Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-04-11
CLEANING UP
THE SCHEDULE

TRENTON, Apr. 1I.-Thwarted
in the House as was Senator Colby in
the senate in an effort to secure an
Investigation Of life Insurance com
panies doing business in this state,
Assembyman Martin. of Essex coun-
~, seems TO be in a fair way now to
gain some Insurance legislation, the
assembly yesterday having passed
his bill which provides that all in
surance companies shall be taxed in
New Jersey for the full value of their
property, less their real estate and
debts and other liabilities. The
measure now goes to the senate
where Senator Colby will endeayor
10 force it through.
The house yesterday afternoon
passed the senate joint resolution
providing that New Jersey shall join
with New York and Pennsylvania in
the publication of the Delaware
river.
The senate passed the house bill
putting all insane asylums under the
supervision of the state department
of charities and corrections, also the
bill giving the Atlantic Coast Line
Railway Company a twenty-year
franchise for a trolley road to the
National Guard camp grounds at
Sea Girt.
The senate passed the bill incor-
porating Folsom, Atlantic county.
The house passed the house bill an
nexing Woodblynne borough to Cam
den.
Morning Session.
Both the senate and the house
held busy sessions yesterday morn
ing, with the intention of getting
through in time for final adjourn
ment Thursday.
The senate passed the companion
to the bishops BILL" which limits
the number of saloons to one for
every two hundred inhabitants. Nun
icipalities of less than 5000 popula-
ton and all seaside cities, towns and
townships are exempted from the
provisions of the act. Another bill
passed by the enate was Senator
Hutchinson's jury reform bill. This
bill provides for the selection of petit
juries by the judge Of the court of
common pleas from a list prepared
by the sheriff. Senator Hutchinson
in speaking for the bill said it was
not all that was to be desired but
was a step in the right direction.
The senate defeated the bill to in
crease the salaries of the deputy fac
tory inspectors from $1,000 to $1,000
per year. The repeal of the promot-
ers' liability act was also defeated.
Senator Colby spoke for the repeater
and Senator Mckee spoke in behalf
of the act which he introduced in
1903, at the instance of the attorney
general. On motion of Senator Col
by the attorney general was asked
for an opinion concerning the con-
stitutionality of the act relieving
promoters of liability.
Senator Crosse. of Cape May, yes
terday morning introduced a bill pro-
viding that in all ~boroughs a resident
physician of the place should be APP
pointed to the Board of Health.
Hearing on Retirement Fund.
Announcement was made that a
hearing on the teachers retirement
fund bill would be given this after
noon at ) o'clock.
In the assembly Mr.. Heck, of Ber-
gen, secured the reconsideration and
the passage of his bill requiring tot
let rooms on ~ferryboats. The meas
IRE was lost Monday night.
Assemblyman Martin made a de-
termined effort to amend the Hillery
maximum tax rate bill, so as to make
the legal rate SO instead of s1.75,
but he was defeated after Leader
Perkins had explained that the Hill
49, act gave the municipalities of
state ten years in which to re-
90 the rate TO s1.75, ample time
&lle reimbursement of valuations
assessments. Mr.. Martin retort-
4 4 at to reduce the tax rates would
D." ~ benefit the railroads and keep
'- tat from deriving the full bene-
the Perkins act.
&c members of the legislature
, III let up" a little while this after
~"1, between the hours of l and )
o'clock. and be entertained by United
States Senator John F. Dryden, who
will give a luncheon at the Hotel
Windsor. The affair is to be an in
formal one and all of the lawmakers
will doubtless attend.
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