The Penn's Grove record., 1910-04-15
INTERESTING NEWS From fRfafoH

INTERESTING NEWS fR0a TRENTON
What the Legislature and State
Officials Are Doing
During the session Of the 134th Legis-
lature the most important statute en-
acted was that creating a COMMISSION
for the regulation Of all public service
corporations operating In the otate.
| The State Railroad Commission Is su-
perceded 10y the Utilities Board.
SOME RESULTS OF SESSION.
Other newly made laws provide: For
a commission which will take prellm-
inary stepst toward establishing a State
| Reformatory for Women, although 1t
has no appropriation to begin work; q
heavy penalty upon those who engage
in white slave traffic; a committee 10
study The question of employer liability
and report at the next session; an IN
crease from IA to Is years, the age at
| which children may be employed at
| night in factories, the age to be 10
after July 4, 1911.
The Legislature paid little attention
| TO the recommendations in the annual
| message of Governor Fort, and his sug-
| pestions of a public utilities commission
| and the establishment OF a Women's
Reformatory were the only ones which
| received consideration.
A bill recommended by the State
| Medical Society, providing for the ex-
animation and licensing Of o~ste0paths
by the State Board of Medical Exam
iners. one of the ten members OF which
is to be an osteopath, passed by both
branches. and is in the Governor hands.
| Osteopaths are dissatisfied, and have
asked for a veto.
One of the important game bills Of
the session, introduced by MI. McAllis-
tel, of Cumberland, is also in the hands
F! of the Governor. 1t provides all open
! season for the hunting of wild buck deer
! with dogs from November 10 to No
i yemper 80 of each yeal. The old law
| allows deer hunting each Wednesday in
November, but prohibits the use OF
dogs.
South Jersey is especially interested
in a bill relating to oysters, introduced
by Senator Minch, of Cumberland, and
awaiting the Executives approval. 1t
was passed G meet the objection OF
Doctor Wiley, of the National Pure
| Food Department, to Maurice River
coves and other planted oysters. The
| Minch bill provides that no permit to
plant or otherwise propagate oysters or
| CLAIMS or any natural bed under the
waters Of the State shall be granted
without the consent Of the State Board
of Health.
INCREASE IN APPROPRIATIONS.
The annual and supplemental appro-
priations passed carry d total OF $780,
533. n, Oh an increase Of 81, 390, TAP. q.
The annual bill, moneys from which
| become available Move nber LIST for the
next year beginning then, appropriates
! S.. O96, 1872. u, as against $4,245,017.32
for the 1910 fiscal year, and the supple
mental bill, which is Immediately avail
able as soon as the Governor signs it,
carries $751; AL, as against 1881, 774.22
last year.
The annual bill has in it $573, $50 for
extraordinary expenses, such as new
buildings, repairs, etc., and increases
its administration of institutions, while
the supplemental bill contains $470,.
| 49, 81 more than last year for new bills
passed by the Leg islature, buildings, etc.
In the supplemental bill there is an
appropriation of $4,000 for the South
Jersey Inland Waterway and the an
nual bill $50, 1000 for the same purpose.
Governor Fort is opposed to County
Boards OF Equalization of Taxes and
did not make appointments until tie
last day OF the sess ON.
For Salem county D. Harris Smith,
of Salem, was r%e-appOinled for three
years, and John G. Ward, Republican,
of CentertOn, for two years; the other
member is Charles Mecum, Democrat,
whose term expires next year.
For Gloucester county VIM. Wolf, of
| Swedesboro, Republican, was appointed
for three years, and Wilson L. Jones
for two years is credited to the Demo-
Gratis.
The House refused to take from COM
mittee Mr.. Nichols bill to abolish the
county boards of taxation. Speaking
on his resolution, MI. Nichols declared
that these boards were no longer need.
ed, and in his county lie was certain
that only tile members of the board, who
draw the salaries, favor their retention.
Governor Fort made a strenuous
speech Saturday, the I'd, in New York,
criticising the action of the Legislature
in not passing bills 10 meet the reforms
he advocated. A committee OF Sena-
tors waited on the Governor to get
some expression from him in regard to
a corrupt lobby. He told them that he
was correctly reported and he desired to
make it as strong as lie possibly could
and moreover would have more speeches
to make along the sam3 lines during
the coming campaign.
The Senate finally refused to confirm
the Governors appointment of George
L. Record, the militant progressive
leader of HUI lson county, as a member
OF the State, and his name was with
drawn. The appointment had been
held up for many weeks.
Governor Fort vetoed a bill to increase
| the pay Of iremen in Atlantic City
without giving the city any say in the
matter. He said: "HOme rule and the
right to regulate social affairs is one Of
the essential principals of municipal
government, and no salaries OF local
officers should be fixed arbitrarily and
%irrevocably by an act of the legislature
Appropriations have been made of
$50, 100 Tor an addition to the State
house, and $50, 0OO for a park in front
of the State house, betwsen the canal
and river. Most OF it will be spent in
building "a bulkhead along the river.
The voting machines have been voted
out all over the State, ate. an expendi.
ture Of $500, 900. A bill has been passed
to have them returned to the Secretary
of State. An addition to the State
| house Will he needed for stn. aua of Ibis