The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-27
KIDNAPPING BILL
LIKELY To PASS
MONDAY NIGHT
Rules TO Be Suspended to Make
Crime a Capital Of
tense.
ACTIVE WEEK AT THE
CAPITAL IN SIGHT
Several important Bills Are
Due, to Be Killed in
Senate.
rF,rom a staff Correspondent. ]

TRENTON, March 27.--Assemblyman
ping capital offense is expected to
come from the attorney generals office
Monday night and be passed under sus-
pended rules. The resolution calling
upon the attorney general to prepare
such bill was passed unanimously in
the House last week, and no difficulty
is looked for in having the measure
rushed through both houses. even il
the plan to adjourn next Friday is fol-
lowed.
Final adjournment this week means
that the report of the special commit
tee appointed to consider the report
of the election commission will not be
made in time for action at this session.
When the resolution providing for the
committee was adopted in the Senate
an attempt was made by Senator Silzer
to have the report made within ten
days. The amendment was beaten by
Majority Leader Joseph Frelinghuysen
so that as 1t stands now there is no
definite time for the findings OF the
committee to be made known
Committee ON Elections.
Both the committee on elections In
the House and in the Senate have
agreed not to do anything with bills in
their hands until the special committee
has come to some conclusion. All those
bills that have been introduced must be
gone over TO see how they compare
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mittee report, a piece of work which
the members of the special committee
declare cannot be completed in a week.
The committee held its first meeting
last Monday, VIXEN an organization was
effected. and next Monday it will get
together again to start the real work.
The bills regarding the esnnexation
of Belleville or its incorporation as a
town have. not yet come out Of cont
mttee. Last year the annexation bill
was held up until the last moment, and
then lost when il got. to the Senate.
II was at first understood that but
one of the two bills now before the
Legislature would he reported, but now
both are due to come, out The one
that gets to third reading first Is the
one that stands the better chance of
passing. The annexation bill, intro
duced by Assemblyman Clark. of Es-
sex, was to have been reported last
Tuesday. but at the last minute was
held up.
Fight on Veto.
A fight against the Governors veto
of his bill to allow lawyers To sue for
their fees is promised by Assemblyman
James He has already had it made
special order of business on Monday
night, but an attempt is being made TO
have the Hudson county man let the
veto stand rather than delay the pro-
ceedings, In view of the short time re-
naming for the session.
The Alderman employers liability
bill is In the hands of the House now
Assemblyman Blauvelts measure was
lost on a tie vote last week and no re-
consideration was moved by the intro
ducer. The Ackerman bill is due to go
through on the votes of many who
stood for the Blauvelt measure. They
are committed to some legislation of
the kind, and with the bill of the Pas
sale man out of the way they will
favor the measure that has already
received the approval of the Senate.