The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-14

TEE SENATE REBELS
It Proposes TO Fight the
Houses Resolution to
Prolong the Session.
AN EXCHANGE OF COMPLIMENTS
Governor Griggs Says Hard Things
About the Assembly and the
Assembly Talks About
the Governor.
N EXCHANGE OF COMPLIMENTS
sDecsuitothe Jegseu CT, Meas.

TRENTON. March IA. 1se6.-rhe SEN
ators are up IN arms against the action
OF THE House yesterday in resolving 10
remain IN session another week. They
say that they Will not adjourn that day.
bat as there can be no sine die adjourn
ment without the consent of both Houses
it is hard TO see what they propose TO do
about il. The Senators say that the
Assembiymeh once agreed ITO the TWEEN
1ieth and they ought 10 stand by that
agreement The Assemblymen give as
their excuse Tor wanting 10 stay another
week the work of The commission 10 re-
wise the Borough laws n prepare il
possible q uniform measure whteiI VIII
be applicable to all these small munich
palities. Since the recent decision OF the
Supreme Court the boroughs hav been
all at sea and cannot tell where they
are at.
The Committee on Boroughs held a
meeting yesterday and practically agreed
upon q bill to give relief to all the bor-
oughs whose system of organization
has been declared unconstitutional. Over
one hundred boroughs are affected by
the recent adverse decision of the Court
of Errors and Appeals. Only those
organized under the act of 1878 have now
a legal status, among them being Point
Pleasant and Manasquan. Besides legal
izing the acts of all existing b~eroughs
under the ban of the courts the plan
adopted by the committee viii prevent
in the future the formation OF small
boroughs, such as those which gridiron
Bergen county Hereafter any
ity desiring to organize itself into a
borough must go before the Legislature
and secure an act defining its boundary
lines. Under the former laws the county
nn-ra~ ka1 ~ 900 fhA Trn-
lirninary methods Of formation. The new
law viii fix the population for a borough
10 be not less tnan a certain figure.
say 1.0ee. T then the people interested
viii be given the right TO vote on <he
question whether they desire to have
a borough government or that of a town
When q town shall reach a population of
$3.50 It shall have the right to become
a city. but the change must have the
approval of the popular vote.
It IS probable that the new law Will
continue in office the officials of the pres
ent b~oroughs.
il is a question not yet decided by the
committee whether the small boroughs
of the State viii be permitted to exist
and exercise powers almost equal 10 those
OF cities. There are twelve bor0aghs in
existence which have a population Of l6
to y each.
This commission or committee is com
posed entirely Of members of the House
Il. and they are anxious to get rid of the
work this session if possible. They in
formed the leaders of the House that
they thought they could finish their
work in time for an adjournment an the
10Th, and it was for that reason that the
date of adjournment was changed.
When the laws governing owns and
townships were revised and codiied, a
canmissiors of lawyers was appointed
which held several meetings while the
Legislature was not in session, and ran
up quite a bill for services n expenses,
ard many complain that the result of
the work did not warrant the expense.
1t is also said that the Governor is not
pleased with the action of the Assembly
Governor is reported to have expressed
himself very plainly upon the present
House and TO have drawn some odious
psFallels between it and some of its pre-
decessors.
When this was told to one Of the bright
esS and foremost Of the young men of the.
Assembly. he remarked that a great many
people in a short time would nat think
so much of Governor GriggS as they did
unnlistakable signs of the ~liveliest kind
OF misunderstanding coming On between
the Governor and certain elements in his
party.
MaePherson's bill comforting power or
the Governor TO appoint a Stale Dairy
Inspector, instead Of the State Board of
Health. am no en- second reading yes
terday, when Mr.. Skinner questioned The
wisdom Of such LEGISLATION. rs far as
he understood the bill. he said il legisia.ea
out of office a very efficient officer and
consequently he was opposed to it. Mr..
Macpherson then had the bill laid over.
There is a poor chance of it's becoming q
law, as several prominent Republican
members say they will vote against il.