Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-03-19
STATE LEGISLATURE.
Especial Correspondence

trenton, March 19-ADOut seventy
bills have become laws, Governor Muir.
ply few days ago having finished up
all the measures in his possession, num-
bering about forty. This weeks grist
will turn into the governors office as
many more as those already signed,
and from now on the executive will
have busy time examining in detail
the bills which are daily pouring into
his Office
Among the most important measures
signed by the governor last week were
the following: Preventing outside mu-
nicipal corporations from acquiring
Jersey land; giving county prosecutors
authority to offer rewards of $500 for
the apprehension of criminals; giving
state consent to federal acquisition of
land in Perth Amboy for postoffice
site; allowing admissions of soldiers
widows to the Vineland home; requir-
ing architects to pay license fee of
50 a year and limiting the time for
practicing architects to be registered
by the state board without examina-
ton, the date fixed being May 1 next;
authorizing a salary of $1,000 a year
for sergeants at arms in chancery
chambers; providing for the removal
of the county seat of Atlantic from
Mays Landing to Atlantic City; in
creasing the salary of the state COM
missioner of banking and insurance
from $1,000 to $4,000; changing proce-
dure in landlord and tenant cases
where rent is year in arrears.
Assemblyman Garrabrant's bill,
Which provides for the appropriation
of $500 for erecting monuments on
the battlefield at Antietam, has been
passed by the house by a unanimous
vote
The assembly has passed Senator
McKee's bill providing amendments to
the bakeshop law and requiring wood
floors instead of cement; that factory
inspectors shall visit bakeshops at
least once in six months; that all en-
ployees must be eighteen years of age
and placing the penalty at $3.50.
Governors Nominations.
Governor Murphy has submitted to
the senate all the legislative nomina-
lions at his disposal, and they have
been confirmed by the senate. The
most important of these were the re-
appointment of Major E. J. Anderson
as supervisor of the state prison, the
appointment of David o. Watkins to
succeed William BEETLE as commission
er of banking and insurance and the
naming of Winton c. Garrison for the
Office of chief of the bureau of labor
and statistics to succeed William
Stainsby. Mr.. Garrison's nomination
was laid over pending his acceptance
of the position, but as soon as it was
known that he would accept the nomi-
nation was confirmed. This was done
Monday night.
The complete list of appointments
sent to the senate by the governor and
confirmed by that body is as follows:
Commissioner of banking and insurance
David O. Watkins of Gloucester. to sue
coed William BEETLE; term, three years;
salary, $1,000 year.
Supervisor of the state prison, Edward j.
Anderson of Somervile, reappointed; term,
three years; salary, 1900 year.
Chief of the bureau of labor and statis-
succeed William Stainsby; term. five
years; salary, 81, 500 year.
Public library commission Leonard J.
Gordon of Jersey City, reappointed
Inspectors of steamboats,, A. H. Dumont
and Charles Edwards of Jersey City and
George w. Campbell of Millville, all re-
appointed.
Board of children's guardians, Anthony
T. Williams of Trenton and Katherine E.
Abbey of Mount Holly. both reappointed
Commissioners of pilotage, John r. De-
war, Henry C. Gulick, Daniel b. Chase
and Mark Townsend, all reappointed; also
Douglas Haley and Charles B. Parsons.
State sewerage commission Charles F.
Harrington of Lyndhurst and William T.
Hunt of Newark, both reappointed.
Board of health, Henry w. Elmer of
Bridgeton, reapponted.
New Jersey reformatory, Charlton T.
Lewis and Percy r. Pyne, reappointed.
State oyster commission, jeremiah N
Ogden, reappointed.
Trustees of the Hoboken Industrial
school, Edward Russ and William D.
Forbes, reappointed.
tuberculosis commission, DIR. Elmer
Barwis of Trenton and DIR. w. S. Jones of
Camden, reappointed.
PasSaic sewer commission, John Hinch-
cliffe of Paterson reappointed.
Veterinary board, William Lowe of
Paterson, reappointed.
Board of medical examiners, John J.
Bauman of Jersey City, John w. Bennett
of Long Branch and Edward Hill Baldwin
of Newark, all reapponted.
Board of architects Charles P. Bald
win of Newark and Hugh Roberts of Jer-
sey City, reappointed
Board of dentistry Frederick G. Barlow
of Jersey City, reappointed.
Trustees of the Newark Technical school,
Francis NJ. Tichenor and George w.
Ketcham, reappointed.
Board of pharmacy, George III. White of
Jersey City reappointed.
Managers of the epileptic village, Theo-
dore Foote of Vineland and James J. Ber-
gen of Somerville. reapponted.
Two Weeks More.
1t does not seem possible that the
legislature will be able to finish up its
work next week, according to the pro-
gramIne arranged a few weeks ago.
There are yet large number of inn
portant matters to be disposed of, and
these will all take time. 1t was strong
ly hoped that the session would con-
clude on March 81, but there is every
indication now that it will extend an
other week longer and that final adj
journment will not be reached until
April 3.
The governors signature is the only
thing now required to put through tho
plan to enlarge the statehouse grounds
the bill providing $4,000 for that pur
pose having passed the house on Mon
Cay night. This appropriation is In
addition to the appropriation that is to
be made for the completion of the new
senate chamber.
Every vestige of opposition to the au-
tomobile bill as it passed the house has
been removed, and the measure in It's
original form will be sent to the gov
ernor this week Senator Cross has
withdrawn the amendment he offered
last week reducing the maximum speed
limit in the rural sections from twenty
to fifteen miles. This amendment was
offered by Senator Cross as chairman
of the committee on municipal corpo-
rations, to which the bill was referred
when it reached the senate. When the
bill in its amended form came up for
consideration in the senate this week,
an attack was made on the amendment
by Senators Mckee of Passaic and
Hudspeth of Hudson, who contended
that even twenty miles an hour was
too slew a speed at which to restrict
an auto.
Morris Canal Abandonment.