The Penn's Grove record., 1900-02-23
The 124th Legislature.

that time only four DlllS a Teacneu
final passage and only n had received
the Governors signature. Altogether
235 bills have been introduced.
Monday night Leon Albeit intro.
duced a resolution calling for a special
committee to investigate the State In.
dustrial school from which girls con-
tinue to escape, because of ill treatment
under the cruel management of Mrs.
Eyler who is kept in charge by Cover
nor voorhees,. The tone of Mr.. Alb
belts remarks was that the people de-
manded the investigation. The COM
mittee should be appointed at once.
The resolution for an investigation; in
troduced early in the session, and re.
ferred to the Joint Committee, had
never been acted on, and besides it was
a question whether the House had the
right to set out work for a joint COM
mittee of the Houses.
The Appropriation Committee took a
notable step in reponse to a demand of
the last two years for the better super
vision by the State of the building and
loan associations. At the last Legis-
lature a law was passed making Bank
ing and Insurance Commissioner BEETLE
the supervisor of the concerns, but ap.
ropriation for the work was made SO
kl that only a little of the desired
rs could be maintained. The COM
Ilttee has decided to give the
apartment $4,000, the amount asked
Ny the Commission. This amount
We spent in part for clerical work.
sill giyndetailed information of
worth of every build
\tion in the State.
ed another game
paking it nwful
to take pheasant or II
cept from November to Dec6hnD6f 10.
nor any rail or reed bird or marsh hen
excepting during the months of Sep
TENDER and October, and woodcock ex-
cepting July, October and November.
Senator Stokes introduced Monday
the bill prepared by the Commission ap-
pointed to codify the school laws of the
State. The bill isvoluminous. 1t pro-
vides for elective schools boards, of ten
members in municipalities divided by
wards, the members to he chosen for
five years and elected at large. Town
~ SSeeAAeeeelL Boards viii main as at
|ent, made up of nine members.
Iool Boards may make their own
Jules as to the tenure and salaries of
eachers. The talking of the school
ensus each year is abolished, and a
new method provided for determining
school appropriations by the attendance
of the children.
The House passed a bill that in Jus.
tice of the Peace Courts no attorney
shall practice where the Justice is a
; father, brother or brother in-law of
such attorney The House also passed
the House bill to reimburse soldiers of
the Spanish-American war for money
expended for clothing.
Governor Voorhees, sprung another
surprise by nominating James II. Nix
on, of Millville. Republican. to succeed
Richard T. Miller, Democrat, as Cir
cult Court Judge. Judge Nixon is now
q Judge of the Court of Errors and APP
J peals. Being an ex-member of the
ASenate he was confirmed at nee
1.-THE Governor also nominated Robert
s. Green and Stephen j. Meeker.
Democrats, to succeed themselves as
members of the State Board of ASSESS
ore.
The 5 per cent. interest bill was kill
ed in the Republican caucus 1t had
reached third reading, but the bankers
and trust companies pull the button
and the members elected to represent
the people bowed to mammon.
The Cumberland county oyster men
were out in force on Tuesday to the
committee hearing on their bill to pro-
hibit non.residents from owning oyster
beds in the state.
The Republican caucus decided that
they could not father the bill to abolish
spring elections, wanted by the Repub-
lican bosses of Hudson and Essex u
ty.
On Tuesday the House passed the
House Committee amendment to last
years Township law, which continues
in Office until the expiration Of their
terms Committeeman and makes the
Committee consist Of three members,
exceptin townships now having five
members.
On Wednesday the Assembly passed
q resolution for al investigation of the
State Industrial School for Girls. Com.
mittee, Mungle, Marshall, Wakelee and
Meeker, Republicans, Albeit, Demo-
crat. It is evidently the purpose to
keep from the newspapers as many of
the facts that come ont at the investi-
CATION as possible, and to SO shape the
inquisitioD that the committees report
will be favorable to Mrs. Eyler and her
management of the institution.
The Senate passed these Senate bills:
Making it a misdemeanor to sell coal
under weight; prohibiting the placing
on any goods of a misleading label,
The bill authorizing the expenditure OF
$50, 900 for buildings at the State viii
lage tor epileptics wa reported favor
ably. The House passed a bill to en-
able Z. husband or wife to convey real
estate or personal property directly to
each other.
In the afternoon the Assembly cham.