Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-02-24
Measure Terminating Pre-
sent Terms of County
School Superintendents.
MARTIN AFTER ASSESSORS
Resolution Follows the Re-
port Made on Taxation OF
Private Car Lines.
OTHER MEASURES UP
Hearing on Bill Forcing
Railroads to Pay Employees
Twice Monthly.

Trenton, Feb 24:-The bill intro
duced by Assemblyman McKeag, Of
Middlesex, terminating the terms Of all
county school superintendents, was fa-
vorsbly reported by the committee to
which it had been referred, at the af-
ternoon session of yesterday. This bill,
together with the one placing the ar
pointive power of all county superin-
tendents in the hands of the govexppf
are believed to have the backing oi the
administration and there is probable
/ ity of them going through.
Mr.. McKeag introduced bill vester-
day known as House No. 22s, which au-
tborizes judges Of quarter sessions TO
appoint special constables to act as po-
licemen and constables. It was refer
red to the committee. on labor and in.
dustries
Tax on Rolling Stock
Captain Peter Vredenburgh, Mon
mouth assemblymsn, last night intrc-
dueed In the house resolution calling
upon Attorney-Gen Edmund Wilson,
if be thinks such bills would be legal OF
constitutional, to prepare a bill or bills
to require the State Board Of Assessors
to tax rolling stock of railroad COM
panies which is owned OF used by for
eign or other corporations shipping In
and out of New Jersey. The Stats
Board Of Assessors, through Secretary
Irvine e. Mcguire, late In the afternoon
sent to the bouse an answer to the four
questions asked In the resolution Of
William P. Martin, unanimously adept
ed last week. The statems5 set forth
that such property WIS not taxed be-
cause the law of 1884, known as the
railroad tar act, did not require II, and
apparently exempted such property. A
decision Of the court Of erre-s<spd APP
peals, the opinion in which was wrh item
by the late Chief Justice Beasley, sifs-
tanning the exemption of the rolling
stock, was cited as being part Of ths
board e authority in the matter.
Martin Trips Assessors.
In discussing the Vrendenburgh reso-
luton Mr.. Martin said.
"We were told by the board that
such property could not be taxed In
the case cited on the point the decision
has been reversed, therefore, it is no
case at all The board should have
known that
I'm order that we may be sure we
are oR cafe ground / bring to your mo-
tice several cases l have looked up,
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the United States in the case of tha
Pullman Company against Pennsylva-
MIA, Justice Gray said that personal
property may be separated from its
owner and taxed where it is found even
If it is not the domicile Of the owner.
He also says that there is nothing IN
the constitution to prevent the state
from taxing property used for inter
stae commerce. while it is in its juris-
diction. The state board was extreme
" ungenerous in presenting for refer
enee a case that had been overruled.
Ginnelly Would Stamp Goods.
Mr.. Ginnelly put in the house meas-
ure which calls for stamps>s.in the H.
of cans the date onIwhich fruit or pre-
serves were put up. He said that this
was in full line with the pure foods aet
of the United States government. in
that the purchaser of goods is entrsIed
to know Just when the goods were
canned.
Hearing on Two Weeks Pay.
W. Holt Apgar, of this city, was the
principal speaker against the Oiweu
bill. which bill provides that railroads
paw their employees each two weeks. Mr..
Apesr told the committee hearing the
the bill that il would cost the railroads
S45, 900 a year for extra clerical hire to
do this thing. He said the Erie rail-
road had $4,000 employees and the PENN
sylvania 81 900 in this state He
doubted the demand for such law.
Friends of the railroad men said IL
was wanted badly in Jersey City, but
Ithey could not produce the demand for
lit elsewhere in the state.
After Justice of the Peace.
When the house got down to business
In the morning Assemblyman Burpo Of
fered a petition in behalf Of the Auto
Club of America calling for the int
peachment of Justice of the Peace Man
fred Naar, of this city, because of his
- fines by mail - for autoists. The petit
ton set forth that Joseph s. Josephs, Of
South Amboy, got letter from Naar
September ~, telling him that he had
been fined for over-speeding and calling
on him for check for So 15, fine ard
costs Several similar cases were cited
in the petition. The petition was re-
ferred to the house Judiciary eomniit'
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