The Penn's Grove record., 1889-04-20
113th Legislature,

On Friday of last week the House
was in session and passed bills as fol-
lows: Senate bills; authorizing State
Superintendent of Schools to employ
assistants at al expense not to exceed
$500 d year; allowing Jail keepers to
employ prisoners TO work; giving Co.
Superintendent of schools 12t cents
per scholar salary and limits salaries
from $500 to $500; limiting the penal
ty for disordeTly house to 80 days i'm
pri :onment aui S25 fine; requiring Jail
keepers to keep a register of entry and
discharge of inmates for public inspec-
ton.
The Legislature began its 18th week
on Monday evening. In the Senate a
communication was received in behalf
of workinPme who want tie Saturday
half holiday bill passed.
The Governors veto to the bill set
ting off %borOughs into separate election
districts was sustained. The Senate
passed bills to provide if any section of
the Werts Repeater be declared uncnn-
stitutiOnal, it shall not effect the other
part; providing for a Law Judge for Sa-
lem Co.; providing that trustees of
Reform school be appointed by The Gov.
allowing railroads to condemn lands
with consent of municipal authorities;
giving Gov. power to appoint trustees
of State Industrial School for Girls, al
50 fish Commissioners, and Managers
of Morristown Asylum; appropriating
$1,000 for Home of Feeble Minded.
Also House bills were passed dividing
citi4s into Wards lines same rs Assem-
bly, districts which is designed to give
Newark 10 the control of the Demo-
Gratis; turning out State Prison Super
visor and Inspectors and allowing Gov.
to appoint new ones; setting off part OF
Lower Alloway Creek and annexing il
TO Elsinhoro township, this county.
But little Was done in the Assembly.
Mr.. McDermitt introduced IA bill TO al
low Sunday concerts in public PARKS on
sunday, also ale beer and porter to I've
sOll. As Chief Justice BeaSley has
ruled that the Welts bill does not al.
low II holder of license to SILL by less
quanty than a quart to sell by a quart
or more OF allow "A smaller than a quart
to be bought and drank off the premises,
and requires ii license of $3.50 to sell by
the quart not TO be drank Oh the prem
iSes, brewer Wiedrnmayer introduced
"A bill 10 allow retail dealers to sell by
the quart on payment OF IA lee to be not
more than one-tenth of the retail license.
On Tuesday the Senate passed House
bills as follows: requiring 3 per cent.
interest on over due taxes; allows town.
ship commissioners to light streets at
the expense Of tax payers; authorizes
the sale of any article upon which any
workmen may have a lien, or any lien
may be placed there II for labor on mat
erials, and the same may be sold in len
months after the debt thereon became
due; makes April Both a legal holiday:
exempts all firemeu from tax to amount
of $500.
The Assembly had a discussion on
the bill TO allow Newark to issue Sc, 900,
600 bond for a new water supply. The
bill was recOmmitted for a hearing.
When the aucus bill to allow the new
Democrat Mayor of Patterson to ap-
point the county physician Mr.. Vor.
itees, of Union, gave a terrible arraign'
lent OF the Democratic party for what
lac termed its ~disgracelul legislation
He said 10 partisan acts had passed and
every office possible they had grabbed.
He alluded TO The charges made by last
Sundays n. y. World which pictured
the fair maid of democracy bound in
the DEVILS cell with chains of political
corruption while the beer suckers were
dancing outside. He characterized II
as the worst Legislature that ever met