The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-03-07
COLBY SQUELCHED
Legislation on Limited Fran
cbise Throttled by the
Introduction Of a Sub
stitute Bill.
ANOTHER COMMISSION FARCE
Governor to Name Five Men
to Investiga te and Report
Repu blican Majors
ty's Play to Cor
porations. =
ANOTHER COMMISSION FARCE
porations.
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TRENTON, March Z, 1905.-The AS
sembly Committee on Municipal Corpora
tons last night throttled any possibility
of legislating on limited franchises at
this session Of the lawmakers by report
ing to the House substitute for As
semblyman Colbys bill No. 14s.
The substitute introduces once more
the time-worn Republican make-shift of
= referring the whole matter to a commits
sion, which shall report at the next ses-
sion Of the Legislature The new bill,
after reciting the fact that the question
is one of great Importance, provides that
the Governor shall appoint a commission
Of FIVE members to investigate and re-
port.
Mr. Colby's original bill provided that
no franchise to use public streets should
be granted by any county or municipal
ity in the State for a longer period than
twenty-five years Before Introducing
the bill Mr.. Colby presented a resolution
declaring it to be the sense of the Legis-
lature that tie granting of unlimited
franchises was wrong in principle. The
resolution was bombshell to the Re
puhlicans. and they refused TO allow it
to pass until they had amended it in a
way to play safe with the corporations.
When the Colby bill appeared there
was popular demand all over the State
for its passage. At a public hearing on
the bill March / many prominent people
from different parts of the State spoke
in favor of it and no one opposed it.
The committee that reported the substi-
tute is composed of Assembymca SEQ
vel. Lehlbach, Hulse, Layden and Duff.
These bills were passed by the house:
House 144 provides for issuing a con-
frmatory license to any lawyer who mag
have legally changed his name; Senate
26. Incorporates the borough of Orville,
in Bergen county; senate 27, incorpo-
rates the borough of Norwood, in Ber-
gen county: house 100, provides that
when the state of any municipality is
the plaintiff or an applying creditor in
an attachment suit no bond need be
given by it; permits magistrates in cities
Of less than u 900 inhabitants to impose
a penalty of 80 days imprisonment for a
violation of city ordinances.
House 141, enables Trenton to issue
bonds for the building of a fire engine
house; house 81, authorizes commission
ers of adjustment and taxes to refund
moneys paid for properties under misap-
prehension or generalization; house l69,
repeals the 1908 act for the free distri-
button Of anti-toxin; house 156, repeals
the act Of April Z. 1903, concerning the
appointment Of. city collector in second
class cities having population not ex-
ceeding 25,000; house 95, creates the
board of undertakers and embalmers,
who shall examine and license under
takers and embalmers; senate joint reso-
luton 2, creates a commission to inquire
as to the number of miles of toll roads
in New Jersey, with the view of acquir-
ing the same as free public roads
House As, exempting from taxation
mortgages upon properties which are ex-
empted from taxes, was. on motion of
Mr. Dutield, recalled from the governor
70 correct a technical error
The house met at 1880 this morning.
morning.
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