The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-07-16
NEW JERSEY
LEGISLATURE
House Adjouns to meet Sep
tember II, but the Senate
is not yet Inclined.
GAME COMMISSION CHANGED

The House of Assembly, ignoring the
Senate in every particular, few min
utes before I 0 clock last Tuesday night
took an adjournment until September,
after the public utilities bill failed of
passage by vote Of 27 to II. 1t is not
known when the Senate will get back.
The day-to-day adjournment plan was
adopted by the upper House with the
tacit understanding that the members
will return at the call of uhe president.
1t is presumed that will occur when
the special Senate committee that will
meet in the Newark City Hall next
Tuesday night is ready to present the
draft of the public utilities bill that it
was instructed to draw. The House
meets again September II.
The day was momentous one for
the Democratic Assemblymen. Speak
er Lethbridge waited until 2:30 o'clock
to get sufficient votes to pass the pub
lie utilities bill. When the bill was
finally put to vote after long debate
it was found that it was four votes
short of the necessary thirty-one for
passage.
As soon as the vote had been an
nounced Leader Abram Kleinert
changed his vote from faye" to may"
for the purpose of reconsideration He
then made a motion to reconsider,
which Assemblyman Archibald Alex
ander moved should be tabled. AS
semblyman Randolph E. Perkins, of
Union, tried to amend the motion to
have action postponed Indefinitely, but
the motion to lay on the table finally
prevailed.
While the speaker was trying to Gis-
pose of other bills the clock showed
that there was but little time for the
6:55 train. The speaker said that all
business must be cleaned up, and a
few moments before O'Clock the ad-
journment resolution was introduced
and passed.
The following is a summary of all
the bills disposed of in the House on
Tuesday
No. 3S0-Senator Hillery's bill for
putting the present Fish and Game
Commission out of office and providing
for a commission of i" four competent
persons" to be appointed. one for one
year, one for two years, one for three
years and one for four years, thereafter
member to be appointed annually by
the Governor. The act will take ef-
feet Immediately upon being signed
and the old commission will go out OF
office within sixty days from that
time.
No 406-Requires all moneys here
tofore paid to the Fish and Game Com
mission to be paid to the State Treas
urer.
No. 401-Senator Minturns bill to
enable the Hudson County Board of
Freeholders to take over and repair
the Paterson turnpike of Hudson
county.
No. 4O3--Mr. Ackerman's bill for a
State parole agent for prisons.
House bills passed and now to go to
the Senate:
House $40, by Mr.. Misunderstanding a
State water commission
House 512, by Mr.. Kleinert- Repeal
er of the law creating the State Board
of Arbitration.
House 513, by Mr.. Kleinert-Abol-
ishing the State Board of Arbitration.
House SIG, by Mr.. Tumulty-M Making
appropriation of 81 900 for presenting
to battleship New Jersey the $4,000
silver service, the gift of this State.
House $40, by Mr.. Lane-The free
holders bridge bill.
House 522, by Mr.. Sullivan-R Relat-
ing to boroughs.
House 523, by Mr.. Sullivan -Regu-
lating expenditure of State Funds.