The Penn's Grove record., 1904-01-22
JERSEY LEGISLATURE
Second Week Opens In a Bush
nesslike Manner.
MANY BILLS ARE INTRODUCED.
senate VIII Confirm Nomination of
w. H. vredenburgh as Judge of
Court of Errors and Appeals To
Make Cold Spring a Harbor.

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Court of Errors and Appeals To
Make Cold Spring a Harbor.
Especial Correspondence
Trenton, Jan. 21.-The second week
of the legislative session opened Mon
day night in a businesslike n and
gave promise of the lawmakers getting
down to real work early in the session.
At the initial meeting & the week
twenty bills in the house and twenty
one in the senate made up the record.
This is in line with the kindly advice
handed out by Speaker j. Boyd Avis at
the opening of the legislative session, in
which he urged the house members to
early action and quick work.
The earlier weeks Of the session are
generally regarded as s'loafing" weeks.
1t is true of course that comparatively
little is to be done, as the committees
can do but little until there are some
bills before them, and that there are
usually not enough bills to need at
tention until the third or fourth week
Of the session.
This session, however, has started off
with a great deal of earnestness that
argues well for a short but busy term.
Governor Murphy sent to the senate
the name Of William Ell. Vredenburgh,
whom he renominated for judge of the
court of errors and appeals. The NOM
ination was referred in executive ses-
sion, reported favorably Tuesday, and
it will be confirmed next Monday night.
A movement has been started to Sc
cure legislation to restore. to exempt
fremen the $500 exemption in the as.
sessment of taxes recently declared il
legal by the supreme court. Assembly.
man Miller of Cumberland introduced
the following resolution relating to the
matter:
Whereas, There is a doubt existing gen.
orally throughout the state as to whether
the volunteer fremen and members of the
various firemen's relief associations of the
state are entitled to exemption from taxa
ton on their property to the extent of
$500 under the provisions of the general
tax act of 1903; therefore,
Resolved by the general assembly, That
the attorney general be and is hereby re-
quested to furnish to this house his opin-
ion as to whether the said general tax
act allows such exemption and whether
the said act in that respect has been de-
clared unconstitutional.
This resolution was adopted by the
house. In the senate Senator Ferrell
of Gloucester and Senator Strimple of
Salem offered petitions from exempt
fremen in their respective counties ia
voring legislation to restore the exemp-
ton.
First Joint Resolution.
The first joint resolution of the ses-
sion, introduced by Assemblyman J. M.
E. Hildreth of Cape May, asks the
New Jersey representatives in congress
to support the bill now pending in that
body providing for the establishment of
a harbor for vessels at Cold Spring in
let, Cape May. Such a harbor, he said,
was projected and would prove of in
estimable value to mariners. The pro-
jected harbor would cover an area of
500 acres and would be thirty-five feet
deep.
A bill introduced by Senator Bachel-
Ter of Essex enables cities of the first
class to appropriate $1,000 annually for
free children's excursions during July
and August, all expenditures to be with
the mayors approval.
a matter long discussed has been
brought before the legislature in the
shape of a bill introduced by Senator
Bachelor which prohibits the use at
any place in the Atlantic ocean, within
three nautical miles of the New Jersey
coast, of any pound net, ETC., having a
mesh smaller than five inches. The
penalty provided in the bill is $1,000
fine Or three months in Jail.
Senator Brown of Monmouth intro
duced the new Long Branch charter
act. A similar act was passed last
winter, but was found technically de-
fective.
A bill by Senator Cross of Union con-
tinues the present state board of taxa
ton in Office until the first Monday in
February, 1904, when the terms of all
the members will expire. The act vail
dates all matters acted upon by the
board prior to Dec. 20, 1908. A meas
ure by Senator Jackson of Middlesex
has been introduced authorizing the
state comptroller, treasurer and secre:
tary Of state to purchase and provide
for the distribution of copies Of the
Ellis R. Meeker work setting forth the
advantages which this state presents
for industrial and agricultural pur-
suits.
Senator Horner of Burlington, who
last year vas speaker of the house, has
introduced a bill making open season
for snipe include March and April, to-
gether with September, October, No
vember and December of each year,
and the open season for other bay birds
to begin IN May / instead of July /.
Another bill by Mr.. Horner cures a de-
feet in the revision act of 1908 relating
to shad fisheries and making a close
season for carp from May 10 to Aug.
10 and from sunset Saturday to mid
night Sunday any time of the year.
The senate passed on second reading
Senator Cross bill relating to the state
board of taxation on his representation
that some doubt had arisen as to the
legal status of the state board of tax
alton since the enactment of last win
ter's revision law.
In the house Assemblyman Lehlbach
Of Essex presented a bill preventing
pound fishing in Sandy Hook and Rari-
tan bay and their tributaries from June
to October inclusive.
A Measure by Assemblyman Robbins
of Burlington permits freeholders to &C.