Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-03-21

the calendar of the house for third
reading and have been for some time.
The friends of this judiciary scheme
have made, vain inquiries for the
amendments. but at the present writ
ing they had not been called up. There
seems to be some hitch over their final
passage. 1t is said that Governor
Voorhees, is rather lukewarm as to the
passage of this particular scheme, as
he is in favor of abolishing the court
of chancery entirely, but it is likely
that he will approve the resolutions if
adopted
The New Jersey Pan-American expo
sition commissioners after considering
several plans submitted by state archi-
tects for the New Jersey building at
the Buffalo exposition have determined
that they would be better able to make
a selection after visiting the exposition
grounds and viewing the site of the
proposed building. The commissioners
have determined that the New Jersey
cottage shall not cost more than $4,000.
OF the remainder of the appropriation
of $4,000, $4,000 has been allotted for
the educational exhibit, $1,000 for the
agricultural and horticultural exhibit
and $1,000 for the geological exhibit.
The remainder of the appropriation
will be used to defray incidental ex-
penses. An effort will be made to have
the commissioners, increase the agri-
cultural appropriation, and if this is
done an agricultural and horticultural
display will be made. The sum want
ed for the purpose is $780, If the fig
ure remains as originally fixed, only an
agricultural display will be made.
A resolution has been presented in
the senate by Mr.. Stokes and adopted
providing for the appointment of the
three senators to consider the advisa-
bility of having the state represented
at the Louisiana Purchase exposition
to be held at st. Louis in 1908, the re-
port to be submitted at the next legis-
lature.
Assemblyman Davidson's road bill
has been passed by the house. This
bill requires counties to construct their
stone roads under the general road act
up to the maximum of $1,000,000, the
county paying two-thirds of the ex-
pense. After reaching the million dol
lar limit the road building must con-
tinue under the act of $780, which lifts
the two-thirds payment from the coun-
ty and requires the municipality inter-
ested to pay that proportion. The pur-
pose is to save expense to the county.
Legislation For BARRIERS.
Mr.. Fleming has presented a bill
from the State BARRIERS association
which authorizes the state and local
boards of health, through their proper
officers, to visit and inspect the SAM
tary arrangements and conditions of
all barber shops and to observe the
methods of sanitary nature used by
BARRIERS to prevent the spread of infec
tious or contagious diseases. The bill
authorizes the state board of health to
adopt sanitary rules for barber shops.
and every person licensed and refusing
to observe the prescribed rules is sub
ject to fine of from $50 to 500. The
governor is to name five practicing
BARRIERS, who shall constitute the state
board of BARRIERS They are to be ap
pointed for five year terms and serve
without salary.
In executive session Monday night
the nomination of eX-Sheriff David |
Baird of Camden for state assessor
was confirmed
A hearing was given on Tuesday be- |
fore a house committee on the merits |
of the Ocean boulevard bill, but no &C.
tion was taken. The bill is generally |
regarded as belonging to that class of
inanimate objects which, when the sto-
ry of the session is told, will be in the
"also ran" class.
The pure food bill introduced by AS
Lewis was finally passed |
by the senate yesterday after the |
providing that conviction
could not be had unless it was proved
that the dealer sold impure milk know
ingly had been eliminated. AS the bill
now stands the dealers guilty intent
need not be proved.
A bill was passed by the house this
week fixing the penalty for the kidnap
ing of children at 60 years imprison
ment and $4,000 fine.
When house bill 165, regulating the
taxing of real estate other than that of
railroad companies and real estate ex-
empted by law, came up in the senate
on third reading, it was opposed by
Mr. Martin, who said it was step
backward. Mr.. Reed explained that
the bill revived an old law taxing prop
erty in the district in which it is locat-
ed. He said If farm was situated in
two taxing districts each of the latter
may assess that part of the property
located within its boundaries The bill
was passed.
Senate bill JAG, giving the licensing
power in cities of the third and fourth
classes to the court of common pleas,
was amended in the senate on motion
of Mr. Stokes so as to apply to cities OF
5000 population and less instead of
$4,000 and less. The bill was after.
ward passed.