New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-03
THE NEW-JERSEY LEGISLATURE.

THE NEW-JERSEY LEGISLATURE.
From Special Reporter.
TFEsTor, Feb. -, 1857.
The Constitution Of Ne.JeIsey provides that Mem
bers Of the State Legislature thl receive - per day
for their rvices for only forty days days ncuded
from the commencement Of the Session. and = 70 per
day for all over forty days. The present Session con
mero. on toe 18th # January and the term OF forty
DAYS expired on Sunday the % instant The 18Th of
huch has been fixed upOn for the adjournment. Thrs
fsr burness has moved sowy along and earnest soEk
seems 70 have but just commenced puiiog the nrs
forty de rs the II slaure wa no IN season more tnhn
four ds,s in week and Eve hours per day on an sV-
erage Only about ,wenty-four days Of very easy
work has Their fore been performed during forty days
Busnes made but hte progress up to the tune OF the
ION. meeting on Thursday Of last week The party IN
power wss in buiEtiop, snd noting OF consequence
could be done until the buying, ceiling wrapping end
other negotiations preliminary 10 the rec eclon Of Mr.
Thomson 10 the United States Senate lad been effect
ed. Il is conceded by fair members Of the party tina:
al OF the necessary work which has been, OF viii he,
do, during he Session might have been accom- hshed
N twenty working Days in Sesion OF bat twenty
thr.e or twenty -four days Each of the eighty legs
fr services instead Of SAC beside the saving in CLERK
h1e and incidental eIpenses. II this conclusion il cor
rec the unnecessary I-s 70 the STATE by protrsc.;ng
the ses,on has been az follows:
salue. OF 90 enbrrs 10 days at sS..........e435
sAATes Of so menbers, 10 days al 81 J....... 2loo
C-rh hin, a. d ipc! sent.l sapensAs ~y........ 10
TotL. ............................e7<s
u lie en- balrssssd condition Of the frances Of tne
State the item of g. 600 Is OF sorne oooseqoeace.
Legislature 10 which Il corhded The duty OF sfording
tpancia, relief would have rsksp praise~olthy r'p
toward rehef by tsyng over one hundred per cent on
the expenses OF the session. II s doobfal whether
under such az example Of vaste much economy GEO
b. fl. cte6.
The busipess OF the session ass been, taus fsy,
mosuy Of local and p,ivsse character. Fnl one
bah Of the legps,ion IN Trenton ought to be left 70
the Boz rds Of Chosen Freeholders In the difierent
csubtee 10 be Isnsscsd under general Avs. Not
only YOU'D ths be the Of shortening the sessons
Of the gslsture but the pr ohc Interests rould there
by bs better served Al present The Legislature re-
sorted 10 a. noe ans Of Overriding the ntsresA Oh the
people OF the couttiss Individuals corporations sed
parties cary through the Lesss.ore nessures for the
sdysncemtn: Of then local interests, winch the people
affected by Il opposed to, and VINO are Mus l-ft y
he merry Of members resdisg in o.hsr parts OF the
State. Who DO DO. know ther rghp or vsbes, or 90
do not chootc to regard them.
The Senate Finance Committee reported o. Th11.-
dsy upon the financial condition Of the sac and re-
con mepded measures Of relief Il sppeaTs by their 70
poy ths. the dsburs. rens Of the Sats have been IN
cy,u.d during the two las. Democrats" Admtnis-
traitors Of three year. each that me sIpecses Of the
State have nsen su $l25 900 70 owe, 800 occ. Be
neee there remains Of uDpsIi appropriations fof 1855
ard 1856 the sum Of s67 600 and money va vb'oh
10 psy IT, The total amount Of STATE does due the
Bark Of Savings IN Nsw.Yosk Clsy is $e5 GOO, a Of
Which, over t37 COO is the increase OF si1 years be-
side the s66 eOO of unpaid obgstOss vbicn together,
make the obligations of The State $l6l 600.
Among the few blls Of general interest whoa are
comprised II he legslso of the sesson Is ne Work
House bill. l. originated in the SOzd Of Frseholdsr
Of HucsOn County with whom the Essex County
Board of Frsebolders united IN the sppbca-OO and
provided for the transfer OF the core Of tie jas ard
the cus,ojy Of the prisoners from the sseTlh 70 the
Board Of FreAoijers, for the purpse OF eSsbhshng
Wort -HOute IN connection WITH the lAL Inc OH
rss srn.nced 70 az 70 be spphceole IN every cjuity
of Esw-J.rsey e which the Board OF trsehoidefs
sban choose TO adopt toe 'ysteD, and N tins form u
bss become a lag. In Hud-oo CSo- y Work House
has be- n erected. and oonTscs made tn ths services
Of prsSn.rs s,n+sced TO jA by which ne ecunsy viii
save about E, Geo pr anDan-
A general banning is~ e1ists n the Gate, which
w., pse-et four year sgo. Notwithstanding tois
erai rpecal hank charters granted BY the L-gsa-
,r,t les. Winter, ard seOrt SIXTY spphestoss have
been made a. ta4s sessOh for special sh'sera L. hss
beer i,gaId,d So certain that some n these would
pas.. There 10 little surpiss therefore, in Tren
ion. on Thurrdsy lss. When thus qusssicn come 70
ties, vote IN The Assembly on ,ke sYpbnsSOn Of he
Mechanics sno hNufsa1ren BSk Of rrer.on for 81
NJ Sc OF capital so-t under spesi. ea.rer, and
the bll was v by vote o. g 70 2S-tse Conssr o.
,,on n qrnng ,wo-third vote, Which IL IS TIE
Gsrer,l BANKING Law n in favoS with the people Of
the Safe, sIespi Aoee Interested N TIE specAl shas-
ttr..
In the Sers'e, &c fhUr-dsy, the sppksssoa Of the
City Bark of Trenton tos speci.l sAArser pasesi By
. vie o l2toa
The hons ana ErseI RAihpsd CHmssuy a resssa
De- The rssk OF The HssJsr.ey RAl~sd hs. New
aih - Jeney Cay. An sppbssri.a from VA. Comp
ny 81 separate route Bel ,DeCfea, from Nevask 10
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