The Penn's Grove record., 1909-01-29

county tax In each municipality mas
make an allowance in the case of an.
municipality whose ratables for the
preceding year may have been re
duced.
Mr.. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 1t unlaw-
full to hunt for wild deer except with
a shotgun of a smaller CALLER THAI
twelve gauge or to hunt for the same
except in daylight.
Fixes the term of collectors of ccuI
ties other than first. class at three
years.
Mr.. Leavitt-A bill amending the Law
Of the state governing the PresbytC
rian churches. 1t places in the coIftrt
of the trustees of a church all til
property and temporal affairs. leavin
the session to care for the religion
work and matters connected Herewith
Mr.. Brown-Amends the act of 1SS
requiring physicians to report all ease
of communicable diseases in cattle t
the state board of health.
Senate In Executive Session.
There was a long executive session
of the senate Monday night. and j
was rumored that Freeman Wood
bridge of Middlesex. who had beei
renamed for state reformatory com
missioner, was the bone of contention
All the appointees were confirmed ex
cept Mr.. Woodbridge.
The governor sent to the senate oil
Tuesday the following nominations:
To be state commissioner of reports
William Cloke of Trenton.
To be prosecutor of the pleas of Mon
mouth county, John S. Apologize, Jr.,
to succeed Henry III. Nevius, resigned.
To be members of the board of man
ayers of the state village for epileptics
Caroline B. Alexander Of Hudson
county, reappointed; Georgiana Doana
Collard of Hudson county, reappointed;
John Edward Clark of Middlesex coun-
ty to succeed William E. Drake, re-
signed.
To be a member of the state board
Of medical examiners, John ]. Baumann
Of Hudson county, re%appointed.
oll lAlSnuCu ~ relieve tie STATE
Of the financial danger which the gov
ernor pointed out in his special mes
sage were introduced in the house.
One by Assemblyman Matthews of
Hunterdon provides that 20 per cent
Of the liquor licenses of all municipal
files of the state shall be paid into the
state treasury. By this means Mr..
Matthews estimates the state would
receive annually between $4,000 and
100000.
-Four other bills along this line came
from Mr.. Blauvelt. One provides that
the present state board of assessors
shall be abolished and creates in its
place a new board Of three members,
not more than two of whom shall be
members of the same political party,
the salaries to be $4,000. Another of
his bills abolishes the present state
board of equalization of taxes and
creates a new board of three members,
not more than two of whom shall be-
long to the same political party, sal
aries to be $500.
The fourth Blauvelt bill provides a
tax on the franchises of all public
utility corporations In the state.
Proposed Tax Law Change.
Still another by Mr.. Blauvelt amends
the tax law of 1906 by fixing the rate
to be not the average rate of taxation
as now provided by law. but a rate Of
$40 per thousand upon the said entire
assessed valuation of all railroad and
canal property. provided that if said
rate shall in any year be less than the
average rate of taxation to be COM
puted by the state board of assessors
then the said average rate of taxation
shall be the rate to be used as herein
directed: if said tax rate of $40 per
thousand is held by the courts to be
unconstitutional in any year the tax
rate for such year shall then be the
said average rate of taxation"
Other bills introduced in the house
were:
Mr.. Matthews-Repeals last years
game law providing for different sea-
sons in the upper and lower part of
the state.
Mr.. Irick-Provides for the cost of
construction and payment of sewers
and sewer connections in townships.
Mr.. H. s. Sm~ith-Provides for the
issuing of marriage licenses for all
persons desiring to be married, with
fee therefor.
Mr.. Lyons-Amends the public school
act SO that members Of the board Of
education are eligible to act as district
clerks.