The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-15

lions and recommendations of my former
message on this subject and request your
consideration thereof. But as they may
be deemed Intellectual or impracticable l
respectfully direct your attention to the
joint action Of this state and the state of
New York in the premises. The state of
New York, realizing the desirability Of
preserving the Palisades intact, passed an
act claws of New York, 1895, chapter 81
providing for the appointment Of three
commissioners from that state to meet and
confer with a like commission from the
state Of New Jersey, .tfor the purpose of
adopting such means as may be deemed
expedient and necessary in the view and
for the object of securing action by the
government Of the United States for the
acquisition Of that part of the west shore
of the Hudson river within the states Of
New York and New Jersey known as the
Palisades of the Hudson, to. be set apart
as a reservation or for the purpose of forth
fcatiun.n
The action of the New York legislature
was responded to by that of our state in
the enactment of chapter Ais of the laws
of 1895. Under the act last mentioned
Hon. Henry D. Winton, General Edward
p. Meany and Hon. Charles B. Thurston
were appointed commissioners on behalf Of
this state. They met the commissioners
from New York and organized a joint
commission, with Mr.. Winton as president
and Mr.. Waldo g. Morse of New York as
secretary and treasurer. The report of the
commission has been submitted, detailing
their proceedings and stating their con-
clusion. The conclusion is that the
United States should acquire and hold the
Palisades, and to that end they append to
their report drafts of proposed laws to be
passed respectively by congress and the
legislatures Of the two states.
The commissioners state that they de-
sire to continue the work in which they
are engaged and to present before congress
at the present session the proposition which
they have outlined in their report.
Should your honorable bodies think ia
vorably of the proposition of the commits
sion that the federal government acquire
and hold the Palisades 1t will be wise to
continue the commission as suggested. If
the preservation of the Palisades cannot be
effected by New Jersey alone or conformity
with New York, the effort to interest the
federal authority should be made and Wig
orously pressed. To that end I suggest
the propriety of the passage of a concur
rent resolution. by your honorable bodies
requesting our senators and representatives
In congress to aid the necessary legisla-
ton by all legitimate means within their
power.
Revision of Corporation Laws.
The legislature of 1895 passed an act
nrovidi1,r hot III, roe yovcor,r hountp oxoo
should be commissioners ITO revise and
codify the act concerning corporations Gre
vision) approved April Z, 1875, and the
several subsequent acts supplementary
thereto and amendatory thereof and to in
corporate such amendments as they may
deem wise and necessary to perfect the sys-
tenn of general corporation laws of this
state and report tethe present legislature
on the first day Of it's session.
This commission was charged with an
important duty and is, | understand, pre-
pared to submit its report to your honora-
BILE bodies.
Commissioners For the Promotion of Uni
formity of Legis alton In the
United States.
By chapter 225, laws of 1895, it was pro.
vided that three persons should be appoint.
ed a commission "to examine the subject
Of marriage and Of divorce, insolvency, in
surance, the form of notarial certificates
and other subjects, to ascertain the best
means to effect an assimilation and uni
formity in the laws of the state and espe-
eially to consider whether it will be wise
and practicable for the state of New Jersey
to invite the other states to send representa-
tives to a convention to draft uniform
laws to be submitted for the approval and
adoption Of the several states, etc, and
to report to the senate at its session
(1896) a account of it's transactions and
its advice and recommendations
I am not informed what action has been
taken by the commission, nor whether it
is prepared to report to the senate.
General Statutes of New Jersey.
By chapter Al, laws Of 1894, the STATE
treasurer was directed s'to subscribe fol
1000 sets of the public acts of this state,
= = = which work shall contain all the pub.
lie acts of the legislature of this state now
contained in the Revision Of the Statutes
OF Now Jersey, published in the year 1877,
and in the supplement to said revision
published in the year 1887 and the session
laws passed or that shall be passed by the
legislature of this state between the 1st
day Of January, 1887, and the close of the
Legislative session of the year 1894 which
ire general and permanent in their ma.
sure, and which shall be found in force at
the end Of the present (1S94) Legislative
session, together with abstracts from the
public decisions Of the courts Of this state
expounding or constituting the same.o
The work referred to is to be published