The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-02-02
JUST A LITTLE WORK.
Jury Fixing Prospers in the
HOUSEHOLDS Still Pour
In.
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Especial TO lille Jersey lily NEWS -
TRENTON, Feb. 2, 1S9S.-About the only
thing that was lone in either House OF
the LEGISLATURE yesterday was the intro
duction of bills. However, the resolution
for the appointment of a committee of five
| to investigate the get-rich-quick assoeia-
tion was passed by the House at the
afternoon session. A number OF Dills
were placed on second reading and then
| the House adjourned to this morning.
The Senate did some real WORK anu
passed these bills
Senate No. s, enabling savings banks
to reduce their Board TO not less tnah
thirteen; Senate No. is, eX-
ecutors and trustees to improve ana de-
| veIop unimproved lapd; Senate No. ~,
| supplement to the act concerning con-
yeyances.
Senate No. 8, providing for an assistant
| prosecutor in counties of from fo,Ou0 TO
100, 600 inhabitants; Senate NO. !. feguiat-
ing Masters fees; Senate No. n, provld-
ing for a rebate when municipal taxes
lare paid before due; Senate No. -, en-
| towering the Governor to appoint one or
more commissioners to codlfy state stat
| uteS: Senate No. g, supplement TO the
act concerning conveyances; Senate NO
50. repeating sundry acts relating to con-
| demnatory proceedings; Senate NO. %, 70
| regulate the ascertainment and payment
| of compensation for property condemned
or taken for public USE; Senate NO. 81,
to Incorporate Deal Borough,
| county; Senate No. q. to incorporate
| Bridge Borough, Hunterdon county sen
| ate No. %. to incorporate Branchville
Borough, Sussex county; Senate NO. 6u,
| the Naval Reserve bill: Senate NO. II,
| providing for lay representation IN GER
tain religious organizations.
President pro tenn. Skirm announced
| that he ~hadvacated the chairmanship of
the Municipal Corporation m IN
| favor of Senator Ketcham.
!. Senator Stranger presented q petition
| from Gloucester county relative to game,
l. which was referred.
Chairman Vreeland of the M
on Revision of Laws announced a puDnc
| hearing in the Senate Chamber at 3:30 r.
| M. of Monday next, on the tax bills rec
commended by the State Board OF Taxa
ton.
The House Judiciary has decided to re-
| port adversely Mr.. Woolley's bill, No. 8,
| which, it is declared, made jury liking an
| easy and profitable matter, by declaring
that contempt of court shall consist OF
| any refusal to obey or attempt to OBJ
struct the due execution and orderly
course of any rule, writ, order or olher
process of any court, legaly lssueu "
| made; appearing in court in a state OF
gross intoxicatiOn of a party, witness reg
ularly subpoenaed, juryman or attorney,
solicitor or counsel in a cause, then pc
ing or about to be heard; any abuse OF
the process of the law or attempt 10 de-
ceive the parties by any acts OF oppres-
sion, extortion, collusive behavior or cui-
| pable neglect of duty by any snerl1I,
under-sheriff. clerk, guardian, executor,
administrator referee, receivergo OF other
| officer of the court; any bribery OF OF
| attempt to bride a grand Juryman, petit
juryman, judge, attorney or other offlcer
of the court, whereby it is sought to IN
| fuence the determination of any matter
| depending or to be heard; or any dlsor-
DERBY, contemptuouS or insolent language
or behavior in the presence of the court,
in session, as shall tend to disturb or
impede its proceedings or impair the re-
spect due to its authority.
nvl,n co n nm miffpa will TPD0rt faXOT-
ably bills No. IA, which provides that all
acknowledgements of deeds taken SIX years
| and over shall not be ipvalidated because
| of errors in acknowledgements; NO. 70. MI.
] Benny. authorizes Board having charge
of finances in cities to fix rate of inter-
est in arrears of taxes and assessments,
| and No. IS. Mr.. Porter (for the Speaker,
provides that where an executor or ad-
ministrator of an estate has in hand
money belonging to an absent person, ne
can pay such money over 70 the ourro,
get a receipt, which will relieve him OF
future liability.
These were among the measures intro
| duced in the Senate
Mr.. Reed-To regulate the practice of
| dentistry and to repeal certain acts re-
lating thereto. Provides that as the
The vacancy shall be filled by the Cover
nor by appointing a dentist recommended
annually by the New Jersey Dental So
| ciety. Requires applicants for a license to
have graduated will a dental degree or
to. have the written recommendation OF
five licensed dentists OF five years stand
ing.@Dentfsts from other States are to
be admitted if they have practised f1ve
years.
Mr.. Engle-Providing that the Governor,
l.Comptroller, VIM. A.. Crane and Geo. q.
| Cranmer shall select for the state a plot
of ground in Ocean county for the burial
of dead bodies thrown upon Jersey shore
/ by sbipwreck.
any saloon hereafter within 200 feet of a
I church, public school or charitable insti-
Mr.. w. M. Johnson-Exempting from
taxation donations and legacieA TO reli-
/ gio1s societies. >
Mr.. Stokes-Dfviding the natural oyster
beds of the State into six distrlcts1pis
trict /, Barnegat Bay, north OF summing
River; District z, frop Cunning R1yer
south .tosGaunt's Point; District =, from
/ Gauntss Point south to the south SIDE OF
1nGreat Bay, Atlantic county; District 4,
from south side. of Great Bay 70 division
Lime between Atlantic and Cape May coun-
i ties. s District 3, the waters of Cape May
county. District 6, the rivers and creeks
Of Delaware Bay and Maurice River Cove.
Enabling the Governor to appoint two
commissioners from the Sixth district to
act with the other two appointed.
Mr.. Foster-Limiting the telephone
charges in first class cities to 81 per
montb:sin second class cities. to So, and
IN all other municipalities. to $3.50. The
charge at stations for local mes
sages shall mot exceed 10 cents for I'VE