The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-03-20
THE STATE
LEGISLATURE
Present Week has Been Busy
One With the Jersey
Statute Makers
MAY NOT ADJOURN NEXT WEEK

MAY NUl AD)UUKN NEAL WEEk
Hearing on Important Bills Interrupts
ed the Work of Senators and Assem-
blymen This Week and it is Possible
That the Date of Final Adjournment
may be Further Off Than Recently
Anticipated.
There has been almost endless talk
in Trenton about legislative impeach-
ment of George Osborne, the head
keeper Of the State Prison, because
of his connection with the pardon
of Roller, the confessed embezzler,
and with the alleged conspiracy which
resulted in the conviction of Deputy
Keeper Hassett. But the matter has
not taken definite shape nor does it
appear probable that it will .Ex-
Judge Lanning, the present member
of Congress for the 9Th District, said
Monday "If the facts related in con-
nection with the case are true, such
methods are despicable l fail to see
if they are to be resorted to, how any
discipline can be maintained at the
prison." 1t was rumored Monday
that Keeper Osborne has said that
his resignation was ready whenever it
was wanted.
The amendment made by the SEN
ate Committee on Municipal Corpor-
ations to the Automobile bill, which
reduced the maximum speed from
| twenty to fifteen miles an hour on
country roads, was opposed by SEN
ator Mckee, and, after explanations
by the committee, was withdrawn
and the bill was ordered to a third
reading 1t probably will be passed.
Governor Murphy sent a commune
ication to the legislature in which it
appeared that the commissions APP
point by New Jersey and Delaware to
determine the boundary line between
the two States had reached an agree
ment to settle the matter outside Of
the United States Supreme Court,
wherein the case has been pending
for more than twenty-five years. To
ratify this agreement the consent of
the legislatures of the two States and
of Congress must be obtained. The
compact settles the matter for all
time. The riparian fishery and other
rights of New Jersey are thoroughly
protected by the agreement.
The Senate confirmed the nomina-
tion of Winton G. Garrison presi-
dent of the Newark Board of Works,
to succeed ex-senator William Stains
by as chief of the Bureau Of Labor
and Statistics.
Assemblyman Elyins, of Atlantic
county, Monday distinguished him
self as the champion in the House of
the pigeon slaughterers, and practi-
cally sustained them in tlTeir demand
for a homestead in New Jersey.
When Mr.. Williams offered resolu-
tion that the Committee on Fish and
Game be relieved from further CON
sideration of the Pigeon bill, which
was passed by the House last year,
and which was smothered to death by
the Senate, Mr.. Elyins moved to
table the resolution, and Mr.. Brown
Of Essex county, seconded the mo-
tion, and it prevailed. The motion
was not debatable, but Mr.. Williams
managed to say that the proceeding
was gag law" and that it was "un-
Republican and un-Democratic. On
the vote the resolution was defeated
by % to 10.
TUESDAYS SESSION.
Among the bills passed 10y the Sen
ate Tuesday was the one which auth
orizes the board of Freeholders dur
ing or after the construction of any
road where the drainage system is
imperfect to construct drainage
system over private property. The
bill providing that County Clerks
shall license trained nurses upon
their presenting diplomas awarded by
training schools where two years ex-
perience is required was returned to
the committee for amendment so as
not to apply to graduate nurses liy-
ing outside of this state.
S. 1874, creating the Office of state
architect, to supervise the construc-
tion of all buildings now or hereafter
to be constructed by the state, sal
airy to be $4,000, came up on third
reading and was warmly advocated
by Mr.. Strong, who said it particular
ly applied to the Railway reforma-
tory, where it was desired to obtain
an idea of how much more the build
ing was to cost, the sum of S67l 900
having been already expended. He
said the state had as good right to
have a state architect as an Attorney
General. Mr. Bradley opposed be-
cause it created new Office and he
was opposed to additional state offices.
He said the Office created would be
snecure and that it would open the
way for other offices. He said the
party would suffer
Senator Hutchinson favored the
bill, but said it did not go far enough.
1t should create a state engineer.
The measure passed by a vote of 13 to
A.
The bill extending to boroughs of
over 1000 population the benefits of
the Meeker law was lost. The bill
exempting from taxation tiremen
who have served seven years in a
township converted into borough
was passed.
The Joint session elected state
director of railroads. Mr.. Van Blar-
com nominated former senator Ro-
bert Williams of PasSaic county.
The Democrats named Patrick Doy-
lie of Hudson, but withdrew his name
when the Passaic man was nominated
The Essex delegation, through SEN
n a Ina tod Il