The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-09

City, Paterson and Camden. and thought
that the State should complete saNpuild-
ing whose erection 1t had ordereda The
Senate, however, was obdurate,s and the
motion to reconsider failed, 10 to :.
Mr.. Guenther Immediately introduced
the bill in the House when he heard OF
Its fate in the Senate.
The bill providing for a fine of $40 where
owners of factories fail to make returns
to the State Board of Labor Statistics,
came up. Mr.. w. M. johnson thought it
unfair to make it a misdemeanor for "a
manufacturer to reveal the business
secrets which this bdteau demanded. MIR.
Ketcham replied that the bureau asked
and that the information was confiden-
tial. The bill was laid over.
Thet House returned, pursuant to the
Senate resolution adopted Tuesday, the bill
providing for the vacation of streets not
used for twenty years, to which Mr.. Nc
Dermott objected as sweeping meas
ure on Monday night. Mr.. Ivan now
moved to reconsider the vote by which tn5
bill passed. The motion prevailed, and
Mr.. Evans then withdrew the measure.
This is considered a victory for Mr.. NC
Dermott. The Senate passed these bills
The bill providing that the salary OF the
town treasurer, under act of April /, 1897,
shall not be changed during his term; au-
thorizing the Mercer Freeholders on con-
struct a tunnel under the canal and
railroad at the entrance to Gale
donian Park, Trenton; for the gov
eminent of cities with IA popu-
lation of less than 1900 inhabitants; au-
thorizing all municipalities to require the
clearingi of snow and ice from the side
walks within six hours of daylight sub
sequent to the storm, and also the clear
ing of grass. weeds, ETC.; ncorporating
the borough of New Providence, Union
county; prohibiting the discharge OF OH
GERS or men OF police departments for pc
litical reasons; fixing rate of interest in
second-class cities upon street improve
ment assessments at from five to eight
per cent; amending the act relative to
the election Of fire commissioners IN town.
ships; authorizing towns, boroughs, etc.,
controlling water works to supply water
to adjoining municipalities; appropriating
$500 for a stenographer in the executive
department.; Joint resolution No. 2, pro-
viding for five commissioners to suggest
some way to save the Palisades from fur
Their DETACHMENT.
h House passed these ills:-Prevents
coroners or undertakers in counties where
there is a county physician from remov-
ing the bodies of suicides or murdered
persons before the case has been exam
ined by the police authorities; permits re-
corders to designate a justice of the
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from town; make any attorney or U
seIlor eligible to be solicitor for any city,
borough or township; prevents the impor-
tation of dairy cows and meat cattle af-
fiicted with bovine tuberculosis; permits
cities to give a rebate of not more than
6 per cent. IN taxes paid in advance;
provides that owners of cattle killed by
order of the Board of Health h be
paid the value of the animals so Killed;
permits Irvington to issue bonds for pub
lie improvements; authorizes Board OF
Finance of Jersey City to contract for
immediate removal of snow in that city;
provides for an erection of fire-escapes
on hotels and tenement houses.
Mr.. Roger Franklin Murray succeeded
in getting through his bill, which allows
cemetery companies to sell part of their
ands and remove bodies. This is the bill
that was dubbed THE Body-Snatching
Bill" and was thought to be a very
wicked measure, indeed. Mr.. Murray sue
ceeded in convincing the House that it
was only intended to meet ar urgent case
in Plainfield and the members voted for it
Miss Elizabeth Allen, of Hoboken, presi-
dent of the State Teachers Association,
n a delegation of fair teachers appear
ed before the Educational Committee of
the House. The committee has a bill un-
der consideration which provides for a
teachers' retirement fund, in which Miss
Allen is deeply interested. This bill con-
tains a clause which compels all teachers,
as soon as appointed, hereafter to become
members of the fund and contribute to-
ward it. The committee propose to strike
out this clause, claiming that it is not
right to force a tefeher against his or
her will to join the und
Miss Allen argued against striking out
the clause, saying that if new members
did not join the fund it would soon die
out and amount to nothing. She thought
it was perfectly right to compel the new
teachers to join, as it was for their bene-
fit. The committee will probably carry
out it's intention to strike out the clause.