The Monitor., 1889-04-12
The Legislature.

Senator Pfeilfer. in the Senate on Mon
day night, introduced a bill to affect the
fight thar has been in progress over the
Camden county assistant prosecutorship.
Prosecutor Jenkins was recently reap
pointed with the understanding, it is said,
that Lawyer Thomas Curley should be
made Assistant. The Prosecutor. however,
appointed Lawyer Ridgway. Since then
there has been storm. Senator Pfeiffer,s
bill provides for the termination of the
present assistant prosecutorship on Nay 1,
and gives tfo appointment of the new as
sistant to the Governor. who, it is said,
fagors Mr.. Curley.
The effort made some time ago to secure
the removal of Vice Chancellor Bird proves
to have been unayailing, as he was on
Monday reappointcd by Chancellor MeGill
for another fiiH term OF seven years. The
Office. from pecuniary standpoint, is
worth about $1,000 q year in per diem and
fees
TUESDAYS SESSION.
Governor Green sent 4 message to the
House this morning giving notice that he
would hold Senate bill No. 185 (the Rail-
road Property bill), the passage of which
is disputed, rs long rs possible under the
law in order to give the House an oppor-
tunity to make on investigation.
Mr. Marsh offered resolution providing
for an investigation, which was adopted,
and Messrs. Marsh, Kletz and Voorhees,
were appointed committee to conduct
the inquiry.
The Senate then passed Senate bill No.
297 preventing railroad companies from
condcmning land frentiug outside water
and from taking streets iougItudinally.
Senator Edwards then attempted to call
up and have adopted the resolution of the
House asking the recall Of bill No. 165, re,
lating to the same subject.
The following bills were introduced il
the Assembly:
Requiring dentists to be graduates O
dental colleges; providing that new rail
ways may be laid in cities 1000 feet from
any other railway, but not within two
blocks If other parallel lines; providing
that the act passed this winter, to retaii
honorably discharged soldiers in Office
shall not apply to corporation attorneys o.
corporation counsel. This bill applies t.
Jersey City.
The House passed the bill authorizing
West Ho5oken and Jersey City Heights tC
provide aad construct sidewalks along tn,
county roads.
WEDNESDAYS SESSION.
Several more party bills were intro
duced by Democrats into the Senate this
morning. Three of them restore to the
Governor the appointment of the Board ol
Managers OF the State Lunatic Asylum a,
MoIristowu. the Trustees of the Reform
School, and the Fish Commissioners.
The Senate sustained the Governors
veto of tile bill authorizing the Assessor,
to deduct from the valuation of property
debts due on certain mortgages.
Governor Green has vetoed the bills au
thorizing any Judge before whom writ
Ol ildbSstS tVi lllAn Ht1 pGcIi ichuIH W
qnire into all proceedings relating to Il 4
commitment of the person for whom the
writ is issued, and appropriating $4,000 te
the State Board of Agriculture aud $500 tC
the State Horticultural Association.
The Senate concurred in the House res
olntion asking the Governor to return the
bill giving railroads the right to condemn
lands for depot purposes oyer which there
has been dispute.
Governor Green has vetoed the bill prov
iding that corporations may lease the pro
perty Of other corporations.
The Gloucester county Law Judges bill
the bill restoring the appointment of Rip
arian and Fish Commissioners to the Gov
ernor and forming a new township in Sa-
lem county passed tho House.