The Penn's Grove record., 1908-03-20

mine weights. and measures ana u
ing powers of common council In the
matters of weights and measures was
passed by the house. 1t was prepared
by Francis B. Lee Of Trenton after an
exhaustive study of the laws OF every
state in this country and foreign coun-
tries.
Senator Brown introduced a bill
authorizing the town of Seabright to
borrow $4,000 on temporary loan to
acquire lands for recreation parks and
piers and to erect bathing houses and
other buildings thereon. Another bill
presented by Senator Brown authorizes
boards of freeholders to widen, alter
and revoke or change the grade or
vacate any part of the highway. SEN
ator Wilson presented a bill which
amends the oyster law by permitting
the purchase of seed oysters for the
Atlantic district where the funds are
appropriated for that purpose.
Nominations Confirmed.
The senate confirmed the following
nominations in executive session: Clar-
ence L. Goldenburg, prosecutor OF At
lantic county; Ulamer Allen OF Hud-
son, reappointed, member of the state
board of education; Theodore Sense
man of Atlantic, reappointed, member
Of state board of managers OF the
sanitarium for tuberculous diseases;
William A. Logne of Cumberland,
member Of the fish and game commits
sion; Mrs. Brice Collard of Hudson,
member of state village for epileptics.
The house passed these bills: Amend
ing the act regulating the practice Of
architecture; increases the penalty for
carrying concealed weapons; permits
twenty-five freeholders to petition a
Justice of the supreme court for an in
vestigation in the affairs of any NUM-
cipality; authorizes boroughs to create
fire districts; makes it a miSdemeanor
for any state board to order work at
cost of $1,000 or more without securing
permission of the statehouse commit
sion or advertising for bids; amends
the oyster act regulating planting Of
oysters; incorporates the borough Of
Keyport, Monmouth county; makes
s~urrogate's fee where estate has value
less than 5000 half of present fee and
one-third if the estate is less than 800;
enables water companies to issue bonds
to borrow money; appropriates $4,000
for commission to cooperate with Penn
| sylvania and New York for the propa-
CATION of fish in the Delaware river;
| appropriates $500 for rent Of rooms
and expenses for court Of c%hancery In
Atlantic City.
Public Utilities.
Now that the civil service bill is
blocked by reason of the elective com
| mission amendment and local option
killed by the house of assembly in its
| decisive vote of A to 10 the only re-
naming important legislation is that
concerning public utilities. Numerous
| bills have been introduced In both
| houses, but they have been codifed by
porations in the form of substitutes.
| They are not looked upon as being sat
~isfactory, and the general statehouse
opinion is that they will go down the
same slippery toboggan creased for the
civil service and local option.
A special message was sent to the
legislature by Governor Fort, accom-
| panied by the report Of the commits
sioners appointed by former Governor
| Stokes to codify and revise the law re-
lating to police courts. A bill accom-
| panied the message.
Senator Gebhardt presented a resolu.
ton inviting Secretary of War Taft to
address the legislature in joint session
next Tuesday. 1t was referred to the
senate judiciary committee.
Sketch of Colonel Colgate.
Colonel Austen Colgate, personal aid
to Governor Fort and member of the
assembly from Essex county, Is one
of the best known men not only in his
for he is a member of the firm of Col
gate & Co., soap and perfume manufac-
turers. He was first elected to the as
sembly in 1906 as a member of the
Colby delegation and this year was re-
turned as one of the four Colby repre-
sentatives in the Essex delegation. He
is a native ~Jerseyman, was born in
Orange Aug. -, 1868, and is now a
resident Of his native city. He is a
graduate of Yale and is a man of af-
fairs not only pertaining to legislation,
but in industry and all that tends to
the advancement of his county and the
state as well.
Governor Fort, United States Sena-
tors Kean and Briggs, former Govern
or Stokes, Frank S. Katzenbach, re-
cent Democratic candidate for govern
Or; Senate President Hillery, Speaker
Jess, members of the legislature and
state officials were guests of the New
Jersey Legislative Correspondents club
at the annual banquet yesterday even
ing at the Hotel Sterling. The toast
master was Charles. R. Bacon of the
Philadelphia Record, president of the
club. The decorations were green car
nations, the flag of Erin, stars and
stripes and shamrocks, The total num-
Der of banqueters was 125.
JOHN L. M. KELLY.
The election of William H. Berry, and