Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-03-09

Mr. Duffield. the leader of the ma
iority. recalled from the governor to
correct technical error.
Rapid Transit For Paterson.
Senator Mckee presented a measure
having for its object the empowering
of the common council of Paterson to
grant an elevated right of way in that
city to the Paterson and New York
Rapid Transit company The senate in
executive session received the report of
the committee on judiciary of the nom
ination of Ernest keoster for reap
pointment as prosecutor for Bergen
county.
Assemblyman Loveridge offered a
bill validating conveyances heretofore
made by trustee A bill presented by
Assemblyman Matthews creates COM
mission consisting of the state com
missioner of health, the state engineer
and surveyor of Newark and six mem
bers appointed by the governor to in
vestigate the conditions of the marshes
Of Newark and vicinity as affecting
public health and property values.
Assemblyman Marelli presented a
food measure which authorizes govern
ing bodies of any city to issue by ordi-
nance municipal bonds not exceeding
100000 for the dredging, deepening
and the removal of obstructions from
the bed of rivers above tidewater
where it flows through or borders on
such cities The bill applies particu-
larly to Paterson, enabling that city
by an issue of bonds to dredge the Pas
sale river with view to preventing
floods. The bill provides for a com
mission of five to carry on this work,
the commissioners to be appointed by
the board of aldermen
A committee substitute for Senator
Jackson's excise measure was present
ed. The substitute provides that boards
established under the act to establish
an excise department in cities between
$4,000 and 70,000 shall be appointed
upon application in writing either hy
the mayor or the common council pur-
suant to majority vote thereof to the
Judge Of the ceurt Of eonlmO.4 pleas IN
the county in which the city or town is
situated Nothing in the substitute in
terferes with the continuance i'll office
of any board of excise.
Senator Wakelee by request intro
duced a supplement to the practice act
which provides that in trial of causes
counsel shall agree TO a statement of
facts and submit the same to the trial
judge in the form of briefs, aud the
judge, with recommendations as to any
question of law arising, shall transmit
the same TO juries. Senator Brown in
troduced bill amending the mechan
les lien law by comforting jurisdiction
on circuit courts as well as supreme
court justices. A bill by Mr.. Bradley
permits stenographic statements of
trial of causes in district courts to be
used on appeal under direction of the
trial judge.
Canal Abandonment Bill.
The bill to abandon the Morris canal
and sell the waterway has been intro
duced by Mr.. Dufield.
Senator McKee's joint resolution 10
codify the laws bearing upon fishing
in the waters off the Jersey coast is
meeting with considerable favor Com
plants are being continually made by
the hand line fishermen along the coast
that the fish pounds which are located
just off the beach from Cape May to
Sandy Hook are driving the fish away
from those waters The fight between
the hook and line fishermen and the
pound net owners has been going on
for years, and il may be that the com
mission which Senator Mckee proposes
will do much to adjust the matter.
There was d brief hearing Monday
afternoon given TO those who opposed
and favored the amendments to the
tenement house bill. Secretary Charles
]. Allen by figures refuted the state
ment that there had been a falling off
in the building of small tenements
owing to the stringent provisions Of the
bill He showed the contrary to be the
fact \ number appeared who favored
the amendments. claiming d three fam
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the tenement classification.
The Excise Question.
The excise question is just now the
paramount one in many cities of the
state 1t is ever a yexed problem to
deal with in any community Camden
and Trenton have probably found as
near a satisfactory solution as is at
tainable. After a trial By the courts,
by common council and commission
legislation was obtained for an cleo
tive board of five members. If the
board fails i'll any respect to give salts
faction, it is displaced by the popular
vote, and, being thus directly amenable
to the people, it is guarded in its action.
OF course there is and always will be
some complaint SO long as licenses are
granted. but the public in nine cases
out OF ten, it is contended, is sure to
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