The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-18
HUMDRUM SESSION.
Zig Let of Bills Passed I'm Roth
Houses--Game Worries the Senate.
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TRENTON, March II, 1S97.-At the even
ing session the House paid strict atten-
ton to business and did nothing but pass
bills. It's eloquence seems to have been
exhausted during the day. These bills
were among the number passed.
Senate 10O-Creates the new township
of Overpeck, in Bergen county.
Senate 42-Repeals the act preventing
the election by any municipal governing
board of one of its members to any office
within the gift of such body.
House 210-Authorizes the Mayors Of
Newark and Jersey City to appoint an
auditor.
House 232-Authorizes West Hoboken
to renew matured and maturing bonds.
House 274-Creates a Sinking Fund Com
mission for Paterson.
House 23o-Authorizes the Police Board
Of Elizabeth to hear and determine
charges against policemen.
House 249-Provides for lighting the
Hudson County Boulevard.
Senate 39-Validates certain sewer as
sessments in Elizabeth.
Senate 43-Fixes term of the Secretary
of the Trenton school Board at three
years.
House 2o4-Authorizes the appropriation
Of 10000 by Passaic county for complet-
ing macadam roads.
House 277-Appropriates $1,000. for addi-
tional markers to be erected at Chicka-
manga battlefelds.
House 291-Authorizes Jersey City to is
sue $4,000 worth of bonds to finish its
City Hall. This is a deficiency in the
appropriation which was to have been
made up by the sale of the old municipal
buildings. They are now used for school
The House killed Mr.. Urquhart's bill
to AXE from the Democratic Board of
Aldermen and giving to the Republican
Police Board the appointment of the Jer-
sey City Building Inspector. Newark OPP
posed the bill. No one helped Mr.. Ur-
Quhart. Klink voted against it. The SEN
ate passed these bills:-
House No. 91-For the Kearny extension
to the Hudson Boulevard.
Senate 9S-Providing for the right of re-
covery by the person holding a tax title,
under the Martin Act.
Senate 171-Empowering executors and
trustees holding land and real estate in
trust to improve the same and erect
buildings.
House 101-Authorizing Boards of Free
holders to borrow money to pay judg-
ments against the county.
House 131-The South Orange sewer
bill.
House 146-Authorizing the requirement
Of turnpike roads by the State and coun-
ties, the State to pay one-third the cost
and the county to pay two-thirds.
Senate I76-Appropriating 5000 instead
of $4,000 as now, to the Co1ored Manual
Training School at Bordentown.
Mr.. Ketcham, in favoring the last bill.
tried to point out that it was similar in
import to his Newark Manual Training
School bill, but Messrs. Skirm and Parry
thought it different in that the Borden
town school caters for a class unable to
help themselves. The bill passed.
The evening session of the Senate start
ed off with a short but lively discussion
of the House bill fixing the open season
during which the bill was amended. SO
as to have an open season in South Jer-
sey when the North Jersey one had
closed. The bill was then adopted. Then
the Senate settled down to the business
of passing bills and rushed through a
large numbe among which were:@
Senate 203-Permitting the Secretary Of
State to reside outside OF Trenton.
Senate 1s5-Enabling cities to vacate
portions Of streets and alleys not opened
for public use for twenty years.
House 29-Porter's Street and Water
Commissioner Act.
House 87-Authorizins the Newark