The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-01
THREE DEAD JIMS.
Good Work Yesterday in Both AS
sembly and Senate.
snecial to The Jerseu Citu Ne,us.

TRENTON, March /, 1893.-The Assem-
bly, at it's afternoon session yesterday
passed several bills and advanced many
along the calendar. The most interesting
feature of the session, to the citizen of
Jersey City who favors good government.
was the defeat of the ''rhree Jims !"
bill. This is the measure, it will be re-
membered, by which Jim Hunt, Jim
Davis aud Jim Tumilty want to get back
into the Office of Assessment Commissio on
ers. They held the Office once and had
themselves abolished so as to get an i'll
crease of salary, but Mayor sWanser got
hold of the appointing power, and used it
more to the advantage of the citizens at
large than the interesting trio. Each
Jim has haunted the Assembly Chamber
like an evil spirit since the first week or
the session.
MI. Holmes was the man who gave the
bill it's coup. He discovered that the
Newark men would not wear mourning
very long If the measure was killed, and
he soon persuaded them to connive at its
demise. He then quietly went to work
among some of the country members
and soon secured enough votes TO
carry grief to the bosoms of the
so quietly lat the Hudson trimmers had
no idea of what was going on, and did
not realize what had struck them until
the roll call was almost over.
Teddy Carroll was equal to tie emer-
gency, however, and changed his vote to
no before the result was announced SO
that he can make a motion to reconsider
at some future time.
BOULEVARD ALL RIGHT.
The bill which authorizes the Free
holders to build the loop or branch roads
to connect the new county road with
Hoboken, and Highwood Park and other
North Hudson townships came upon final
passage. Somehow or other, Max SaliDger,
the watchdog of the peoples money.
got this measure mixed with an
other one, and it sailed through
the House with a spanking breeze and
not q vote against it.
SALARY RAIsERS.
Recorder McDonough was among the
spectators in the Hobbies and when he
went home his face wore a smile that lit
up the darkest corridor. His bill increas-
ing his salary to $500 was passed. Mr..
Patrick Henry O'Neill wore a smile not
a degree less radiant and for a similar
cause, for the bill increasing his salary
asCityC Collector to $1,000 also got through.
FIRE ESCAPES.
Mr., HarriRan's bill providing for fire
escapes on hotels was another measure
that passed and so did the bill appropriat-
ing SIS, 200 for the expenses of the Labor
Bureau.
II Governor Werts comedies with the
House and Senate, it will, hereafter, be
illegal to infiict corporeal punishment in
any public or private school in this
State.
UNPAID TAXES.
Mr.. Kyle secured The passage of his bill,
which provides that the Board of Finance
NAV fix the rate Of interest on all taxes
which were due and unpaid on
January /, 1892. 1t also provides
that ii any taxes shall have been
paid four months prior to the passage of
the act the Board shall have power to re-
fund any excess OF interest and costs That
may nave been paid over and ABOVE the
rate Of interest which the Board may
have fixed under the act.
o Low By ANY MEANS.
Your rural legislator Is not so slow as
many Imagine. Early in the session, Mr..
SwartwonG Of Sussex introduced Il JOINT
resolution for the appointment of 8 Joint