Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-02-01
FOWLER WILL:
AMEND BILL.
Has Introduced Bill in Congress
Jersey News of Interest offs
National Capital.
lFrom "a NEWS Correspondent.)

WASftlNG lO4N, u. A., FeD. l.
Representative Fowler has introduce
ed a bill to amend section six of the
currency act of March IA, 1900. 1t
provides that the Secretary of the
Treasury is authorized to receive de-
posts of gold coin with the Treasur-
er, or any assistant treasurer of the
United States in sums of not less
than twenty dollars, and to issue
gold certificates therefor in demoni-
nations of not less than five dollars
and the coin SO deposited shall be re-
tanned in the treasury, and held for
the payment of such certificates on
demand and used for no other pur-
pose.
1t is further provided that such
certificates shall be receivable for
customs, taxes, and all public dues,
and when so received may be reis-
sued, and when held by any national
banking association may be counted
as part of its lawful reserve. 1t is
also provided that whenever and so
long as the gold coin held in the re-
serve fund in the treasury for the re-
demption OF United States notes and
treasury notes shall fall and remain
below one hundred million dollars
the authority to issue certificates as
herein provided shall be suspended.
1t is provided further that when
ever and so long as the aggregate
amount of United States notes and
silver certificates in the general fund
of the treasury shall exceed sixty
million dollars the Secretary of the
/ treasury, may, in his discretion, sus-
pend the issue of the certificates pro
vided for by the bill; and that of the
amount of such outstanding certi'
ficates o%ne-fourth at least shall be in
denominations of fifty dollars or less
and it is also provided that the Sec.
rotary of the Treasury, may, in his
discretion, issue such certificates il
denominations of ten thousand dol
lars, payable to order.
Senator Kean has been advised
that a pension of SIS a month has
been granted to Mrs. Henrietta
Grouse, of Warren Paper Mills, Hun
terdon county, at So a month from
August, 1905. He has received a
petition from the New Jersey State
Federation of Women's Clubs in IA
vor of the pure food bill.
Changes in bank officers in New
| Jersey noted in the weekly bulletin
issued at the Office of the Comptrol-
1o, nj tho Currancu fO1lnu. n w
Lewis, vice president, Mechanics Ma
tional Bank. of Burlington; Louis X.
Hyde, president of the City National
Bank, of Plainfield, in place of j. F.
Hubbard; G.. M. Ashton, cashier of
the ~Swedesboro National Bank, in
place of J. C. Rulon; and Robert H.
Arney, assistant cashier, the First
National Bank of Toms River.
Representative Howell has a tho
type petition from st. George Kemp
son, of Perth Amboy; and a petition
urging restriction of immigration
from Ashland Council, Jr. o. U. A,
NJ, of Sea Bright.
Representative Gardner has limo
type duty petitions from Daily En-
terprise, Burlington; Elmer Times.
Elmer; Cape May County Gazette,
Cape May; Daily Pioneer, Bridgeton
Pleasantville Weekly Press, and a
petition from the New Jersey State
Grange favoring a reduction of the
duty on de~naturalized alcohol.
Representative Loudenslager has
been advised that Il pension has been
granted to Henry Rush, ABR Walnut
street, Camden, at SIS a month from
July 6, 1905.
Mr.. Loudenslager will be confined
to his room for a few days on ac-
count of some slight trouble with one
of his eyes.
John Butler, of Camden, writes to
Mr.. Loudenslager in favor of a reduc-
ton of the duty on denaturalized al
cohol.
Representative Henry Allen and
his sister, Miss Maud Allen, have
taken apartments at the Cecil.
Hon. Charles n. Fowler is regis.
tered again at the Shoreham Hotel.
c. S. A.