The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-03-30
EXAMINING BILLS.
The Governor Hard at Work-Col-
onel Harvey's Office.

Socctdt 10 the Jersey JtfB NcieS
TRENTON, March %. 1s0i.-The new
Commissioner Of Insurance viii take pos
session of his Office on Wednesday.
Colonel G. b. NJ. Harvey will for the
present have to pat up with the primitive
accommodations in the old Dickinson
mansion opposite the State House. Next
fall he will be moved into the State
House, and viii have the Office now occu-
pied BY the Sinking Fund Commissioner.
The work Of organizing the new depart
ment is considerable. Colonel James
Yard, who has been looking after the
State banks, will be relieved Of his duties
in Secretary kelsey's office, and Thomas
Johnson will turn his work over to
Colonel Harvey. and in the future will
look after banks.
WORKS BILL SIGNED.
The Governor was Kept very busy three
days this week. He only approved three
bills during the entire week, and they
received another batch Of passed bills,
and now has go bills to dispose Of. The
number of bills that have become laws up
to date, according to the books of the
Secretary Of State, Is 131.
Before James Smith. Jr., left for Ten
nessee he had the Governors ear for half
an hour, and impressed him with the i'm
portance Of considering at an early day the
celebrated Board Of Public Works bill.
He promised to consider the matter. He
intentended to take the bill home and
look over it. On Thursday he had forgot
ten the bill, so he teleRraphed TO Trenton
to have the bill sent to him by express,
which was done. The Governor signed
the bill on Saturday and it /; now a law.
THE NEW ASYLUM MANAGERS.
The Board of Managers of the Lunatic
Asylums will meet at Morristown on
Thursday. 1t is probable that steward
will be selected for the Trenton Asylum.
There are number of candidates, among
them: George n. Packer John J. Clancy
and Richard Smith. II. II. Johnson, of
The Mechanics Bank, will PROBABLY be
made the treasurer.
The office of tine Clerk of the Supreme
Court no longer looks like a barn. 1t is
now made to look home-like by the pres
ence OF $1,000 worth of elegant Persian
rugs, purchased in New York. When the
fire burnt out this Office a nice allowance
was made by the insurance companies for
furniture, which was never used Every
other office in the building had been lifted
up, SO the Clerk concluded to put on style
henceforth.
Recently II. NJ. Casper, a clerk in the
office of the Supreme Court Clerk, died.
Ten hours after the newspapers had an
nounced his death there were thirty-two
applicants for the place. To settle the
trouble Clerk b. T.. Lee inaugurated a
system Of civil service reform. A young
man who has been in the Office for several
years was promoted, and this is to be the
rule in the future.
Wnen the electric dynamo is put In
position for the electric lighting OF the
State House, some of the power is to be
used to run the elevator, which is to haul
the Judges and lawyers up to the
John Nontoomerv IA no lonoer eon-
nected with the Chancery office.
B. +. Ford. with q number of Newark
is now in Tennessee, looking
up site to establish an Industrial city.
The drawings Of the Paterson and Jer-
sey City armories are now on exhibition
at the Adjutant Generals office.
The Board of Managers of the Lunatic
Asylums will meet at Morristown on
Thursday. 1t is probable that steward
will be selected for the Trenton Asylum.
There are a number of candidates-among
n. Packer, John c. Clancy
and Richard Smith. II. II. johnson, of
the Mechanics Bank. will probably be
made the Treasurer.