Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-03-27
The judiciary Amendments.

The judiciary amendments TO the
constitution passed the house few
DAYS ago and have been signed by the
governor. These amendments make
several changes in the construction of
the states Judiciary department. The
court of errors, chancery court and
board of pardons are changed in their
makeup. These amendments will have
to be submitted to the voters at the
next election before the constitution is
amended No further amendments car
now be made to the constitution fol
five years.
Assemblyman Hoffman's antimosqui-
to bill was defeated in the senate last
Thursday, and New jerseys "state
bird is safe for another year at least.
The senators were unable to see how
much good could be accomplished by
the state experimental station at New
Brunswick for $4,000 in the inyestiga-
ton and determination of this pest, and
they refused to pass the bill.
After a severe fight the senate passed
the bill providing for single headed
government of the street and water de-
partments of Jersey City The meas
ure was vigorously opposed by Senator
Hudspeth of Hudson. who character
lied the measure as a partisan one and
asked the legislature to let Jersey City
alone.
The house defeated Assemblyman
Van Blarcom's bill providing for the
use of voting machines, the measure
having been opposed by Leader Horner
and Mr. Waite Of Camden.
The matter of legislation regarding
the Passaic pollution was one of the
most important questions of the week,
and for a time it looked as if the mat
ter would defer the date of the final
adjournment of the legislature. If the
question is not settled before the law
makers wind up their affairs tonight,
an extra session may be called by the
governor.
The Freebooter Bill.
The house passed Senator Strong's
freebooter bill on Monday night by a
margin of one vote and after consid-
cradle opposition. Those who fought
the bill claimed that it would virtually
| disfranchise the rural counties and
that the referendum did not make il
safe bill. 1t was agreed that while
the present system was not perfect II
would be better before making rad
| ical change to see how other states
| which had adopted the commission
| plan Jared with the experiment. The
opponents of the bill are in hopes to
have the vote by which it was passed
reconsidered and to kill it before thu
| final adjournment takes place.
The Atlantic charter bill passed the
house without debate this week and
was Immediately sent to the governor
The senate has passed the bill pro
| viding for the establishment of state
sanitarium for consumptiveS and the
| bill is now in the governors hands.
The new school law passed the House OF
Tuesday by a vote of 81 to 10, and received
the approval of the Governor.
| The much talked-of anti-pigeon shooting
| bill, which makes it a misdemeanOr to shoe
live pigeons for target practice or rais'
| pigeons for such purpose, was passed by thu
| House Tuesday night after half a dozer
members had vigorously expressed thei
views on the measure.
The vote was 40 to 7. Mr.. Avis voted
with the majority.
The House defeated bill to make vac
cination compulsory.
By vote of % to % the House defeated
assembly bill 271 which requires that befor,
/ nj in1t
pality an electric light company shall hav'
capital stock equal to at least $1,000 fol
every l, 000,inhabitants of the municipality
shall have at least one-half of the capita
subscribed for paid up in cash and shall
have made certain deposit with the Stat'
| treasurer.
Mr.. Hoffman explained the purpose 0
the bill as being to prevent the presen
practice whereby fake companies bid fo
contracts and sell them at advanced figure
to bond fide concerns, which actually carry
out the contracts.
Mr.. Horner said the title should b.
changed to read ian act to prevent homes
competition in supplying electric light and
power" Every business, he said, SHOULD
be subjected to honest competition ant
electric light companies should not be ex
empted Pass this bill and new electro
light companies would be fewer than tn
visit of angels-and there are not man.
angels around here, for it proposes to Grip
pie new organizations on the day of thei
birth.
pass the bill" continued Mr.. Horner
and there will be no more competition
among gas companies. The city authorize
can be trusted to deal with new gas com
panies and they are the proper ones to dea
with them"
Senate bill SO, which authorizes the pub
LEGATION of a synopsis of the laws in news
papers, passed the House Tuesday after
noon.
By vote of 30 to 81 the House defeated
bill 1873 which gave the State Board o
Children's Guardians complete supervision
of all the pauper children in the State
The bill was opposed by the New Jerse.
Children's Home Society, which claimed
that the bill was a direct attack upon it
Mr.. Avis opposed the bill because it tool
away from the Boards of Chosen Freehold
ers the right to care for their pauper chill
dren and also blocked the work of tn
Children's Home Society, which was self
sustaining.