Oliver v. Daly

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gummere, Chief Justice.

The legal voters of the city of Bayonne, at an election held oil March 9th, 1915, adopted as the municipal charter of the city of the statute of April 25th, 1911, generally referred to as the “Walsh act.” Supp. Comp. Stal., p. 1087. That statute provides for government by commission, such commission to consist — in cities having as large a population as Bayonne — of a board of five members, who are to hold office for a term of four years each.

The fourth section of that act distributes the executive, administrative, judicial and…