, 1890-03-20
MIsCELLASEOUs.
Governor Ferry's Apportionmcnt Biii
"A Retrenc chment Policy.


The Joint committee on apporiionmen,
met to-day, and took up the bill draftdd
| by Governor Ferry, which increases the
senate by one and the house by two
members.
The governor thought his bill would
meet all constitutional requirements.
The committce was invorably impressed
With IL. Iho com mittee will take up tho
subject again tomorrow night. 1t cN-
poets TO present the bill Friday morning.
The senate has refused to take action
on Governor ferry's veto of Representa-.
tive Stevcnson's trespass bill, deeming
the action of the house in sustaining the
veto sufficient.
The senate bills governing primary
elections and providing for registration
in places having a voting population of
$50 were reported favorably by the house
elections committee this morning, aud
made special order for l0;30 ~. NJ. to-
morrow
Representave Geoghegan's bill nppro-
propriating $500 to defray the expenses
of the state exhibit at the @. a. II. Gu
campment ut Boston this year. was in
definitely postponed In the house this
hNtbitktii a
light for his bill, but the retrenchment
policy mad taken too firm bold otthe
house.
Senator Austin introduced another
bill in the senate to-day. but he had to
get the consent Of two-thirds of the
members of both houses. This is in
accordance with the constitution which
distinctly states that no new bust
ness can be introduced after ten
days preceding the final adjournment
The bill is amendatory of the bill re-
Gently passed by both houses authorik.
ing counties to issue bonds TO build
schoolhouses, TO which Governor Ferry
had serious objections. The governor
thought the bill was all right for coun-
ties, but not for cities,
At meeting of the house tonight the
senate bill for the incorporation of nun
icipalities was taken up and two hours
were spent in reading two-thirds of II.
The bill divides municipalities into three
classes, cities, towns and villages.
Cities are divided into three classes ac-
cording to population, those having
2O,OOO people being OF hic first order,
aud those over 1000 being Ofthe second
order, and those over tliree thousand
being OF the third order. municipalities
having from 800 to i.5OO are towns, and
those under 3JC are villages.
An amendment proposed in the house
Is that no moro than one square milo
shall be contained within the limits of
towns. nor shall more than twenty acres
OF improved land belonging to any one
person be ta ken into the corporate limits
of town without the consent of the
owner OF the land
The senate to-day passed Representa-.
tive Evans bill, enabling the Puyallup
Indians TO ALLEVIATE their lands, ana
Senator Payne bill to protect the health
OF female employees.
Senator Austin made n strong effort
this afternoon in the senate to have Mr..
Oliphant's bill creating u commission to
establish II scientific school considered,
and was so far successful as
to have 1t discussed in commit
tee of the whole, but the bill was
laid on the table, not only once, but
twice. The bill apprOpriates $4,000 fop
the purpose, but this amount was re-
duced 10 5000, on motion of Mr.. Kin
near, who thought such an amount
would ue ample to carry out the ideas of
the proposed commission.