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they reach a conclusion rs to which is
best their recommendations will be i'm
mediately adopted. Mr.. Thurston be-
lieves it will require at least three months
to place the road in running condition.
BARNEY FORD H0N0RED.
Commissioners of Deeds for Hudson
COuntY-The Race Track
Bill.
speciol to the Jersey C7tv Ne,os

TRENTON, March 9, 1892-Just before
the Senate organized this morning Supt.
Ford, of the State House. was called into
the chamber, and Mr.. Winton, from
among group of Senators who stood
talking, stepped forward, and, addressing
the genial Barney" said that it gave
him pleasure at this time to recognize the
uniform kindness he had shown to all
members of the Senate during the session,
and to present him with slight memorial
therefore.
The Senator then handed him hand
some gold chain with pendant locket.
from the centre of which three diamonds
gIistened.
Mr.. Ford was greatly surprised at this
token of their esteem, and replied tna1
had he known aught of the arrangemenGs
he would have had his friend, Senator
Hudspeth, make little speech. he as
sured them that the gift would be priced
not for its intrinsic value alone, put also
for the good will it conveyed, for whlie
the chain might be lost, yet the friend
ship it betokened could never be- He
then thanked them for the memento
and there was hearty applause from all
present. Soon afterward the genial
Barney was arraigned before the bar OF
the House by the Serceant-at-Arms, ana
the Speaker presented him with dia-
mond pin on behalf of the House.
Mr.. Hardin moved to reconsider the m
the Gutenberg Track Justice OF the
Peace bill. Mr.. Hardin SAID 1t was pro-
posed to amend the law so that an ac-
cused person could be taken before the
nearest Justice OF the Peace
Mr.. F. d. Smith then denounced the
bill. He said the persons clamorlng Tor
a change in the criminal law were the
Of ho Er1ftan and (TlOnCAStGr
race tracks. Discreet people, he con-
tended, were satisfied with the present
law. The motion to reconsider w9s
agreed to, SO to II. The bill was then
placed back on second reading and
amended.
The amendment adopted provided that
the accused person must be taken before
the nearest Justice but the accused Is not
allowed to specify the Justice, and the
Justice must have been elected in the
town in which the arrest is made.
Mr.. Hudspeth's bill for the repeal OF
the Parks act was distributed this morn :
ing, 1t provides that all money collected
for park purposes shall be credited to the
various municipalities on account OF their
county taxes
The Boulevard bill, which provides for
the extension of the time for condem-
nation aud allowing the Freeholders to
regulate the connection of dwelling
houses Will SOW6I III bAO DouloNdAN WNo
dug out of President Abrams private
graveyard this morning and passed.
Asjoint meeting was held this after
noon, and these Commissioners of Deeds
were appointed for Hudson comfy. In
those districts where there are no ap-
pointments there were no. vacancies.
Second district. Philip Tumulty, Chas.
NJ. Hughes, VIM. Herrick. Third dis
trict, John J. Ryan, Chas. H. Wei
Ter. G. William Wenner. Wm. r.
Cornelius j. Cronan, Thomas Mahoney,
George Richter. Bayonne, Richard
Fazkeley, John P. Stanton, Fred M. God
dard, Mendall Carroll, Michael O'Connor,
Patrick Monahan. Charles M. Colwell
and Charles Mcbride. West Hoboken.
Eugene Burkhart, Frank Hyatt, Joseph
F. Kettell, John Reinhardt, Augustus
Rich, Thomas Nolan, John Wichner,
Charles Knower; Town of Union, James
Morgan, John Best; North Bergen,
Thomas Lennon; Hoboken. William
Wise, Henry Durkkoop, William r.
Havens: Weehawken, Patrick McSwann.
Mr.. Beekman introduced bill extend
ing five years the franchise of the Morris
Canal. which expires next year.