Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1897-04-01

oh contract in case New laraey ccfpo.
rations fall To comply With the provi-
sions OF the New York law. New Jer-
sey In 1896 received ssNT, 6hh from the
incorporation OF miscellaneous corpora
lions. An attempt has been made TO
stigmatize the new bill as sugar trust
get.
The legislature passed concurrent
resolution providing for committee to
sit during legislative recess and to re-
port next winter further suggestions re-
garding the disposal of sewage In the
| valley OF the Passaic river, The COM
mlttee win consist of two senators and
two assemblymen.
Two bills of some Importance which
passed are house "A and house 297.
The first prevents tax evasion by the
practice of borrowing from a bank a
| few days before the date for payment
and then swearing off. This act re-
ouires that the loan must be made GO
days before the assessors begin work,
or ii cannot be sworn off. The second
bill prevents the Soldiers home at New
ark from deducting about $4 month
from the pensions OF soldiers who are
inmates there. The new law will de-
prive the home of about $1,000 year,
which the state will have to shoulder.
The Delaware river dam bill has been
passed by both legislative branches, and
| If the governor signs it Trenton will
| look for an industrial boom from the
new and economical water power to be
obtained under this legislation. Quite
fuss was made over the original draft
of the act, as 1t seemed to contain
sweeping provisions for the control of
the potable water of the state, but the
| bill was amended so as to make 1t care
| fully guarded not only with respect to
the rights of municipalities to secure
their drinking water, but also with re-
gard to the fishery interests.
The equal taxation bill has finally
passed both houses, and Hudson county
will be the gamer to the extent of $115,-
| 900 year.
The bill providing for commission to
arrange for the location of a state nor
NAL school at Jersey City was defeated
for economic reasons.
There was quite a discussion in the
assembly the other day over repeater
of the present township school law. If
this repeater prevailed, it would re-es-
| tablish the old district system, which
was abolished only few years ago and
which had been long condemned by ex-
perienced educators. Mr.. Fighter of
Morris made an appeal for the repeater,
claiming that it tended to establish
home rule and nothing more in the gov
eminent of the schools. He said the
present law was too expensive for the
rural schools. Mr.. Harrison of Essex,
in reply. said that the real object of the
repeater was return to the district
system" which made a great man of
| the thrifty trustee, who also sold coal
to the school and boarded the teacher at
his house. The trustees were the advo-
Gates of the bill. Mr. Thorn of Mercer
also spoke against the repeater and in
favor of the present law, which, he said,
was the law of 20 states. Mr.. Wildes,
the Burlington county champion of
economy, took the floor in favor of the
repeater, which, he said, was in the in
terest Of children of poor farmers living
in townships miles in length. It were
better, he said, to have the old fash
| toned little schoolhouses scattered
through the country at convenient dis
| tances rather than a few of the latter
day fancy buildings confined to popu-
lous districts, entailing great hardship
at times upon children who live at a
| distance,
| Mr., Thorn raped back at Mr..
| Wildes for his constant lamentation
about this that or the other grievance
of the former Mr.. Thorn declared that
with all their financial hardships, the
| farmers We're better off than the dwell
ers in cities. He knew of manufacture
ers in Trento n who have $500 900 worth
of machinery lying idle, who would be
glad to dispose of it for 100000, or who
would cheer fully change places with
the owners uf those alleged tax ridden
| farms. To add to the excitement of
| the debate Mr.. Wildes charged that the
speaker had fried to ''hold up the
school bill, and Speaker Macpherson
uttered vehement denial. The bill
failed-6 to 81.
The senate passed the bill prohibiting
any student under q years to play pool
or billiards in saloons or pool and billiard
rooms. This is desired by educational
institutions which have boarding schol-
ars. The senate also passed the beet
sugar bounty bill.
| Before final adjournment all the NOM
nations made by the governor and pre-
viously Enacted on were adopted.
| The Bristol Burlington river bridge
bill passed both houses