The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-02-20
CARROLL'S GAS BILL
Passed In the Assembly,
Making the Price SIPS
Per Thousand Cubic
Feet.
CUSTODIAN OF LAWS BILL.
Full Text of That Prepared By
Senator Voorhees-Other
Senate Bills.
CUSTODIAN OF LAWS BILL.
spsoial to the Jsrseu Citu Neus.

Special to the Jersey City Neas.
TRENTON, Feb. 90, 1s94.-The Assembly
was in session but a short time last evening.
The feature of the session was a short sklfm-
ish over Mr.. CAROLS bill reducing the price
of gas from 81 IS to $1.25 per thousand cubic
feet. The Committee on Municipal Corpora
tions reported the bill favorably with an
amendment which confined its operations to
frst-class cities only. At the request OF
Colonel Erlenkotter and other representa-
tatives of second-class cities, Mr.. Carroll had
those cities incorporated.in the bill. As soon
as the report of the committee was read,
Colonel E~rlenkotter made a strong plea for
Hoboken. He told of the great in
Justice which the gas monopoly IS lnhlct,,
ing upon the citizens of Hoboken ana
said that if the bill was good for Jersey Guy
it was good for Hoboken. Mr.. Carroll also
spoke against the amendment and so dld MI
Flynn of Paterson. Their ~eloquence pre-
vailed. and the amendment was stricken out.
Then Mr.. Storrs. the underdone statesman
from Orange, who is one of the heaVlesb
champions of Republican reform IN the
House, took up the cause of the gas mon
opoly and tried to kill the bill by moving
that the enacting clause be stricken out
This exhibition of gross Ignorance OF parlia-
mentary law created a laugh, while the
Speaker promptly declared Mr.. Storrs out
of order. The report of the committee was
finally accepted together with an amend
ment providing that the gas company VIC.
lating the law should be liable TO a nne Oh
500 for each offense.
The bill authorizing the State Treasurer to
pay the expenses incurred by the managers
of the Agricultural Experiment Station, and
the bill which requires all dogs to be regis
tered in townships and to wear collars IN
scribed with the registered number, were
passed.
The Democratic Senators met and went
through the usual nonsense of a~dJournlng
for want of a quorum. Senator Adraln was
on hand as comfortably cool and collected as
ever.
OF LAWS BILL.
Thu Republican Senate held a short session,
but managed to introduce a number OF bills:
The first one was Mr.. Voorhees, Custodian OF
Laws bill. of which so much has been said
and written during the past week. This is
the full text of the bill
An act concerning bills that have been or may
be presented to the Governor. and that have
become or may become laws without bis sigma
ture.
General Assembly of the State of New Jersey.
That in case any bill has passed or shall pass
both houses OF the Legislature, and has been or
Of the seventh paragraph Of the fifth article of
the Constitution OF this State. and tne same mas
not been or shall not be returned to the House
10 which it originated within the time Iimite d
by the Constitution. whereby the same has be
come or shall become a law in like manner as X
The Governor had signed tho same, 1t shall be the
duty of the Goveruor, or of the chairman. OF the
of the House of the Legislature that
has presented or shall present any such Dill 70
him. TO endorse thereon Cor on q copy InereoL
certified to be such by the presiding officer OF
the House of the Legislature in which il origi-
nated), and sign q certificate OF the true time the
same was or shall be presented to the Cover
nor. and deposit suoh bill. or such copy tnereol,
in the office Of the Secretary OF State, with a
certificate also endorsed thereon and signed BY
the Governor. or by such chairman, stating the
time OF making such deposit. and any such law
shall be safely kept in said office with the other
laws OF the same sitting and published as now
directed by law; the Secretary OF state shall
give q copy of any such law to any person or
persons who may make application Tor
the same, which copy. when certified by said
true copy, or verified by the affidavit of any
other person shall be received in evidence in
any court OF the State. and be as good. effsc-
tual and available in law as ii the original
was then and there produced and proved; the
compensation for making any such copy shall
be the same as now provided by law.
Section 2. And be it enacted. that all acts
and parts of acts inconsistent with this act be
and the same are hereby repealed, and this act
shall take effect Immediately.
The bill was ordered to a second reading.
OTHER BILLS.
n Ii OullCl OLlc olDi OtuNCd
No. A.. Mr.. Ketcham-Repeals Comptroller
Connolly's Sc search bill. which allows the Comp
trollsr of Jersey City or Newark S. for making
search, which amount he is allowed to keep.
No. 5 Mr.. Ketcham- Provides that an off,
ciaI search may be mada.in cities OF first class for
the sum of So, the money therefor to go into
the treasury OF said city.
No. 8. Mr.. Ketcham (by request)-Provides
that 1t shall not be lawful for any teache: or
trustees to introduce into or have conducted in
any school receiving it's proportion OF the public
school money; any religious service. ceremony
or forms whatsoever. excepting reading of the
Bible and repeating the Lords Prayer.
MOI Mr.. Skirm-Allows assessments for the
construction of sewers. to be paid in ten yearly
payments. with interest.
REoRGANIZING Fl FREEHoLDERs.
The Essex delegation held a caucus last
night, and agreed to stand by Senator
Ketcham's bill reducing the price of an
official search. There was some talk of re-
organizing the Hudson and Essex Freehold
ers, making the Board to consist of fifteen
members at an annual salary of $1,000 each.
In Essex nine of the districts are to be in the
city of Newark and six in the outlying town
ships. The lines have not been decided upon
yet. The scheme was favorably received
and the bill will be drafted soon.