Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-02-08

| Elizabeth; David e. Ellsworth, mem
Der of the board Of geological survey
| j. Howard Willets, member Of the
board of managers Of the Soldiers
home of yineIand The confirmation
| Of Benjamin f Jones as judge of the
| district court of Orange went over be.
cause Of the absence of Senator Colby.
The senate confirmed the nomination
| Of Theodore Sirnonson as a member OF
the state board Of equalization Of taxes
Among the new senate bills intro
/ duced were:
BY Senator authorizes COM
mon councils to license cabmen, bath
houses, boarding houses, news stands,
theaters, billiard rooms and skating
Kinks.
BY Mr.. Hutchinson Authorizes mu-
nicipai boards of health to appoint COM
missioners to determine the fitness OF
plumbers.
BY Mr.. Wakelee-An amendment to
the express company act Makes It i
legal for street railway company to
carry express matter.
BY Mr.. Alderman Authorizes cities
to purchase or condemn lands for the
erection of public piers.
A bill introduced by Senator Minturn
| 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 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 McClellan'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 a resolu-
ton to the effect that both bodies OF
the legislature be supplied with what
ever communication may transpire be
tween the governor and Mayor McCiel-
Ian on this subject.
The house passed Senator Hillery's
measure appropriating $1,000 for cler-
ical assistants in the state comptroller's
Office.
There was heated discussion on the
| insurance question in the house when
Assemblyman Miller of Cumberland of,
fered a resolution which was carried,
that the committee on banks and insur-
ance have printed 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 a long time the resolu-
ton was adopted.
Automobile Hearing.
Friends and opponents of the Freling-
huysen automobile bill were at the
statehouse Tuesday. Charles E. Case OF
Somerville presented a number Of ar
guments as to why the bill should be
passed He said its 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 VI SAlSllliS du-
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. b.
Gill of Trenton. secretary ofsthe 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