The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-04-16
Burlington County in the Legis1a-

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Burlington County was we'll represente
in the Legislature which adjourned la
week One of the hardest workers in I'll
Senate was Senator Robbins. He car,
fully scanned each bill and was frequentl
consulted by the other Senators for info
nation on many measures. He not onl
worked in school, but out of it. Dul
ing the session we called upon him on
Saturday evening at his home and foun
him in front of table on which wer
spread Senate and Assembly bills and h
was making careful study of each one
As an evidence Of his labors we give belo1
list of bills introduced by Senator Rob
bins and which passed both houses:
Senate Joint Resolution No. 2. author
izing the appointment of five commission
ers to inquire into the excessive cost o
stone roads and the question of stat
ownership and operation of stone quarries
Senate bill No. IA, authorizing a specia
election in any election district where
voting machine has been placed to deter
mine whether 1t shall be retained or re
jectad. upon petition of twenty five pc
cent. of the legal voters of such district.
Senate bill No 81, making it unlawful
to kill reed birds at night, between sun
set and sunrise.
Senate bill No. 81, providing for tn
publication of a new digest of the Law
and Equity reports of the state upon til,
American Digest plan.
ASenate bill No. II, appropriating $50, 90,
for better equipment of the short courses
in agriculture at the State Agriculture
College at New Brunswick and authoriz
ing an..additional annual appropriation O
$40, 600 for salaries and maintenance.
Senate bill No. 17S, appropriating $50
900 for a new dormitory and laundry
at the Manual Training and Industrial
School for Colored Youths at Bordentown
Senate bill No. ia, amending section
203 of the school law by increasing the
authorized appropriation for maintenance
of the same institution from $4,000 to
$4,000.
Senate bill No. 189. permitting cities of
the third class, by ordinance, to appoint a
board of sewer commissioners to regulate
the construction, repair and operation of
sewers
Senate bill No. 100, provides for the
of sewers and sewer sys-
TENS in cities, the issuing of bonds for the
cost, and the collection of rentals for the
use thereof. THE last two bills were
bills intended to aid the city
of Bordentown
Senate bill No. 1923, prevents the com
mencement of suit or the entry of judg-
ment for deficiency on bond given with
a mortgage, until notice has been filed in
the Clerks Office of the county in which
the mortgaged lands are located.
Senate bill No. 248, permits township
policemen who have served 20 years or
who have become disabled in the service
70 be retired on half pay, when the voters
Of the township adopt the provisions of
,he act.
Senate bill No. 312, amends section ten
If the stone road act of 1905, so that
can pave and repair side
walks along county roads. subject to the
light of the Board of Freeholders to con-
'truct culverts and drains hereunder
Senate bill No. 1926, changes the limited
law of 1906, so that franchises
nay be granted for term not exceeding
fifty years, without the necessity of an
election, by all municipalities in counties
If the second. third and fourth class, ex-
,ept cities having population of IL, 900
inhabitants and upwards.
Senate bill No. 1928, provides for the
copying and transferring of mortgages
leeds and returns of roads, relating to
counties set off in whole or in part from
another county.
Senate bill No. $3.50, requires that an ap-
peal from an assessment shall be first pre-
tented to the County Board of Equaliza.
ion of Taxes before being presented to
he State Board.
In addition to the above which affected
Burlington county, Senator Robbins in
Senate bills Nos. 344, 345 and
'46. all being repealers of the laws relat
ng to the Passaic Valley Flood Commiss-
on. the object being to end the salaries of
he commissioners which now cost the
tate $12, 500 per annum. These bills were
lot passed because Immediately after their
Introduction Senator Wakelee agreed to
md did introduce bill providing that the
ialaries cease on May /, 1907
Senator Robbins also introduced Senate
,ill No. 1854, providing that members OF
he State Board of Medical Examiners
hould be appointed, so far as practicable,
rom the several Congressional districts of
he State, no two of them coming from
my one county. This bill got through
he Senate, but it did not get out of the
committee in the House. as it reached the
after on the last day of the session.
The Senate record shows that Senator
Robbins was present at every session but
)ne.
What Senator Robbins was on his side
Lewis was in the House.
One of his first acts was to get thoroughly
with every one of his fellow
When bills came to the House
rom the Senate which would benefit this
county. Assemblyman Lewis at once be-
gan active preparations to secure their
And he was successful in all
out one or two instances, and they, strang
% state, were bills of interest to Burling
ION city. The limited franchise bill and
The bill allowing the retirement of police
officers, required unusual activity to
secure passage in the House, but Mr..
too, was not absent from session, and he
kept his record up to date and in such an
manner that the other members
would consult him on the status of bill
In preference to going to the official record.
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Coroner Enoch DeWorth was visitor
to this town on Sunday.
John Peacock was at the county seat on