Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1908-02-12
TWELVE BILLS PASSED
Four of These in the Senate and
Eight in The Assembly Only
Two Of Importance.
ID REVISE PRIMARY ELECTIONS
Medals for Civ War Veterans,
Railroad Tax sct Taken Up in
Assembly and Passed.
Special to fAe EvENTNc yEws.


TRENTON, Feb. 12:-When the
law wheels ceased to grind at the
state capitol yesterday afternoon un-
III Monday night the fifth week of
the present session ended. The net
result OF the five weeks work. as far
as the passage of bills has been con-
cerned, has been the enacting of four
measures in the senate and eight in
the house. Only two of these meas
ures are of state wide Importance
and only two have passed both
houses.
Both houses have passed the con-
current resolution recommended by
Governor Fort, providing for a COM
mission to revise the primary cleo
tion laws, and the governor has ap-
pointed the commission. The COM
missioners are former Governor Ed
ward G. Stokes, Colonel Nelson Y.
DUNCAN, of Somerville, and Chand-
Ter w. Riker, of Newark. Both
houses have also enacted Senate 36.
the Robbins measure amending the
stock and bond act.
In addition to this the senate has
passed Senate Joint Resolution No. 1.
providing for the presentation Of
civil War medals to veterans; and
committee substitute for concurrent
resolution No. 1. which provides an
improved method for printing
amendments to existing laws, when
introduced.
The assembly yesterday afternoon
passed the most important bill which
mas been enacted this session. That
was House So, drawn by the attorney
general and meeting the situation
caused by the decision Of the courts
holding unconstitutional the Perkins
act providing for the taxation of sec
ond class railroad property In each
municipality by the local assessors.
When this bill becomes a law It will
entangle tax snarl in Perth Amboy
caused by the decision of the Court
or Errors and Appeals. The meas
ure places with the State Board of
Assessors the taxation of this prop :
erty for the last two years, this
taxation having been upset by the
court decision. Future assessing on
this property will also be dome by the
state board instead of the local as
SCISSORS.
Inc other measures passed by the
house have been: House IL. appro-
priattng $4,000 for a heating plant
at the Vineland Soldiers Homer
House Is, incorporating the borough
OF Ramsay, Bergen county: House
II, amending the Princeton battle
monument act, permitting bronze to
be used in the shaft; House 40, regu-
latng property partition suits and
keffer bill establishing chancery
court chambers in Atlantic CITY.
While long list of important bills
vitally Affecting state interests have
Deen introduced none ofsthem have
been reported, thus showing that the
biggest work of the session is vet to
come. The only measure of state i'm
portance that has been reported is the
senate bill by Gebhardt abolishfng
the use Of voting machines.
Public utilities, civil service. local
option, many radical bills on general
and primary elections. the adminis-
Iration measures for the consolida-
ton of various state boards, other
administration bills meeting the
recommendations In the inaugural
address OF Governor Fort, these form
he legislative work which is still
ahead of the lawmakers It will be
seen, therefore, that, by far the busi-
est times are still to come.
II is the general opinion around
me capitol that the passage of the
Morgan amendment to the rules in
the house yesterday afternoon will
engthen the session considerably.
for 1t will practically mean, In the
house at least, that every bill will
have to be reported and given some
With the election of a state comm
ROLLER out of the way it is expected
that the real lively grind OF the ses-
,ion viii commence next week