The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-03-27
NEW JERSEY
LEGISLATURE:
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mary ballots by petition Of ten legal
/ voters Of each party Ia each ward OF
township except where the number of
votes cast IN any ward Or township for
one set Of candidates at last preceding
election did not exceed a hundred, ia
which case there need only be one
signer.
BY Senator Mckee yalidates sales
made by sheriffs Of one county when
property sold is so situated that a part
Of it lies in a. county over which the
selling sheriff has no jurisdiction
BY Senator Minturn- Amends. the
act Of March, 1892, enabling boards,bf
freeholders to construct and recon-
struct bridges over nayigable rivers Or
streams within the limits Of the coIn-
ties, removes the limit Of expenditure
(S100000) and raises the limit Of 1oan-
ing capacity iii order to provide for
bridges over the larger rivers at point
where tile lower limit would not cover
the cost
BY Senator Price An act to regulate
the collection Of interest upon claims
barred by the state statute Of limita-
tions.
BY Mr. Scribe Permits villages TO
pension police officers who have served
thirty years,
By Mr. Martin Permits municipali-
ties to grant franchises for trolley lines
within two blocks Of existing routes.
BY Senator Jackson Directs the
method Of preparing primary ballots
by petition Of ten legal voters
The house passed Senator Hutchin-
sons bill providing that persons sen
fenced to term not exceeding six
months shall be confined in the county
jail or county wOrlzhouse and when
sentenced to over six months to the
state prison.
The senate passed the house bin
amending the justice of the peace act
relative to serving summons on corpo-
rations by permitting service Oh an
agent residing in the county.
Hearing on .Recall Biz"
The senate municipal corporations
committee gave a hearing on the Colby
measure known as the recall bill,
which is the measure by which the
public can free itself from incompetent
and Objectionable officials This vas
the definition given to the measure by
Rev. DR. Reeder who spoke for the
measure in the absence of Thomas A.
Davis. The speaker said that this
method Is outlined in the Los Angeles
statute, whore the proposed Jersey
law is in effect, and it applies to cleo
tive officers.
The house Of assembly this week de-
feated the efforts Of the Colby faction |
10 have the Insurance companies ana |
their allied corporations, particularly |
the Prudential Insurance company Of |
Newark, investigated The vote was |
81 to y. The same measure was de-
featea in the senate last week 1t was
in the nature Of a resolution intro
duced in sthe upper house by Senator
Colby and similar resolution intro
duced in the house BY Mr. Martin fife |
leader Of the Colby men there
The Wakelee bill permitting trolleys
to carry freight was passed in the /
house Tuesday afternoon after q Bu1n.
Der Of amendments offered by Mr. Ma
relli Of passaic had been killed The
vote on the biz was 4S to Il. Speaker
WHO took the floor to support
the bill, was its main exponent. He.
was opposed to all Of Mr.. Marellfs
The only amendment
which was adopted was by Mr.. Miller
Of Cumberland This provided that
should give the power
BY ordinance instead Of by resolution
to allow trolleys to carry freight
Mr. Martin and Mr. Walsh OF Essex
the bill. They protested
against its passage. saying that cities
would be inconvenienced and streets
by freight carrying trolleys.
Mr.. IIildreth defended the measure
and said he could not see why any one
should oppose 1t. He said it was
good bill and ought to get every vote
in the house and hoped it would.
As soon as the vote was announced
Speaker Robbins moved that the rules
be suspended and the measure be rush
ed Immediately to the senate. The mo-
ton was carried.
Plumbers hoard Bin Lost.
In the senate Mr.. AIcKee's bill for
the appointment of a board for the ex
aiming and licensing of plumbers
legislation supposed to have labor
backing was lost by vote Of 8 to 2.
Assemblyman BARRIERS bill, which fix
es the salary of the state commissioner
of roads at $1,000 and that Of the SUI
at $500, was lost. The sen
ate passed Assemblyman Underwood's |
bill requiring all employers of female |
help to provide seats for use of such I
The senate on Tuesday passed and
Immediately sent to the house Mr.. Ere
bill enabling the state to
comply with the Dick military law.
Mr.. Frelinghuysen said that the state
had but one more year in which to ad
vantage itself Of the $4,000 a year
that it would get out of the national
and that the bill had the
eiinnnrt ~ fha officers Of the state