The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-02

planters and owners of the Delaware
Bay. It is stated that a bill has been
agreed upon WHICH win suit both the
the Riparian owners, who have been At
war not onsy In the Legislature and IN
time have bsen shoofing al a other
down on the Delaware Bay.
Mercer will have several annexation
Trenton by the annexation of Cadwalder
Pace, a very successful suburban expert
ment in the outs!Sarts of the city, and
borough OF Wilbur In the other end has
had some sorrcWful experiences IL be-
coming a borough, and 9 number Of the
needs q new Rish school very badly.
f f5a the o issu Mlg o Is b 1nads0 for the 20 s psofloe
of such a building.
Middlesex members will present a bill
to prevent any further deadlocks in
New brunswick. by providing for the
election Of an alderman-at-large.
just what will be Gone with the Fish
missioners themselves, in their annual
report to the Legislature. recommend a
number Of changes. such as a uniform
division as. Il STAN now; more protection
for small Holsters; more fixed time foi
fishing in B~arnsgat Bay: two close"
River, and they will ask for Increased
approximation SO that hatcheries can
Ue indiltdlfl6Q anu DarTeH streams re-
stocked. On the other hand there IS
more or less complaint throughout the
State against. this particular omnibus
held by the sportsnen of the various 10
~ealities, so that 1t will take a number Of
sittings n hearings before the commit
tee will ascertain Just the sporting
community DO want and require.
1T was a very difficult task to, frame
the present IS at,e law. ina wiIl PROBABLY z so ! Pc Pc
suit everybody. In the last campaign, in
Salem, Sussex and Warren counties, the
Game law was made. a political issue,
claim that nothing else defeated the two
Republican candidates for the Assembly.
report, asks. the Legislature to cure the
Arbitration bill of its defects, so that the
Board win not only have more judicial
power, but win be assured of a return. of
cause under the law as it now reads the
Board is best off when it is inactive, in
ing conferences. or making Investigations
must come out of the salaries of the
Commission.
The Legislature will be asked to me-
morialize Congress to pass the bill max
ing the Palisades a national reservation.
The bill prepared by the Palisade Conn
a twin to one to be passed BY the New
York Legislature, granting to the Fed
eral Government the State rights within
the territory of the Palisades, viii surely
be passed.
A brisk fight is promised in connection
with the, bill that Is to be introduced to
Game Protective Society. The Fish and
Game Commission recommend such a
course and 1t seems TO be in accordance
with the sentiment that prevails in the
lower end of the State. where this Socie-
ty has jurisdiction. There have been
some very lively, fights in years gone by
are very much opposed to the society,
which has the right to issue permits to
foreigners to gun IN the lower part OF the
State, which cunning expeditions. as a
rule, amount to nothing more or less
than a trespassing on the property OF the
farmers and doing considerable damage.
The society was granted this concession
because it was comHdtted to protect the
game that was there, and to supply year
ly a large number of quail for breeding
purposes. Their principal lobbyist was a
Detective Platt, who has himself ex-
pressed the opinion that the society,s
charter should be REPEALED, as it was not
living up to its conditions.
The proposed scheme TO provide a
legislative counsel, whose duty tt shall
be to examine all bills for errors nsoJ N
nothing may come of it. because it is
s emined f for t awsa e defects. 0n Many MsFe COM m
munlties ard many legislators would
not be satisfied unless the test was
able tina the Acknowledgement will be
authorized to increase his assistants so
as to have attached to the office a COM
petent lawyer, whose duty 1t will be to
nave a general supervision of pending
legislation. So as to prevent as much
as as possible eot the n,,r hsapiI aga up OF measures
Tie abolition of the engrossing clerk
department in the two branches seems
of the Legislature who have been seen
on the subject seem to regard It as a
very good idea.
will ave to make reports. The voor-
hes bees Special CencIl,aed sena lie ,a Sommi ana R nas
with some few additional recommenda-
lions. just what they are the mem
cause the matter has not been fully
'e The Penal commission, which has
the best Systems used by State Prisons
and Penitentiaries, will make an ex-
ha .gtisson report a.. and c,a nan n va a 7
our State. Prison. The commission on
uniform lsgis1ation Cor m marriage and
There is also a commission that ha
been looking into the subject of epilep,-
ties IN the asylums of the State, which
will furnish a statistical report with OBJ
servations. The State Hospital Commits
sion in their report will, no doubt, urge
the immediate erection of a separate
Recommendations are the result of their
investigation of the recent murder in Nor
ris Plains Asylum by two keepers. It
has been found that the convict insane
are kept in both the State asylums indis-
c~riminately mixed up with the rest of
the patients, and are the source of more
or less disorder and bad influence, and it
is thought best that a separate institu-
ton be secured so that the insane of this
dangerous class can be under special
scrutiny and study.
1t is evident that something will have
to be done in reference, to policing and
protecting the forests of the State from
fire. Last year the losses in three coun-
ties VIII go over 5000, 900. which estimate
does not include the damage done to
the soil or the distractions caused by
falling trees. These figures are conser-
vative and are the result of observation
made by John Clifford for the State Cecil
ogist, who will report in full to the Leg
i~slature, and will make some recommen-
dations. and ask that a bill be passed
hat will provide for the prevention of
fires and for the compensation of the
men who will fight the fires when they
occur. The trouble has been that the
fires nave become of such frequent oc-
currence that citizens do not dare to
waste their time n risk their lives
fighting the fires.