The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-03-15
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| Commissioner of Sinking Fund.
A bill was introduced for the expenditure
of $500 by the Legislative Committee on
the Reception of President Harrison and
making the Both of April next a legal holt
day in honor of the centennial celebration
of the Inauguration of President Washing
ton.
TUESDAYS SESSION.
In the Senate to-day the bill providing
| that the provisions of the act for the pre-
~yention of cruelty to animals shall not APP
| ply to pigeon shooting from traps was re-
ported. The following bills were passed:
| Providing that no person, except in his
own case or that of an infant, shall pros
| ecute any action in court except he be a
licensed attorney, and prohibiting any one
except a registered pharmacist or a physi-
| clan from compromising drugs. The Gov
ernor sent to the Senate the nomination OF
| Abraham C. Smith, of Hunterdon county,
as Judge of the Court of Errors and APP
peals. The nomination was referred.
The Senate then adjourned.
1t was after II o'clock when the Assem-
bly met, and there was a number OF
| absentees, owing to the township election
| throughout the State to day. The Aus
| tralIan Election bill, which had been made
A special order, was taken up at once and
| read through. The bill in its present
| shape is a substitute offered by committee
e. H. o:;.oI Hill W rinr,c q m anH mantS
were adopted, including one making the
law operative only after January next,
| which was lost.
An amendment to compel candidates to
bear the expense of printing tickets was
| adopted. and the bill was ordered to a
third reading.
The following bills were introduced:
Prohibiting the removal of yeterans ofthe
war from public Office without cause, and
providing for the sale of personal property
in express offices after 80 days.
The Assembly held only a brief session
this afternoon. 4 bill was introduced
amending the act relative to inspectors of
buildings. The bill provides that those
officers must either be architects or me-
chanics.
A bill to restore TO the Coroners the au-
thority now held by county physicians with
respect to inquiries was laid over. In the
Senate, Mr.. Baker introduced a bill some
what similar to the Australian Election bill.
WEDNESDAYS SESSION.
In the Assembly to-day a discussion
arose over the bill urged by the Trades
Assembly providing for the appointment
of seven inspectors, whose duty will be to
examine stationary engineers as to their
qualifications, and prohibiting the en-
ployment of any engineer not holding a
| diploma from one of these inspectors, The
inspectors are to be appointed by the Gov
ernor, and each is to receive an annual
salary of $500. Mr.. Feeny, while person.
ally favorable to the bill, presented, by re-
quest, a protest from practical engineers
in Salem county. The bill was lost, IA
to "a.
The Democratic members of the Assem-
I b14 CiuCAsDoto bLio iOOh oalih
cess of the session with a view to testing
their strength on the Werts liquor bill.
There was only one absentee, leaving just
the number Of votes necessary to pass the
bill through the House, if there was unan-
unity OF opinion. Mr.. Potts, however, re-
fused to vote at this time.
In the House, this afternoon, a bill pro-
viding for the appointment Of veterinary
surgeons as inspectors of all meat offered
for sale was reported iavorably. The bill
providing for a reorganization of Boards
Of Freelolders, by making the member
ship consist Of one member from each AS
sembly District and one at large, OCCASION
ed a debate. A notion to lay over failed.
Mr.. Hudson then Offered amendments, TAX
ing from the member-at-large his veto
power and giving him only the ordinary
privileges of a presiding officer. These
were adopted, and the bill went to a third
reading.
There was also a lengthy debate over the
bill providing that grand jurors shall re-
ceive the same pay as petit jurors. The
bill was passed.
Bills providing for the appointment oil
two additional Vice Chancellors, and Civ
ing guardians Of infants 3 per cent. when
the estate reaches $50, 000, were also
passed.
In the Senate a resolution was adopted
providing for the appointment of an addi-
tional standing committee, to be known as
the Committee on Borough Government,
to which shall be referred matters pertain
ing to boroughs.
A bill providing for the appointment Of
a law judge in Cumberland county wa.
passed to third reading.
Bills were passed by the Senate as fol
lows:
Authorizing the condemnation of lands
in cities for the erection Of schools; author
izing the Prosecutor of Pleas in counties
Of over 80, 900 population TO employ detec.
tives; prohibiting certain insurance com,
panies from renewing risks in excess of 1t
per cent. of their paid up capital, provid.
ing that fees and commissions shall be
handed over to the City Treasurer within
~ days OF receipt in cities where officers
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