Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-03-17


of such corporations at meeting
called for such a purpose before bring
ing action at law against such a cor
poration. The bin is said to be very
similar to assembly bill No. 26, known
as the ''steel corporation BILL" which
was defeated last week in the house.
President Waizelee has had introduced
measure providing for &le appropria-
ton of 5000 to be expended by Gov
ernor Murphy for representing this
state at the st. Louis exposition.
no Amend Grimes Act.
A bill was presented by Senator
Cross amending the crimes act by
making it misdemeanor to purchase
stolen goods or willfuIly harbor or con-
ceal a thief. Senator Brown presented
measure authorizing the state treas
urer and state comptroller to acquire
about 600 acres Of land adjoining the
state camp at Sea Grit Al bill intro
duced by Senator Bachelor vests in
the department OF labor the enforce
ment OF the biweelxly payment bill.
The house on Monday night received
a petition from the Hudson county Re
publican committee urging the pas
sage of the equal taxation bill As
semblyman HamilI of Hudson an
nounced that he would move to have
the committee on railroads and canals
relieved from further consideration of
the measure. This means that the mat
ter will probably be fully aired on the
floor Of the house A number of petit
tons have been received by the house
favoring the antipigeon bill The house
passed measure providing for the
Newark track elevation bond bill and
also the measure creating the Office of
deputy comptroller for Newark.
1t was expected that the senate com
mittee on labor and. industry would
report the child labor measure Monday
night, but Senator Shinn, the chair
man, said the committee was not ready
to report the bill. 1t is thought that
continued delays will defeat the meas
ure
Two bills by Mr.. Hamill Of Hudson
make fire and police boards in first
class cities elective. BY another bill
by Mr.. Hamill boards of freeholders
may erect or rebuild county hospitals.
Still another measure by the same gen
tleman authorizes every city in the
state, when this act is accepted, by
vote of the people to elect a council
man at large. Other measures intro
duced in the house were by Mr.. Lehl-
bach, requiring holders of chattel mort
cages to foreclose the same by order
of court of competent jurisdiction;
by Mr.. Fordyce, requiring the record
ing of all certificates affecting corpora
tons.
Divorce BIZ Beaten.
The bill by Mr. De Lazier making
Imprisonment for crime, misdemean
or or offense not political for a term OF
two years willful, continued and oh
stinate desertion, emitting husband OF
wife of sBch convict to a divorce. was
lost in the house by q to nEer q
warm debate, in which it was pointed
out that in many cases the bill would
work an injustice The bill may come
up again in an amended form.
The appropriations committee on
Monday heard the board Of managers
of the tuberculosis commission, which
has asked for $4,000 for a building
to accommodate 100 patients. The
committee gave little encouragement
to the managers. Chairman Hutchin
son inquired whether the board thor
0ughly understood that it was limited
under the law to d total expenditure
of $4,000. The board said it had con.
sidered that amount only as a prelimi-
nary appropriation and declared, fur.
ther, that if the commission was kept
down to this figure the work had bet
ter be abandoned at once. The state
military board asked the committee
for an appropriation of $3.50 for each
battery of artillery. A reduction of
$4,000 was recommended in the
amount allowed for expenses for the
Sea Girt encampment, the board de
claring that this amount would come
from the government under the Dick
law. The board asks an increase of
5000 for maintaining grounds, grad.
ing, etc, of state armories, and also
asks $500 for heating and lighting
armories. The board asks $4,000 in.
crease for repairing armories, $4,000
fer jetty to protect the Sea Girt rife
pits and 81 ,555 for sanitary arrange
ments for the camp grounds. Increases
in salaries are asked for the head clerk
in the Office Of the quartermaster gen
eral and for the storekeeper at the
arsenal.
Attorney General McCarter asked fol
$4,000 for expenses and counsel fees
in the Delaware boundary line dispute
suit now pending in the United States
supreme court
Cape May Bills Passed.
Mr.. Gibbs of Camden has presented
bill exempting agricultural corpora
tons or corporations interested in agri-
cultural pursuits from annual license
fee or franchise fax Mr. Taylor has