The Penn's Grove record., 1907-01-18
STATE LEGISLATURE
Repeater to Bishops Law Has
Been introduced.
TO PREVENT CORRUPT ELECTIONS
Measure Providing For Investigation
State Corporations In Coal and lee
Causes High Prices-Important Bills
Presented.
[snecial correspondence.

lSpeClal correspondence
Trenton, Jan. 1.-THE introduction
of many important measures marked
the second weeks session of the state
legislature. Sessions of both houses
were held Monday night and Tuesday
morning, and, as was anticipated, a
food of bills which will produce lively
times was presented. Among them
were a repeater to the bishops excise
law, a measure for state and munich
pal civil service, an assembly redis-
tricting bill through a constitutional
amendment changing the present plan
of electing assemblymen from counties
to a district basis, a bill repeating the
voting machine law, a joint resolution
to appoint a legislative commission to
investigate whether New Jersey mo-
nopolies control the output of coal and
ice and a clean elections bill.
Senator Minturn (Dem.) of Hudson
is the father of the joint resolution.
The commission provided for is three
senators and four assemblymen, and
they ere to look into, in the words of
the A.3lution, 'the unreasonable in
crease in the price of coal in winter
and ice in summer, brought about, it
is popularity believed, by monopolies
incorporated under the corporation
laws of this state" The commission,
according to the resolution, is to sit
during the recess of the legislature and
take testimony and also to report upon
ways and means to destroy the mo-
nopolies if they exist. The resolution
was referred to the committee on re-
vision of laws.
The first bill introduced in the house
this session was by Mr.. Holcombe and
was the repeater of the act which pro-
vides for the purchase and use of vot-
ing machines at elections. 1t was re-
ferred to the judiciary committee. The
measure for a change in the constitu-
ton to provide for the redistricting of
the state into assembly districts was
in the nature of a concurrent resolu-
ton and was introduced by Mr.. Per-
kins of Union. 1t was referred to the
judiciary committee. A bill to the
same effect was introduced in the SEN
ate by Senator Hillery.
Bishops Law Repeater.
The bishops bill repeater was intro
duced by Assemblyman Breunig of Es-
sex. The measure was referred to the
judiciary committee without comment.
This committee comprises Assembly
man Klenert Passaic), Wright (Es-
SEX and Alexander (Hudson), Demo-
Gratis; Perkins Union) and Jones Cam
dem, Republicans. This repeal of the
bishops liquor law would put the state
back under the Werts law and would
abolish the open front saloons and the
provisions prohibiting side and rear
rooms. Two bills for the regulation Of
Investigations into county and munich
pal expenditures were introduced into
the senate by Senator Minturn.
On Tuesday morning the senate was
in session less than thirty minutes and
then adjourned for the week. These
of Governor Stokes were
confirmed: Frank T. Lloyd, as circuit
court judge; Thomas w. Trenchard,
as justice of the supreme court; Theo-
dore SenSeman and John H. Moore, az
members of the board of managers Of
the tuberculosis sanitarium; Henry
S. Scoyel, as prosecutor of Camden
county.
The house of assembly had but a
short session Tuesday morning and
then adjourned until Monday night.
Notice was given by Assemblyman
of Hudson that on next
Monday he would move the adoption
Of his resolution providing that COM
mittees must report bills upon the re-
quest of % per cent Of the members of
the house. According to the resolution,
such a request cannot be made until a
has given three weeks con-
to a bill.