The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-03-10

BUDGET
Commissioners Of Deeds for
Morris County.

Lay Judges May Not Be Paid $40
Per Day Much Longer-LeeisIa-
tion Respecting Water Pollution
No Caucus Rules to Help Along
Billy Thompson's Little BIZ.
TRENTON, March 9-It is not likely
that the legislators will be ready to ad-
journ before week after next it being
understood that the majority leaders are
anxious to adjourn for good about the
22nd of this month.
Both houses got down to work early
and kept up lively pace until they
wound up the business of the week.
On Monday night the Democratic
minority, for the first time this session,
started in to run the affairs of the House.
Albeit, Murphy and Benny were primed
for an attack on the committees which
has deemed it unwise to report Abbett's
radical measures introduced for pure
buncombe. However, the rampant
Democrats were headed off before they
succeeded in making headway, and were
thoroughly squelched
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In the Senate, Mr.. johnson OF Bergen
has introduced bill designed to do away
with the present system of paying lay
judges of the Court of Errors for the
time they devote in looking over cases
and preparing opinions. At the present
time these lay judges. who in reality are
nearly all lawyers, who get $50 day
for all the time they devote in this mat
ter. In this way some of these judges
draw nearly as much as do the Supreme
Court Judges.
The Senate has passed the bill apprO-
priating SIT, 500 for the addition to the
Girls Industrial School at Trenton
Senator w. M. Johnson, early in the
week, submitted to the Senate the min
ority report of the River Pollution Com
mission signed by Mayor Hinchliffe of
Paterson. While agreeing that legisla-
tive action should be taken as to the
Passaic river, is of the opinion that the
condition of the lower Passaic is not such
as to require immediate legislative action
for publication; no reason exists why all
the waters of the State should be pro-
tected from pollution, present and future,
as public measure for such legislation
might work unnecessary hardship. Mr..
Hinchliffe is opposed TO any act this win
ter imposing on the cities of the lower
Passaic an expenditure Of $12.000,000 or
more for a trunk sewer. He favors
further legislative investigation, with
report at the next session.
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! The Joint Committee on Appropriations
have in hand the preliminary work and will
! probably report next week, session Of
nearly four hours was held on Monday after
noon. The greater portion of the time was
taken up with the examination of expert testi.
mony in relation to the Railway Reformatory.
An expert laid before the committee facts and
/ figures concerning its completion and the
probable cost of the same. The committee
held another session on Tuesday night.
| Senators Sewell and Kean called upon the
Governor on Monday. The former exchanged
| views on the proposed reorganization of the
States National Guard. Senator Sewell is
said to be favorable to the scheme or re-
formation of the guard on regular army prin-
ciples. There are to be three regiments in the
state, according to the plan now under con-
sideration with twelve companies to a regi-
ment and l03 men and three commissioned
officers to company, making total of over
| 1900 men.
Considerable opposition to the Senate bill
incorporating the borough of Florham Park
was shown, as might have been expected. by
the Hudson county MEMBERS some of whom
evidently thought the measure a good one to
hold up in the stand and deliver style in
vogue under the old Democratic regime.
However, Mr.. Poole in a neat speech, brushed
away the cobwebs and the bill passed, and ere
this reaches the CHRONICLE readers will have
the Governors signature attached to it.
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| The following nominations were sent to the
Senate on Tuesday: For Judge of Cumberland
county, Thomas N. Trenchard; for Prosecutor
of the Pleas for the same county, J. Hampton
Fithian The nominations were taken up in
executive session and referred
There was an interesting hearing before the
Senate Committee on Boroughs, Tuesday. on
the bill to create the borough of Lakewood.
r. V. Lindabury appeared in behalf of those
who favored the bill. Senator Smith of Ocean
opposed the bill, stating that it was not
popular measure. Petitions, numerously
signed, for and against the bill, were
presented.
The Joint Committee on Appropriations will
give a hearing next Monday afternoon, at 3
o'clock at which time all arguments for ap-
propriations for the various State departments
and institutions will be heard
There will be hearing next Tuesday after
noon before the Senate Committee on Judiciary
on Senate bill No. So, the measure suggested
by the River Pollution Commission on its
report last week.
Building and loan association matters are
occupying no little attention by the legislators.
Another bill bearing on this important sub
ject was introduced in the Senate this week.
1t is materially the same as the Bell bill, ex-
ceptng that these associations are compelled
TO make their reports to the Bureau of Labor
and Vital Statistics instead of to the Depart
ment of Banking and Insurance
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Following is the list of Commissioners Of
Deeds for Morris county. nominated at joint
session ON Wednesday noon: Charles +. Hop
kIns George II, Fitzpatrick, Gilbert D. Crane,
Boonton; Charles Case, Chester; Francis H.
Tippett, James A. Goodale, James H. Brordn,
LIST Ward; Albert p, MeDevit, 3D. Ward; JOS.
V. Baker, Dewitt II. Hummer, 4th Ward. of
Dover; John II. Polhemus, Edwin w. Kim
ball, E Halsey Ball, Isaac w. Carpenter, Leo
f. Kitehell, Hanover; j. r. Riggs Jeffer-
son township; Irving w. Morrow, William A.
Howell, Madison borough; Theo. w, Phoenix.
Mendham township; Charles r.. Whitehead,
Charles NJ Phillips, William Il. Collins, Robt.
w. Williams, Edward nj. Smack, Morris
township; Woodruff M. Vance, lst Ward;
Frederick E. Baker. Morristown; Samuel w,