Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-02-05

Citations from all parts of the state to
the number of twenty-five or thirty.
The principal argument was made by
George S. McAlpine of New York,
champion amateur shot of the United
States. Mr.. McAlpine gave some statis-
tics from the records of the Garden
City Gun club of Long Island, which
showed that of $4,000 pigeons shot at
all but 400 had been accounted for or
returned. He argued that from this
the cruelty of pigeon shooting was a
small factor in the arguments of the
advocates of the measure. He denied
that any shooting club with which he
had been identified practiced cruel
methods on birds to make them lively,
such as pulling out their tail feathers,
running pins into their bodies and adj
ministering dope" Others who spoke
against the measure were J. FL. Car
starts, president of the Riverton Gun
club, and Messrs. ROutan and Hanier
of the same club and Mr.. Page of the
Carteret club at Westfield 1t is not
believed the bill will be reported ia
yorably, if at all.
Senator Wakelee has bill before the
senate which exempts from taxation
firemen in townships or boroughs to
the same extent that other firemen are
exempt from taxation. The township
or borough firemen must have served
seven years as such to secure this eX-
emption.
The Child Labor Bill.
A child labor bill that is likely to at
tract widespread attention was pre-
scented by Assemblyman Van Blarcom.
The bill increases the age under which
no child shall be employed in factories
or workshops from twelve to fourteen,
the deputy factory inspectors being
given discretionary powers in the case
of orphans, who may be permitted to
work if they are over eleven years old.
AS it is now orphans may be permitted
to work regardless of their age. 1t is
further provided that children between
the ages of fourteen and sixteen may
be permitted to work in factories and
mills if they have school certificate
approved by the school superintendent
or some one in authority. This section
raises the limit one year. If minor
who is employed during the day can
not read or write and there is an even
ing school accessible, the minor must
attend that school unless a physician
certifies that such attendance upon the
evening school would be injurious to
the child. The collection of penalties
is provided for as per the present law,
the money after the costs are paid to
go to the school fund of the municipal
ity in which the violation occurs. 1t is
further provided that no child under
pers or periodicals on the streets and
that no child under the age of fourteen
shall sell newspapers, ETC., on the street
before Z a. m. or after p. m. or during
school hours.
The penalty for the making of false
statement in the certificates required
is fine of $50. Any person continuing
TO violate the act may be fined $50. A
parent permitting the employment of
child under the limited age may be
fined 500 An employer who continu-
ally employs minors after having re
ceiyed notification from the labor au-
thorities is liable to fine of not less
than SIS nor more than $40 for each
day. Failure on the part of employer
to produce a list of the minors en-
pIoyed by him and their certificates of
school and age may be taken as prima
facie evidence that he has no such list
The principal of the school who does
not keep list of children in the school
is liable to ten dollar fine, and parents
of children selling newspapers may be
fined $40, while the publishers or
agents of newspapers or periodicals
who may permit it are subject to
similar fine.
House Bills Passed.
The first bills to pass the house were
as follows: House No. -, fixing terms
of Office of officers of the Essex and
Union trunk sewer system; house No
80, permitting a licensed attorney at
law to act as justice of the peace and
to practice before other justices. Other
bills that have passed are: House No
20, providing for a summary and quick
review of proceedings in police and fire
department cases, where member of
the same has been dismissed; house
No. !. validating clouded titles to real
estate in Gloucester county; house
No. 16, the Montclair firehouse bond
bill; house No. II, authorizing incor-
porated towns to issue bonds to build
roads under state aid act; house No.
80, the Hudson county temporary loar
bond bill.