The Penn's Grove record., 1889-03-02
5 LEGISLATURE.

The law makers began tnelT OIL
week in Trenton on Monday evening.
This has been a very business week as
many bills were considered and passed.
The interstate fishery bill was order
ed to third reading in the Senate. also
the repeater of the Jury Commission
and to make the terms of clerk and
council of Board of Freeholders two
years.
The Assembly passed bills to
provide three judges of elections in
townships and to increase the members
of township committee from 8 to 8.
Two important bills were introduced
in the Assembly; N to abolish the
freehOlders from each township and
elect only three the whole county over,
each to receive 5000, 800, and 1900 &C
cordiug to population of counties. The
other provides for a State constitution
composed of 2 delegates from each
county and q at.large. The amend
ments made to be voted on by the peo-
pie at a special election.
On Tuesday the Senate passed bills
giving board of freeholders charge of
public roads and making damages and
expenses Of laying out new roads u lien
on townships.
The House passed the Senate bill re-
quiring all veterinary surgeons to be
graduates of veterinary colleges, also
Mr.. Feeny's bill regulating price of gas
in Jersey City and Newark at $l.O per
1000 #. The bill requiring a marri-
age license reached third reading.
On Wednesday the Senate passed bills
allowing township committees to ap-
point competent road supervisors and
prohibiting the disbursing Of money by
freehOlders OF township committees
without a majority. Gov. Green held
a conference with the Judiciary COM
mittee, suggested some amendments to
the Australian Ballot Reform bill
which were adopted. 1t is thought it
will pass now.
The Senate confirmed the following
nominations; E. o. Chapman, State
Superintendent of Public Instruction;
Richard S. Kuhl, Law Judge of Hun
terdon county; Elvin W. Crane, Prose-
cutor of Essex county. Chapman sue
ceeds c. W. Fuller who was legislated
out of office.
The bill displacing Janitor Brown,
Republican, passed the Senate by a par
ty, vote after a warm debate.
Senator Mcpherson and Ex-Gov.
Albeit were in Trenton on Wednesday
and after a conference it was decided
that Senator Bakers plan to allow
township to decided the license fee by a
vote of the people be put in the Werts
local option repea Ter in order to secure
Baker and Smith S votes for the bill.
The clause will amount to nearly the
same a the present law as the people
a vote for a license too high for any
n to pay and thus not only stop small
drinks but also by the quart. The ex-
treme liquor men do not approve of it
but will probably accept it as the best
to be had.
There is said 10 be a scheme afoot to
change the lines of the Congressional
districts 81 as to leave only one of the
seven certainly Republican. The 9TH
ers are to be made reasonably sure to
the Democrats. Senator Edwards is
said te be the custodian of the measure,
which, however, has not yet been pass
ed upon by the Democratic caucus,
According to the proposed plan, Hobo
ken would be added to the Fifth Dis
trict, and al of Essex outside of New
ark to the Fourth. Hunterdon county
would he tackled to the Second District,
Ocean to the Third, and Atlantic to
the First. This, it is said, would leave
the First District the only Republican
district in the State.
During the last one hundred and 6fty-