The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-19
BILLS THAT ARE DEAD.
Increased Pay for Police Act
Among Those Vetoed by
the Governor.
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TRENTON, May IS, 1S97.-Of the bills
that met with the Governors ~disapprov-
al many were measures which were look
ed upon as of considerable Importance.
Attached to most of those vetoed is a
memorandum giving the Governors rea-
sons for his action. In many instances
this is because of some error in the con-
struction of the bills or carelessness in
drawing them UP, which would render
void acts which the Governor would
otherwise approve. Some he set aside as
unconstitutional or unnecessary, and 9TH
ers because he does not approve of their
provisions.
One of the bills which the Governor. has
vetoed is Assembly No. 297. This is Mr..
Wildman's bill, ~forbidding any person or
corporation from deducting any monies
from any veteran soldiers or sailors pen
sion, when he is an inmate of the Sol
diers' Home
In vetoing the bill, the Governor says:
1.-THE object of this bill is to prevent
the managers of the Home for Disabled
Soldiers at Kearny from deducting any
sur whatever from the pension monies
received by the inmates of the Home.
1t is the present custom of the managers
to deduct from all inmates receiving
above IS per month, an amount varying
from 81 to $3.50 a week toward the pay
ment of their board and maintenance.
This bill would prohibit the detention of
any part of the pension money from any
of the inmates, without regard to wheth-
er there might be persons dependent upon
them or not. / do not approve the bill
because it takes away from the Board
of Managers all discretion and oppof-
tunity to apply a rule according to cir
cumStanceS.
IF any inmate has persons dependent
upon him outside, it is only fair that he
SHOULD receive the whole of his pension,
but if he has no such persons dependent
upon him, it is only fair that he should
contribute some moderate amount to-
wards his maintenance and care, which
are otherwise furnished to him by the
government of the home
Il should be glad to see the Board of
Managers voluntarily adopt a rule that
would make such a law as this unnec-
eSSary as to such inmates as have de-
pendent wives or other relatives who
ought to receive the full amount of their
pensions"
In vetoing Assembly No. A. introduced
by Mr.. Richter, and providing that prop
erty located in one municipality and be-
longing to another municipality h be
the carelessness which is manifest in the
engrossing of the bill. He says: This
bill is incorrectly ~engrossed, furnishing
another instance Of the frequent blunders
which the engrOSsing department of the
House of Assembly has committed, rem
dering bills otherwise meritorious, in
Thu Governor, however, says he would
not sign the bill in It's present form were
it correctly engrossed, as it adopts an
the taxation of real and personal proper
ty of municipalities. which are agencies
of the government.
State in the Union tina has adopted this
principle, certainly New Jersey never
has before. "a think there are instances
applied. Where municipalities like New
ark own property outside of the city
limits used for the saFs ? Of revenue
part of the State for their water plant, /
think the municipality should pay the
taxes. There should. however, be a more
valuation of this property, and a different
provision for the enforcement Of the
liens. No public property ought to be
subject to sale under any lien created for
taxes, as the agencies for government
might in this wise be taken away from the
city The subject rs worthy
ture, and a we'll prepared bill covering
the ground that 4 have suggested would
be approved by me"
The Governor vetoed the bill providing
raised In the State for the manufacture
of beet agar, giving as a reason that such
measures have not proved satisfactory in
AN RoSls 4fttEE
Assembly No. 1863, the Police Pension
bill, has been vetoed, the Governors rea-
sons for not signing it having already
Assembly No. 254, introduced by Mr..
Thorn, and providing for the sale Of GER
tain real estate of the late Charles Skel-
ton left to the city for the Shelton library
Us also among the vetoed bills.
The Governor disapproves of the Cen
eral Game law, Assembly. No. 1853. He
but says that the game laws were COM
revised in 1896, and have had only
"a trial of one season. Such frequent re-
visions, he thinks, hold them up to ridi-
cule.
Assembly No. 264. Providing that all
elevators shall have automatic locking de-
vices, as among the KILLED bills.
The Governor disapproved of Senate No.
269, authorizing the purchase Of the beach !
front at Asbury Park. on the ground that
such a purpose without the consent Of the
owner.
Among the other Wills vetoed were the
Assembly No. s42-Forbidding minors
under ~ and students under I'll to play
POOL or billiards in public pool rooms.
senate NO. 55-Requiring enclosed plat
forms on trolley cars
Senate ~. 2l7-Authotizing the paSmsat