Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-05-21
NEW SERIES OF
R. R. TAX LAWS

TRENTON, May Ex-Governor
Stokes approved another lot of bills
| SATURDAY.. the most important of
which was assembly No. 456, by Mr..
Perkins. This was one of the rail-
road tax acts and completes the SER
les of new laws on that subject. The
measure provides that second class
railroad property shall be assessed
and taxed by the local assessors at To-
cal rates for local purposes.
It's effect in Perth Amboy will be
that the passenger and freight sta
lions, sidings, signal towers, water
tanks. tool houses and all other prop
erty with a fixed situs, outside the
main stem, will be assessed by the
local assessors, and the assessment
put in with the other local ratables.
Then the regular local tax rate Will
be levied on this property and the
tax collected by the city. The pas
senger stations were taken from the
main stem and added to the second
class property by another act passed
by the last legislature and already
| signed by Governor Stokes.
The other bills signed follow; AS
sembly No. 10, by Mr.. Colgate, by
which in second class cities the sala-
ries of the police and fire commits
sioners may be reduced to 500 a
year. 1t requires the commissioners
to give a $4,000 bond and gives COM
mon council power to expel a COM.
missioner.
Assembly No. 1888, by Mr.. Reed,
makes it a misdemeanor to take fish
out of pound nets or fish within the
space surrounded by pound poles or
to cut, break or mutilate eel pots or
pound nets.
) Assembly No. 331, by Mr.. Mills
: amends the act relative to the main
~tenance of insane asylums.
Assembly No. 344, by Mr.. Colgate,
provides that associations operating
J. Fairgrounds for public use for phil
g anthropic purposes shall not be liza
: BILE in damages for accidents happen
: ing on such grounds.
: Assembly No. 347, by Mr.. Chap
lin, permits boards of f~reeholders to
remove persons from county poor
houses and support them outside.
Assembly No. 81, by Mr.. Arrow
smith, amends the act relative to
morgues.
Assembly No. 3S9, by Mr.. Mabie,
authorizes borough councils to issue
certificates of Indebtedness to run
five years or less for the purposes of
suitable buildings for borough coun-
Gil and fire department purposes.
Assembly No. 999, by Mr.. Mabie,
amends the school act relative to the
consolidation of school districts.
Assembly No. 400, by Mr.. Hines,
provides for the empaneling of tales
men in criminal cases.
, Assembly No. 404, by Mr.. Jones,
~validates certain sales made by vir-
tue of judicial proceedings.
Assembly No. 40, by Mr.. Perkins.
amends the orphans court act in ref
=. erence to assignments.
Assembly No. All, by Mr.. Perkins,
: amends the orphans court act.
Governor Stokes disapproved of
house bill Nos. 376 and 511. The
former was introduced by Mr.. Mabie
and provides or the valuation of the
appointments of presidents of Dor
ough councils heretofore made. In
disappearing of this bill the governor
avs This bill is ~disapproved be-
cause of it's triviality and ambiguity
Assembly bill No. 511 was intro
duced by Mr.. Reed and provides fol-
the condemnation of real estate fol
city purposes. In disappearing o.
this bill the governor says: ''This
bill is disapproved, 1t provides thai
the city council or governing body Of
such city in condemning lands fol
public uses may appoint their owl
commissions to appraise benefits ane
damages instead of the same being
appointed by the court or other dis
interested tribunal. The report o
these commissioners appointed by tn
governing body may then be change'
and amended by the governing bod,
itself so that the approisement 0
damages and benefits is thus entirel
= in the hands of the complaining par
~. 1t would be just as fair to permi
the plaintiff in a case to have tn
sole voice in selecting a jury and II
have the further power TO modif.
the verdict at will