The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-03-25
STATE LEGISLATURE.
Flood of Bills Pouring In Upon
the Governor.
HEHAS ALREADY SIGNED SEVENTY
All the Legislative Nominations at
His Disposal Have Been Submitted
10 the Senate-ProceedinRs of the
Week mt Trenton.

lis have become laws, Governor Muir
ply a few days ago having finished up
all the measures in his possession MUM
bering about forty. This weeks grist
Will turn into the governors office as
many more as those already signed,
ind from now Oh the executive will
have n busy tiIAn examining in detail
the bills which are duly pouring into
his office.
Among tile 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 postofiice
site; allowing admissions of soldiers
widows to the Nineland home; requlr-
ing architects TO pay license fee OF
s. year and limiting the time for
practicing architects to be registered
by the state board without eXamina
ton, the date fixed being May l next;
authorizing salary of VI 900 year
for sergeants at arms i'll 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 50, 900 to $1,000; changing proce-
dure In landlord and tenant cases
where rent IL 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 n unanimous
vote.
The assembly has passed Senator
McKees bill providing amendments to
the bakeshop Inv and requiring wood
floors instead of cement; that factory
inspectors shall visit bakeshops ut
lcnst once In six months; TINT all EN-
ployees must be eighteen years of age
and placing the penalty ut $250
Governors Nominations.
Governor Murphy has submitted to
the senate NIL the Legislative nomina-
lions at his disposal. and they have
been confirmed by the sennte. The
most important of these were the re-
appointment OF Major Il. j. Anderson
as supervisor of the state prison, the
appointment of David O. Watkins TO
succeed William Bettle rs commissions
or of banking and insurance and the
naming OF Winton G. 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 ms soon as ii was
known that he would accept the nomi-
nation WIS 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 .. Watkins OF Gloucester. to sue
Geo William BEETLE; term three years
sa.a fy. 81 900 year.
supervisor of the state prison. Edward j.
Anderson of Somervle. reappointed: term
three years salary, $1,000 year
chief of the bureau of labor and statis-
tics, Winton G. Garrison of Newark to
succeed William Stainsby; term. five
yenrs. salary, &,b0o year
Public library commission Leonard j.
Gordon of Je~sey city. reappointed.
Inspectors Of steamboats,, A. IL Dumont
and Charles Edwards of Jersey city and
George w Campbell of Millviie. all re-
appointed.
board of chiidren's guardians. Anthony
n Williams of Trenton and Katherine E.
Abbey of Mount Holly. both reappointed.
Commissioners of pilotage. John &c. De-
war. Henry G. Gulick. Daniel II. Chase
and Mark Townsend. all reappointed; also
Douglas Haley and Charles h. Parsons.
State sewerage commission, Charles +.
Harrington of i.yndhurst and William 4.
Hunt OF Newark both reappointed.
Board of health. Henry w Elmer OF
Bridgeton reappointed
New Jersey reformatory, Charlton T.
Lewis and Percy X. Pyne reappointed.
State oyster commission. jeremiah N.
Ogden reappointed
Trustees of the Hoboken Industrial
school Edward Russ and william u.
Forbes. reappointed.
tuberculosis commission. DR. ELMER
Rarwis of Trenton and DIR. W. s. Jones Il
Camden, reappointed
passaic sewer commission. John Hinch-
clife OF Paterson. reappointed
Veterinary board. William Lowe OF
Paterson, reappointed.
BOARD of medical examiners John j.
Bauman of Jersey city. John w. Bennct
of Long Branch and Edward hin Baldwin
of Newark. all reappointed.
BOARD OF architects. Charles p Bald
win of Newark and Hugh Roberts OF Jer-
sey city, reapponted.
Board of mis- rN, Frederick q. BARLOW
of Jersey city rcupponted.
Trustees OF the Newark Technical school
Francis NJ. rlchenor and George w.
ketcham reappointed.
Board Of pharmacy. George H. White OF
Jersey city, reapponted.
Managers of the epileptic village. Theo-
dore Foote of Vineland and james j. Ber-
gen of Somervile reappointed.
Two Weeks More.
II does not seem possible that the
legislature will he able TO finish up its
work next week, according TO the pro
gramme arranged few weeks ago.
There are yet n large number OF I'M
portant matters TO be disposed of, and
these will all take time II was strong.
~ hoped that the session would con
clude on March ~. but there is every
indication now that II will extend an
other week longer and that final ad-
journment will not be reached until
April 3.
The governors signature Is the only
thing now required to put through the
plan to cnlar.sH the statehouse grounds.
Inv lliii II lt-' sNtstNN"i ttti tilut DuE-
pose having rlssed the house on Mon
day niglH This appropriation Is In
addition &c the appropriation that is To
he made for the completion of the new
mate chamber.
Every vestige of opposition to the au.
tomohilc bill as II passed the house has
been removed, arl the measure in its
original form will be sent to the gov,
ernor this week. Senator Cross has
WITHDRAWN the amendment he onereo
last week reducing the maximum speed
hn'lt In the rural sections from twenty
TO hfteen miles. This amendment was
offered by Senator Cross as chairman
OF the committee on municipal corpo-
ratons. TO which the bill was referred
when it reached the senate. When the
DIN in Its amended form came up for
consideration in the senate this week,
an attack was made on the amendment
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