The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-04-21
Executive Approves the Re,
districting Measure Of
Changing the Method d
Electing to the Lower
House
MANY BILLS VETOED
SOME ARE REJECTED AS UNNEQ
EsSARY AND OTHERS BECAUSE
OF DEFECTS IN DESIGNATION

TRENTON, April 81, 1906.-Fou
Senate bills were vetoed by Goyernq
Stokes yesterday and several bills an
proved, among them the Assembly redis
tricting measure.
One bill vetoed was the Trenton meas
ure, Senate 183, by Senator Hutchinson
of this city. 1t was designed TO maA
more stringent the law compelling thl
filing of reports of births and deaths bt
doctors and marriages by ministers ant
magistrates. 1t fixed the time for sending
the reports to the proper officials at nd
later than FIVE days, and provided peI
atty of $50. The veto indorsemetn on thu
bill was:-
"senate 1888 is disapproved because d
the imp; opriety of increasing the vol
ume of statute laws for such minor and
unimportant changes as are made By thl
blu
The other bills vetoed were:-
Senate 81. "An act to regulate tn,
licensing of concert halls and concert
saloons" The Governors Endorsement
follows: "Senate 81 is disapproved be
cause of improper title, improper certi
fcation and failure to distinguish be-
tween the concert saloon and the ordi.
nary entertainment halls of the Y. NJ. c.
A. and other like Institution
Senate 80, IAN act to author ze ciies
in this State to construct frehou4es AMI
esue bends for the payment of the sam =
In vetoing this bill the Governor sa d
This bill is disapproved because Of 6.~1
insertion of a shest not a part Of the fin j
copy of the bill. causing confusion of TIA
text so that on one page the bonds a a
to be issued solely for the purpose o.
purchasing real estate and erecting fire.
HOUSES and on another page the proceeds
of the bonds are to be used for the pur
chase of horses, trucks and other FIRE
utensils. 1t is also improperly certified"
On Senate 15s. "An act respecting con-
veyances," the Governor wrote: "Disap-
proved because of defective tit e"
The Governors signature made law
of House 422, the Assembly redistrictins
bill, which was introduced by Mr.. Per
kins. and is a supplement to the general
election law.
1t provides that hereafter, for the
purpose of electing members Of the As
sembly of this State, the several counties
shall be formed into ss many Assembly
districts as the counties are entitled TO
elect members to the Assembly In other
words, the law abolishes the election of
Assemblymen by counties and provides
that they shall be elected by sixty As
sembly districts.
Before the law becomes operative its
constitutionality will be tested in the
courts. In the case of the State against
Wrightson it was decided by the Supreme
Court of this State that the election OF
members of the Assembly by election dis
tricts instead by counties was uncon-
stitutional But that decision was never
carried to the Court of Errosr ana Ap-
peals for final adjudication, and there he
always been a general opinion that the
court of last resort would reverse the
Supreme Court.
Bill 422 provides that the question Of
its constitutionality shall be tested at
once. The case will be carried to the
Court of Errors and Appeals as soon as
it can be gotten through the courts.
Other new laws are
Assembly 311, Mr.. Prince. provides
that the State Board of Health shall ap-
point time and place once a year for
conferences with local boards of health
to consider the prevention of the spread
of dangerous communicable diseases.
Assembly 800, Mr.. Perkins, provides
the form Of convictions under the tene-
ment-house act.
Senate 129, Mr.. Brown. enables bor-
ough councils to submit to the voters the
question of constructing or purchasing
water-works and lighting plans at the
same election.
Senate IA. Mr.. Shinn. an act to an
thorize the Organization of corporations
for the construction of dams in streams
tributary to Barnegat Bay. for the pur-
pose of developing water power and gem
Grating electricity. The act gives power
to condemn land for public use.
Senate 147. validating the incorpora-
ton and proceedings of certain waters
works companies Incorporated since
March /, 1904
Senate 232. Mr.. Hillery. authorizes adj
jacent townships or municipalities to Join
in employing health officer and one or
more sanitary inspectors
Senate 2T1. Mr.. Avis. provides that the
State banking commiss ouer may apply
for receiver foe individual or private
bankers in case Of insolvency, or failure
to carry $4,000 0, unencumbered aesets
in excess Of kaAilties.