The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-13
GR|GGSCALLEDD DOWN
The Senate Ties tjp His
Nominations Just to
Show What Its Pre-.
negatives Are.
NO QUARREL, YOU KNOW, But -
Senator Parry's Injudieions Raid
on Judicial Salaries
Raft Of Game Bills
CAUCUsEs AND CONFERENCES
Shall Assemblymen Be Elected by
Districts-Toffey for Anti
Race Trackers.
Special to the Jerscu Citu Ne,cs.

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STATE HOUSE TRENTON, Feb. Is, 1896.
The House of Assembly this morning was
trifie late getting down to work, owing to
the late arrival of the members from the
upper part of the State, but when the ma
chinery was started it moved smoothly and
rapidly. There were a number of bills in
troduced and number passed.
A concurrent resolution, by Mr.. Skinner,
was adopted, providing for a committee,
made up OF one Senator and two Assembly
men, to revise and codify the statutes relat-
ing to the District Courts of this State. The
members of the committee are to receive no
compensation and the report is to be sub
mitted as speedily as possible.
The following bills were passed:
Authorizes Townships Committees to di-
vide townships into street lighting districts
Appropriates 5000 for the construction
and erection of monuments, markers and
tablets, to designate the positions of the Jer-
sey troops on the Chickamauga battlefield,
now National Park
Restores the act by which township as
sessors and collectors are paid IL cents per
name, instead of percentage
Corrects clerical error in bill passed last
year, authorizing boroughs containing 5000
population to be incorporated as city.
Both houses adjourned till Monday even
ing.
The Senate held an Executive Session and
after receiving favorable reports upon the
nominations made by the Governor on Tues
day laid them over. This gave rise to all
sorts of rumors. TO the effect that there was
trouble over some of the nominations and
that they had been laid over for cause. The
Senators all denied this. They said that the
rule of the Senate requires that all nomina-
tions except those of Ex-Members of the
Senate shall lie over after being reported.
The rule had fallen into disuss of late and
they consider it wise to revive it, 1t was
Gone to protect the dignity of the Senate.
The idea had become general that these
offices were a gift of the Governor and all
that the Senate had to do was go through
the form of confirming them. The Constitu-
ton provides that the nominations shall be
made with the advice and consent of the
Senate and the Senate proposed to maintain
the prerogatiye which this conferred upon
it.
1t was also said that the Jersey City Dis
trict Court Judges wished re arrangement
of their appointments. Colonel Bedle was
appointed to the First and Roderick B. Sey-
to the Second Courts and they wish to
change places. The Judge and Prosecutor
OF Middlesex were now engaged in trying a
large batch of indictments Tor arson against
gang of firebugs in New Brunswick Some
convictions have been secured and others are
about to be tried. There was some discus
sion in the executive session as to the wi s.
dom of changing those officers until they had
disposed of the indictments as they. having
prepared the case and being acquainted with
all the circumstances would accomplish bet
ter results than new men, however good
to hay them over and consider that matter
further.
In the House, Mr.. Skinner has introduced
bill prohibiting the Judges of City District
Courts from practicing in any other District
Court or on appeals from any District Court
In the Senate there was almost flood of
bills. The most important were several
judicial salary bills. Senator Voorhees,, for
the Republican majority, introduced bill
which fixes the salary Of the clerk of the
Supreme Court and Clerk of Chancery at
S6,0oo and they must return all the fees to
the State Treasurer every month, and the
peoalty- is 500 a day for all time that the
money is withheld after the first of the
month.
Senator Fairy introduced bill which fixes
ths alary of the Chancellor. Chief Justice,
Vice Chancellors and Associate Justices at
$1,000 and $1,000 respectively, and these sal
ries shall be in lieu of all fees and travelling
eleven bills for the Jtlte Game and Fish
Commission, which make changes in the
game seasons, The general game bill pro-
vides for division of the State into two
game districts. 1t changes the number of
fish and game wardens to ten instead of
twenty.
Another OF the bills prohibits men
haden fshing within three miles OF shore
unless the consent OF the commission is
first obtained under penalty of ccnfisca-
ton of apparatus Bound net fishermen
must pay license fee of 800. Fifteen
fish and game wardens are to be appoint
ed instead of twenty-five the commission
to have the appointing power.
The open season for game birds is fixed
as follows Northern district. woodcock,
partridge, gray squirrel black squirrel and
fox, October to December 10; hare. rab-
bit quail European pheasant partridge