The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1892-03-15
THE LEGISLATURE.

In the senate on Monday night the fol
lowing bills were passed House 322, au
thorizes townships to raise money fol
drainage by vote; Senate 40, requires al
persons making entries at fairs to entei
them in the class to which they properly
belong; authorizes county excise boards
to grant and transfer licenses.
On Tuesday these bills were passed
House so, provides that 30 hours shall
constitute weeks work in factories and
work shops; House 329. provides for fill
ing vacancies in boards of freeholders by
majority of the members; House 264
making 1t unlawful to initiate trade marks
House 300, providing that laborers, me-
chanics and contractors may file a lien on
public Improvements.
Senator Perkins introduced bill, No
opt. providing that the state board Of
managers of lunatic asylums appoint stew,
ards of county poor houses for terms Of
five years. This bill was intended to Dust
Theodore B, Gaskill, of Burlington county
from the stewardship of the almshouse
On Wednesday the following bills were
passed: House 3l9, requiring excise boards
to publish in newspapers the business and
addresses of the signers of applications
House 273. making it disorderly to carry
concealed weapons; House 2l7, fixes size
of peach baskets at 16 quarts; House 324
authorizes township committees to en-
ploy persons to fight forest fires; House
251, prohibits killing of European pleas
ants for three years.
The senate passed a resolution favoring
the closing of the Worlds Fair on Sun
days. This was enough to make mule
smile. The Democratic senators, after
putting on record some of the most infa-
nous bills ever passed, suddenly became
quite moral and passed the resolution.
Bills passed on Thursday Senate 245,
legislating out of Office all freeholders
elected on Tuesday in counties of over
rs, 600 population; House 295, makes
county superintendents and three teach
ers county board of examiners, and GER
tificates granted are not to be good outside
of the county; House 1874, fixes hunting
season from October IA to December 10th;
Senate 227, providing that stewards Of
almshouses be appointed perkins bilD;
Senate 226, prohibits the picking of buck
leberries except by hand House 241, al
lows Jurors four cents mileage; House
200, makes service of papers on Saturday
afternoons legal Senate 246, provides
that term.ot Office of directors of boards OF
freeholders in counties of second-class,
shall continue for the time he was elected
freebooter, provided that this act shall
not apply to second-class counties that
now elect freeholders by assembly dis
tricts and not to any county having pop
ulation of over 10000 inhabitants.
Bills passed on Friday: House 202, tor
bidding trespassing wits<~rod or gun /;
House 305, makes term three years OF
clerks of boards of freehoiders in second
and third class counties House 81. re-
duces number of days before election that
candidates must be nominated; House
449, legalizing the Reading railroad deal.
HOUSE.
These sbills were passed on Monday
night House So, makes it unlawful for
insurance companies to declare void any
policy upon which two years. premiums
have been paid House 24l, fixing mile
age at four cents per mile each way, to be
paid petit jurors living six miles from
court house.
On Tuesday the following were passed :
House 352, establishes a state board OF
undertakes, and requiring all undertake
ers to register with the state board ;
House 374, creates the township of Lake
wood out of Brick township, Ocean
county: Senate 1853, provides that bonds
NAV be issued in townships for road I'M
provements.
Senate go, providing that persons ar
rested be taken before the nearest justice
of the peace, was called up for final pas
sage on Wednesday. This bill is for the
benefit of the Guttenburg race track ring.
Persons arrested on the grounds for gamb-
ling, pool-selling, ETC., are to be given a
hearing before justice of the peace close
the grounds, and employed by the race
people. This justice will take care that
the punishment to be administered will
not keep the Yiolators of the law from
the track. The bill was strenuously fought
by the Republicans but was passed by a
party vote.
Bills passed on Thursday Senate 1911.
legislating the present riparian commits
sioners out of Office and giving the COVER
nor power to appoint four members for
five years each House 449, leaalizing the
Reading railroad combine; House 800,
enables oyster tongers to take out Ii
cense; House 162. provides that corpora
lions pay their employees every two
weeks.
Bills passed on Friday Senate 209,
gerrymanders first district of Burlington
county Senate "a, provides for a com
mission to visit Holland and investigate
its system of sea walls, with a view of
protecting our sea coast ; Senate 245, leg
islates out of Office the freeholders elect
ed on Tuesday in counties of over $4,000
inhabitants.
The bill, Senate 227, providing that
stewards of almshouses be appointed, was
lost by two votes.
After the usual laudatory resolutions
had been passed the members proceeded
to the Senate chamber and President
Adrain declared the legislature adjourned
sine die.