The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-03-17
RUSHING
LEGISLATION
Senate and House Getting Ready
to Wind Up.

OOO-BilIy Thompson's Little Biz
Travelling Hard Road-Pitney
and McDermott Lock Horns Over
the ChiIdren-on-the-St Bill
Soldiers Exorbitant Demands
Five Per Cent Interest Rate Is
Probable.
TRENTON March 16.-The week has
been busy one at the State House.
Tuesday was short day owing to the
numerous township elections through-
out the State. However, the lost time
was more than made up before adjourn.
! ment was made Thursday afternoon.
Hearings have been held on many
| important measures That of the Conn
mittee on Appropriations was called for
Monday afternoon. Representatives
from the State Federation of Women's
Clubs stated that for 50, 500 fifty travel
! ling" libraries could be purchased and
circulated in neighborhoods where pub.
| lie libraries were unknown.
| The Rev DIR. Buckley, president Of
] the Board of Managers of the State
Village for Epileptics, made an eloquent
and earnest plea for funds as follows:
/ $25 900 for the erection of two brick
cottages. $1,000 for the purchase of an
so acre farm adjoining $l2 900 to pay
salaries and running expenses, $2 600 for
4 the construction of sewer system and
to provide water.
On behalf of the State Board of Edu-
cation the following schedule was pre-
sented Manual Training School at
BOrdentown, s. 900, an increase OF
s., 600. Deaf Mute School, 81 800, an I'M
crease of 81, 900; State Normal School,
$45, 900, or 81, 900 more than last year;
expenses of State Board, 81 600 extra;
salaries and expenses of school superin-
tendents office, 81 500; extra teachers
institutes, $4,000
An appropriation of $50 600 was asked
for the completion of the Newark
armory
For the new Soldiers and Sailors
Home at Vineland $50, 500 was asked.
/ So
Senator Pitney appeared on behalf OF
the Board of Managers of the Morris
Plains Hospital for the Insane. He said
that the board needed money to COM
plete the new building now in course of
erection and the improvements absolute-
ly necessary, and which when consul
mated would relieve the badly congested
condition of the present building.
After careful estimate it was found
that $l5O,000 would be required as fol-
lows $4,000 for new wing: So 600 for
elevator; $l8.600 for tunnel; $22 600 for
power house; $6 500 for cost of contract
over and above former appropriation,
and $50, 900 for furnishing.
An increase of 81, 900 over the regular
sum was asked for by Professor Voor-
hees for the Experiment Station at New
Brunswick.
The Railway Reformatory is now in
! the hands of those who will cut down it's
colossal proportions to something like
reasonable basis. An amount sufficient
ly large to complete one wing of the
building will probably be granted.
Senator Stokes presented the report Of
the commissioners appointed to revise
and codify the school laws in Senate
bill No. 1877, the features of which are
that boards of education appoint a
treasurer; adjoining school districts are
permitted to unite to maintain union
graded school; all school systems of cities
are to be governed by an uniform gen.
eral law; districts are divided into two
classes, the townships. boroughs and
municipalities not divided into wards
comprising the other class Three pro-
positions are submitted for the creation
Of boa, ds of education in cities-appoint-
ment by the mayor, election at large,
election of commission of six persons,
who shall appoint the board of educa-
ton.
House bill No. so will probably receive
the Governors signature. 1t is an act
to secure to mechanics and others pay
ment for labor and material in erecting
any building within a certain time.
Messrs Poole and Welsh were active in
its support in the Assembly and Mr..
Pitney in the Senate.
House bill No. 146. authorizing the
catching of suckers with hook and line.
having passed both houses will probably
become law. The measure was cham
pioned in the upper House by Senator
McDermott, who, while moisture whether
the original way of catching the fish
under discussion was with a spade or
net, pleaded eloquently for the measure,
saying that there were two things the
good people of Warren county were
waiting for with baited breath, so to
speak one was 1.-The catching of suckers
by hook and line" and "the other for an
opportunity to vote for William ].
Bryan for the Presidency, and as the
former was by far the least Of the two
evils he favored the bill"
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Among the bills introduced this week
by Senator Pitney was No, 20S author
izing any board having charge of citys
financial affairs to make such abatement,
adjustment or settlement of past due
taxes as they shall deem for the city's
best interests. Liens already acquired
by any purchasers at sale for past due
taxes are not to be impaired.
following:
No 105, gives five commissioners of
deeds to each ward in all townships
divided into wards. The Governor is TO
appoint sufficient commissioners to fill
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