The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-15
VOORHEES, WARMING.
Governor Will Sign No Bills
Left In His Hands After
Adjournment.

TRENTON, March Is, 1S99-At the
opening of the House this morning Speak
er Watkins announced that the Governor
had requested him to state that he would
sign no bills that did not reach his desk
before sine die adjournment. This is an
innovation which stirred up the members
considerably, as,heretofore, it has been
the custom of the Governor to sign bills
at almost any time after sine die ad-
journment. In that way it often occurs
that among the bills left on his desk
when the Legislature goes home are many
good measures which have some clerical
error or defect which vitiates them
and which, were the Legislature still in
session, could be easily rectifed. The
Governor is obliged to veto these bills and
all the blame for the defeat of good
measure is heaped upon him. Governor
Voorhees, does not proposed to shoulder
the responsibility of killing these meas
ures and so established the new de-
parture. In doing this he has followed the
custom of the United States Government,
by which the President signs no bills
after the Congress has adjourned.
The announcement caused a stir in the
House, especially among those members
who have been trying for weeks to get
their bills out of committee. Mr. Benny
offered a resolution which at some length
set forth the action of the Governor called
attention to the fact that many bills Of
Importance were still in the hands of the
committees, and called upon the commit
tees to report all bills now in the possess
sion as soon as possible. The resolutions
were adopted.
The House then settled down to busi-
ness and passed several bills. Among
them was Mr.. Walscheid's measure
authorizing the Town of Union, West
New York, North Bergen, West Hobo
ken. Gutenberg and Weehawken to in
corporate if the inhabitants agree at an
election to do SO.
Mr.. Murphys bill compelling public
schools to hold patriotic exercises on the
last school day preceding Decoration
Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving
Day and Washington and Lincoln birth
days also passed.
The joint meeting sat at noon and elect
ed those Commissioners of Deed in
counties which were passed over .ast
week
The Senate passed the bills appropriat-
ing $13O,000 to pay bills incurred in raising,
troops for the Spanish war, establishing
kindergarten schools in cities asking for
them and fixing the minimum age of chill
dren attending the same at five years, and
appropriating S25,000 for making altera-
tions and repairs to the Home for Veteran
Soldiers and Sailors and their wives.
The bill to fix the salaries of the lay
judges of the Court eff Errors and Appeals
was amended SO as to make the time for
pay for writing opinions limited to six
days asterm instead of ten days a year.
Mr.. Murphy introduced bill authoriz-
ing the Boulevard Commissioners to make
rules and regulations for the use of the
County road.
Governor Voorhees, sent to the Senate
the following
For. members of the State Board of
Taxation--Henry ]. West. reappointed,
and Joseph Thompson.
For Trustees of the State Reform School
for Boys-Frank S. Gaskill, of Ocean, and
Edward Spelth, of Essex. They We're re-
ferred.
All other pending nominations were con
firmed. They include managers of the
Morris Plains Asylums, District Court
Judge at Newark, and Judge. and Prose
cutor Cumberland county, whose names
have already been published,