The Lambertville record., 1906-09-12
SEPTEMBER I2. 1906.
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SEPTEMBER IL. 1905.
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appointment Of commission to revise
cur municipal laws and to inquire into
the conduct Of municipal affairs, with
n view 10 better administration and
greater economy in this direction.
The states interest In the Morris
canal and its valuable wafer front
property is also being tested in the
courts by authority of the legislature
this year
4 senate committee appointed To in
quire into the life insurance business
In this state TO ascertain whether RENE
dial laws are needed has begun its i'll
qury with II promptness unusual for II
special committee
other commissions appointed by The
legislature will be at work this year to
prepare the ground for legislation next
winter
Many New Laws That Benefit the
People.
Many new laws. not springing from
political issues, but enacted. neverthe
less. in the interests of the people, We're
put upon the statute books in 190.' and
1906. Among them are these.
Settling Delaware river boundary
controversy.
Establishment of short courses of
study in State agriculture college at
the expense of the state.
Revision Of the improved roads acts.
Commission to prepare revision Of
Judicial system.
Prescribing punishment for Illegal
voting.
Providing for most complete state
census ever taken
Creating Passaie river flood district.
Establishing parole agent for stnte
prison.
Revision of the master aud servant
net in the interest Of labor.
Subiecting Individual o. private
bankers 10 supervision and control of
the department al haaking and in
surancc.
Providing for conference with hoards
of proprieters of east aud west Jersey
10 secure their records and rNtinguish
Their rights
Commission to investigate and report
upon revision of municipal laws
Savings bank act further safe guard
Ing dePostafs.
Asserting jurisdiction over three mile
limit
Making the national guard of the
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Checking oycreapitalization os pub
lie utility companies.
Age pensions for policemen
An act defining and Furnishing bribery.
A maximum tax rate law.
\ teachers pension act
An act To establish public parks IN
certain counties
An act to regulate power vessels In
the inland lakes
An appropriation for n Fourteenth
New Jersey volunteer memorial al
NIonoeacy. VA.
An act making the mother ls well as
father responsible for abandoned chill
drcn.
Honor service medals for the nation
nj guard.
For permanent road Improvement.
Enlargement of home for soldiers and
sailors and their wives
Regulating searches in cities in the
interest particularly of building and
loan associations
Acts to safeguard depositors in in.
solvent or unsafe banks and trust coin
pauies
Act establishing forest fire patrol
md appointment of wardens.
Authorizing purchase of toll roads.
Acts for better protection against
impure food products and for The pub
lie health.
An act 10 recover rentals on riparian
leases and take possession thereof
Authorizing seaside places TO acquire
land for public recreation.
Probation acts.
Making the age of consent sixteen
years.
An act protecting building and loan
interests
An act TO secure wages 10 mechanics
employed in building.
An act protecting the oyster and
clam industry.
An act for public parks in cities.
I'm act authorizing free dispensaries
in cities
An act pensiouing civil war veterans
after forty years service in a public
position
Election law amended and improved
Coinedent State Prosperity.
Coincident With Republican legisla
ton aud policy during the last ten
years there has been marvellous de
Velopment of the material interests of
the state, and its people have reached
a summit of prosperity uneXampled
In the ten wears since iSo5 the re
sources OF the banks In New Jersey
have nearly trcbled. the savings banks
depositorS have Increased from IA ltn,
owning $50. 1920 of deposits. in lS95
to 2Gl. .aSl dcpositors. owning SS6. 22S
I32, in 1905
Since lS95 there has been II pheu nm
enal growth of manufacturing inter
ests in New Jersey largely due to the
announcement given hy good state
laws 10 manufacturers to locate their
plants In the state, Population has
also increased 1T an extraordinary
rate. attracted hy the advantages of
moderate taxes first class schools and
honest aud efficient government.
No Scandal In Government.
There exists throughout the country
keener interest than usual in the
affairs of government aud an aroused
public conscience. intolerant of cor
ruption. is holding to a strict account
the actions of political parties and
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