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THURSDAY. MAY 21, 194Z

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New Constitution For State Is Suggested Suggestions for a comprehensive series of changes in New Jersey’s system of state government are included in a proposed new state constitution submitted Monday to Governor Edison and the Legislature with a request that the question of whether or not the change should be made be submitted to New Jersey voters at the September primary election and the suggested new constitution at the general

election in November.

The Commission on Revision of the Constitution, wmen has studied suggested constitutional changes for the last six months, recommended that suitable enabling legislation be enacted to authorize a referendum on the desirability of discarding the present constitution and replacing it with a new one; that upon a favorable vote of the people on this question in the primary election, a revised constitution shall be incorporated in a legislative bill and enacted into law; that such law set in motion the machinery for submission of the constitution to the people and be enacted in time for action at the general election. , , „ Highlights of the various suggested changes follow.

Governor Gets Greater Power The Governor shall serve fo four years, starting December 15 after his election; he shall be eligible to hold office for only one term. The heads of all administrative departments, except the Treasnrer and the Comptroller, shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. Unless the Senate confirms or rejects an pointment by the Governor \* in 30 days, the appointment shall be deemed confirmed. The heads of all administrative departments shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. All administrative and executive offices, boards, bureaus and departments of the state government shall be placed by the Governor in nine administrative departments, replacing 90 individual agencies now In existence. Functions, powers and duties of executives and administrative offices and agencies may be re-al-located by the Governor within and among the nine civil

The Governor shall have the right to remove all state officials, except members of the Legislature, officers elected or appointed by the Legislature, and judicial offices for misfeasance or malfeasance in office after a public hearing. Three days shall elapse between the veto of any legislative act and reconsideration by either house of the Legislature. The power to pardon or commute sentences, after conviction, is vested in the Governor. A commission on parole, named by the Governor, shall have statewide jurisdiction to grant paroles and supervise parolees. The militia remains under the Governor with an Adjutant General to serve at his pleasure. All officers shall be commissioned by the Governor after selection upon a merit basis according to federal standards. Complete New Court System The state’s complex system of courts would be completely revised under the proposed new constitution. Recommendations follow. The highest court in New Jersey shall be a Supreme Court, to be appellate court of last resort and to replace the present Court of Errors and Appeals. The Supreme Court shall also make rules as to pleading, practice and evidence in all the courts. The Supreme Court shall consist of a Chief Justice and six associate justices, to be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. There shall be a statewide trial court of general jurisdiction in law and equity, to be known as the Superior Court. This court shall replace the present Supreme Court, Court of Chancery, Prerogative Court, Circuit Courts, Orphan's Courts, common pleas courts, courts of oyer and terminer, courts of special sess-ons and courts of quarter sessions. The Superior Court*.shall have a total memhersbiir of not less .than 25 jUjjtfe. 5 ?, and shall hold aessions -Hi each county. Appeals be heard by appellate divisions of the Superior Court. Further appeals to the Supreme Court shall be taken in certain specified classes of cases. Every controversy shall be completely determined by any justice before whom it is heard, and upon appqal the appellate court ■hall exercise all jurisdiction necessary to do full justice. The Chief Justice shall be the responsible supervisory head of all the courts, and shall enforce rules of administration to be adopted by the Supreme Court. He shall appoint an executive director of the courts who shall handle the business affairs of the courts and shall annually prepare a public report on the work of the courts. Justices of the Supreme Court shall in the first instance be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate from among the Chief Justice, the Chancellor, the justices of the Supreme Court, judges of the Court of Errors and Appeal* who are counsellors at law of at least 10 years’ standing. Circuit Court judges and Vice Chancellors. All of the foregoing memhen oi the Judiciary who are not

appointed to the Supreme Court shall be jusUces of the Superior Court, each for the balance of his unexpired term. No member of the judiciary shall receive any increase or decrease in his salary by virtue of his transfer to the Superior Court. All justices of the Superior Court shall be appointed for a term of seven years, and, if reappointed, shall have tenure during good behavior. All justices of the Supreme Court shall be chosen from among the justices of the Superior Court and shall have tenure during good behavior. All members of the judiciary shall retire upon reaching the age of 70 years. Many Revisions In Legislature No changes are made in the basis of representation and organisation of the legislative branch of the government. The terms of office and salaries of legislators are increased, and sessions are limited to every other year for a 90-day period. new feature—a legislative council—is added to guide, plan and coordinate the legislative program. Eligibility of legislators for appointive state offices is restricted, the confirmation of gubernatorial nominations is expedited and the activities of lobbyists curtailed. Many technical refinements of existing legislative limitations are made, and the power of investigation is improved. Fiscal procedures are regulated by the abolition of dedicated funds, and supplementary appropriations except upon compliance with rigid conditions. single budget appropriation bill for the support of state government is made mandatory, and limitations upon borrowing power are modernised without removing the necessity for a referen-

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Restrictions upon mandatory loll expenditures and special legislation are made more strin-

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MRS. OSOROIS SNYOKR Mr. and Mrs. John Baker and Mrs. Lena Mason spent Tuesday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Jackson. Corporal Horace A. Jackson returned to Florida on Tuesday after spending ten days at home. Hiram Soults is on his vacation from the railroad. Mrs. Ida Jackson spent Wednesday with Mrs. Elma Kimsey at Wildwood. Little Olive Dickinson is recovering from the chicken pox. Miss Alberta Rose Simpkins is able to be back at school again after being ill with scarlet fever. Mr. and Mrs. Walter McNeil and their daughter Frances spent Tuesday in Atlantic City. Mrs. Garetta Madden is spending some time with Mrs. Helen Brooks at Clayton. Mrs. William Thompson, of Green Creek, spent a few days here with Mrs. Leslie Garretson. Mrs. Ruth McPherson and her family and Mrs. Margaret Long spent Thursday at Vineland. Mrs. Hattie Garretson and her daughter. Miss Frances Garretson, of Philadelphia, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Garretson. . Mrs. Alice Bradley is employed at Cape May. & Miss Frances McNeil, ' Frank Randolph, James Corson, Paul Greenland and Frances Tumier were among the graduates who went to New York last Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hawn and their family, who have been spending the winter at Cape May, have returned to their home here. Mrs. Martha J. Swain and her daughter, Mrs. Mary Isabel Rice, spent Friday in Philadelphia. RESIGNS GOLF CLUB TREASURERSHIP Joseph J. ERhmann, a representative of the Atlantic City Electric Co. here for several years, resigned last week as treasurer of Cape May Golf Club, it was disclosed on Friday. Eichmann relinquished the position, which he has held for two years, because he has been transferred to another district and will be unable to maintain an active interest in the local dub.

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West Cape May Mr». John W. Mm* Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Hughes, of Cape May Point, entertained Mr. and Mrs. William Davis, of Philadelphia, on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Stiefel, Jr., spent Sunday evening with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. Stiefel, of Erma. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Adams and Mrs. W. P. Lloyd spent Saturday in Vineland. Mrs. Dunlap and her daughter Elizabeth, of Philadelphia, and Leslie Morton, of Camden, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Julius Morton. Russel Plunket spent Sunday wiht his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Letts. Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Batchelder, of Tuckerton, spent Tuesday in the borough. Mrs. Leah Hughes called on her aunts, Mrs. Ella Phillips and Mrs. Miranda Hoffman, one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kunz spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hughes, of Cape May Point. Jack Orlick spent the weekend at his home in Westmont. Mrs. Rose Burke entertained her daughter and her family, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wolfe, of Camden, over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence C. Sayre entertained Mrs. Anna Wescott, Mrs. Lawrence McKaig and Mrs. Thomas Hand on Saturday. Mrs. Ruth Moon and Mrs. Beatrice Ewing will attend the O.E.S. convention in Atlantic City this eek. Mrs. John Speck and Mrs. Clement Newkirk were Philadelphia visitors on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. £. Clifton Ware spent a few days in Trenton visiting Mr. and Mrs. Colby. Mrs. Alfred Matthews has returned home after spending a few days in Philadelphia. Mr. and Mrs. James Burke and Mrs. Lizzie Rodan called on Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Gallagher on Sunday. Miss Charlotte Eldredge has returned to Washington, D. C., after spending the weekend with her mother, Mrs. Charlotte Eldredge. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. White spent the weekend with Mrs. White's 'mother, Mrs. Ida Pierson. Mrs. Howard Ewing has returned home after spending several days in Camden. The Ladies’ Auxiliary of the West* Cape May Fire Company held its monthly meeting in the Borough Hall on Monday night. Nineteen members were present. The following new members were taken into membership: Mrs. Reba Bennett, Mrs. Edna Poulson, Mrs. Dorothy Stiefel, Mrs. Ada Lafferty and Mrs. Lida Daebler. The last card party of the season will be held tonight, when the grand prize will be given. Miss Dorthy Reeves has left for Easton, Pa., where she has accepted a position.

Mr.* and Mrs. Harry Chew, at Camden. haW opened their cottage on Central avenue for the

Mrs. J. Arthur Heee c on Monday to oversee h.

Mr. and Mrs. Rols and Mias Julia Carson, of Lagan, Pa- have opened their cottage on Yale avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Jordon, of Germantown, Pa., are enjoying a visit et their cottage, E3 Prueto. They entertained their ton Ned end e friend on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Brush have rented an apartment at the Gerew Apartments where they will make their home during Mr. Brush's employment at the Magnesite Company. William Jaeger, 3rd, visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Jaeger, on Cape avenue Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Lyons, of Haddon Heights, enjoyed the weekend at their cottage. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Christy, of Camden, entertained guests at their summer home over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. William Bethel and Alfred Jackson were Point visitors this weekend. Mrs. Samuel Citron came down on Tuesday to spend the day with Mrs. Ira Bell. Her son Alvin returned with her after a ten-days’ visit here. Mrs. Milton Bair spent Friday and Saturday with Mrs. Borden Parlee at Germantown. Miss Janet Bair returned with her to enjoy the weekend hero. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dilks opened their cottage over Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sader and their family spent the weekend here at their cottage. Mrs. Susan Bell is spending some time at her summer home here.

The last curd party of Um Mason was held on Friday night at the Consolidated School. Joseph Crouch, of Baltimore, spent the weekend here with his wife. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ramshaw have moved to North Highland Beach for the summer. Dr. Wilson Miller has opened a dental office here at his home. Mrs. Charlotte Battersol is improving after being very ill at the home of her son, Thomas Battersol, at Pennsgrove. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hart have returned after visiting his relatives in California and are with her parents at Pennsgrove. Durrell Hoffman and Mrs. Daniela Taylor called on Mrs. Elsie Hoffman on Friday. Walter Lee Legates, of the U.S.S. Campbell, and his twin brother, Rutherford Legates, of the U.S.S. Cartican, were calling on their aunts, Mrs. Marie Van Zant and Mrs. Reba Barber, Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Hollis Hoffman and their daughter Alberta, of Haddon Heights, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Chew, of Riverton, and Mr. and Mrs. William Hoffman were dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. David Huber Sunday.

Cold Spring

A doctor at one of the Navy’ recruiting stations reports that more blondes and red heads are color blind than are brunettes.

Mrs. Ada Miller, of Cedarville, and her daughter, Mrs. Robert Ayers, and neice. Miss Roberta Ayers, and Mrs. Stanley Ayers and her family, of Bridgeton, spent Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Weeks. Mr. and Mrs. John McPherson and their daughter, Mrs. Helen O’Neill, Reeves McPherson and Mrs. Maude Peterson visited Hollis McPherson in the Atlantic City Hospital on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Randall Elliott spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Barnes at Belleplain. Miss Florence Snyder spent Friday in Philadelphia. Mr. and Mrs. Orrie Strohm, of Wildwood Crest, and Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Elliott and their daughter Joyce, of Audubon, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Elliott and their family. Jack Elliott, of Brandywir spent the weekend at home. Mrs. Learning Hand attended pot luck dinner at the home of Misses Jennie and Sarah Hughes at Cape May on Saturday.

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Rio Grande MRS. R. K. WOLCOTT Four local students will graduates of Middle Township High School this year. They are Miss Peggy Neal, Miss Marian Rosell, Frank Rosell and Forest Jaggard. They accompanied the Class on the trip to Washington, D. C. the first part of the week. Mrs. Catherine Hand entertained the Ladies' Aid Society of the Methodist Church and the King's Daughters of the Baptist Church at her home at Wildwood Crest i Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Evans G. Slaughter, who have been spending the winter in Florida, returned to their home here the latter part of last week. Mrs. Pauline Grupp, of Maple Shade, is visiting her granddaughter, Mrs. Edward Hallman, and her family. John Kelly, who is a student at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa., is spending some time here with his -parents, Mr. and **— A. C. Kelly. The members of the Baptist Church gave a surprise shower to their pastor and his bride, the Rev. and Mrs. Gordon Cook at

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A. SUDAK

Vacations are an American Institution

Y our Uncle Samuel gives vacation*—with pay—to hundreds of thousands of employees . . . many of them literally within a stone’s throw of Cape May County. And he urges workers in private industry to take time out to rest and relax. He knows that the human machine cannot go on forever without periodic shut-downs. Within a radius of but a couple hundred miles, there are millions of prospective vacationists. They are all earning and spending more than ever in this nation’s history. Let us urge them to.spend all or part of their vacation dollars in Cape May County.

PERCY H. JACKSON, Director DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS 1692-1942 ★ 250 Years of County Government ★

BOWL (or Health and Recreation Mixed doubles will start soon and continue through summer.

Watch for starting date announcement.

Cape. RECREATION CENTER “JACK” CRESSE, Proprietor.

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