Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-03-02
Joint Session Completes Elec-
ton of Deed Commissioners.
FOR REGULATION OF THE COURTS
senator Hutchinson Presents a Bill
For Commission 10 Investigate
Judicial Procedure. Also New
Road BiII-0ther Measures.
Especial Correspondence


Cross. and additional commissioners OF
deeds were elected. This completes
the list of commissioners of deeds.
The longest evening session OF the
! winter was held last Monday night,
and large number of bills We're i'll
troduced If fair number of the
bills already presented to the legis-
/ lature are considered, it is believed the
! present legislative session will last
well into April
One of the important measures that
have been presented in the senate this
week is bill by Senator Barton B.
Hutchinson of Mercer providing that
the governor be empowered to appoint
a commission of not more than five
persons to Investigate and report to
the governor and legislature how the
courts can be regulated by law so as
TO handle more eXpeditiously and sat.
isfactorily the cases coming before
them The chief points in the bill are
as follows: How rhe courts can by con
SlllullOltdI dI1cHu1Ht1ll lUtl ny lts5IStst
ton be better adjusted to the demands
of judicial business; what changes
can be made with advantage in the
present laws relating to the judiciary
how the procedure under the present
Judiciary practice can be made more
simple; whether like defects have been
corrected in other states. and how.
This commission is to report early at
the next session of the legislature The
expenses of its Investigations are te
be met by the state.
New Road Bill.
Senator Hutchinson also presented a
new road bin which is OF interest to
every county in the state. 1T embraces
the ideas Of former Senator and now
State Road Commissioner Il. c. Hutch
inson The bill changes the present law
By putting state road supervisors un.
der salary Withholding state aid from
counties which fail to keep their stone
roads in repair and requiring that state
approval must be acted upon within
three months from the date it is given.
The state will continue to pay one-third
Of the cost of the stone or other inn
proved roads built according to the
specifications approved by the state
road commissioner.
1t is further provided that the board
of frceholders of any county may by
resolution direct the improvement Of
any highway with macadam telford OF
other stone construction. ground oyster
shells or similar materials provided
the road is not less than thirtythree
feet in width and at least one mile in
length No road OF less than one mile
in length viii be constructed unless il
shall be an extension of an existing ian
proved road or Il connection between
two or more such improved roatis NG
Improvement is to be made to Il road
which. with the cost of the repairs. ex
ceels in any one year one-l;llf Of pei
cent of the ratables of the county. tx
elusive of the state appropriations 1t
is further provided that as soon us any
contract is awarded a supervisor is e
he appointed by the state road commits
sioner to take charge of the work ut 4
salary of 81 ii day. to be paid by the
state. Failure to repair an improved
road within sixty days after notice
shall have been given by the state road
commissioner will result in the with.
holding of state aid until such repairs
shall have been made. County boards
of freeholders are empowered to APP.
point a supervisor of roads to serve fol
three years. The sections relating tc
road repairs are aimed nj those coul
lies which fail to keep their improved
! highways in good condition The bill
requires boards of freeholderS to have
work on new roads commenced within
three months after approval by the
state road commissioner or the ap,
prevail becomes void
Democratic Equal Taxation Bill.
The Democrats came ont with All
equal taxation measure the feature
stems of railroads at the average 10 .al
rates prevailing each year so as ID
equal / per cent of the assessed value
of the property in each district, which
shall be retained by the state, and the
balance to go to the several taxing dis
tricts in proportion to the mileage Of
such main stem in each taxing district.
! Terminal aud other stations are to be
assessed in each district and taxed III
local rates. Appeals may be taken II
the state board Of taxation, whose de.
cision shall be final.
The house passed Assemblyman Lehi-
bach's bill to enable Essex county to
issue bonds to erect insane asylui 3
| The house also passed the measure pro
| yiding for a storage reservoir for New,
/ ark The house concurred in the sen
ate joint resolution for a New Jersey
commission TO confer with a Pennsyl-
vania commission for the propagation
of fish in the Delaware river and to
adopt concurrent laws on the subject.
An important measure and one said
to be backed by automobilists was pre-