The Monitor-register., 1897-03-05
NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE.
TRENTON, Mar. 9, 1897.

0OV. OTlSSS relioVeu bu6 anxiety JuhG
has been felt here for some weeks as to
who would be selected to fill number of
the most important offices in his gift, by
sending the appointments to the Senate
last night. The lot comprisei the most
notable list that has been named by Gov.
Griggs during his occupancy of the
Gubernatorisl chair. The gentlemen
named for the various places are not a
surprise by any means, as the slate-mak-
ers bad pretty generally agreed on the
makeup of the batch before it appeared,
so that it occasioned DO great surprise
However, the selections met W ith general
approval. This list is as follows:
Court-Associate Justice William j.
Magic, of Elizabeth; term seven years;
salary $40, 900 per year.
For Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court (to fill the vacancy caused by the
promotion of Judge Magie)-Ex Mayor
Gilbert Collins, of Jersey City, term
seven years; salary 50, 900 per year.
For Attorney General-Samuel H.
Grey, of Camden; term five years; salary
$1,000 per year.
For Secretary of State-Gsorge Wurts,
of Paterson; term five years; salary
$4,000 per year.
For Clerk of the Supreme Court
w ;ll;ar, Robar Jr Of NamarL tar,,,
five years; salary So. 900 per year.
For Commissioner of Banking and
Insurance William Bettle, of Camden;
term five years; salary 81. 600 per year.
For Keeper of State Prison-SamuelS
Moore, of Elizabeth; term five years;
salary So. 500 per year.
For State Board of Medical Examiners
Aaron K. Baldwin, Edwin De Baum
and George F. Wilbur Gall reappointed).
In executive session Justice Magie's
nomination was confirmed; the rest were
laid over under the rules. Chief Justice
| Magic having been Senator before he
was an Associate Justice his appointment
|
Samuel Fl. Grey could have bad the
Chief Jrsticeship, but preferred the place
he received, because of it's less onerous
duties.
| The House, in Committee of the Whole,
had long debate on Monday night. on
equal taxation, Mr.. Watkins, of Glouces.
ter, presiding. No conclusion, however,
was reached. The three bills relating to
this subject are Nos. / and AZ, and the
special Taxation Commissions bill. No.
1874. Assembly No. 1, introduced by Mr.
Klink, and strongly supported by him,
imposes full local tax rates on second
class railroad property equalized by the
State Board of Assessors to conform
to local valuations made by local
assessors, the entire tax to go to the tax
| ing district in which the property is
located. No. AZ fixes a rate Of not
exceeding 2 per cent. in any locality, and
existing rates W here it is less than per
cent. all for the benefit of the taxing
districts as in No. 1. OF course these
bills will, especially in Hudson, Essex
and Camden, materially increase local
revenues, iuasmuch as they will increase
existing rates if not present values. No.
1874 simply diverts to the several taxing
districts in which second class railroad
property exists $205, 900 from the State to
those districts, but all three of the bill,
propose to reduce the State revenue from
railroad taxation that amount. No. / is
the best for the municipalities; No. 1874,
| for the railroads, and No. AZ the most
comprehensive, in as much as it makes
| two per cent. the full limit, no matter
| how much in excess of that is the local
rate. Under existing law the rate is one
and one-half per cent, one per cent of
which goes to the several taxing districts
of the State. What the outcome will be
is hard to forecast at present, though No.
1 was reported to the House this morning
and advanced to third reading.
There was little breeze last night also
over Mr.. Fighters bill, which modifies
the school law of 1894, so that wherever
there is school house there shall be a
school district and Township Board of
Education. The Committee on Educa-
tion reported the bill adversely, but the
| House reversed the report, and the bill
was placed on the calendar, but this
action cannot be taken as meaning its
| passage.
The House to day. sitting as Com
mittee of the Whole, discussed at length
the Gledhill Bicycle Baggage bill, and,
despite the willingness of the wheelmen
to accept amendments relieving the rail.
road companies of certain responsibilities,
voted to report the bill favorably and
killed the proposed amendments.
The Senate had quite busy session
last night, number of bills being passed,
and larger number introduced. This
| morning there was an interesting debate
| over the Railroad Commission bill. The
measure has been allowed to lie in com.
mittee for several weeks without any one
paying much attention to it, but when
Senator johnson, of Bergen county, had
the measure brought up on second read
ing this afternoon, only few Senators
appeared anxious to have the measure
passed on, and it was finally recon- mitted.
The Constitutional amendments we're
called, and after little tilt between
Senators johnson and Voorhees,, they
were laid over for consideration next
week.
Ex' Ex'Assemblyman Skinner, of ewark,
who has been employed by the s nate to
draft borough bill, called at the State
House this afternoon and had long talk
with the Borough Commission with
respect to certain features of the proposed
law. One thing is settled, and that is
that the borough bill will not be a "local
option" measure. The bill will leave
severely alone all matters bearing upon
the licensing of saloons or inns. This
power in boroughs is now vested in the
courts, and this Mr. Skinner and the
Commission think is the proper place for
it. 1t is proba able that the bill will be
ready for submission to the Senate pext
week.
Senator Stokes introduced bill pro.
hioiting the licensing of any saloon not
now in ex istence which shall be on the
same street and within 200 feet of any
church, school or charitable institution
The bill authorizing the appointment of