The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-07
ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS.
Senate Passes a Bill Giving
Board of Finance Power
to RaiseMoney.
Special to tbs jersey CITY Nears.

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TRENTON, March Z. 1s95.-The Reprb-
Ecans are straining every nerve to get
through. The Senate worked hard and
cleared up its calendar, and the House
held three sessions, sitting until late in
the evening.
The Senate passed the bin prepared by
Mayor Wanser, which authorizes the
Board of Finance to issue bonds to the
amount Of $3.50. 900 to enable the Board of
Education to build new school houses in
Jersey City. The bill only wants the
Governors approval to become q law.
The House adopted a resolution by
Mr.. 4Codding providing for a committee
of five to take all the bills now pending
and passed relative to towns and town
ships and boil them down into one or two
measures which will accomplish the OBJ
ject the a bills seek.
At the evening session of the House
there was a little spat over Mr.. Storrs
bill, which authorizes corporations in
corporated under the avs of New Jersey
to issue paid UP stock for property and
SERVICES PERFORMED, as agreed upon py
that tha n the bill ii was wl given to him Taoa by Sec
rotary OF State Kelsey. one Of the best
posted men in the State on corporation
the State. He cited Instances where large
corporations had come to the State to
be Incorporated, but had been driven to
other States on account or the corpora
lions law. and the State had lost the
tax they would have paid.
er Tae me wh + m Mas 9pease tha ey II Mf void nopi
enable the companies to water their stock
with all It's consequent evils. MT. COD
POUNDS aiso ana Spp at his rec request EST the MEASURE
was aid over.
Mr.. olcotfs bill. extending. the time
out in ora HSRM TsS pa AGa1N,
Mr.. Bullock's wrath against Senator
perry mogul Of Mercer IS not in SO much
danger Of being annihilated by, the work
noon and patched up their differences. /,
ar. skirm agreed to report the Bread
ers. to tell purchasers how much each
loaf weighs, but does not fix any stand,
ard weight. Bullock has accepted that
bettersthan none, and he will not achieve
the one ambition of his life, TO pass, a
bill compelling the sale Of bread by
Among the opponents to Senator
Thompson's Lloyd's insurance bill are all
the fremen's associations in the State,
because the present insurance act direct
ly provides that a tax of two per centum
shall be imposed on all premiums re-
ceivee In his State by fire insurance an
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fit of fremen's relief associations. In
case it is collected by the Commissioners
of Insurance. he Is REQUIRED to pay 1t to
the t~reasurers of such associations: in
other eases the agents of such associa-
tons are required to pay the tax direct
ly TO said treasurers.
This, Senator Thompson claims, Is GER
! tainiy a distinct and uneuuivocal appro-
poaed by the state for the benefit OF a
special class of corporations or societies.
All Of which. the Senator claims, is a
Constitution. which says
s.No donation Of lands, or appropria-
| ton of money, shall be made by the
for the use of ary society, association
or corporation whatever"
John Kerr. of Harrison. is much dis
Jersey city News" has coupled him with
| the Harrison and Kearny secession move
| ment, and wishes it understood that he
has taken no part whatever in the move
| COMPLIMENTS FOR A BENEDICT.
At the close of yesterday afternoons
fse spea Mr; ot deat, s ana in q, one lfo Of the he
Assembiyman somers, of Somerset, with
attention 70 the fact that Mr.. somers
had obtained permission from the Speak
er to be absent from the House on
Tuesday, ana m nae m MRS OI Ella Anderson
| CaWiey, Of Bound Brook, Mrs. Frank
| Somers. He also congratulated him
upon having reached that position in life
| when he could not leave the House with
out being excused, nor stay out all night
without ~telephoning home about urgent
business.
| Mr.. Somers, who had kept his matri-
| monial affairs very much to- himself,
| made an appropriate reply. and modest
" received the congratulations Of those
who crowded around his desk. He had
| to shake hands with everyone, from the
| Sneaker down to the smallest page, for
| Mr.. Somers is one of the most popular
men in the House.