The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-12

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to municipalities, which is defined in
the bill To mean towns, townships, vii
lagos, boroughs or cities, as the case
may be. The bill provides that when
80 per cent of any municipality shall
petition the judge he shall, after a
hearing, set aside an election day 9th
er than the regular election day and
removed from it by not less than sixty
days, at which time the voters of such
municipality shall vote on the question
of making such municipality an "anti-
saloon territory or prohibiting the
sale of intoxicating liquor therein, and
in CASE the majority of the voters vote
for such prohibition 1t shall be illegal
to grant a license or sell liquor In that
municipality for two years. If they
vote for license they cannot vote again
on it for two years.
Provision For Reconsideration.
At the expiration of two years a vote
can be taken under the bill regardless
of the result of any prior election, and
the majority may reverse their former
verdict.
The act provides also that any quail
fed elector of a municipality wherein
an election shall have been held, as
provided for in the act, may contest
the validity of such election by filing a
petition duly verified with the judge
of the court of common pleas or circuit
court or with the justice of the SUI
preme court holding the circuit court
in and for the county in which such
municipality is situated within ten
days after the result of the election
has been duly announced, setting forth
the grounds of said contest.
The anti-saloon people profess to be-
lieve that the bill will come pretty
near being a law, while those who
have no sentiment in the matter de-
clare it will be defeated.
There was a lively time before the
house committee on education Monday
afternoon when the committee gave a
hearing on Speaker Princes bill, which
provides that no schoolteacher or
principal shall be dismissed without
cause. Most of the boards Of educa-
ton in the northern part of the state
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against it were mainly from that sec
ton. Frederick F. Guild, president of
the Newark board of education, in
speaking against the measure said that
boards of education lose more good
teachers through matrimony than any
other cause and if a provision was put
in the bill forbidding teachers to marry
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would help the bill immensely. Sam
uel III. Bullock of the Trenton board
favored the bill, and so did Superin-
tendent Krellis of North Plainfeld.
Employers Liability Bill.
The judiciary committee about the
same time gave a hearing on Assem-
blyman Blauyelt's employers liability
act, which was largely attended by
representatives of labor and capital
alike. Mr.. Blauyelt and George L.
Record of Jersey City were among
those who spoke for the bill, while it
was opposed by Andrew Dickinson of
the Paterson Master Builders associa-
ton and other large employers of la
Dor. The hearing will be continued
next Monday.
Lewis S.. Chanler, former lieutenant
governor of New York and the man
whom Governor Hughes defeated last
fall, occupied a seat beside Speaker
Prince Monday night and during the
evening addressed the assembly. Mr..
and Mrs. Chanler were the guests of
Speaker Prince at dinner, where he
met Governor Fort and some of the
prominent men of the state.
Senator Minch of Cumberland at
tempted to grant the request of the
governor for the power to remove
| from office, after trial on charges, of
| ficials appointed by him by introduce
ing a bill to that effect. Senator
Fielder of Hudson put in a bill pro-
viding for the appointment of health
physicians in townships and defining
their powers and another authorizing
townships to borrow money for street
improvements. Senator Alderman in
troduced an amendment to the gen
eral school law providing for the ap-
pointment of physicians to examine
the students.
Mr.. dwell of Hudson introduced in
the house a bill similar to that of Sen
ator Osborne, which permits the sale
of liquor after 1 o'clock on Sundays in
such municipalities as consent thereto
by a vote of the people.
Assemblyman Burpo of Passaic has
introduced a bill which has created a
stir in state educational circles. 1t re-
duces the compulsory school age from
seventeen to fourteen years.
Last year the age was increased
from fourteen to seventeen, and this,
Mr.. Burpo declares, has worked a great
hardship on many poor families. The
opponents of the bill say, however,
that it is simply another measure in
favor Of child labor, and it will be Wig
orously opposed.