The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-02-04
A RACE TRACK BILL.
Mr.. Parker of Monmouth Has a
Local Option One in His
Pocket.
snecin1 to the Jerseu CITY Ne,rs.

TRENTON, Feb.4, 1s92.-The Race Track
bill arrived yesterday and was given to
Assemblymau Parker of Monmouth. IL
was not introduced, however, for the Gut
tenberg people still stand off and refuse
to make any overture. County CLERK
Mclaughlin was here yesterday, but he
would say nothing except that he mad no
interest in any legislation The Dill
which is ready to be laid ,before.the Legis-
lators contains the county option feature
by placing the racing matters IN the
hands of the Boards of F~reeholders, who
are 10 issue licenses or not as they See mt.
The disorderly house feature has been
eliminated SO that there will be no dan
ger to pool sellers who desire to ply their
trade. The tracks must pay a license OF
five per cent. Oh the gate receipts for the
use Of the county, and the licenses are to
be issued for five years. Ii the Gutten-
berg people can be induced to Join hauas
witnsthe other race tracks this biil can
probably be made Il law, though there are
some misgiyings as to the possible action
of the Senate
WHOM DOES THIS HIT?
Mr.. O'Neill's food corporation bill is an
interesting document. 1t makes 1t "a mis-
demeanor punishable by a line or I'M
prisonment for any trustee, director or
officer of a corporation manufacturing or
bGllluR lOOuo ~ oPCNd4ucO 81 oaS
bonds of such corporation in any way.
1t requires that the books of such corpo-
rations shall be keptsopen for the inspec-
ton OF anyone, and the Attorney-General
is authorized to make an examination
into the affairs of the corporation If he
think it is not living up to the laws. No
corporation engaged in such a business,
it provides, SD IL use any portion OF us
capital stock or profits for purchasing the
plant, business or franchise OF a corpora
ton engaged in a similar business In my
other State. This is also punishable in
the same way. The directors are required
to meet within the limits of the State
and two-thirds of them must reside with
in the State. Every such corporation
having a capital stock of $40, 000, 900, shall
have ten directors. and for every addi-
tional S.. 900. 900 a new director must he
added. Each director must W at least
one hundred shares of stock The amount
of the capital stock is limited to $50, 000,-
600.
SENATOR wERTs' EXIT.
The resignation of Senator Werts
seemed to be deeply felt by his colleagues.
President Adrain handed the communica-
ton to the Secretary of the Senate, and
Senator Barrett moved that the resigna-
tiou be accepted. In doing so the Essex
Senator remarked that it was q pleasure
for him to do so, only because he knew
the ~resigning Senator was to be chosen TO
ii position of the highest honor. He knew
every Senator would be delighted to have
Senator Werts thus honored, and they
would all wish him a long life that he
might honor the State on the bench as he
had in the Senate. Senator Cornish will
look after the interest of Morris county.
The House prepared a congratulatory
resolution in the afternoon. Neither
Governor Albeit nor any of his advisers
seemed to have thought of the possible
ineligibility of Senator Werts until yes
terday morning or possibly Tuesday
night. IT, was then decided to repeal the
act of 1891, and re-enact it after the Sena-
tor had become Il Justice.
GOOD FOR HUDSON.
In the House yesterday afternoon Mr..
Zeller's bill was passed which authorizes
the laying out, opening and widening OF
streets in towns and townships. Super
intendent Ford's bill as amended to in
crease his term of office to five years with
the same salary MS at present. also went
through without u word of opposition
Senate Joint resolution providing for the
pavment for printing the records OF the
late war also passed. This Is the flushing
nm of the renowned roster bill which was
before the Legislature for SO many years,
and in which John L. Murphy OF trenton
is deeply Interested.
THOROUGHLY BAD.
The amendment to The ballot reform
law. providing that candidates must be
nominated ten days before election. was
ordered to q third reading III the after
noon. but not before Lane of Union had
Ventilated himself upon it. He objected
to the ten day limit, and held that it
oueht to be twenty days. He offered an
amendment to tins effect, but Kalisch
ridiculed such an idea, aud O'Nelll de-
clared that a canvass or twenty Gays
ryanld break a man up. He seemed to
think that Lane was not used to the kind
of CAMPAIGN that is carried oil in Hud-
son. Lanes amendment was voted into
oblivion.
ton Of Tuesdays caucus relative to pages
was adonted by the House. Mr.. Hardin
Is irving to arrange the list Of these at.
tendants in a satisfactory manner, but he