The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-03-07
TWO IMPROVEMENT BILLS
Senate Passes Secaucus Road
and Bridge Appropria-
tion Measure.
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TRENTON, March T. 1900.-Final ad
journment made it's appearance in the
House this morning and a resolution fix
ing Friday, March 2S as the date for
sine die adjournment was adopted This
will give only two weeks more in which
to wind up the business of the session,
and there is no reason why it should not
be sufficient. There is very little to be
done or rather which the leaders will
permit to be done, and nothing is now
in sight which will be likely to keep the
Legislature together any longer. 1T was
nearly noon before the House got to
work this morning and passed several
bills Among them was Mr.. CarrolPs bill
providing for the widening of streets in
Jersey City.
The bill repeating the law known as the
Dunn act, which provides for the exam
ination for admission to the bar of those
whom five counsellors will certify are fit
persons to- be admitted to the bar came
up. This repeater has come up every
year for the past few years and mas al
ways created a long, bitter fight Whlcn
has heretofore resulted in the defeat OF
the bill. The same fight was expected
this morning and in order to have all the
members present Leader Wakelee had the
House put under call. Much to every
ones surprise, however, there was no de-
bate. Mr. Marks simply called attention
TO last years battle and explained that
the repeater would deprive deserving
young men of an opportunity to become
LAWYERS. The repeater passed by vote
of SO to 16. 80,
The Senate passed two House bills OF
interest to Hudson county. me LIst saiT'o ~ .
yides for the macadamizing and widening
of the Seeaucus road and proVldeS
plan whereby the trolley companies usins
the road may bear part OF the COST ol tue
Improvement. The other bill enapIes the
county to appropriate moneys for brldges
across streams which divide it from other
counties.
Mr.. McCarter had his bill for the eleva-
tion of railroad tracks in Newark sent
back to second reading and supmltte9
several amendments which were adopled.
In the House the five per cent. bill was
killed after debate.
Trustees of the Jersey City Free PupAc
Library in case of failure to certlfy 70
the Board of Finance the total amount
erection of buildings within prescrfDed
time to file such certificate, which shall
have the same force and effect as II hled
within time prescribed by law.
II
morning the bill providing for the taxation
of all the property and franchises OF per
sons. co-partnerships, associations or cor
porations, except municipal, using or
occupying public streets, roads or other
public places; it provides that the local
assessors shall assess such franchises at
local rates: assessors must file their re-
port with the State Board of Assessors,
and the corporations, including pipe lines,
must file with the same board a state
ment of its gross receipts at the close OF
each year; an annual franchise tax of two
percentum on the total annual gross re-
ceipts shall be assessed. The State Board
will apportion the amount of taxes among
the municipalities and the local taxing
officers shall collect.
Governor voorhees, sent to the Senate
this morning the name of Wilbur A.
Heisley for County Judge of Monmouth
county. and the name of John e. Foster,
Prosecutor of the same county. The
Senate in executive session referred these
nominations and confirmed. the following; II +.
District Court Judge of Jersey CITY,
otto Grouse; Prosecutor of Camden
county, Frank 7. Lloyd.