The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-02-27
NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.
WEDNESDAY, February, 19 1896.
SENATE.
BILLS INTRODUCED.

having charge of the reconstruction ol
main outlet sewers power to constust loI
the necessary repairs of broken sewers
which may menace the public health,
and the Finance Board shall pay Tor
same. Municipal Corporations
Mr.. DAILY. Enables Hoboken to issue
bonds to the amount OF S2OO,O OOO' 10 re-
pave streets. Municipal Corportatlons.) }
Mr.. DAILY. Amends Senate 80, auth
orizing State Board of Health to exam
inc into and report upon the pollution
of the Pass aic river. by making the dl.
rections more explicit. (ReVlsion OF
Laws.) :,
Mr.. Kuhl. Amends act for sale OF
lands under public statute. (Judicary.)
MFR, johnson. Amends act to lncor-
porate the Hackensack Improvement
Commission. (Boroughs.)
Mr.. johnson. Annexes to the town
ship OF New Barbados portion OF the
township of Lodi, in Bergen county.
Mr.. johnson. Amends act to pro.
vide for the recovery OF damages ID
cases where the death OF a person Is
caused by wrongful act, neglect or de-
fault by providing that the amount re.
covered shall be for exclusive benefit
OF widow or next of kin. Miscelian'
eous business. :.
Mr.. johnson Repeals section ~ OF
pubIic instruction act, chapter 335 laws
Of 1894. Education.
MI, vreeland. Repeats act respecting
hospitals for the insane and the admis-
sion OF INDECENT patients thereto ap-
proved march 22d, 1895. Judiciary.
Mr., Skirm. Validates bonds issued
under the borough law of 1861 when
proper notice was not published IN news
papers.
BILLS PASSED.
Senate 100 allows dissolution of railway
corporations when operations have been
abandoned for five years.
THE ERIE STRIKES sNAG.
Senate 151 consenting to lease OF the
New York and Greenwood Lake Railroad
to the Erie Railroad Company was upon
second reading when Mr.. DAILY asked
that it be laid over. It wac laid over
until next Tuesday.
THE HOUSE.
Mr.. Walling submitted petition nu-
merously signed for the passage OF the
bill cutting down the salaries of State
officers.
BILLS PASSED.
These bills were passed: Senate AZ,
restores to citizenship Morris Ford,
and Asa Ford, of Burlington county;
Senate IL, relates to sales of land under
public statutes; Senate So. repeals act
of 1895, allowing Mayors OF first-class
cities to fill vacancies in the Board OF
Aldermen; House 113, makes it illegal
to use the badge of the Union Veteran
League, unless member thereof; House
81, makes it illegal to hold elections in
bar-rooms; House 1875. provides for the
erection OF bridge over stis Fassaio
river, between Newark and Harrison;
House 81, extends time for the COM
Lletion of certain street railways, House
35. authorizes cities having sewer
system, by It's governing body, to pro-
vide in its annual tax levy the necessary
sum to keep it in repair.
House 124, relating to procedure in
condemnation proceedings, in first-class
cities, for LAYING out streets and parks.
81 to 20. A motion to reconsider was
tabled.
Mr.. Francis. Provides for the found
np of an asylum for the INDECENT blind,
Tor which purpose the Wilson farm, 10
Monmouth county. has been donated to
the State; Board of managers. conslse-
ing of four men and three women, shall
be appointed by the Governor. Cor
porstions.
Mr.. Hicks. That it shall be q crime
TO make, sell or dispose of an article as
Sterling silver unless 9251 900 Of the
same be pure silver. and coin silver
must consist of 100000 pure silver.
Judiciary.
Mr.. Thorn. An officer OF penal insti.
tution serving twenty-five years and is
then OF the age of seventy-five, he shall
he retired on an amount per year equal
the salary received by
him. Revision of Laws.
Mr.. Gledhill. Confirms the acts OF
1888 and 1854 in reference to salaries OF
Prosecutors Of the Pleas. in making
minimum fees OF such In second class
counties the sum of 81, 500. Judiciary.
Mr.. Borton 10y request). Provides
for an appropriation sufficient to pay
each married person S6 per month and
:. ach single person 80 per month, who
served in the colored troops of United
States militia navy or marine corps. who
were honorably discharged. Militia.
Mr.. Codington. Provides that per-
sonal property to the amount of 5000 of
debtor having family shall be re-
erved, as we'll after the death of such
debtor as before Revision of Laws.
A resolution, by Leader Robertson.
was adopted, authorizing Assistant Clerk
Lyons to sign bills during Clerk Parker's,
illness.
The speaker announced that he had
appointed Messrs. Skinner and Reed
the House members of the joint Com
mittee to revise and codify the laws re-
lating to District Courts.
The House passed the following bills
House 1877, authorizes any Justice of
the Supreme Court to adiudge any
person refusing to obey any subpoena
issued by Common Council, guilty of
contempt of court, punishable by i'm
prisonment; House 70, provides that
City Collector may receive partial pay
ments not less than $20-on accounts
of taxes, provided that it shall notapply
to liens upon property sold for the non