Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1907-01-08

Louis Hopp and Leo McMann, Essex:
James Lyman, Passaic; Herbert Hol-
combe, Hunterdon.
President Minch, in the senate, an
nounced the committees of the upper
house. They are as follows:
Standing Committees.
observation-disclosures. Robbins.
Price
Appropriations Bradley. Acker-
man, Robbins, Cornish.
Banks and insurance-Frelinghult
sen. Avis, Minturn.
Boroughs and townships Hand.
Brown, Silzer.
Shinn, Avis, Colby.
Commerce and navigation-C Colby.
Lee, Hinchliffe.
Corporations - Robbins, Hand.
Wakelee.
Education-W Wakelee. Colby. Geb-
hardt.
Bradley, Colby. Corn
ish.
Finance-Ackerman, Frelinghuy-
sen, Lee. 81
Game and FISH Awakelee. shinn.|
Brown. -
Judiciary-Hiller Wakelee. Min
turn.
Labor and industry Shinn. Hill
lery, Hinchliffe.
Militia Frelinghuysen, Robbins.
Plummer.
Miscellaneous Business Brown.
Hillery, Hand.
Municipal corporations Hutchin-
son, Alderman, Bradley.
Printed bills Brown, Plummer.
Hillery.
Public health Colby. Frelinghuy-
sen, Price.
Railroads and canals Lee, shinn.'
Avis. s..ss. ). s2aJysss -
Revision Of laws siA,s II rs as',
II son, Gebhardt. Sa sinitiau
Riparian rights--Ackermakre kn.
Hutchinson.
Stationery and Incidental expenses
Lee, Bradley Hutchinson.
Unfinished business Plummer,
Hutchinson, SilzHr.
Senate Joint Caiimittecs.
Federal relations Frelinghuysen,
Avis, Hinchliffe.
State home for girls Plummer.
Robbins. Cornish
Passed billsTrAvis, Hand, Geb-
hardt.
Public grounds and buildings
Il johnson, Shinn, Brown.
Printing Lee,s Hillery, Price.
state home for boys Bradley.
Shinn, Frelinghuysefi.
| School for deafmutes Colby. Hill
lery, Minturn. 's
Sinking Wakelee, Robbins
Price.
Soldiers home--wakelee, COLBY
Silzer.
State hospital--Avis. Hutchinson.
Ackerman.
| State library-Bradley, Wakelee
Cornish.
State prison. Brown, Lee. Plum
mer.
Treasurer's accounts-Frelinghuy
sen, Bradley. Gebhardt
New Jersey reformatory-R Robbins
Wakelee. Silzer.
State village for epilcptics-Hand
Lee, Colby.
Home for feeble-minded women
Ackerman, Hand, Minturn,
Training school for feeble-mint3
girls and boys-Shinn, PlumMl
Avis.
Sanitarium for tuberculosis dis
eases-Hillery, Ackerman, Hinch-
| life.
The three Middlesex county menl.
| bers were assigned to seats on the
| extreme left Of the speaker In the
rear row. directly opposite to the po-
sition they occupied last year.
The feature of the day was the gov
ernors message Following Is the
document in full: II, 4
The Governors Message.
Gentlemen Of the Senate and Genera
Assembly:
The last legislature buided for the
present and the future and set an ex
ample for emulation. 1t added to the
resources of our schools by taxing rail
roads as individuals are taxed. increas
ed the revenue thereby and dedicated
that revenue to the cause Of educa.
ton. Last year the results of this pol
icy were problematical; today they can
be determined. The ratables of almost
every taxing district in the state have
been increased in the Increased amount
of second class railroad property and
the revenues swelled BY the taxes
therefrom. The tax on the main stem
under last years legislation is figured
by the state board Of assessors at $3..
sos, ,529.70 as against $3.50, ,991 21 under
the former system. OF this amount
$2,533, ,S67.B is to be anportioned al
rectly for the benefit of our schools and
reduction OF local taxes while the re-