The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-06-05
Republican Economy Com
mittee Looping Off
Expenses in the
Legislature.
CHECKING INTRODUCTION OF BILLS
Court Of Errors Says the Ward
Line Act Is Unconstitutional
Sen. Rogers Boast.
Special to the Jsrsep Citu Eears.


TRENTON, June 5, 1S95.-Troub1e broke
out as soon as the Senate got under way
which was not until after eleven O'clock
The Committee on Engrossed Bills pre-
sented a number of the committees so
called economy measures, and Mr.. Voor-
hees moved that they be placed on second
reading.
Mr.. DAILY and Mr.. Kuhl, Democrats,
objected, saying that they wanted to see
the printed bills and know what they
Were voting upon.
Senator Voorhees, explained them satis-
factorily to the gentlemen and the bills
were then read and passed.
They were these limiting the number
and fixing the salaries of employees of
the Legislature. The only changes are
that they limit the doorkeepers to five
| and the pages to four in the Senate, and
| in the House the doorkeepers to eight
| and the pages to ten. Senate bill No 342
which turns back into the State Treas
| ury a number of appropriations made in
past years for certain purposes and not
used because inadequate and which pro-
| v:des that no money shall be spent unless
| mentioned in the annual appropriation
| bill These bills were also passed.
| Senate No. $685. repeating the act of 1885
| Legislature for stationery, &c. This
| was repealed because the amount was
considered excessive and the Comptroller
| had to hand out every cake of soap and
| pen a member wanted.
SIMPLY COURTESY.
Senator Winton introduced bin for
| the appointment of Palisade Commits
| sion. in accordance with the Governors
! communication of yesterday.
| Mr.. sllirm objected sayiag that if a
oiufion to consider only the voorhees,
| Colnmittee's bills the session would be
| overwhelmed with measures.
| Mr. Winton declared that it was a
simple courtesy which New Jersey. owed
| New York to appoint a commission to
confer with its commission for the pres.
| the bill be sent to the Voorhees, Commit
| tee. The President, however, sent 1t to
| the Riparian Committee. Mr.. Voorhees,
| favors the bill. and it will probably be
The committee reported the Appropriate
| ton bill with certain amendments whlch
| senatorWinton introduced one striking
out the entire appropriation OF $4,000
1 for printing and circulating the laws.
| He said that law would be in ntrotiueed
( for the PRONUNCIATION of the laws Wllen
involved much fS 6efTeT plan bs Tnah presi resi-
| dent ruled the amendment out of order,
| as the bill was. not on second reading.
1 ana InuS St60FGd away 1IO4AA d fC.J N-A
NEW BILLS INTRODUCED.
Mr.. Voorhees, introduced seven new
| bills. They were:-Repeals the act ap-
| propriating a portion of the annual State
| school fund to sundry purposes connect
with the speo1 of of the the se oT the
| support and improvement of the School
| for Deaf Mutes and requires that monies
f6@ tbe said aid school shall hereafter be paid
| out of the State fund instead of the
| schools fund; repeals the act providlng
for the distribution of the publications
| of the geological and Typographical
| surveys of the State to the public schools;
repeals the supplement to the puoIe ae
| assessments in the office of Public IN
! struction from State funds; repeals Sec
| ton sixty of the Public Instruction act
| to accord with the annual appropriating
1 bill; repeals the act for the support OF
| school for deaf. mutes, passed 1883; pro-
| or public documents at State expense
| in any other except the English Lana
PUTTING UP THE BARS.
| Senator DAILY will insist upon the conS
| sideration of his bill, which compels thy
Hudson County Freeholders to pa pay msta over
ciares that it will not be touched, be-
doore door for " - flood M of Of legislation Which
| viii keep the session going ell summer.
Maurice Rogers is the biggest man
the new Committee on Appropriations
| which is considering the new appropria-
| ton bill The Republicans are very
1 proud of their appropriation bill and
| claim that it will save the State at least
WGRD LINE ACT UNCoNSTITU-
| TIONAL.
1t has leaked out that the Court Of
| decision of the Supreme Court and de-
| ciared the Ward Line act unconstitu-
| tional, and the bills Nos. 343 and 344s
| are to keep the Newark officials elected
| under the act in office.
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