The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-11
at 2 o'clock Ashearing is also scheduled
Tor Mr. Bullock Ho~rkinSinen's 5three-cent
cal. fare bill for this afternoon.
FLOOD OF Bills.
Reform Of Everything from the
Passaie to Camden Mar
riages- Patchwork
Legislation.

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keep rolling in. Ever since the decision
Of the Supreme Court last summer declar-
ing unconstitutional the laws which kept
the liquor sellers out of Asbury Park,
Ocean Grove and similar places along the
seashore. the good people of Ocean Grove
nave had several kinds of fits daily over
the possibility of some ungod1y son of
Satan ~springing up in their midst and
opening a liquor store, In order to re-
lieve their minds. Senator Bradley in
troduced a measure forbidding the sale of
liquor on any grounds owned or con-
trolled by camp meeting associations.
Mr.. DAILY has a scheme for the DISPOSE
ton OF the stone taken out of the quarries
at Snake Hill. ard in order to put it into
practice he introduced a bill requiring
Boards Of Freeholders in counties owning
stone quarries and crushers, to provide
1,500 cubic yards of stone for road inn
provement annually, free of cost. to any
city. town Or township in. which are any
Of the county institutions.
Mr.. Ketcham introduced a measure pro-
viding for the erection of Free Public Lii
brary buildings in first-class cities. 1t is
No. SO. and provides that $500, 600 may be
expended for the building of a public IL
brary when the trustees. the mayor and
common council shall agree upon a site.
S150,000 to be raised by taxation. and
s15O,000 as already provided for. The bill
is meant for Newark, but it is SO fixed
that Jersey City can take advantage Of
1t if she is so disposed.
The pollution of, the Passaic came in for
considerable notice in the Senate and two
bills were introduced relative to the mat
ter. One by Mr.. Daily, authorizes the
State Board CT Health to examine into
the condition of the Passaic River and to
report a plan at the next Legislature for
q lateral sewer to carry off the sewage
which now empties into the river.
The other. by Mr.. Williams. authorizes
the Governor to appoint a committee OF
three to inquire into the matter, and APP
propriates 10000 for that purpose.
benefactor business with two philan-
thropic measures as a capital. One pro-
vides for the cash surrender Of one-half
cies in case Of lapses. Policy must have
been in force three years, and the other
fixes a charge of $4 per month for use
and IS per month where single wire is
used. Mr.. DAILY also produced another
Riparian measure, No. IS, which provides
n default the land shall revert back 10
Mr.. Voorhees, came forward with a
1uulDeF OI measures, one OIL WliCH re-
views the old jury commission law which
was in existence a snort tins in this
State, but was repealed by the Demo.
Gratis. It provides that the circuit Of
next, appoint two persons, not of same
political party, who shall prepare a list
Of persons liable to jury outy., the same
70 be filed with the County Clerk. The
Commissioners of Jury shall receive $500
per annum each. The County Clerk shall,
on the third Tuesday preceding the first
Common Pleas Courts, select the jurors
for that term. The jurors to be sum-
moned, as usual, by he Sheriff. The.
sons to assist or act for the Clark or
Sheriff and jurors who fail TO attend
when summoned without reasonable ex-
Another of Mr.. Voorhees, measures
amends the Storrs naturalization law of
last year which prohibited the natural
iaaeiGn Of a TSie w tnlrt fon nays e PRIV wo x an ,
hardship on a man whose time for taking
out his final papers came within the
prescribed period, and 50 Mr.. voorhees,,
amendment provides that no person shall
be naturalized by n court within thirty
days preceding the fall election, except
those who may become eligible to cit:-
zenship during said period of thirty
days; such persons to receive a certif-
cate of naturalization providing applica-
ton therefor is made and allowed within
one week next preceding. the commence
ment of said period of thirty days.
Other Senate bills introduced were:-
Mr.. Rogers, Appropriates 5000 for the
of the Home for Disabled Soldiers, Tor
the accommodation of women nurses.
MI. Herbert. Appropriates $4,000 for
erection Of a cook and storage house for
Jamesburg Reform School,.
Mr.. Parry, Provides for a State Board
dent and Secretary, State Board OF Agri-
culture and fiye persons appointed by the
President; $1,000 is appropriated annually
for payment Of diseased cattle s'augh-
paid by the State. No salaries. Object
is to stamp out tuberculosis.
Mr.. DAILY, Provides that the expense Of
forming a boundary line between NUM-
CAPABILITIES. be borne equally by said mu-
inequalities.
Assembiyman francis is a great adj
mirer of the wheel. Although a small
man he is great en- the bike and modest
" bears the reputation of being quite a
night providing THAT townships can con
struct bicycle paths of from three to six
feet in width at the expense of the town
MIR. Lloyd of Camden bobbed up with
the old marrfzge license bill which
comes W every year in an enaeavor to
riages in Camden There are ministers
there who do nothing but marry rum
away COUPLES from Philadelphia and
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They have cabnen at the ferries whom
they regularly employ to steer the elep-
ers to their matrimonial offices, to the
great scandal of the other clergy of the
city and State. Mr.. Ldoyd's bill pro-
yides THAT a license must be obtained
from either the city or county clerk.
and by such official only when one of
the parties thereto Is identified and it Is
to appear that no legal impeachment
thereto exists. The minister performing
the ceremony must return a duplicate of
the license. duly filled out to the clerk
issuing the same. For the license 81.
false affidavit shall subject the per-
son making it to the penalties not in
fficteds for perjury,
Mr.. Skinner introduced a measure
which will prove Of great interest to
rers and gives courts the right to strike
any objectionable pleas. Error may
assigned upon such striking out.
Other bills introduced in the House
Were:-
property of an interstate leaving no call
dren nor legal representative thereof, shall
go to his widow, 3(Jud:)
Mr.. Skinner gives laborers and work.
men prior lien upon all assets under as
for the benefit of creditors.
of two additional Vice-Chancellors. at
salaries and with same qualifications
as now exist.
Mr.. Lower provides for the burial and
charged soldiers. sailors or marines who
shall die without sufficient means for such
Mr.. Smith requires railroads to provide
waiting rooms at all functions
with its own or other railroads.
Mr.. Bullock. semi-morthly payment of
wages measure. Applicable to I'll manu.
mining. quarryinE and numbering