The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-05-08
THE LEGISLATURE.

year and cost not less than SoO.
Bills passed: Senate l73, IVA, l75, 176,
repeating the act and various supplements
thereto of 1891 and 1892, gerrymsnding
! the Assembly districts of the State; sub
stitute for Senate II, provides for the elect
ion of Assemblymen by counties, in line
! with the Supreme Court decision Senate
lac, authorizes State Boards of Health to
make an abstract of all previous health
reports and to publish them in pamphlet
form Senate 156, allows changing name
of county insane asylum, and provides
that persons contained therein are liable
for their own maintenance whenever they
come into property.
In the House the bills passed were
Senate 164, vests the custody of the State
House and public grounds with the Comp
troller and State Treasurer, with power to
appoint custodian and an assistant at
salaries of 81, 900 and 81 800 respectively ;
Senate 145, provides for the payment for
the digest of the laws of Chancery, on its
completion, to the estate of Bennington
F. Randolph. Senate lS9. provides for
the appointment of law judge for Bur-
lington county.
No bills of interest in this county were
introduced.
On Tuesday, in the Senate, the following
bills were introduced:
i No. PIG, Mr.. Skirm. Validates the act
ion of directors in the execution of deeds,
mortgages, &c. when one of their number
is absent and his whereabouts unknown.
No. 220, MIR. Skirm. Amends act relat-
ing to sales of land under public statute.
No. 22l, Mr. Ketcham. Repeats col
lateral inheritance tax act of 1891 and its
supplement of 1898.
No. 223, Mr.. Stokes. Terminates the Of
fee of the present Board of State Prison
Inspectors and provides for the appoint
ment of new Board by the Governor,
said Board to consist of six, three from
each political party. at salary of $500
each per annum Prescribes time of meet
ing, &c.
No. 227, Mr.. Voorhees, Vests in the
Governor and Comptroller the power of
selecting newspapers to publish the laws.
The selection shall be made on the basis
of the Assembly representation of each
county but not more than eight papers
shall be selected in any one county The
papers shall be equally divided politically
There may be other papers selected at
large which may not be affiliated to either
political party. The whole number shall
not exceed ninety, and the price is to be
reduced from so to 40 cents per 100 words.
No. 22S, Mr.. Skirm. Provides for a
pension for the widow. children, depend
ent mother or father of any one killed or
disabled in service In'the National Guard.
No. 229, Mr.. Smith. Makes it a mis-
demeanor to sell spirituous or malt liquors.
except in quantities of five gallons or
more, outside the building wherein or
whereat the license may be granted to
sell, under penalty of five years impris-
onment or fine of $500, or both.
No. $50, Mr.. Voorhees, (for the Presi-
dent. Abolishes the Common Pleas
Courts of the State and establishes In
their stead County Courts, made up into
judicial districts and presided over by
Judges elected by the people. Counties
of over 10000 population shall constitute
separate districts, and in cases of over
100000 population shall be entitled to
two Judges. The ether districts are
made up of Morris and Sussex, Bergen
and Somerset, Burlington and Ocean,
Warren and Hunterdon, Cumberland and
Salem, Atlantic, Gloucester and Cape
May. The law IS to go into effect on
December LIST, 1894, and the new Judges
to be elected in the Fall of 1894 for term
of five years, at salaries ranging from
So, 500 to $4,000. according to the popula-
ton of the judicial districts Candidates
for Judge must have been attorneys and
counselors at-law for period of ten years.
These new county courts will supersede,
in addition to the Courts of Common
Pleas, the Courts of Oyer and Terminer
and Quarter Sessions, and lay judges are
abolished.
The bill abolshing the office of Super
intendent of School census. was passed /;
also bill placing the taking of the
school census in the hands of district
clerks.
In the House resolution by Mr..
Storrs, was adopted, requesting the Senate
House 207 placing the appointment of
the Supervisor of the State Prison in the
Joint Meeting of the Legislature. The
bill was returned to the House. and on
motion, was reconsidered and placed
back on second reading, when an amend
ment was adopted. reducing the salary of
the Supervisor to be appointed from So,
500 to $1,000.
Bill "A, providing that free text books
be furnished in all public schools was
passed.
The Governor sent some repealers to
the Senate on Wednesday, but the bills
were passed despite his objections. Sen
ator Perkins, of this county, voted with
the Republicans.
In the House, Mr.. Olcott introduced
No. 522, amending the act relative to paw
ing and curping in townships.
Mr. Bates introduced No. 524, provides
that the death penalty shall be executed
upon condemned criminals by the keeper
of the State Prison on the State Prison
grounds. All persons that can be allowed
to be present are named in the bill, and
the Keeper is not allowed to admit any
more to the execution, under penalty of
being in contempt of Court.
Bills passed Senate l73, ia, us and
l76, repeating the act and various supple
ment, thereto, of 1891 and 1892, gerryman-
dering the Assembly districts of the State
Senate III provides that Assemblymen
shall hereafter be voted for by all voters
10 the counties they represent, and those
receiving the highest number of votes
shall be elected. House 309 fixes rate OF
transporting milk by railroads at 20 cents
per can.
at Thursdays session of the Senate,
Mr.. Hinchliffe presented substitute for
Senate BOG. which provides that the laws
shall be printed by two papers in each
county having the largest circulation.
The substitute provides that the laws
shall be printed by contract, within sixty
days from the close of the session, in
pamphlet form, and that the number
shall be determined by the Governor and
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