The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-03-06
NEW JERSEY
LEGISLATURE.



RAILROAD property was introduced b.
Mr.. Martin 1t provides that in taxing
railroad and canal property ''mail
stem shall mean the 100 feet wild,
roadbed, with rails and sleepers, AM
not include depots, waterway or tow
ing path, and tangible personal proper
| ty shall be rolling stock cars, locomo
tives, ferryboats and floating movable
personal property
Mr.. Smethurst introduced a bill IL
the house which makes it obligatory Oh
| persons and corporations other thar
4 railroads to pay employees weekly
| The railroads are allowed to pay
monthly, but must pay before the 20tt
of each month.
Senator Jackson's county fee bill was
reported with committee amendments
in the senate Tuesday morning, and
after a discussion the amendments
were adopted. In a number of in
stances the salaries provided for in the
amendments are greater than those
provided in the original bill.
The amendment provides that surro-
gates, registers of deeds, county clerks
and sheriffs shall receive salaries in
! lieu of fees.
Joint Session.
The senate and house met in joint
session on Tuesday for the purpose of
electing state director of railroads
and commissioners of deeds in the yari-
Gus counties Of the state. Senator Hill
lery placed in nomination Charles X.
Bradley Of Essex to succeed himself
as railroad director, and Senator Min
turn placed in nomination the name of
William X. Devereux of Monmouth
county, the well known legislative cor
respondent who was Democratic can
didate for the assembly from Mon
mouth county last fall, but was de-
feated While Mr.. Devereux was not
elected TO the Office, he had the salts
faction Of running ahead of his party,
receiving eight votes. Mr.. Bradley was
elected with seyenty-two votes.
The joint session adjourned until
Tuesday March Is, at noon.
The senate at its Tuesday afternoon
session took up on second reading Mr..
uillery's limited franchise bill For
the committee on municipal corpora
lions Mr. Hutchinson offered amend
ments fixing the franchise limit at not
exceeding twenty years by governing
bodies, at not exceeding forty years by
a majority vote of the people and at
not exceeding sixty years by two
thirds vota of fha manila
Trolley the Poor Mans Friend.
Mr.. Hillery in the course Of his re-
marks, said that the trolley is the poor
mans privilege and that in permitting
him to live in the country though work
ing in the city it has done away with
many tenement districts in the cities.
Mr.. Colby said that when he consid-
cred the agitation sweeping over the
country today the sixty year amend
ment was most discouraging. He men
toned that there are limited franchise
laws on the statute Books of more than
Twenty-Five states and said that when
ever municipality has a provision i'll
its laws whereby a company can get a
franchise for sixty years no company
will take a franchise for less than that
extreme limit. Senator Avis also spoke
against the amendment In that it pro
vided for a two-thirds vote. The
amendment was lost This leaves the
extreme limit by the bill at forty years.
Mr.. Colby's amendment to prevent
the snap passage of an ordinance at an
adjourned meeting of a governing body
was adopted. His amendment requir-
ing written consent to the acceptance
of a franchise was also adopted
Thirty-nve Year Limit.
He next offered am amendment fix
ing the limit at thirty-five years In
stead of ut forty and an amendment
that provided for the repeal of fran
chise where the company did not give
good service An amendment proviG
ing for repeal Of franchise where a
company failed to give good service
was lost
Senator Minturn offered an amend
ment providing that the cost of pub
fishing ordinances should be borne by
the companies applying for the fran
chises. This was adopted. His amend
ment providing that elections under
the bill should be by voting machines
was lost. The Hudson senator then of
fered an amendment limiting fran
chises to five years and giving to the
people the power Of extension. The
amendment was lost.
The house passed Senator McKee's
,,os,,1.tttc,, r,,laa finn
yestigate the acquiring Of title to pota-
Bile waters for the state
Mr. Hoagland's bill for pure milk
was amended in the house by the pub
lie health committee to read that when
the standard of milk falls below IL per
cent of solids the state board Of health
shall notify the milk producer and fine
him SO for the first offense and $50
for each subsequent offense.
The following bills We're passed: Mr..
Igverett's bill which makes it a high
misdemeanor to take away woman
child under sixteen years of age either
for marriage or immoral purposes. Mr.
Woolley's bill which amends the mar
ried womans act allowing a married
woman to prosecute a suit against a
corporation for damages without her
husband Joining with her Mr. Martins
bill which is an amendment TO the
practice act making the service of le-
gal process on any officer, director
agent, clerk or engineer Of corpora
ton. Mr.. Wises bill providing that
the town councils or other governing
bodies shall fix the tax budget when il