The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-09
BAD BILLS, NO WORK
Features of a Disastrous
Night for the People
at Trenton.
THE DUAL MAYoRALTY GRAB
Text of Of the Measure Abol-
ishing Spring Elections id
Newark and Jersey City.
DALY'S REMOVAL FROM OFFICE FREAK
Griggs Gives Jndgeships TO Van
Syckel and Armstrong-shap-
ing the Way for BEETLE.
DALY'S REMOVAL FROM OFFICE FREAK

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TRENTON. Feb. 9, 1ss7.-The crowds
hustle, jam and confusion of Monday
night at the Legislature is thing of the
past What has killed the historical in
~stitution would be hard to say. More
than likely it is the apparent inability of
the present Senate and Assembly to do
more than to meet. go through roll call
and the introduction Of bills and adjourn.
Be that as it may. it is certain that no
Monday night of the present session mas
been anything to compare with those of
former years.
One of the busiest men OF the small
throng of last night was Simeon Smith.
Treasurer of Jersey City. He was very
much interested in House bills Nos. so
and 81. The former provides for tie ap-.
pointment of deputy collectors to collect
the arrearages Of taxes and the other limits
the time thai the State Board of Taxa
ton shall listen to appeals. AS the law
now stands the person dissatisfied with
his taxes can appeal to the State Board
and have 80 days after the State Board
has disposed of MS case to obey the de-
cree of the Court. Taxes are due on
December 20. A person dissatisfied with
the amount of his taxes can appeal to the
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satisfied he has a still further appeal to
the State Board. 1t may be May or
June before the State Board disposes of
the case. and after that the taxpayer
has thirty days to pay the sum the State
Board finally decides he owes. During
all the time the city is kept out of its
money and loses all interest. The bill
which Mr.. Smith came down to advocate
does away with this state of affairs to
a large extent.
Mr.. anne E. Love was also among the
visitors, and he was interested in MIR.
Goldenhorn's measure which allows the
Tax Board to detail clerks to assist in
obtaining information, data and stats
tics relative to property subject to taxa
ton.
Colonel Dickinson was a conspicuous
figure in the lobby, and the manner in
which he walked around among the
Hudson members and hobnobbed with
Major. Carl Lentz of Newark, did as
much as anything else to show that he
was the leader of Hudson. Alec Dusea-
berry was on hand to give Colonel Sam
n advice he might need, but strange to
say Samuel did not need any. Herbert
Potts and Fire Commissioners Mills were
the Hudson visitors, but neither
had no business there they said. They
had only come down to look on.
MISS Elizabeth A. Allen of Hobokea,
Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the
Secular Retirement Pension Fund. was a
ternoon. She came dow to attend a
meeting of the committee Of the teachers
on The Is sl pppesparing q new Pill
pected that the bill would be ready
1or presentation to the Home last night,
but 1t was not, and will come in next
Week. The new bill makes several i'm
portant changes. 1t will provide that the
Board of Trustees shall consist of three
members of the State Board Of Educa-
~intendent of Schools. All applications De
not receive more than 500: w s5sas t Anas
whereby it shall be impossible to meet
al the demands for benefits. the money
on hand shall be divided proportionately
member of the State Board Of Education
will be appointed to take charge Of the
correspondence, ETC., relating to the fund,
and he Will be authorized to EMPLOY an
assistant.
The Military Board held a meeting yes-
te sS afternoon IN the Governors room
Of $1,000 to defray the expenses Of a
representative of the National Guard at
the inauguration of Mckinley. The troops
designated to go should the Legislature
appropriate the money are the Second
Regiment of Paterson, selected because
It comes from he home Of Vsce-Presi-
dent-elect Hobart; the Essex Troop which
is to escort Mr.. Hobart from the station
to his hotel when he arrives at Washing
ton and to the Capitol on the day Of
Camden, q Calling gun
Mr.. GoIdenhorn is branching out as tha
friend Of the down-trodden people. He
ton providing for the appointment al
commission consisting of three members
Of each House to investigate the HtrustsS
sion IS to rave power to send for naners
and witnesses, and will investigate th,s
American uga Refining Company, the
other big corporations which are near
pOrated in this State.