The Penn's Grove record., 1899-02-24

Leon Albeit introduced a RESOLUTION
favoring the selection of United States
Senators by a popular vote of the peo'
pie.
Mr.. Albeit also gave notice of his
intention of moving to have taken from
committee his bill a%bolishing the grad
ed reduction in franchise tax allowed
corporations of over S5,000,0 900 capital,
and also his bill defining real estate to
include trolley, electric light poles and
wires and franchises.
Mr.. Quade gave a similar notice III
the case of his bill prohibiting the pay
ing of employees in store orders.
The House passed the bill allowing
constables a fee of 80 cents for attend
ing hearings; also the bill providing for
a State firemen's home.
Among the bills introduced in the
House was one to have the Police JUS
tices of Jersey City and Newark elected
by the people instead of appointlye by
the Mayor; also an anti-trading stamp
bill, "a bill to annex the town of Stock
ton to the city of Camden, aud a bill To
prohibit the payment of a greater Tee
than 500 to attorneys where employees
bring suit for damages for injuries. A
greater fee can only be obtained with
the consent of the Court.
Senator Stokes introduced in the
Senate a bill to take the place OF the
Jury Commission bill introduced In Inc
House by Assemblyman Bell. The Bell
bill is meeting with the opposition OF
the Sheriffs because it lessons their fees.
The bill introduced by MIR. Stokes pro-
yides that both grand and petit jurors
shall be drawn by lot from a list con
tanning the names of every Il Ill Tie
county eligible to jury duty. EACH
Sheriff, upon assuming office must pre-
a list of all persons in the county eIigi-
BILE for jury duty, and must accompany
the list with an affidavit that no ellgl
BILE person has, knowingly, been lett OIL
the list. The list is subject to revision
by the Judge OF the Court OF oyer an"
Terminer.
Senator William NJ. johnson intro
duced a bill extending the provisions o
the State Aid law to cases where ROADS
are built by Townships as well AS 10
roads built by counties.
Mr.. McDermott introduced a bill al
cities to furnish water free OF
charitable institutions, and Mr.. Fran
a bill regulating the hours for clerks
in department stores at ten and Twelve
hours, according to the season OF the
An exception is mode of Satur
days.
The Legislature got down to WORK
on Tuesday but it was short, as they
adjourned until next Monday, SO Wash.
ington's birthday could be observed.
The Committee on the Presentation
of a Sword to Admiral Sampson met
Tuesday and decided to fix the limit OF
the price at $4,000. They inspected
several designs tor the sword, the low
est of which was $500.
Mr.. Mckee has a resolution provid
ing for sine die adjournment on March
Is, which he will submit at the next
Republican caucus.
There was Informal discussion by the
Senate Committee on Game and Fish
cries ON the Game law. The State Com
mission has not presented any general
bill, because the Commission is about
to expire, and the members donOt want
to lay out the work for their successors
There we're several bills before the Leg.
islature making changes. 1t was shown
that the Trespass law of last year was
satisfactory to the farmers.
Senator Pitney said that the people
of Morris county were DESTROYS of sew
eral changes. They want an open sea
son for woodcock in July and fall snipe
shooting. They also want a single open
season from October Is to December
Is for all other birds.
Sportsmen of Trenton asked to have
Senator II utchiDson's bill amended so
they could bring game into the State.
which had been killed in another State.
Mr.. Murray presented a bill to ex
empt from taxes all Y. M. G. A. prop.
erty, and it is understood that every
effort will be made to pass the bill.
Hearings were given on the Depend
eDt Children's bill and the measures to
allow volunteers extra pay by the State
for their services,
The Senate passed a few bills and adj
vanced a number of others to second
reading. Among the latter was Sena-
tor Ketcham's bill to compensate the
New Jersey volunteers who enlisted for
the war with Spain. The bill allows
Sc to married men and 81 to single men,
The Senate in executive session con.
firmed the naming of Colonel Campbell
to be brevet Brigadier General.
The House passed a few bills, the
principal one of which was House bill
prohibiting the sale, or use, outside of
penal institutions of goods made in
such institutions by convlcts.
The Senate passed the bill making
the salaries of Freeholders in Mercer,
Monmouth and Union counties $500 a
year, and advanced to third reading
the bill increasing the appropriation for
stone roads from 800, 900 to $3.50, 600,
The House defeated the bill which
authorizes courts to order the sale of
cemeteries. The bill was opposed by
Mr.. ALBEIT. who said the object of the
bill WAS to permit railroads to condemn
cemeteries in order to secure light of