Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-02-13
Report of the State
Commission on
the Subject.
7 OTHER BILLS
Bills introduced
By Men From
MiddIeSex.
Special to the EVENING NEWS:

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TRENTON, Feb. 13:-Sinca tho
presentation to the legislature Mon
day night Of the report of the State
Commission to Investigate Ballot
Conditions in New Jersey, which
recommended the adoption of the
Massachusetts blanket ballot in cleo
tions, more interest has been taken
in senate bill No. AZ, introduced by
Senator Silzer, OF Middlesex county,
tn; SilZer measure also provides for
blanket ballot and was introduced
January 27, or two weeks before the
commission proposition came in.
Senator Silzer's bill provides that
FL ballots shall contain the names
of all duly nominated candidates.
To the name of each candidate shall
be added his partly emblem and also
his political designation. Ballots
shall be SO printed as to give to each
voter an opportunity to designate by
q cross (X) In square at the right
of the names and designation of each
candidate his choice for Office. In
other words, the Silzer proposition fs
that only official ballots be used, that
every ballot contain all the nominal
tions of every party, the voter to
express his choice of candidates by
marking his preferences with black
lead pencil.
Senator Silzer's measure also pro-
vides for greater purity at elections.
1t makes it a misdemeanor to forge
endorsements on official ballots, to
obstruet or delay a voter in voting,
to mark a ballot not cast by the per-
son marking it; to alter a ballot
with sa.ert to defraud, to bribe or
otherwise improperly influence q
voter, and to threaten a voter to In
fuence him to vote a certain way.
The bill is in the hands of the State
Committee on Elections.
Eight Other Bills from Middlesex.
Middlesex county legislators al
ready have eight other bills in the
two houses, six Of them by Mr. Sfi-
zer. The other Silzer measures are
as follows:
Senate 16, abolishing the State
Board of Assessors on January 1,
1903, and providing for an elective
board of three members to serve
three years, the annual salary to be
$4,000 for each member.
Senate AZ, amending the employ.
ers' liability act. So far as common
carriers are concerned the proposed
amendment extends the time for
commencing action for injuries for
accidents to three years. and elimin-
ates the contributing negligence
clause of the present law.
Senate 9S. Requires the state
librarian to edit all state reports,
with an added salary Of $500 for the
work. This measure was, doubtless,
called forth by the recommendation
of Governor Fort that many state
reports are too lengthy and contain
much unnecessary matter. The gov
ernor recommended the creation OF
the position of a state editor Of re-
ports, and said it would save the
state money. The Silzer proposition
is designed to be still more econom.
ical than the governors plan.
Senate SO. Requires all railroads
to pay their employees bi-weekly In
stead of monthly. Similar measures
to this have met with the bittereft
opposition from the railroad COM
panies in the past two or three years.
Senate 100. Amends section 48
Of the district court act of 1898 by
permitting legal service on an ems
ploye of company. This was intro
duced by request.
Senate 101. Amends section 200
of the district court act of 1898 re-
lating to writs of discovery.
Assemblyman VOORHEES,, of Cram
bury, has introduced one bill. 1t is
House Ill, and provides that any
city owning its water works may
construct filtration plants and issue
bonds to pay for the same.
Assemblyman VanCleef, of New
Brunswick, has also put one bill IN.
1t is House No. 140. 1t provides
that Flag Day, June IA, shall be q
public holiday.
Assemblyman Ramsay, of Perth
Amboy, has not yet introduced any
bills.