The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-13
NEW JERSEY
LEGISLATURE.
[ooNTINUED LION FIRsr PAeM.l

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cause Of the absence of Senator Colby
The senate confirmed the nomination
of Theodore Simonson as member o
the state board of equalization of taxes
Among the new senate bills intro
duced were:
BY Senator Observation-Disclosures com
mon councils to license cabmen, batl
houses. boarding houses, news stands
theaters, billiard rooms and skating
Kinks.
BY Mr.. Hutchinson-Aut mu
nicipal boards of health to appoint com
missioners to determine the fitness Of
plumbers.
By Mr.. Wakelee-An amendment tt
the express company act. Makes it ii
legal for street railway company to
carry express matter.
BY Mr.. ACCOMMODATIONS cities
to purchase or condemn lands for the
erection of public piers.
Al bill introduced by Senator Minturr
Dem.) is to prevent the incorporation
Of trusts in restraint of trade by requir
ing that applicants for incorporation
shall make sworn statements that such
incorporation is not entered into fol
such purpose in this or other states OF
pooling receipts of other companies OF
contravening the interstate commerce
laws. Affidavit must also set forth that
the applicants are the real incorpora,
tors and not substitutes.
Senator Minturn presented bill
amending the act pertaining to insur-
ance companies. The bill requires that
such companies shall make sworn
statements to the commissioner Of
banking and Insurance showing bust
ness for year and condition at close Of
year, the statement to be filed, in Jan
uary.
Letter From Mayor Mcclellan.
Governor Stokes in a brief message
to the senate submitted a letter from
Mayor Mcclellan Of New York request
ing his cooperation in an effort to OBJ
tain modification of the law of New
Jersey which prohibits the sale Of wa
tiers from sources within the state to
concerns or corporations outside the
state 1t was Mayor McClelIan's idea
to obtain water for Staten Island from
New Jersey.
Governor Stokes in his message to the
legislature, in reply to Mayor McClel-
lan's appeal, stated that under existing
laws there could be nothing done at
present for the request and that there
is now litigation in New Jersey ON that
question. The senate passed resoIu-
ton to the effect that both bodies OF
the legislature be supplied with what
ever communication may transpire be.
tween the governor and Mayor AIcCiel-
Ian ON this subject.
The house passed Senator Hillery's
measure sappropriating $1,000 for cler-
ical assistants in the state comptroller's
office.
There was a heated discussion on the
insurance question in the house when
Assenblyman Miller Of Cumberland of.
fered resolution. which was carried,
that the committee on banks and insur-
ance have printed a thousand copies OF
the testimony taken in the New York
insurance investigation. The resolution
also provided that ten copies of the en-.
tire testimony taken last year be pro.
cured. Two copies are to be placed in
the state library and the rest are for
the committee on banking and insur.
ance of the house and for the judiciary
committee of the senate. After the de.
bate had lasted long time the resolu.
ton was adopted
Automobile Hearing.
Friends and opponents of the Freling
huysen automobile bill were at the
Tuesday. Charles e. Case OF
SomerviIle presented number of ar
guments as to why the bill should be
passed He said it's provisions were In
clined to be drastic, but such legisla
ton, he declared, was necessary in
view of the increase In automobiles and
the lack of enforcement of existing au
tomobile laws. John A. Murray Of New
York said the sport of automobiling
should be subject to reasonable regula-
tons. Colonel Edwards, executive off,
Ger Of the S. P. G. A. of Newark, also
favored the bill A number of automo.
bile men, headed by Professor j. d.
Gill Of Trenton, secretary of the Associ
ated Automobile Clubs of New Jersey,
asked the committee to adjourn the
hearing on the autoists' side Of the case
for two weeks, and this was done
The state brewers had their innings
when the house committee on munich
pal corporations heard the opposition to,
the Miller local option bill Monday aft
ernoon. Ex-Judge Skinner and William
Foster of Newark, representing the
State Brewers association, appeared
and gave lengthy arguments why the
bill should not pass, declaring that the
advocates of the measure were seeking
to make New Jersey prohibition state
and not fighting for home rule, as they
had declared.
Another hearing was given Tuesday.
There was but one speaker against the
BILL while a delegation Of ministers
from all over the state was present to
urge the committee to report the bin IA
vorably. John o. fl. Pitney of Newark
claimed that it would be depriving the
people of what they want and have q
right to have, to take from them bev-
erage. Mr. Pitney said that Newark
was made up Of the cream of the for
eign element, who are used to taking
their beer, and to deprive them Of this
would be making game of the so called
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