The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-03-11
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BILLS INTRoDUcED.-Mr. Poets, supple
mcnt to act relative to insurance companies,
: providing that the several acts shall be deem
ed to intend to prevent the insurance of lives
, or property by companies not resident in or
Incorporated by this State when the applica-
ton has been signed in this State unless the
companies shall have complied with all the
requirements Of the insurance laws of this
State.
HorsE,-P assed-Suppemen to charter Of
| Lambertville--43 to O.
] BILLS INTRoDUcEp.-Mr. J. Carpenter, to
enable Union in Hunterlon, to vote by ballot.
Mr.. lizard made a special report on fisher
] les, 1000 copies. to be printed. -.
March 4th.--SESArE-The bill repeating
| the act authorizing Sunday trains was taken
up, a. .. ~.
Mr. Sewell opposed the passage Of the law.
Mr. Cutler presented a large number of pc
! titions for each county in the State.
The bill was opposed by Senators Stone,
Hewitt, Sewell, Wood, and advocated by Mr..
Cutler On the vote being taken the bill was
lost by the following vote
YEAs.-Messrs. Cutler, Haven, Hendrick-
son, Leaning, Potts, Smith, Taylor, Z.
NAYs.-Messrs. Hewitt, Hopkins, Hopper,
Jarrard, Mcpherson, Moore, Newkirk, Sew
ell, Sheppard, Stone, Thorn, Wood, 12.
! Mr.. Cutler introduced supplement to the
act relative to justices of the peace, providing
that justices of the peace in criminal cases,
shall demand and receive the money in adj
vance, in all cases in which the complainant
is able to pay them.
HousE.-Passed-Fo the relief of soldiers
| and sailors of the war of 1912 to reorganize
the courts of law, 80 to O.
MARCH h.-SESATE-No business of in
terest.
HoUsE.-Passed-To give to the orphans of
soldiers in the last war parchment, contain
ing name and some historical incident con-
nected with their parents, IS, to O..
MARcr 0th.-SESATE-P assed-act to COL
lcct statistics, &C., relating to public health ;
further supplement to the charter of the City
of Lambertville.a
HoUsE.-No business of interest.
MARCH 10th.-SEsATE--Passed--to incor-
porate Amwell Lodge, No. 10, A. F. A. ~,
of Lambertyille.
Mr. Potts introduced further supplement
to an act against usury, providing that no
bond or mortgage heretofore or hereafter
made by any corporationof this State shall be
invalid because it may have been disposed of
at less than its par value, provided that it
shall be valid on its face and provided that
this act shall not affect any valid suit.
HoUsE.-Bills Introduced-Mr. Ward intro
duced a bill to make free the public schools in
this State by providing that all apportion-
ments of school money to districts shall be
made ON the basis of the last published school
census, in proportion to the number of chill
4 dren in such district the money necessary az.
ter the State appropriation to make the school
free, shall be raised by the district the school
census to be taken between the list and 2Otl
days of July the annual reports required b,
city representatives, district clerks and town
ship collectors shall be made on or before til,
! first day Of August, and the reports of count,
representatives shall be made on the first day
of September; that the time for the election
4. Of school trustees shall be the first Monday il
, August.
4 Mr.. Vanderbilt introduced supplement t,
the National Guard, which provides that TIL
& National Guard shall consist Of not more thar
seventeen companies of infantry, three com
Il panies of calvary, and two batteries, to be OF
4 ganized by the Conmander-in-Ch Chief into tw
\ brigades, and to be comprised in one division
{, provided that the first, second, fourth an
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shall be entitled to two Of said companies
and the third, sixth and seventh Congression
4 al Districts of the State to three of said com
i panies. The, Commander-in-C Chief shall o.
the first day Of May, 1874, select from til
4 whole number of the companies now register
ed in the Adjutant Generals Office seventee
i companies Of infantry, three Of calvary, am
two batteries, as prescribed above, and sucl
shall be known as the National Guard, an
shall be Differed, manned and regulated a
I provided in the act to which this is a supple
ment. All arms and,equipments furnished b
the State to the companies comprising tn
said National Guard, except those mentions
above shall be returned to the State Arsena
in 80 days from the LIST day Of May, 1874, am
in all cases OF neglect to return such equip
ments or arms, it shall be the duty of til
Quarter Master General to bring suit for til
recovery Of the same. Another section pro
vides that each company shall receive, on tn
first Monday of each year, to BIO expended 70
the purpose of procuring drill room and arm
DRY, and to defray all the expenses incident t,
the existence of said companies, as follows ::
If said company consists of at least 40 mem
bers in uniform, aud does not exceed 90, ex
elusive of officers, the sum of $780, and il Il
consists of at least 90 members, and not ex
coed so, the sum of $500, and if it consists q
so members, the sum Of $780, The section
in the original act relating to encampments
is repealed, providing the repeal does not re.
vive any act pertaining to cncampmcpts. /.
A Wilkesbarre dispatch says that on Mon.
day of last week the miners who have been
for the lasttwo months fighting the fire at the
Empire mine, near that city, ceased work.
having become convinced that their efforts Ia