The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-03-04
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the county boards of election is made
two years instead of one; registration be.
fore the county boards can be made only
by personal appearances: and county
boards are to sit before election day, not
on election day.
Senate bill 1856. By Mr.. Vreeland.
Provides that in cities of from Is 900 to
30, 900 population the mayor may APP
point three assessors-at-large to hold
Office for three years, their salary to be
fixed by Common Council at from 81 500
to $4,000 a year.
The bill creating boards of guardians
to look after the dependent, DELINQUENT
and defective children of the state. popu-
larly known as the dependent children's
bill, will likely come out of the commit
tees hands next week in some form. It
may be so amended as to leave it optional
with county judges whether they shall
name the local branches of the proposed
state institution, SO as to prevent inter-
ference with well managed associations
now in existence. A substitute has been
submitted for the committees considera-
tion which changes to great degree the
complexion of the bill, inasmuch as it
proposes that INDECENT children may,
upon application of their parent or par
ents or some other person, be placed in
the custody of any Orphans Asylum or
Children's Home by the Orphans Court,
and also that the court shall place with
such orphanages or societies children
between the ages Of two and sixteen
years, that are now in almshouses.
These institutions may in time place the
l chill dFQn with for 10,
religious faith Of the children is to be
respected.
Senator DAILY has introduced a bill
providing for the publication of the laws
in newspapers of more than two years
existence special laws or those relating
only to certain localities to be published
only in papers printed in those localities.
Among the several petitions presented
Monday night asking for the passage of
the bill prohibiting the licensing of a
saloon within 200 feet of a church or
school, was one from the Drew Theologi-
cal Seminary. presented by Senator
! Vreeland. Mr.. VreeIand also offered a
petition from the Boonton Fire Depart
ment asking for the defeat of the bill
designed to deprive fremen of tax ex-
emptions.
Senator Ketcham has introduced q
bill providing that county clerks and
surrogates shall receive an annual salary
in lieu of fees to be graded according to
population, and ranging from 81 800 a
year in counties of not more than 5000
to 81, 500 in those whose population ex-
ceeds 100000. Another bill it is said,
will be introduced later, providing that
sheriffs shall hereafter be salaried.
The Joint Committee on Judiciary
held consolation on Monday, with the
commissioners appointed last year to
revise the criminal statues, consist
ing of Judge j. Franklin Fort, James
| S. Erwin, Prosecutor of Hudson; and
Fred Marsh. The commission has pre-
scented, through Senator w. M. johnson,
several bills, which are the result of their
labors. The most radical change is in
reference to Justices of the peace, those
officials being practically stripped of all
jurisdiction in criminal cases, it being
made unlawful for them to entertain
any criminal complaint, in municipali-
ties where there are police justices, JUS
tees of criminal district courts or records.
This leaves the justices but very little
occupation. Another change is the in
creaslng of the maximum penalty for
second degree murder cases which is
now 20 years. Under the new bill, this
Is fixed at 30 years.
| Mr.. McMurray of Camden presented a
bill which will be of interest to cyclists.
1t requires all ordinances in any NUM-
cipalty concerning the use of bicycles on
sidewalks, or the carrying of lights, etc.,
TO be placed upon posts or other conspi-
cuous places before any person can be
fined for violating such ordinances.
In lengthy bill presented by Mr..
Benny OF Hudson the fact that there are
over $4,000 school children in the state
without public school accommodations,
is cited, and its provisions require COM
mon councils to provide niece ssary funds
and boards of education in all cltieslto
erect school buildings sufficient to ac-
commodate all pupils legally entitled to
the benefit of the public school.
Mr.. Poole introduced bill early in the
week annexing a portion of Chatham
township to the borough of Madison.
The Committee on Boroughs will hear
adverse arguments to this bill if there be
any next Monday or Tuesday.
The Morris Plains Asylum will un-
doubleday get a fair sized appropriation
when the joint committee gets to work.
Senator Vreeland has recently intro
duced three bills bearing on State insane
asylums, all of which are still under
consideration in committees. The first
of these, Senate 1853, provides that no one
shall be committed to q State or other
hospital for the insane except on the GER
ti6cate Of two resident physicians and
the approval of the Supreme Court Judge
or law judge of the county. Another
bill, the habeas corpus act, provides for q
hearing in all cases where the patient is
alleged to have been improperly COM
mitted or who is not insane, and a trial is
provided before the Supreme Court
judge of the county aud a jury also il
required. The third bill allows each Of
the State Hospital Boards to employ a
secretary. the salary rot to exceed $500