The Penn's Grove record., 1904-03-04
JERSEY LEGISLATURE
Governor Murphy Sends In a
Bunch of Nominations.

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Bunch Of Nominations.
FIRE AND POLICE BILL OPPOSED
Large Delegations From All Parts
Of State Appear Against Birkholx
Measure, which Will Probably
Tail-Revision of Oyster Laws.
Especial correspondence
Trenton, March Ex-Governor Murphy
this week sent to the senate the follow
ing nominations:
Board of managers Of the Home For
Feeble Minded Women at Vineland,
Emily d. Williamson, Elizabeth and
Charles A. Anderson, yineland reap
psintments.
President judge of the Burlington
county court, Joseph H. Gaskill, reap
pointed.
President judge of the Cumberland
county court, Thomas w: Trenchard,
reappointed.
Prosecutor Of the pleas Of Cumber-
land county, j. Hampton Fithian, re-
appointed.
State library commission, Everitt T.
Tomlinson Of Elizabeth.
Managers of the State Home For
Epileptics, Nelson Y. DUNCAN Of Som
msryille and Thomas Smith.
Palisades Interstate park commits
sien, Franklin w. Hopkins.
Managers of the Home For Disabled
Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Their
Wives at Vineland, Ernest G. Stahl,
Trenton; Amos R. Dease, Camden, and
Gilbert D. Bogert, Bergen.
State board Of. assessors, Stephen J.
Meeker, Newark, and Eckhardt P.
Budd, Mount Holly.
Prosecutor of Essex, Henry Young.
Judge First district court, Newark,
Thomas L. Raymond.
The nominations were received by
the senate in executive session and re-
ferred to committee.
A large delegation of fremen and po
hcemen from all parts of the state
came to the statehouse Monday night
to oppose the Birkholz bill providing
that in second class cities which adopt
the law the present police and fire
commissioners shall be abolished and
the n bipartisan board shall be ap-
pointed by the mayor to replace them.
The sentiment against the Measure
WQc co Qfr0n0 In tho 1nhhioc oraH oOr
ridors that it was stated on apparently
good authority that the measure would
be smothered in the committee on mu-
nicfpal corporations, to which it was
referred. The measure is intended par
tioularly for the city of Orange, and
the common council of that city p
cd here in a body Monday night to go
on record as %favoring the bill.
To Revise Oyster Laws.
A measure by Assemblyman Miller
of Cumberland was introduced in the
house this week covering the general
oyster laws of the state and bringing
the industry under one general state
head. The measure provides for dis
trtct commissioners to transact all bus
mess of the state connected with the
oyster and clam industry. The state
Is divided into three districts. The
changes by the new bill are few. 1t
dCoIlshes the state oyster and shell
commission altogether and puts its
work in charge of several district COM
m1ssioners. Each of the three districts
lie to have a superintendent. Two of
the three district commissions are now
In existence and the third commission
1s to be appointed by the governor.
The measure has the approval of Gov
ernor Murphy.
Speaker Avis has appointed Messrs.
Fordyce, Lehlbach, Colclough, Shaw
and Swackhamer as a special commit
tee to urge the United States govern
ment to acquire some tract of land in
New Jersey for a national military
camp of instruction.
A measure introduced by Assembly
man Colby, majority leader of the
house, fixes the salary of all county
school superintendent as $4,000 a
year. The bill was referred to the
committee on education. Assembly
man Ayers of Bergen has presented a
measure relating to the carriage of
freight or express matters by street
railways. The passage Of this act will
mean the repeal Of the act Of March
30. 1896. A measure presented by AS
semblyman Miller of Cumberland au-
thorizes the governor to appoint three
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the legislature and to make a new re-
vision.
While the house by resolution has de-
cided on March % as the date for the
sine die adjournment, the session of
n legislature is like to extend over
that time. There are many important
measures to which careful considera-
ton must be given and the party in
power is proceeding with legislation
carefully. The report of the Morris ca
nal commissioner will probably not be
received until about the 23d of March.
and this Is n of the most important
measures of the session. The senate
has not yet adopted the house concur
rent resolution as to sine die adjourn
ment.
A bill empowering the court of
chancery to grant leave to municipal
ties in the establishment of liens for
taxes and assessment upon real es-
tate, where the records have been de-
stroyed by fire or otherwise lost, has
been presented in the senate by Mr..
Mckee. A new bill by Assemblyman
Layden amends the act regulating
elections, being a revision of the law
Of 1893. This bill provides for sessions
OF the board of registry on the first,
second and fourth Tuesdays of Sep
TENDER, the last named day to be the
one on which primaries are to be held.
The provision of the measure allows a
voter who fails to get registered on
the first Tuesday to do so on the Sec