The Jersey City news., 1892-03-11

his remarks about his being fnsulted,
when the President called him TO order.
The bill was then put on final passage
and was carried by vote of IL to 6.
The powers want all the Freeholders
elected at the same time in April and
there is law to that effect. SO the Senate
and House passed a bill invalidating the
election of those Freeholders who were
elected at the township elections Tues
day.
The closing of the Cook County Qllinois)
Fair on Sunday came up IN the Senate
to close its gates on Sunday was passed.
Sen ators Hinchliffe. Rogers and Barker
voted against it.
Mr.. Hardin's bill to make the service of
legal papers on Saturday afternoon legal,
was also passed.
PENsIoNINe FIREMEN
Mr.. Hudspeth secured the passage of
his bill providing for the pensioning of
firemen. It enacts that Fire Commits
sioners shall have the power by two
thirds vote to retire any officer or man,
including the head or chief officers there
Of, who shall become disabled. physically
or mentally, by reason of injury or sick
ness in the discharge of his duties, or by
advanced age, inter twenty years. service,
on half pay. Volunteer firemen are to
get 500 yearly. If the pay of the PEN
stoned person was less than $500 then the
allowance may be made $3.50. In case an
officer or fireman is killed in the line of
shall be pensiOned at half the dead mans
solary-the widows pay to cease IL she
remarries, or the children's when they be-
come sixteen years of age.
All the fines imposed by the Commits
sioners on firemen, all fees received for
permits. and fines for violations of the
departments regulations; all proceeds of
SalQ n cnn6an,nQ1 or n cod nato ri al
and all gifts are to go into the pension
fund.
NO STATE UNDERTAKERs.
Poor Benny Ulrich is disconsolate. The
Senate knocked out his bill providing for
a State Board of Undertakers. The House
bill, giving Mayors OF second class cities
power to veto any resolution involving
The expenditure of any sum of money over
$50. Jared better and went through. The
Senate bill, authorizing the State Board
of Managers of Luuattc Asylums to ap-
point stewards for County Almshouses
1or term of five years, also passed.
The Prohibitionists' bill, which amends
the Ballot Reform low so that candidates
can be nominated and filed by parties
casting 211 per cent. of the total vote in
stead of five per cent. sailed through
without opposition. 1t has yet to be
passed by the House.
In the aftern oon session Senator Hud-
opCth iuOl q IeSOluIlOu
requesting Congress to pass the House Of
r. presenGatives' bill which fixes the sal
aries of letter carriers according to the
term of service. The resolution was also
adopted by the House.
There was some fun at Senator Perkins
expense over his bill making it misde-
meanor to pick huckelberries in any other
man ner thad by hand. The Senator said
that down In his county, Burlington, the
Italians have scoop-like arrangement
with which they scoop the berries off the
vines, taxing ripe end green ones alike,
and spelling the vines, to the detriment
OF the native, who must and shall he
protected" After the Senator had guyed
the burlington man on his adoption Of
.he Republican policy Of protection of
Home industries the bill passed.
Mr.. Coyle's bill, allowing Hoboken to
dispose of her old fire buildings and con-
struct new ones, also went through as di d
also his bill for bringing No. Engin 9
Company's house on Hudson street for
ward to the building line.