The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-15
WHAT DAILY DID.
How He Labored at Trenton
fer His Constituents
and Himself.
special to The Jersey CITY yelus.

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TRENTON. March Is, 1s9S.-They say at
Trenton nowadays hat the way to take
the hoodoo off bill, No. Is, is to place a 9
between the / and 8 and make it 1913.
That being done nothing in the world,
not even a Governors veto, can prevent it
from becoming a law. This ingular BIT
of superstition was produced by Senator
Days famous 1913 which allows the
Board of Finance TO appoint the Corpora
Counsel and Attorney; and gives the
Board the power to confirm Mayor Wan
ser's appointments. MI. Days first bill
which sought that object and which the
Governor compelled him to Withdraw
was No. 10, and the one which nnaiiy
passed over the Governors veto was 1873.
Mr.. Daily also secured the passage OF
Senate No. lis, which provides for the ap-
continent OF a collector OF personal taxes
for Jersey City at $l,5o0 a year. Inc Dill
has been signed py the Governor
Fred Mersheimer will get the place. MI
Days next bill, No. 119. provides Ina1
the salary of the clerk of the Grand jury
shall be 1,S0O, and that he shall De a cietK
in the Prosecutors office as Well. Inc pllt
is now a law. Hoboken next secured
Mr., Daly's attention. aud ne succeeoea ln
securing the passage OF Dill NC.
197 which fixes tie term of the
prison Keeper of that city at
two wears. The Governor has not signed
the bill yet. The next bill Mr.. Daly nau
passed was No. 1856. which repeats tnat
section of the Crimes act which makes
Sunday liquor selling Keeping a disorder
" house. That is also awaiting executive
action. The bill providing for a perma,
nent fire department for Hoboken
other first class cities, was another Oh MI
Daly's bills which the Governor mas
signed.
WILL KEEP DALY's MEMORY GREEN.
Mr.. Daly's next bill Is one winch VIII
cause the citizens of Jersey City to Keep
his green for many years to
come. IL is No. 1S5 and is the measure
which allows the Board OF street ana
and Water Commissioners 10 give Tue
Junction Railroad Company PERMISSION
to close Railroad avenue and ueprsss
Wayne and Mercer streets, SO tnaC .he
Pennsvlyania's tracks at the new rounu
house to the National Docks railroad
Company's trestle work. me 10Y
ernor has signed the Dill. Inc
measure providing that no M m an
could leave more than Sl,uOo,Voo
to his heirs. the remainder TO go 10 Gne
State. which Mr.. DAILY aimed at the news
paper men who had criticised some OF MS
%actions, passed the Senate, but was meyer
heard Of after reaching the House. NOS;
1877. 1913 and 228. the next bulls introduced
by the Hudson Senator, related 70 tae
practice of law, and all 1ailea 70
pass. No. 800. which maKes os. sre
three years, he, however, succeeded In
passing and securing for it the Governors
approval. The Governor also has In ms
hands another bill of Mr.. Days, NO. GOV,
which amends the act regulating cflmihai
cases by providing that In the apsepSe u
the presiding judge i'll the Court oil Gom-
mon Pleas. otner Judges must 1aAo ptoao'
admit to bail, etc. M
No. 246, another of Mr.. Daiys oiiIs,
which provided that married women
NAV hold shares in Building anu Loan
Associations. did not see the light Oh wy
after its introduction. NO. 249 was au,
other bill which met the same iate' anu
it ia a good thing for the citizens OF Jer-
| sey City that it did, for a more injurious
measure was not Introduced by senator
| DAILY or auy one else. 1t provided that
| any new streets crossing rallroaos tna'
| have elevated or depressed their grades,
| shall cross said railroad above OF below
| grade at public expense.
A CoMMENDABLE MEASURE.
The next measure introduced by the
gentleman from Hudson was a com
mendable one, and it is to his credit That
he secured It's passage. 1t provides that
Hoboken and other. second class es elites deo
may issue bonds to the amount Oh $9U,UoV
for tine erection of free public library
buildings. The bill is now in the Cover
por's hands. No. 266, the next of Mr..
Days measures provided that when per
son had been refused a liquor license
from the governing body OF Il township,
he could make application to the Court
of Common Pleas for a license. II did
not pass. No. 267 which amended the
net r~e1ative to the division of estate of
debtors went the same way.
Mr.. Days last bill was a parting shot
at good government in Jersey CITY. IL
the Board of Aidermen, with
| ont approval of the Mayor, to divide the
civ into wards and to change the bound,
| ary lines once in eve years.. This Dill
was rushed through on che last day OF
the session. and Is now awaiting the Gov
ernor's action. That closed the record of
MIR. Days labors in behalf OF the people
of Hudson county.