COMMITTEE ON THE EXECUTIVE, MILITIA AND CIVIL OFFICERS RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

STATE OF NEW JERSEY&nbspCONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF 1947

COMMITTEE ON THE EXECUTIVE, MILITIA&nbspAND CIVIL OFFICERS

Thursday, July 10, 1947

(Morning session)

(The session began at 10:30 A. M.)

PRESENT: Barus, Eggers, Hansen, Miller, S., Jr., Smith, J. S., Van Alstyne and Walton.

Chairman David Van Alstyne, Jr., presided.

CHAIRMAN DAVID VAN ALSTYNE, JR.: The meeting is called to order.

MR. J. SPENCER SMITH: I move that the minutes be approved as submitted, Mr. Chairman.

MR. GEORGE H. WALTON: I second the motion.

CHAIRMAN: Any discussion?

(Silence)

CHAIRMAN: All in favor, say “Aye.”

(Chorus of “Ayes”)

CHAIRMAN: Contrary?

(Silence)

CHAIRMAN: So ordered.

The gentleman in charge of the transcriber has particularly requested that at least the gentlemen wear the receiver in their lapels. Having it in your hands and putting it down creates an extra noise, which disrupts the recording.

MR. WALTON: May I mention, sir, that the Judiciary Committee was told that the only Committee that properly handled these microphones was the Executive Committee.

(Laughter)

CHAIRMAN: I have gone over this with our technician, and I know that we have covered with the two drafts that you have in front of you, which were submitted to you, every point that was in the old Constitution. We were in the process of covering the yellow book,1 The reference is to a comparison of the 1844 Constitution and the proposed Constitution of 1944, compiled by Charles deF. Besore and John B. McGeehan. and I would like to suggest that we go over this draft first, and then together go over the yellow book, the proposed revision of 1944. Then we will know we have left nothing out. Will you turn

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