Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-09
MAYORS VETO
At So. A|NBOY
Of Ordinance Relative to City
OffiCerS-GiVeS Reasons
in Statement

SOUTH AMBOY, March s.--Th'
question dealing with the con1rma
tion Of appointments to city othces
which caused much interest by poll
ticians as well as the people IN gen
eral, saying nothing Of those effect
ed, came to a head yesterday WheI
Mayor Daniel c. Chase. IN com
mnnication to the common councii
vetoed the ordinance appointing
eight men to city offices. The com
munication, a lengthy document
outlines the chief executives rea-
sons for the action.
II appears that several ordinances
regulating and defining the duties oi
office holders of this city, as COM
piIed and part Of the city statute,
are inadequately expressed, and that
Mavor Chase aims to have them all
rewritten, The mayor IN his letter
says: -,,-.-
at appears to me that ordinances
or this nature should set forth in de-
tan the rights, privileges and emoIu-
uents of the offices as well as the
duties, demands and services to De
sxacted bv the city from the incum-
bents OF the Office"
Mayor Chase must have a particu-
lar reason for his demands or the
council at this time. To rewrite and
define the duties of each otncer
means the expenditure of consider
able money, and while it appears to
he a waste, especially when ordl-
Rnces which are part OF the statute
laws OF the city are in effect, sun
there are few who question the WIS
dom of the mayor.
The mayors action puts 10 rloN
the many different opinions given oy
those supposed to know just how the
mayor stood on the whole matter
Many opinions were found on the
action taken by the Republican
mem bers of the council, who voted
in the negative on several of the Of
ficers. 1t was believed by goodly
number that the mayor would veto
only those favored by the minority
side of the council.
Mr.. Chase in making the demands
as set forth in the following COM
nunication. is not settling the mat
ter one iota, but as soon as the doc
uments are presented in the form
he wants them, there is no doubt
that he will attain to the matter with
undue haste. -.
The Offices to which the Republi-
can members voted no" on are thal
of city solicitor, water commissioner,
city engineer and assessor Of the
third district.
The mayors veco follows'
Gentlen1en:-I am returning here
with without my signature the fol-
lowing ordinances, AN ordinance OF
the city of South Anlboy appointing
city solicitor. and fixing his term
in ofice;" "An ordinance of the city
of South Amboy appointing city
engineer, and fixing his term in
office;" "An ordinance of the city OF
South Amboy appointing city cleo
tr1cian, and fixing his term in officei
"An ordinance Of the city of South
Anboy appointing a city physician,
and fixing his term in office" An
ordinance of the city of South Am
boy appointing an assessor for the
third assessing district, and fixing his
term in office" An ordinance OF the
city of South Amboy appointing
street commissioner, and fixing his
term in office" IAN ordinance OF the
city of South Amboy appointing a
water commissioner. and fixing MS
term in Office" AN ordinance Of the
city of Couth Amboy appointing a
port warden, and fixing his term IN
office, for the following rea -ons:
1t appears to me that ordinances
Of this nature should set forth in d.
tail the rights, privileges and emolu-
rnents of the Office as we'll as the
duties, demands and services to be
exacted b. the city from the incum-
bent Of the office. am under the
impression that There an ordinance
does not expressly set for the
duties which the official is t. per-
form in order that 6 may faithfully
execute the trust imposed upon him.
the city cannot demand any service
from the hcehoiGer except as shall
be voluntarily given o. which may be
inadequately expressed bg statute.
I cannot quite appreciate the omis-
sion of the real jist Of the offices
themselves. for think that az q gem
sraI proposition the taxpayer, as well
as the officeholder, ought to know
the limits upon the office, the duties
thereof and the fees or salary WAich
are connected Herewith.
The taxpayer is not so much inter-
ssted in the term the appoiutee shall
hold Office as he Is in the amount Of
fees which shall be chargeable TO the
city, and which the, incumbent will
proceed TO collect without the city
having a barometer 70 measure the