STATE OF NEW JERSEY CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF 1947
COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES, AMENDMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Tuesday, July 29, 19471 These minutes were prepared by the Secretary of the Committee. (Morning session)
(The session began at 11:30 A. M.)
The eleventh meeting of the Committee on Rights, Privileges, Amendments and Miscellaneous Provisions was held in Room No. 5 of the Music Building.
PRESENT: Carey, Delaney, Ferry, Glass, Katzenbach, Park, Pursel, Randolph, Schenk, Stanger and Taylor.
Chairman John F. Schenk presided.
The Chairman informed the Committee that representatives of the New Jersey Civil Service Association, Inc., were present and desired to appear before the Committee and present a brief. He asked what was the pleasure of the Committee in view of the motion passed at the meeting of July 22, 1947 that the public hearings be closed. He further noted for the record that he had, at Mr. Mulligan’s request, given him and his group, including Mr. Markley, a stated time to testify, July 9, 10:00 A. M., at the public hearing scheduled for such matters, and that neither Mr. Mulligan nor any of his group had appeared or notified the Committee that they could not keep their appointment.
Mr. Taylor moved that the representatives of the New Jersey Civil Service Association, Inc., be heard, with the proviso that they be allotted their requested ten minutes only. The motion was seconded by Mr. Carey and, on roll call, it was adopted by unanimous vote.
Messrs. Mulligan, Markley, Hardman and Walker, representing the Association, appeared at this time. Mr. Edward A. Markley, counsel for the Association, submitted a brief2 This brief appears in the Appendix to the Proceedings of the Committee on the Executive, Militia and Civil Officers. to the committee members setting forth two clauses which the Association would like to have included in the Constitution, namely:
Clause No. 1: Establishing merit as the basis of civil service in the State and its civil divisions and agencies.
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