Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-03-24
A JoCosE JERSEY LfG1sLAToK.

JOCOSE JERSEY LEGI3LATOK.
SIr. Gators Biil.to Lease she Sandy 'stareto
tho Pennsylvania Railroad Company
-He Reports IL .Favorsbly.
There has been great deal of fun had
over the bill introduced last week by Thos.
V. Gator, of Jersey City, into the New
Jersey assembly. It is believed that the
bill was drafted by some one else, as Mr..
Gator is not strongly suspected of the pos.
session of the :" gumpti6h' of both max
ing and firing q cartridge of this kind.
It is as follows:
PsnnsplraniG railroad COMPANY:
Whereas, The legislation Of the state of
New Jersey for many years past, has been
devoted mainly to the extension of the
privileges and interests of the Pennsylva-
mia railroad company whereby they have
acquired illimitable land liberty and
Whereas, Such legislation has been at
tended with great outlay of money to the
people of this state and to the said corpo-
ration and
Whereas Said corporation is still un-
satisfied, and sclamor for added facilities
and power Now, in order to obviate such
outlay, and to prove the gratitude of the
people of this state, and that tho ambition
Of said corporation may be in no way OBJ
structed.
1, Be IL enacteg, &c., That all the lands
lying within the boundaries and under
the control and authority of this state,
without regard to the proper titles thereto,
be and the same are hereby granted, alb
solutely granted, bargained and leased
unto the Pennsylvania railroad company
for the term Of nine hundred and ninety
nine years from and after the passage of
this act.
2. And be 1t enacted, That the Legisla.
ture of this state is hereby abolished, and
that in lieu thereof the board of directors
of said Pennsylvania railroad company
shall hereafter make and enact such laws
for the government of this state as in their
judgment shall be in no way disadvan-
tageous to themselves nor beneficial to
any other railroad corporation, domestic
or foreign, and that their sessions for such
purposes shall, In order to exclude imper-
tinent public curiosity, be held secretly.
3. And be 1t enacted, That all judges of
the supreme court, United States senators
and Representatives in Congress, and all
other state representatives and officers,
shall be appointed by the said board of
directors.
4. And be it enacted, That all taxes SO
far as said corporation is concerned are
hereby abolished, and for the time afore-
said wholly prohibited, and that any or
all lands in this state may be taken and
used by said corporation as it may see fiC,
without regard to the rights of the owners
thereof.
5. And be it enacted, That it shall be
lawful for said corporation to, at any
time, convert its bonds into stock, or vice
versa, and for such purpose the said
board of directors shall select and desig-
nate the stockholders who shall be per-
mitted to participate therein, and that
those stockholders not so selected shall
have no voice or vote In such mapipula-
tiOns.
6. And be 1t enacted, That the sum of
money which the said corporation shall an
nually save by reason of the passage of
this act, tho necessity for q third house
being hereby obviated, shall be raid in
dividends to the stockholders.
z. And be it enacted, That all hospitals
in this state shall give priority of accomo-
dation and treatment to patients furnished
by said corporation, excluding all persons
who may support the same and. all others
whatsoever.
8. And be it enacted, That all laws so
made by the said board of directors shall
he and are hereby declared constitutional,
and that the veto power of the governor is
hereby abolished.
8. and be ii enacted, That this act shall
be deemed public and general act, and
shall take effect upon the consent of Jay
Gould and the.members of the third house,
whose compensation for tho loss of their
occupation is hereby left to the generosity
of said corporation.
10. And be it enacted, That in the
event of the said foreign corporation fail
ing to accept the provisions of this act,
that then the privileges hereby conferred
shall revert to the Camden & Amb0y
railroad company, corporation of this
state, which for number of years former
ly enjoyed almost all the powers intended
to be hereby granted.
II. And be it enacted, That this act
shall take place Immediately.
The bill was, on motion. referred for
consideration to committee of one, con-
sisting of Mr.. Gator, and the latter has
submitted the following report:
"The undersigned, special committee
on Assembly bill No. 352, entitled an act
to lease the state of New Jersey to the
Pennsylvania railroad company, reports
the bill favorably.
AGrant Day 1t the White House.
Thursday was a great day for Grant at
the White House. From until o'clock
the ex-president and his wife held card