term by Mayor ELECT Will
son and Roundsman Calvin.
1t is expected that the appoint
ment of the third member of the po-
lice pension commission will be
made early in January. at the same
time Mayor-elect Wilson and the
Board of Aldermen announce their
appointments.
1t is expected that at least two
women will be appointed by Mayor
elect Wilson to serve on city boards,
two of the municipal bodies at pres
ent having woman member,
named last fall by Mayor Frank
Dorsey. The boards to which wo-
NJ mo u-il "a hNy
Mayor-elect Wilson are the Board
of Education and the Board of
Health. it is believed. Fore than
one more may be named on the
latter board. Alderman Wilson has
declined to discuss the subject of
appointments until he has been
sworn in as mayor at which time.
he says, the new appointments will
be made known.
In addition to the appointment of
new members ON city boards one
appointment to high city position
must be made by the aldermen and
mayor, being that of a collector of
revenue to succeed Ellsworth B.
walker, deceased. The assistant
collector, Joseph Hornsby, is act
ing collector until the appointment
is made.
ITe dlueIilGI1 Will UOlu Olle
meeting this year, 1t having been
decided to hold a special meeting
on Wednesday night of this week
for the purpose of taking final
action on three ordinances intro
duced last Monday night at a reg
ular meeting. These ordinances in
clude one to increase the salary
of the recorder, one to vacate a
street in favor of the Barber AS
phalt Paving Company and another
to give the park commission more
shade tree power AS this is a spe
cial meeting called for the purpose
of acting upon these three ordinan-
ces no other business can be taken
up at this meeting. Alderman
elect John Sofield, of the first ward,
who will succeed Mayor-elect Will
liam c. Wilson as the representa-
tive from that ward. was present
at the last meeting of the aldermen
Mr.. Sofield will be the only new
member of the 1921 board. Alder
men John C. Clark and Thomas
Patten. both Democrats. having
been reelected last fall.
The 1921 board will be composed
OF four Republicans and three
Democrats-the same as at present.
With a Republican mayor in office,
however, the balance of power
will rest with the G. o. P.
The mayors veto power in cases
where he has been Of the same
party as the minority has often re-
suited In moves introduced by the
majority. being defeated for the
lack of sufficient votes to pass the
resolution over his veto.