The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-14
PASSED AND LOST
School No. eos Bond Meas
ure Goes Through Double
Bar Bill Defeated.
-Ispeciaatto ..The Jersey city News."l

TRENTON March IA, 1899.-The Sen
ate ard House buckled down to busi-
ness last evening and accomplished con-
siderable. Mr.. voller's bill providing that
all ashes, garbage, &c, must be removed
between s p. NJ. and 6 A. M. in first class
cities. passed and so did Mr.. Halls
measure providing that in building and
loan associations the value of a share
holders accommodations shall not be less
than the sum of his instalments paid in
Among the other bills passed by the
House were:-Authorizing the Fish and
Game Commissioners to issue certlf1cates
to persons over eighteen years of age to
collect birds eggs and nests Tor purely
scientific purposes; Mr.. Murphys Dill
authorizing the Jersey City Board OF FL
nance to borrow money to rebuild Scnool
No. 20 which was recently DESTROYED by
fire; House bill authorizing the School
Superintendent of Jersey City and
Newark to examine applicants for the
| position of teacher; Mr.. Marnell's mea-
| sure providing for he laying OF side
| walks along the loops of the Hudson
| County Boulevard; extending the time for
| teachers to become members of the
| Teachers Retirement Fund; the Senate
| bill providing for the construction OF adj
| ditional buildings at the State Industrial
| School for Girls.
The repeater of the Dunn act which
| admits men to examination for admission
| to the bar. without serving for years in
a lawyers office came up. MI. Marks
| of Hudson, opposed the measure. He
| made an eloquent plea for the young man
| who was obliged to toll for his living
| during the day and who read law at
| night, Abraham Lincoln, he said, was
| Obliged to thus study to become a lawyer.
Mr.. Jones of Essex, denounced the Dunn
act as being too flexible and declared
4 that under it incompetent men became
| members of the bar. The eloqlence of
| these gentlemen was of no avail and the
bill was lost by a vote of 20 to rs.
BILLY Thompson's Double Bar Bill' is
| practically dead, the House sent 1t back
to committee again.
The Senate passed the bill providing fol
the punishment of persons who ~unlawfulls
obtain heat or light; appropriating $50
for a monument to the memory of thu
New Jersey sailors who persisted in thu
blowing up of the Maine.
The Committee on Revision of Laws re
ported without recommendation Senate
No. n, making it a misdemeanor for AM
person having the care of a child unde'
fifteen years old, to permit that child t
sing, dance or act in public for gain.
Mr.. McDermott presented a minority re
port to amend the bill SO that it would
not apply where the Mayor or other au
thority gave permission or license. MI
Pitney suggested that the amendmen
could be presented on second reading. N
action was taken.
In the Senate Mr.. Braun presented a.
amendment to Assembly SO, the Err
merger bill, on second reading, providing
that the Erie Company shall not increas
either freight or passenger rates on tn
merging of the Northern and Erie rail
roads, under a penalty of the forfeitur
Of their charter.
Mr.. McDermott opposed the amendmen
on the ground that it was q proposition
without meaning. There is no goot
reason, he said, why the conditions of tn
amendment should be attached to thi
lease, unless they become a part Of tn
general railroad laws. 1t was unfair It
pick out one corporation and impose sue!
conditions and not burden the other rail
roads in a similar manner Such actiol
was not In accord with the spirit of tn
4 general statutes and constitution of tn
State. The speaker said the amendment
was vicious.
Mr.. Braun said a similar amendmen
was adopted a year ago in the case Of tn
ErielSusquehanna merger. A representa-
tive of the Erie road told him today tha
the company would not increase its rates
but had in view a reduction, and Their
could be nj valid objection to the amend
II ment.
The amendment was lost, 5 to 10, thos