The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-22
NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE.


stiH Hsrping ON Retrsnchment--rhs
Deadheads' Dirge-More Legislation
for Jersey City-The Centennial Cele.
bratiOn-Debste ON the Constitutional
Amendments.
The person who would say thar nothing has been
done yer by the Legislature at Trenton would nos
be far from the truth. 1t would seem that neither
House has anything to do. The members have oc-
cupied their time In wrangng about retrench-
ment, and some of the debates on this subject
have been carried on with q fervor worthy Of the
opponents OF the back-pay grab in CoD-
gress The democrats cry loudly for retrench-
ment because they cannot have their fingers
Id the pie; the republicans, on the other hand,
ciutch the spois more areediIy than ever, because
tney may not have chance next year in the As
sempiy where their majority has dwindled almost
70 unit The hungry ones are signing after the
railroad neshpots on which 80 many were ROrQed
last year; but Tom Scott has not made move
mere Is no Indication that the railroad war OF last
session VIII be renewed. Rumors are a1oac that
an attempt VIII be made to repeal the general
kalroad law, or at least TO amend IT, The
n on %av wao t moves arst in THIS direc-
bill to regulate the motion OF tho
who ventured do wn have nothing to do. small fry
politicians have also kept away. One cause II not
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company to issue anv
more trip passes This announcement Win primo
poor comfort to the hundreds of deadheads who
almost lived while in Trenton at the expense of
said railroad. Tom Scott gains two points by this
course he has hts revenge for the defeats OF hast
session, and he stops drain on his nearly de.
Jersey city is to receive, as usual great deal OF
attention.. bill has been Introduced to ESTABLISH
three district courts for the county Of Hudson
Each judge ID to receive a salary OF $1,000 year
and to be appointed by the Supreme Court The
rea n a. IN ,ha Iorco
City Ring In their disposition OF the public funds
They have sumptuousiy furnished quarters iof
themselves and their friends at the State capital.
They want, forsooth, to attend to legislation al
fecting the county.
In the Senate, Mr.. Mcpherson introduced a bill
in relation juries and verdicts1n Hudson county
which provides ''that the Commissioners OF Jurors
In drawing and empannelling petit jurors. in par.
third and fourth sections Of supplement- OF an act
relative to jurors and verdicts afiPmed April II.
VSe ss OF
term into three distinct classes-the first class to
be summoned TO serve for the third and fourth
court; the second class TO be summoned to serve
for the third and fourth weeks or the term, aud
third class to Be summoned to serve for the nisS
week aud during the balance OF the term and until
shall embrace in each class as many petit Jurors
as in their judgments shall be require for the pro-
per despatch OF the civil and criminal business OF
each term. Another section provides that the clerk
OF the Grand Jury shall be, &c orcao clerk OF the
jury, commissioned at $50 per year.
Another bill introduced by the same gentleman,
in reference the same subject, provides that the
petit jurors referred to in the third section OF the
supplement, alluded to in the foregoing. shall be
taken to mean the petit jurors Of the general
panels; and also that the duties OF Sheriff In re-
gard to struck juries except as TO summonng
them. shall be performed by the Commissioners.
A bill introduced in the House by Mr.. Combs, Of
Hudson county, in relation to the equalization of
taxes in that county, provides that the Board OF
Commissioners OF Taxation shall have exclusive
power OF hearing and settling appeals ana all per-
sons who are not assessed for real or personal
property shall be compelled to slow cause why
such assessments have not been made. 1t also
provides that any assessor who has not revised his
rateables when ordered to do so by the Board OF
Commissioners shall be guilty OF mlsdemeanor.
The following are the committees appointed by
both houses, IN accordance with concurrent YesO-
luton, on the Centennial celebration:-
SENATE-Messrs. Sewell, Hewitt and Mcpherson.
HoUsE-Messrs Coke, WashburD, Howell, Gill
and Fitzgerald
The Senate held an afternoon session, which was
exclusively confined to the consideration OF the
amendments to the constitution suggested by tho
late Constitutional Commission A good deal of
discussion took place between Messrs. Taylor,
Stone and MCPHERSON on some Of the amendments,
without any decided result being arrived at when
an adjournment took place to next Monday even