, 1906-03-28

commuters.
BY Mr.. Jackson-Prohibits Il 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 Il detail
ed report of receipts and disburse-
ments. A corporation when it con
tributes must do SO in its name.
It shall be unlawful fer amy one to 50
licit campaign funds. \ v|iolNtor Of the
law is to suffer IA disfranchisement for
five years.
Senator ~Jackson's bill a%bolishing fees
in the Offices of s~urrogates, registrars
of deeds and mortgages, county clerks
and sheriffs and providing Il scale Of
salaries for these officers passed the
house Monday night after a shor de.
bate. Only two votes were 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-
lions from Essex and Passaic counties,
which had come TO show that they had
really agreed upon II plan for the solu-
ton of the passaic pollution problem
after many years of bitter conflict.
Mayor 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for a great sewer should he withdrawn,
that the expert engineer employed by
the city of Paterson would he able to
report about the middle of August, and
upon that report Paterson is willing to
stand. If it favors Il trunk sewer Pat
erson will join Newark in such a bill
as has been on the calendar; If 1t shall
disapprove of the scheme Paterson will
withdraw all further opposition to the
Newark plan. and the details of bond
issue and construction are to be work
ed out before an extra session of the
legislature. At Monday nights session
Martins trunk sewer bill was with
drawn.
Assemblyman Elvins introduced n
bill of far reaching effect with special
reference to machine politics. 1t en-
powers justices of the supreme court
sitting in the several circuits to draw
grand juries for the several counties.
Mr.. Vanderveer presented a measure
which regulates the employment of
legislative counsel and agents and pro-
vides for the return of legislative eX-
penses.
Ellis passed by the house were:
BY Mr.. Jackson-Amending the cleo
tioA act, supplement of April IA, 1903,
directing the method of preparing pri-
mary ballots by petition of ten legal
voters of each party in each ward or
township except where the number of
votes east in any ward or township for
one set of candidates at last preceding
election did not exceed Il hundred, in
which case there need only be one
signer.
BY Senator McKee-Validates 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 of
f~reeholders to construct and recon
struct bridges over navigable rivers or
streams within the limits of the coun-
ties. removes the limit of expenditure
($100, 900 and raises the limit of loan
ing capacity in order to provide for
bridges over the larger rivers at point
where the 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-