Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-08-21
JUDGE SLzER OFFERS
UTILITY BOARD BILL
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las this may defeat your bill. and
so prevent any legislation at this ses-
SIGN of congress-, and knowing your
deep interest in this subject. may l
submit for your consideration a bill
which Is enclosed, and which 1 be-
lieve will go a long way toward help
ing the situation.
Against my bill there can be no
argument of unconstitutionality, and
hence no valid reaso for defeating
it.
THE bill provides among other
things, that
whenever any suit. action or
other proceeding is or may here
after be brought into any T.. =
Court. the subject matter of which
suit, action or other proce eding
had Heretofore been IN litigation
or controversy before any state
court, tribunal. board. body or
commission auy tcsti-
mony. dispositions or exhibits used
had or taken before such cour: or
tribunal, shall on motion of either
party, or of the court, be admit
ted, received and considered as
part of the testimony and record
in such proceeding.
You will see at once. that this
prevents the scrapping of thousands
of dollars worth of testimony, now
permitted under our present pro-
cedure, and at the same time pro-
vides a rapid method for DISPOSE
tor of the case, preventing the de-
lays now so costly to the trolley
patrons and the municipalities.
81 do not mean to substitute this
for your 'Bacharach' bill. Pass that
&c pa L.. IL $500
/, this. for it will ftand the test.
Il am hurrying this to you so you
may get action before the House ad-
journs.
VERY sincerely.
GEO. S. SILZER."
This is the bill suggested by Judge
Silzer:
IAN Act to Make Available in the
Courts of the United States, Testi-
mony, Deposit MS and Exhibits
Had and Taken in Certain Cases
Before State Courts, Tribunals
Boards, Bodies or Commissions
and for Other Purposes.
BE it enacted by the senate an6
House of representatives of the
United States of America in congress.
assembled. That whenever any suit
action or other proceeding is, or may
hereafter pc, Dug IN any OIL tnt
courts of the United States, the sub
| ject matter of which suit, action o.
other proceeding had therefore beer
in litigation or controversy before
any state court, tribunal, board, body
or commission, the parties to sucf
litigation before the state court, tri
bunal, board, body or commission
being the same in privity with thu
| parties to the suit, action or proceed
ing in the court of the United State.
any testimony, dispositions or exhib
| it's used, had or taken in or before
such state court, tribunal, board
body or commission shall on motioI
of the court. or motion of either
party. be admitted, received anC
considered as part of the testimon,
and record in the suit, action or pro
States: Provided that such testi
mony. dispositions Or exhibits, or &
copy thereof, be duly attested by tn,
clerk of such state court, tribunal
board, body or commission, and thu
seal of said court, tribunal, board
body or commission, annexed, i
there be a seal, together with tn
certificate of the presiding judge o
said court, OF presiding officer of SAT-
tribunal, board, b dy or commissio
that the said attestation is in du
form.
Sec. 2. THAT all laws and part
of laws inconsistent herewith. bt
and they r hereby repealed"