The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-03-07
SOME IMPORTANT BILLS.
Measures of Varying Interest
introduced in the Senate
Yesterday.
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TRENTON, March 7, 1sOO.-Some i'm
portant bills were introduced yesterday.
Among those put in the Senate were:-
Mr.. Martin-Appropriates the further
sum of ST. 500, out of the State fund, for
the necessary expenses of the State Dairy
Commission in enforcing the laws relating
to milk, oleomargarine, food and drugs,
and in performing all other such duties
for the present year, and also the further
sum of $500 for the fiscal year ending
October 81, 1901 provided such amounts
are included in the annual appropriation
bill.
lMr. McCarter-Requires boards of free
holders to designate some proper author
ity, who shall look after the burial of any
honorably discharged soldier, sailor or
marine, who shall hereafter die without
leaving means sufficient to defray funeral
expenses, such expenses not to exceed
$685. to be borne by the county in which
such soldier or sailor may die. Such inter-
ment shall not be made in a cemetery or
plot used exclusively for the burial of
pauper dead. The grave of any one buried
under this act shall be marked by a head
stone with name of deceased thereon, and
organization to which he belonged, which
headstone shall not cost more than $15
Mr. Stokes-Provides for the appoint
ment of deputy to the chief of the
bureau of statistics of labor and indus
tries, and who shall act in the absence OF
such chief, and who shall perform the
duties imposed by law upon the secretary
of said bureau, which latter office is to
be abolished. Salary of such deputy chief
to be fixed by the chief of the labor bur
reau with the approval of the Governor.
The chief of such bureau may employ
such clerks and other assistants as ne
NAV deem necessary and fix their salary
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Mr. McDermott-Permits two street
railways to merge their property and
franchises where one street railway COM
pany shall own at least three-fourths OF
all the outstanding capital stock OF any
similar corporation, the lines of such rail-
ways being adjacent to each other. An
unanimous resolution of each corpora
tions directors is necessary and also the
written consent of every stakeholder in
the company merging with the company
owning the formers stock.
Mr.. StokeS-COncerning the tranSporta-
ton of dead human bodies across or with
in this State. Requires that bodies dead
of contagious disease must be heremti-
cally sealed in a casket and the under
taker must have a license or permit for
such transportation from the officer of the
State Board of Health. Violation of this
act is punishable with a fine of Sl00.
Mr. Pitney-Requires every corporation,
foreign or domestic, transacting business
in this State, to file in the office OF the
Secretary Of state Wlenin Tiraat rnirty DAYS al
containing the names of such directors
and other data relating to them. In case
any such corporation shall fan to comply
with the provisions of this section within
the required time, the Secretary of State
shall become, and be from the expiration
OF the above stated time, the agent OF
such corporation, upon whom process
against such corporation ay be served,
which service shall be effective. Within
two days after such service, the corpora
action in which such process shall be is
sued to pay to the Secretary of State the
sum of S.. Does not apply to corpora
tions required to file similar statement of
office Of banking and insurance commits
sioner.