The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-18
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TRENTON, Jan. IS, 1Ss7.-The sessions
of the House and Senate this morning in
dicated that this will be long session OF
very little legislation will be enacted. The
House was in session about ten minutes,
and was opened with prayer by the Rev
De Witt C. Cobb, wha has evidently heard
a thing or two about the Capital and the
Capitol. He prayed that the members. OF
the Legislature might be protected from
'.the temptations of this city and these
halls"
The House adopted the amendment to
the rules providing for Committee on
Public Health.
of legislation Will be enacted was the
small number of bills introduced. To
everyone's establishment only one. came
ness ne WA was ' reached. That was by Mr.
Eckert of Middlesex, and when examined
caused Jersey City to prick up it's ears
and make inquiries
The measures prOyideS:-
That where the Board of Aldermen
or any other Board having charge and
control of the water works or any
committee or officer thereof shall have
made within three years prior to the
massage of this act, any necessary or
REQUIRED construction, or repairs or
improvements to the water works
therein and purchased materials and
employed labor for that purpose Win
out complying with the requirements
of the laws governing such city in ad-
vatising therefor, the Board of Alder
men or other Board having charge
and control of the finances OF said
city upon being satisfied that such
construction and Improvements have
been made shall have power to ap-
propriate the funds necessary for the
payment of such material and labor
and shall thereupon pay said claims;
s. said additional appropriations may
be made from any monies heretofore
fJ1.t.I u IN tab MI fnT
the support and construction and
maintenance of the water works or by
the issuance of temporary loan ponq&
in which latter event the. paymeM
thereof shall be provided for in the
tax levy next thereafter to be made,
proyided that such additional appro-
priatiop shall not exceed the sum OF
s1e,0
The fact that the bill applies to any
city and that the. words ''or other board
having charge and control of the finances
of said city, were inserted, led to the
belief that it was some water scheme
applicable to Jersey City. n,o III,
was introduced to meet an emergency
which has arisen in Perth Amboy. The
Aldermen of that city some time ago ex-
tended their water mains. 1t now appears
that the advertisements was not made
according to the law governing the mat
ter and this bill is introduced to enable
the Board to pay its bills for the improve
iiien'' THE SENATE.
The Senate met at eleven o'clock
Messrs. Flancis. Stanger and Barber were
appointed the new committee on public
health.
These nominations were received from
f For President Judge of the Court of
Common Pleas of Atlantic County, Allen
For President Pudge Of the Court of
Common Pleas Of Union County, Ben
For Prosecutor of the Pleas, Atlanti
County, Joseph e. P. Abbott; Union
County, Nicholas c. j. English.
For Trustees of the Reform School for
Boys, James M. Parsons, reappointed,) }
Gervas Ely, in place Of Edwin H. Bid
we'll (term expiredD
The Senate then went into executive
session and confirmed Senator Nail al
once. as he is an EX-SENATOR James D
Erwin was confirmed as Prosecutor Of
Hudson, John A. Blair as County Judge
and John j. Toffey as Court Warden were
confirmed. So were the nominations OF
David O. Zabriskie as Judge of Berger
county. Abel T. Smith, District Court
Judge of Hoboken and all the other nomi-
nees of last week. k5F.
Among those confirmed was JOSEPH
Rice. a wealthy Trenton clothier, as mem.
her Of the Board OF Managers of the State
Asylums for the Insane. Mr.. Rice is q
Democrat, and was naped last y winter r bul M
the Senators on the Democratie SIDE re.