Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-03-19

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care of insane patients Another bill
adopted by the senate was that appro-
priating $1,000 for DR.. Page Hough for
extra services as physician during the
recent epidemic at the Railway reform
atory
Assemblyman Holcombe's bill pro-
viding for the appointment of commits
sioners by the governors of New Jer
sey and Pennsylvania to acquire rights,
Franchises and property of all toll
bridge companies having bridges cross
ing the Delaware river between the
two states and making them free pass
ed the senate Assemblyman Lewis
bill which authorizes water companies
to increase their capital stock by q
vote of the stockholders was another
measure approved by the senate.
Assemblyman Clark's bill to deter
mine weights and measures and defin-
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
at0r Wilson presented a bill which
amends the oyster law by permitting
I 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. Briee 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 freeh0lders 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
surrogate'S fee where estate has value
less than 5000 half of present fee and
one-third if the estate is less than $500;
enables water companies to issue bonds
to borrow money; appropriates $1,000
for commission to cooperate with Penn
sylvania and New York for the propa-
CATION of fish in the Delaware river;
appropriates 81, 500 for rent of rooms
and expenses for court of chancery 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 codified by
the senate committee on municipal cor
porations in the form of substitutes
They are not looked upon as being sat
isfactory, and the general statehouse
opinion is that they viii 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 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
state, but all over the United States,
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 fOlr Colhy rpDre-