The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-03-13
THE LEGISLATURE.

evening OF laSG week, Oru6Teu 10 InlTu
reading several bills, one of which was
House III, which repeats the supplement
to the act prohibiting fishing with seinef
in Barnegst bay. The bills passed were
not of any importance in this county.
In the House, the following resolution,
by Mr.. Olcott. was adopted:
Resolved, That a special committee oil
three members of the House of the AS.
sembly be appointed by the Speaker to
ascertain what balance is now in the
hands of the State Treasurer, and where
such balance is deposited, and to report
the same to this House without delay.
Senate l, Mr.. Voorhees, Custodian Of
Laws bill, was received from the Repub-
lican Senate, and, on motion of Mr.. Nc
Evan, the bill was reported to the House
without reference. Mr.. Flynn stated that
the bill had been introduced in the so.
called Republican Senate, consequently
the Democratic members of the House
would refuse to recognize the Republican
Senate, and would not respond to the roll
call. The rules were suspended and the
bill was rushed to a third reading and
passed. IS to l (Mr. Zabriskie. Republi.
CAM.
The following bills were introduced:
No. 1859, Mr.. Lewis. Authorizes Fire
mems Relief Associations to employ a
physician to attend all sick and injured
firemen in active service in first and Sec
ond class cities.
No. ITO, Mr.. Salinger. Compels the
erection of fire escapes in cities of the
first class.
No. III, Mr.. Salinger. Provides that
appeals to be heard in the Common Pleas
Courts, from City District Courts, shall be
heard by jury upon ten days notice.
No. 172, Mr.. Eisele. Repeats the act Of
last year, providing that criminals may
be sent to county warehouses;.
No. 173, Mr.. Eisele. Repeats the act
of 1889 providing that pregnant convicts
shall be removed from the state prison
until after delivery.
No. ia, Mr.. Eisele. Repeats the con-
vict parole bill of 1891.
No. It's, Mr.. Baker Fixes time OF
hunting and killing squirrels from Octo-
Der 3lst to December 18th quail, from
October 3lst to December LIST partridge
and grouse, October 31st to December
10Th woodcock during July and from
October 31st to December 10Th each year.
On Tuesday the Senate passed House
III, allowing fishing with seines in Bar
negat bay in certain seasons of the year.
Senator Smith presented a petition
signed by nearly 800 residents along Bar
negat bay, asking for the passage of
House bill III, which allows seine fishing
in the bay during the early spring and
late in the fall.
Adjourned for the week.
In the House, No. 55, Walters bill pro-
vidiEg that all school houses in the state
shall have flags and fag-staffs. to be pur-
chased out of moneys raised for school
purposes. and further providing that the
flag shall be raised every school day in
the year, came up on second reading,
when Mr.. Wilson submitted an amend
ment, making it discretionary with the
school trustees as to when the flag shall
be raised. Mr.. Wilson claimed that the
flags would soon be worn out if raised
every day, and the state would be COM
PEELED to buy several flags for every school
each year. Mr.. Storrs thought that the
flags over the public schools should be
nailed to the poles and never lowered un-
til worn out. Mr.. Salinger said that the
flag scheme was a good one, but he
thought the scholars should be furnished
with free text books rather than with
flags. School books treating on the his
tory of America, would teach patriotism
fully as well as the display of "old glory"
The amendment was opposed by Messrs.
Wilbur and Walters. and approved by
Mr. Thompson, the latter designating the
arguments in opposition as political bun
combe. The amendment was lost, Al to 49,
Mr.. Thompson then submitted an
amendment providing that the state fur
nish one flag yearly to every public school
not now provided with one. The amend
lnent was lost. II to 80, and the bill was
then ordered to third reading.
House SO, requires all dogs to be regis
tered with the township. borough or city
clerk and wear collar with the regis
tered number inscribed thereon was pass
ed.
The speaker announced that he had APP
pointed Messrs. Olcott, Ross and Wilson
as the special committee to inquire where
the funds of the State Treasurer are de-
posted and the amount of the same.
The following resolution by Mr. Erlen-
koetter was, on motion by Mr.. Flynn,
referred to the Committee on Militia
with instructions to report to the House
at IL A. M. Wednesday morning:
WHEREAS, 1t appears to have been pre-
sented to his Excellency, the Governor
of this state, certain papers relative to
the National Guard of this state, pre-
scented by Colonel F. A. Stevens and
others,
RESOLVED, That his Excellency, the Gov
ernor, be and is hereby respectfully re-
quested to transfer to this House of As
semby such papers as he may have of
the character above mentioned.
Resolved, That on receipt of these pa
pers by this House the same shall be
referred to the Committee on Militia for
investigation.
On motion of Mr.. Burton, the vote by
which House III was passed, was recon-
sidered and the bill was recommitted for
the purpose of amendment. The bill
prohibits fishing with seines in Barnegat
bay during the summer months.
The Speaker laid before the House a
communication from Mrs. A. Swan
Brown, of Passaic, superintendent of the
Department of Scientific Temperance, of
the New Jersey Women's Christian Tenn
perance Union, urging the House to pass
the Educational bill soon to be introduced
in the Assembly, securing scientific tenn
perance instruction to the children in the
public schools of New Jersey. ave are
only one of six states in the entire
union" Mrs Brown writes. (which have
not legislated upon this subject. While
young men are doing so much toward
purifying our little state and removing
from her reputation 30 many blots, do,
for the sake of the coming citizens. who
are to-day to be found in our schools, add
this good deed to those already chroni-
cled"
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