The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-14
LEGISLATURES WORK.
Synopsis Of the Thirty-one Bills
Which Reached Final
Passage During the
Week.
Especial to 1.-THE Jersey City News."l

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TRENTON, March IA, 1S9S.-When the
ninth week of the Legislative season
closed Thursday, the total number of bills
recorded as introduced in both Houses
was 4S3, an increase of fifty for the week.
OF the new measures nineteen were intro
dueed in the Senate, making the total
number of bills on the Senate calendar
241, and thirty-one were introduced in the
House, increasing the total to 242. Tn to
the close of the eighth week forty hills
teen, from the House-had reached the
Governor. This week the number was in
creased to seventy-one, with the addition
of thirteen Senate and eighteen House
bills, making the total number of Senate
passed bills forty, and House passed bills
thirty-one. Forty-three OF the total
have become laws, forty with Executive
approval and three filed without the Gov
errors signature. A brief synopsis of
the forty bills passed up to the close Of
News and the purport of the thirty-one
which reached final passage this week IS
as follows
taxation on actual Indebtedness to Ma
tional banks where such Indebtedness is
created at least three months prior to the
assessment of taxes.
Senate No. 81, eX9fnptS from the col
lateral inheritance tax donations to re-
ligious and charitable institutions.
Senate No. l2S. requires county superin-
tendent of schools to apportion to school
districts all State aid received prior to
May Is of each year..
Senate No. 17s, new Union Label. bill,
designed to meet the constitutional OBJ
j~eetions to the old law.
Senate No. 1875. making operative this
year instead of in 1899 the act of last ses-
sion applying all the taxes levied on sec
ond class railroad property to the munici-
pality in which such property is located.
Senate No. SO, a general act Incorporate
ing and making a body polite of all relig-
ious organizations. whether the same have
been heretofore Incorporated or not.
Senate No. 1902, requiring law and Cham
Gerry reporters to date arguments and de-
cisions.
Senate No. 1874, makes the middle of a
| public road the boundary line between
municipalities.
Senate No. 1863. Incorporates the borough
of Garfield, Bergen county.
Senate No. Is. provides for the protec-
tion OF railroad grade crossings in other
than first-class counties.
Senate No. n, enables the State Board
Of Taxation to examine alleged Illegal
valuation Of counties where COMPLAINT IS
made by another county instead of by an
individual.
Senate No. los, authorizing the ~organiza-
ton of one or more additional companies
of the National Guard. to be drilled in the
use of the Calling gun.
Senate NO. ~, limits the application Of
the "a Per Capita Paving Bond bill to
municipalities where its application will
not increase the total ond Indebtedness
beyond ten per cent. Of the total ratahles.
House No. 10, authorizing Jersey City to
issue bonds for the completion of Lafay-
a.te Park.
House No. 81. legalizing certain sewer
and other improvement assessments found
House No. Is. giving ire departments
local supervision over theatres and other
places of amusement,
House No: 81, provides that improvement