Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-03-22
STATE LEGISLATURE
Law Mill at Trenton Grinding
at Utmost Speed.
TRoLLEys MAY CARRY FREIGHT
Passing Of Bill 10 That End and the
killing OF Insurance investigation
the Most Important Features Of the
weeks session.

the Most Important Features Of the
Weeks Session.
Especial correspondence
| Trenton, March 22.- With the end of
| The session drawing nearer day by
day the legislative mill is grinding at
| its utmost speed Most of the hear
lipgs on the important measures have
been disposed of, but there is enough
work on hand to keep the legislators
busy for the next few weeks. The
passage Of the bill permitting trolley
companies to carry freight and the
knocking out Of the proposition to in
vestigate insurance companies were
among the most important features of
| the week.
The senate in executive session re-
ceived and referred to the Judiciary
committee these appointments: Adrian
Lyon, reappointed judge of the district
court of Perth Amboy, and James
Mitchell of Paterson, member of the
board of trustees of the State Home
For Girls.
| A matter of great interest and I'M
portance to the cities and towns on
the Delaware river was presented to
the legislature this week by Governor
Stokes in brief message, in which he
suggests that the legislature authorize
| the state sewerage commission or its
representative to meet the proper au-
thorities of Pennsylvania and New
York to devise legislation to be pre-
scented at the next session for the pre-
vention of the pollution of the Della
ware river. 1t is pointed out that the
watershed of the Delaware drains 30
per cent of the entire land area of the
state and has population Of 415,000,
nearly one-fifth of the states entire
population.
Salaries For Fire Chiefs.
A bin introduced by Senator Mckee
makes the annual pay of fire depart
ment chiefs as follows: In municipali-
ties of from 100 to 1000 people, $50;
1000 to 5000, 500; 5000 to 10000,
$500; 10000 to 10000, $500; 10000 to
q, 1000, S1,50o; 10000 to $4,000, $780,
$4,000 to 100000, $500; 100000 to 200,-
600, $4,000, and in cities Of 100000 or
over, $500. The bill also fixes the
salaries of assistants.
Other senate bills introduced were:
BY Mr.. Jackson-Makes it a INSIDE
meanor for any person not duly au-
thorized to organize a fraternal body
and pattern it after another body duly
| incorporated. Mr.. jackson also intro
duced bill that makes it INSIDE
meanor for any one not entitled to do
so to wear the insignia of any fraternal
body or to use it for the purpose OF OBJ
| tanning relief.
BY Mr.. Minturn Provides for a
board of trustees of the teachers re-
tirement fund to be composed as the
| legislature shall direct. including the
state superintendent five teachers and
three persons not teachers. The trus-
tees are to have control of investments.
The state treasurer is to be treasurer
of the board
By Mr.. Wakelee Prevents a5railroad
operating in whole or in part in this
state from collecting double fares from
commuters.
BY Mr.. Jackson-Prohi person
promoting his own or another's election
! by gifts or contributions Of any sort
| except for personal expenses or to a
political committee. The committee
/ treasurer is required to make detail
| ed report of receipts and disburse-
ments. A corporation when 1t con-
/ tributes must do so in it's own name
| 1t shall be unlawful for any one to so
| licit campaign funds. A violator OF the
/ law is to suffer Acknowledgement for
| five years.
| Senator Jackson's bill abolishing fees
/ in the offices Of surrogates, registrars
! of deeds and mortgages, county clerks
and sheriffs and providing a scale Of
salaries for these officers passed the
house Monday night after a short de-
bate. Only two votes We're recorded
against the measure.
Extra Session In September.
/ An extra session of the legislature
will be held early in September, it hay
ing been promised Monday evening by
Governor stokes after hearing delega-
tons from Essex and Passaic counties,
which had come to show that they had
really agreed upon a plan for the solu-
/ ton of the Passaic pollution problem
| after many years of bitter conflict.
Mavor johnson of Paterson said the
substance Of the agreement between
| the two cities was that the bill intro
duced BY Martin Of Essex providing
for a great sewer should be withdrawn
that the expert engineer employed by
the city Of Paterson would be able to
report about the middle Of August, and
upon that report Paterson IS willing to
stand. If it favors trunk sewer Pat
erson viii join Newark in such bill
as has been on the calendar; II it shall
disapprove of the scheme Paterson Will
| withdraw all further opposition TO the
Newark plan, and the details Of bond