The Penn's Grove record., 1896-03-20
0 Legislature.

The bill to pension school teachers
has become a law. 1t provides that
those who sign all application fer q
pension after 20 years. service shall have
l per cent OF their salary paid into the
fund from which pensions are TO lie
drawn.
On Friday Of last week the Senate
passed a bill to ALLOW Il nan living in
separation from his wife to transfer
property. The House passed bills to
limit The time OF shooting wood cock to
July and from Nov. 10Th to Dec. 10th;
that all bank stock shall be assessed
where the banking house is; that school
teachers shall be paid monthly and pro-
vides for borrowing the money; making
Z per cent interest rate on unpaid tax
es; requires engineers of engines Of over
25 h.. p. to have Il license; increases sal
AIRY Of Passaic Co. prosecutor; a joint
resolution that all present members of
Legislature shall have a copy of revised
statutes when completed.
On Monday night the Railroad com.
mittee listened to j.. Frank Forts al
guments against the bill to allow the
rival of the Standard Oh Co, to lay
pipes through railroad properties. The
Standard Co.; il is said, has the cooper.
alton of The Railroads of the State to
kill all rivals by giving them its pat
ronage and they give the Standard a
rebate.
Senator Rogers tried to get his bill to
prohibit signers to more than one license
out of committee but could not get
votes enough,
Gov. Grlggs filed the bill 10 gerry
mander the townships in Hunlerdon to
elect a Republican treeholder, without
his signature. The House passed Sen.
ate bill to allow Freeholders to change
location OF a road about to be improved.
On Tuesday the Senate passed Foor-
hees bill to abolish the Lay Judges but
retain the Law Judges by a vote of 10
to 4. Messrs, DAILY, Ward, Williams
and Stats voted against it. Nh. Daily
made an earnest plea for the Lay
Judges, claiming in many instances
their judgment was superior to the law
judge. They so out of office March
3lst; bills passed requiring township
committees to fix a meeting place at
their first meeting each year; increases
the number Of freeholders in Union;
consenting to the Erie lease of Green.
wood Lake Railway.
The House passed Senate bills impos.
ing a fine for throwing in the streets
broken glass, metal, bottles, &C., likely
to injure bicycles; requiring non.resi-
dents to obtain a license for hunting
and fishing; repeats charter of W.. j.
Game Ass, repeats act tOrbidding fish
ing with net in Delaware Bay from
June 18th to Aug. 10Th. Bill to repeal
act of 1895 which taxes farm property
in townships where located was lost.
a joint resolution provides for the
adoption of a State flag, the colors to
be the same adopted by Gen. Washing
ton during the Revolution,
Bills were also passed providing that
policemen shall be stationed ON theatre
stages; requiring every spool of cotton
to be stamped with the amount; deiin.
ing the meaning of a ''majority of legal
voters to be a majority Of votes cast
at an election; establishes a museum
in the State House; fixes 10 hours as a
day in mills and bakeries.
On Wednesday proposed amendments
TO the Constitution were presented.
They make Assemblymen's terms ,
years, Senator'S and The Governors 4
years, Senate passed bills eXempling
challenges from public pay and allows
freeholders to liz amount for election
expenses.
While The Clerk in Clancery has
been put on Il salary of 81, 000, the APP
preparations Tor the Clerks in ofiuehaye
, sen greatly Increased. An attempt
was made To reduce the appropriations
but il failed.
The House passed amendments to the
school law by providing that each sec
tion of the school district shall be en-.
titled to a trustee and does away with
the rebate system. An anti.cigarette
bill was passed. |