To be the Adjutant-General, Frederick Gilkyson, of Ewing township, county of Mercer.

To be Commissioner of Labor, Lewis T. Bryant, of Atlantic City, county of Atlantic, reappointed.

To be Judge of the District Court:

Jersey City, Second Judicial District, Clyde D. Souter, of Kearny, county of Hudson, to succeed John A. Blair, resigned (resignation accepted as of March 31, 1918);

Hudson County, Second Judicial District (Ch. 64, P. L. 1918), Arthur B. Archibald, of Kearny, county of Hudson.

To be member of the Board of Public Utility Commissioners (Ch. 124, P. L. 1918), George F. Wright, of Paterson, county of Passaic.

To be member of the Board of Conservation and Development, William E. Tuttle, Jr., of Westfield, county of Union.

To be members of the State Board of Taxes and Assessment: Alonzo D. Herrick, of Hackettstown, county of Warren; Harry W. Mutchler, of Rockaway, county of Morris.

To be Harbormaster, Port of Elizabeth, John P. Arnold, of Elizabeth, county of Union.

To be members of the Board of Managers of the Home for Disabled Soldiers, Kearny:

John Stagg, of Paterson, county of Passaic;

John B. Fagan, of Kearny, county of Hudson.

To be member of the State Board of Education, Oscar W. Jeffery, of Englewood, county of Bergen, to succeed Edgar H. Sturtevant, resigned.

To be members of the County Boards of Taxation:

Atlantic County, Dominick Corsiglia, of Buena Vista, county of Atlantic;

Camden County, Patrick Harding, of Haddonfield, county of Camden;

Hudson County, Philip McGovern, of Jersey City, county of Hudson, reappointed.

Were then taken up.

Upon the question, "Will the Senate advise and consent to the

said nominations?" the ayes and nays were taken, with the following result:

In the affirmative were

Messrs. Ackerson, Case, Conrad, Fithian, Florance, Haines, Hammond, Mackay, Martens, McCran (President), McGlennon, Munson, Mutchler, Pilgrim, Richards, Runyon, Stevens, Sturgess-18.

In the negative-None.

So the said nominations were declared unanimously confirmed.

Mr. Richards, Chairman of the Committee on Judiciary, to whom were referred the nominations made by Hon. Walter E. Edge, Governor of the State of New Jersey, in his communication of February twenty-seventh, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen,

George A. Bourgeois, of Atlantic City, county of Atlantic, to be member of the Commission on Uniform State Legislation, for the full term.

Reported favorably upon said nomination.

The rules were suspended, and

Upon motion of Mr. Richards, the nomination

George A. Bourgeois, of Atlantic City, county of Atlantic, to be member of the Commission on Uniform State Legislation, for the full term.

Was then taken up.

Upon the question, "Will the Senate advise and consent to the said nomination?" the ayes and nays were taken, with the following result:

In the affirmative were—

Messrs. Ackerson, Barber, Case, Conrad, Fithian, Florance, Haines, Hammond, Mackay, Martens, McCran (President), McGlennon, Munson, Mutchler, Pilgrim, Richards, Runyon, Stevens, Sturgess-19.

In the negative-None.

So the said nomination was declared unanimously confirmed. Mr. Richards, Chairman of the Committee on Judiciary, to whom were referred the nominations made by Hon. Walter E. Edge, Governor of the State of New Jersey, in his communica

tion of February twenty-seventh, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen,

To be member of the County Board of Taxation, Middlesex County, John Strassburger, of Highland Park, county of Middle

sex.

Reported said nomination without comment.

Upon motion of Mr. Richards, the nomination

To be member of the County Board of Taxation, Sussex County, John J. Van Sickle, of the township of Sandyston, county of Sussex.

Was then taken up.

Upon the question, "Will the Senate advise and consent to the said nomination?" the ayes and nays were taken, with the following result:

In the affirmative-None.

In the negative were—

Messrs. Ackerson, Barber, Case, Conrad, Florance, Haines, Hammond, Martens, McGlennon, Munson, Runyon, Sturgess-12.

The Senate refused to advise and consent to the said nomination.

On motion of Mr. Richards, the Executive Session then arose.

TRENTON, February 28th, 1918. At 5:30 o'clock P. M. the Senate met in Executive Session. Under the direction of the President, the Secretary called the Senate, when the following Senators appeared and answered the call:

Messrs. Ackerson, Allen, Barber, Case, Conrad, Fithian, Florance, Haines, Hammond, Mackay, Martens, McCran (President), McGlennon, Munson, Mutchler, Pilgrim, Richards, Runyon, Stevens, Sturgess, Wells-21. The President laid before the Senate a sealed communication from the Governor, indorsed "Nominations."

On motion of Mr. Richards, the seals of the communication were broken by the President, and the Secretary read as follows:

To the Senate:

STATE OF NEw Jersey,

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
TRENTON, February 28th, 1918.

I herewith appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, the following persons to the following positions:

State Board of Charities and Corrections (Ch. 147, P. L. 1918):

Dwight W. Morrow, of Englewood, county of Bergen, term to expire June 30th, 1919;

Frank A. Fetridge, of Newark, county of Essex, term to expire June 30th, 1920;

Dr. John Nevin, of Jersey City, Hudson county, term to expire June 30th, 1921;

E. P. Earle, of Montclair, county of Essex, term to expire June 30th, 1922;

Ogden H. Hammond, of Bernardsville, county of Somerset, term to expire June 30th, 1923;

Dr. William S. Jones, of Camden, county of Camden, term to expire June 30th, 1924;

Mrs. Lewis L. Thompson, of Red Bank, county of Monmouth, term to expire June 30th, 1925;

Richard Stockton, of Trenton, county of Mercer, term to expire June 30th, 1926.

State Board of Fisheries (Ch. 143, P. L. 1918):

Walter Kudlich, of West Hoboken, county of Hudson, for the term of one year;

Joseph Schloss, of Newark, county of Essex, for the term of two years;

Augustus Hilton, of Wildwood, county of Cape May, for the term of three years;

Albert Runyon, of Belford, county of Monmouth, for the term of four years;

C. Asa Francis, of Long Branch, county of Monmouth, for the term of five years.

To be President of the State Board of Taxes and Assessment, Frank B. Jess, of Haddon Heights, county of Camden, for the full term, this appointment vacating the term he is now serving from July 1st, 1918.

To be member of the County Board of Taxation, County of Cape May, Edward L. Rice, Dennisville, county of Cape May. To be members, Board of Managers, State Village of Epileptics:

Herman F. Moosbrugger, of Somerville, county of Somerset, reappointed;

John Edward Clark, of New Brunswick, county of Middlesex, reappointed.

To be members of the Board of Managers, Sanatorium for Tuberculous Diseases:

Frederick J. Hughes, North Plainfield, county of Somerset, reappointed;

Lucy J. W. Taylor, of High Bridge, county of Hunterdon, reappointed.

To be member, Board of Trustees, State Home for Girls, Paula Laddey, of Newark, county of Essex, reappointed.

To be members, Board of Managers, State Institution for Feeble-Minded:

George B. Thorn, Crosswicks, reappointed, county of Burlington;

William J. Dawson, of Wenonah, reappointed, county of Gloucester;

Mrs. Bloomfield H. Minch, of Bridgeton, reappointed, county of Cumberland.

Said nominations were referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. Richards, Chairman of the Committee on Judiciary, to whom were referred the nominations made by Hon. Walter E. Edge, Governor of the State of New Jersey, in his communication of February twenty-eighth, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen.

State Board of Charities and Corrections (Ch. 147, P. L. 1918):