The Penn's Grove record., 1910-01-21
Proposed Laws Plentiful.

The second week of the Legislature was
opened ON Monday night when ninety
bills were introduced to be considered Tor
enactment into laws. The chief ones pro-
posed creating public utilities commits
sions.
Assemblyman Scharff introduced
/ of the measures which provides that the
aboard shall have the power to direct any
public utility corporation subject to this
act found unduly discriminating on It's
rates, tares or charges to make sucn rates,
fares or changes reasonable or uniform.
Similar and more drastic bills creating
utilities commissions, with rate-maklng
powers, were introduced by Mr.. Sullivan,
of Hudson, Democratic leader, and by Mr..
Gebhardt, Democrat, i'll the Senate. The
Sullivan bill is the same as h Martin
bill passed last year by the House, u
killed in the Senate.
A concurrent resolution introduced IN
the House by Mr.. Schwartz, OF UNION,
requested New Jersey Senators and Con-
gressmen to vote for the Sullivan Dill pro-
yiding for raising the battleshlp Maine,
was adopted unanimously.
Mr.. Matthews, Democrat. OF Hunter
don. introduced a concurrent resolution,
which was referred to the House Judlcl-
arv Committee, requesting the New Jersey
United States Senators and congressman
to vote against a bill for the Federal IN
corporation of companies to engage IN
among the States and foreign
nations.
Colonel Edge, of Atlantic City, Repub-
| lican floor leader, introduced in the House
a bill extending courtesies to automobll-
lists of other States. 1t provides That non
| resident motorists may use their cars III
New Jersey for three periods OF ten days
each annually without taking out a State
| license and without charge. Under the
en listing law nonresident motorists may
travel eight days in any year upon the
payment of a tax OF Sl.
A bill to amend the game laws, to per
NIT the hunting of buck deer and dogs,
/ was introduced by Mr.. McAlllster, OF
Cumberland.
Among the bills introduced in the Sen
ate were the following:
By Mr.. Osborne, Essex-Employer's
liability bill; permitting Sunday liquor
| selling in Newark after l p. M, If APPROX
| ed at special election.
Inc SGudl6 COIlnl aVu pbO
! of Supreme Court Justice Francis j.
| Swayze, andCircuit Court Judge Fred
| erick Adams, whose names we're sent 10
| the Senate last week by Governor Fort.
The Bridpeton Assemblyman said that
| in the last year fourteen deer to his knowl-
| edge had been wounded in the woods IN
| Cumberland county and were not found
| until several days afterward. In his
| opinion the present law is cruel. Hunt
| ing deer without dogs" he declared, lis
not sport nor pleasure, but dangerous
work."
Senator Mathis, Ocean-To repeal the
| law enacted last year imposing a tax OF
81 OH each resident hunter.
Among the bills introduced in the
House were the following:
By Mr.. MeAllister, Cumberland-Au-
| thorizing Freeholders in any county to
| employ a clergyman to act as moral IN
| structor in the county Jail at a salary not
| exceeding $500. authorizing the State
| OYSTER Commission for the Delaware Bay
| and Maurice River Cove district to APP
point a supervisor of shells III creeks and
rivers for the catch of seed.
By Mr.. Nichols, Cumberland-Repeal-
| ing the act creating county tax boards;
extending the direct primary act to the
nomination of candidates for Congress
| permitting cunning on meadow lands
over which tide has flowed twenty years.
By Mr.. Moore, Passaic-Exemptang
physicians and professional nurses from
being compelled to testify in court.
By Mr.. Edge, Atlantic-Appropriating
S 200 for the erection of a tablet on the
Re revolutionary battle ground of Chestnut
Neck, in Atlantic County, requested by
Lafayette Chapter, D. A. R.; requiring
the use of muf1ers to suppress noise on
motor boats.
By Mr.. dwell, MISUNDERSTANDING
| Sunday baseball in municipalities who
vote in favor at special election; provid..
ing for payment OF railroad employees
wages every two weeks.
By Mr.. Sullivan, Hudson-Repeallng
| Hillery maximum tax act.
By Mr.. Matthews, Hunterdon-Abol-
ishing voting machiens.
Both House and Senate adjourned until
next Monday night in respect to the
death of former Governor Werts.