The Penn's Grove record., 1908-04-10

COUNTY
woman, and defining their duties, in
Guiding the inspection of mercantile
esta blishments; by Senator Wakelee,
authorizes county boards of taxation,
when requested by boards of freehold
ers, to sanction an increase of tax
rates for county purposes not exceed
ing one-tenth of 1 per cent on each
dollar Of valuation and of one and one
half of 1 per cent for municipal pur-
poses on the ratio of valuation; by
Senator Frelinghuysen, prohibits the
sale of certified MILK or milk not
produced under the direction of a duly
authorized chemical commission, hav-
ing for one of it's objects the control of
milk intended for sickroom diet and
infant feeding, and creates a commits
sion. Five bills were presented in the
house as the result of the findings of
the Hahn investigating committee.
Public Utilities Again.
Up until this morning the joint con-
ference committee on public utilities
had been unable to agree upon a salts
factory compromise measure, though
the members of the committee were in
a fair way of getting together on a
bill providing for a commission of four
members without ratemaking powers.
The following bills were passed this
week: By ~Assemblyman Holcombe, in
c%orporates borough of Glen Gardener,
Hunterdon county; by Assemblyman
Smith, gives playground commissioners
power to grant permits for outdoor ex-
hibitions or concerts; by Senator Ere
linghuysen, provides that a pure food
law shall not exclude cough and other
medicines, provided that packages are
properly labeled; by Senator Freling-
huysen, makes penalty for manslaugh-
ter not more than $1,000 fine or ten
years imprisonment; by Senator Ere
linghuysen, makes it unlawful to catch
or to take or have in possession any
black bass or pike perch except be-
tween June Is and Nov. 30 of each
year; by Senator Brown, fixes salaries
of county judges in second class u
ties bordering Oh Atlantic ocean at S.
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gress to make appropriations for dredg-
Ing and improving Absecon inlet, At
lantic county; by Assemblyman Hines,
authorizes governor to appoint three
persons to be known as the state board
of chiropody examiners; by Assembly
man Smith, prohibits sale of certain
drugs without prescription of duly H.
censed physicians; by A%ssemblyman
Dabb, regulates salaries of paid fire de-
partments in all except first class cities;
by Assemblyman Gibbs, makes the
elective officers of boroughs a mayor.
six councilmen, an assessor. a collector
one or more justices of the peace and
in boroughs having $500 population or
embracing a whole township q member
Of the board Of freeholders; by Senator
Wakelee, provides that no legislation
affecting statutory limitations as such
shall be used in defense of actions al
ready taken; by Assemblyman Clark,
relates to the amount Of bonds that
may be issued for county hospitals for
the insane; by Senator Avis, provides
that 10 per cent reserve fund Of the
state school tax shall include 10 per
cent of the income from state railroad
or main stem tax; by Senator Bradley,
appropriates $4,000 for the renewal of
the New Jersey building at jamestown
exhibition and the erection of it on the
grounds of the state home for girls at
Trenton; by Senator Wakelee, author
ICES boards of freehOlders to keep en-
ployed all prisoners in county jails or
penitentiaries; increases penalty for vio-
lation of the act regulating the licens-
ing of hackmen and peddlers; desig-
mates the state librarian as commission
er of reports, with the additional sal
airy Of $1,000; by Senator Harrison,
makes the salary Of county collector, Of
Ocean county 800 a year; permits tax
ing fish through the ice In Barnaeet