The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-03-14
THE STATE
LEGISLATURE.
Committees Busy with Hear
ilgS Upon Important
Measures.
MILITARY BOARD CENSURED.
Especial correspondence


tive circles. From Monday afternoon
until this morning the time that was
not actually devoted to the legislative
mills grind was given to hearings by
committees on important measures.
Among these was hearing on the bill
restricting automobiles Tuesday, which
brought hundreds Of autoists of the
state about the ears Of the legislators;
an airing Of the equal taxation meas
ures, in which great interest was mani
tested, and hearing on the Morris
canal abandonment bill, which is Of
great interest in north Jersey. The
lawmakers paid up this week for much
OF the time that was lost early in the
session.
1t is expected that the name of G.
Edward Murray, formerly city clerk OF
Trenton, will be sent to the senate very
shortly for confirmation as successor to
the late General Richard A. Donnelly,
Quartermaster general of the state.
Military Board Censnred.
The slim showing made by the New
Jersey troops at President Roosevelts
inauguration at Washington Saturday
because Of the difference between the
legislature and the state military board
over the disregarding by the latter Of
the formers direction to send a pro-
visional regiment to Washington led
this week to the Introduction In the
senate OF two bills by Senator Homer
OF Burlington which are regarded as
retaliatory measures directed by the
legislature against the military board.
The first bill provides for reorganiza-
ton Of the state military board, which
now consists Of the major general,
commanding the division; the adjutant
general the quartermaster general and
the two brigade commanders. In adj
fiition to these officers the new bin pro-
yides that the state military board
shall include the five regimental com
I. manders of the state
BY this bill the men of the different
regiments viii be directly represented
on the board through their colonels 1t
Is claimed by some that the trouble
over the raising of provisional regi-
ment for Washington would not have
occurred had the colonies Of the differ
-ent regiments been consulted.
Senator Horner's second bill provides
for the retirement Of all officers of the
national guard who have reached the
age Of sixty years and allows an officer
reaching such age to retire with bre-
vet rank, one rank above that which he
holds at the time of retirement, provid-
ing he shall have served the state TWEEN
ty-five years. This measure if passed
will at once retire Adjutant General
Brelntnall and Inspector General Cong
DON, with trevet ranks,
Limited Franchise BiIi sheived.
The bill ef Assembiyman Colby OF
Essex calling for the limiting Of all
franchises granted by municipalities to
twenty-five years has been practically
shelved this session by committee
substitute requiring the appointment Of
a commission of five members appoint
ed by the governor to fully investigate
the matter and report to the next legis-
iature. 1t is reported that fight Is to
be made on the adoption of the commit
tee substitute, and an effort will be
made to have passed the original Colby
bill, with probable clause lengthening
the limit of franchises to fifty instead
OF twenty-five years.
BilIs Passed by the House.
The house after short debate pass.
ed Assemblyman Pennington's bill
creating board Of mdertakers and
embalmers, The house passed these
bills:
House 100, repeating the act Of 1904
for the free distribution Of antitoxin;
senate joint resolution 8, creating
commission to inquire as to the num-
Der of miles of toll roads in New Jer-
sey with view to acquiring the same
as free public roads; house la, pro-
viding for issuing a contirmatory H.
cense to any lawyer who may have
legally changed his name; house 1879,
providing that when the state or any
municipality is the plaintiff or an APP
plying creditor in an attachment suit
no bond need be given by 1t; a bill per-
hitting magistrates in cities of less
than 10000 inhabitants to impose a
penalty Of ninety days Imprisonment
for violation Of city ordinances; house
81 authorizes commissioners Of adjust
ment and taxes to refund money paid
for property under misapprehension
or because of generalization; house 1856
repeats the act of April Z, 1903, con
corning the anpBintment Of collectors
in second class cities having q popu-
lation not expnnding 25,000
House 4S, -uxedlpting from taxation
mortgages upon properties which are
exempt from taxes, was, on motion Of
Mfr. Duffield, the leader of the ma
jority, recalled from the governor to
correct technical error
Rapid Transit For Paterson.
Senator Mckee presented measure
having for its object the empowering
3 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 Rooster for reap
pointment as prosecutor for Bergen
county.
Assemblyman Loveridge offered a
bill validating conveyances heretofore
made by trustee A bill presented by
,AssembIyman Matthews creates a com
mission consisting Of the state com
missioner Of health, the state engineer
and aurvevor ne Npwarl, and civ NOM