Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-03-21

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In the senate these appointments
were sent in BY the governor: Board Of
managers state village of epileptics,
Harry A. Smith. Theodore Foote;
board Of managers state tuberculosis
sanitarium, DIR. elmer Bawis, w. 3.
Jones, Theodore Senseman, John III.
Moore; state board of pharmacy, Lew
is w. Brown; AIiddlesex county tax
board, William Schlesinger, Frank
SamselI, Assemblyman Frank Crow
ther.
Senator Colby introduced a bill to
prohibit monopolies in commodities
used by the public. including fire in
surance. and to prohibit the whole or
partial restraint of trade.
The house committee on municipal
corporations gave hearing on the bill
to abolish all grade crossings in first
class and second class cities, which
was introduced by Assemblyman Daab
of Hudson.
Sewer Bill Signed.
Governor Stokes has signed the Pas
sale river sewer act and made law
of bill which has been before the
legislature for more than a dozen
years. The measure prohibits all sew
ering into the Passaic river and it's
tributaries between the falls in Pater-
son and the mouth of Newark bay
after Dec. IL, 1912, and authorizes the
Passaic valley sewerage commission
ers to enforce the act The municipal
tiles affected are authorized to enter
into contracts for the building of a
trunk sewer to replace river sewering-
This bill is the result of an agreement
between Paterson and Newark after a
long controversy A special session
was to have been called to pass the
act last September. but an agreement
was not reached until so late in the
fall that it was decided to let the mat
ter go over until the regular session.
It is estimated that the new sewer
will cost $10,000,00
Just at the moment of tile house adj
journment Monday night the lights i'll
the entire capitol went out an instant.
There was laughter in the house and
in the senate. Some ladies We're af-
frighted, but there was no disorder.
Before any one could strike a light to
ignite the gas the electric lights burned
again brightly.
New Bills.
Among the house bills introduced
were the following: BY Mr.. Buck-Pro-
yides for the establishment of bureau
of electric equipment Hereafter no
person or corporation shall erect or
construct any street railway, electric
lighting, telephone or telegraph system.
until the plans and specifications are
approved by said bureau. BY Mr. BuX-
ton Requires masters of sailing YES
sells to carry plain white light, visible
one-balf mile on a clear night, between
sunset and sunrise. BY Mr.. Buxton
Provides for the enforcement of or
dinances in incorporated towns by Off
GERS having criminal jurisdiction. By
Mr.. Buxton Amends the act author
ling any board of education of any
school district to take census of the
children of school age once in five
years and to appoint enumerators for
such purpose to be paid by the district.
BY Mr.. Groel- Provides for the estab-
lishment in the state prison of a school
for the instruction of persons confined.
Said school shall be under the super
vision of the state prison school board,
to consist Of the principal keeper, two
members of the board of inspectors
and the moral instructors in the prison
BY Mr.. Embellishments the act reg
ulating the entertainment and payment
of compensation for property condemn
ed for public use by providing that
an appeal from the report of the COM
missioners may be taken to the circuit
court of the county where the property
is located within ten days after the
day limited by the order of the justice
as the day on which or before which
said report shall be filed. BY Mr.. Ba-
Amends section 10 of the act reg
ulatmg the practice Of architecture by
providing that persons engaged III
1racticing the profession at the time Of
the passage OF this act and who shall
present to the state board an affidavit
to that effect before May |, 1908, shall
be entitled to receive a certificate au-
thorizing him to practice upon the pay
ment of fee Of So BY Mr. Lane
Amends the election act by requir-
ing municipal and township clerks
to certify to the county board Of
election instead Of the clerk of the
county. BY Mr. Lane Amends the pri-
mary law transferring the duties here
tofore performed by the clerks of the
municipalities to the county boards of
election. The same change is made
with relation to the county clerks. b.
Mr.. Sullivan Provides that the state
board of assessors shall annually fix
the valuation of each special franchise
subject to assessment in any taxing
district, and such valuations are to be
included in the amount Of ratables in
such districts. Said franchises shall be