The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-03-22
The Legislature.

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State House on Monday night. The abb
sence of four Democrats in the House pre-
vented any partisan measures from being
called. A number of bills were passed,
among them the one introduced by Mr..
Heppenheimer to reorganize the National
Guard.
Mr.. Voorhees,, after considerable talk,
secured the passage of the famous road
bill. This takes the control of the county
roads out of the hands Of the township
committees and gives them to the board
of chosen f~recholders, and prescribes what
kinds Of roads shall be made.
Senator Pieffer's bill appropriating $780,
900 for the removal of the Delaware River
islands has been fayorably reported by the
committee, and it has gone to third reading.
The Personal Registration law passed last
Winter by the Republicans was repealed.
Governor Green, when asked concerning
the reported impeachment Of Judge Hugg,
munication with the Judge, but if what be
has heard is true Hugg should resign at
once, and if he does not he should be made
to do so.
TUESDAYS SESSION.
Local Option in New Jersey is dead. It's
death-knell was sounded early this after
noon when the Werts repeater was passed
by the vote of thirty-onc Democrats, all
that were present, and one Republican,
Woodward, of Passaic county.
After Mr.. Wert's repeater had been read
the second time, Colonel Heppenheimer
moved to suspend the rules and put the
measures on its final passage without any
debate. 4 vote was taken-all the Demo-
Gratis and Mr.. Woodward (R~epublican)
voting for the motion. Colonel Heppen-
heimer spoke a few words for the measure,
and said the recent election in New lamp
shire proved that local option and prohibi
ton were not wanted, but that a well regu-
lated license system was now to be given
to the people.
Mr.. Voorhees,, in reply, congratulated
the Democrats on coming this year to the
Republicans and saying: ''Your High Lii
cense of last ear is right. We will re-
enact it," The fees, he said, were exactly
the same as those in last years bill, and
these fees Governor Green last year said
were a travesty upon good sense. He
thought the Governor should veto this bill
TO be consistent. He said that because
there was a sentiment demanding local OPP
ton the Republicans last year passed the
bill, knowing it would be bad politics for
the party. The Baker amendments he call
ed the voice of the Cumberland Senator,
but the hand was that of Mr.. Kruger, the
brewer.
After four hours's the bill was passed.
all the Democrats and Woodward (Rep.1
voting for it. The vote was 32 to 81.
A motion to reconsider was lost.
Bills were introduced providing that in
first-class counties $500 shall be appropri.
ated annually by the County Board Of
Health for the maintenance of a public
hospital, and that all bodies of persons
who died of contagious diseases shall moi
be disinterred unless originally buried in a
metallic case Theoretically sealed.
In the Senate the following bills were in.
trodnced.
Authorizing a free public bridge to BIZ
erected across the Delaware river at Tren.
ton, and giving the governing bodies o
cities power to fix the salaries of Mayors
The following bills were passed:
Providing for the appointment of a coun.
by superintendent of public buildings; pro.
viding that mayors Of cities shall be elect
ed for two years; making the school yeal
begin August 1 and end July 81; fixing
salaries of court criers in first. class coun
ties at 1000; giving towns power by major
ity vote to determine whether they will
form a borough government or not.
WEDNESDAYS SESSION.
The Senate to-day passed bills modify
ing the present Libel law and making &C
tual damages only recoverable in such
eases where actual malice is proven, ant
%appropriating $25, 900 for the founding o.
a State Institution for the Blind.