Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-03
REGULATION
MEASURE STRIKES
AT MONEY LENDERS
Bill Passed by Senate Requires
Advances on Salaries to
Be Recorded.
IErom a STAR CORRESPONDENT.

March o.-lue oeildlt
yesterday passed a measure providing
for the licensing of concerns making
salary and chattel mortgage loans. The
bill provides. that all such companies
shall operate under a license granted
by the Common Council, or other gov
rning body, and shall pay a license
fee of not less than $500 a year. The
State Commission of Banking and In
urance is to fix a reasonable rate OF
interest.
\ The bill gives chiefs of police the
right to examine the records of such
concerns at any time. 1t provides that
no assignment of or order for wages
to be earned in the future shall be
valid against the employer of the per-
son making the assignment until its
acceptance has been filed with the city
clerk. The governing bodies of mu-
inequalities are authorized to prescribe
penalties for failure to comply with
the regulations.
The bills introduced yesterday follow:
BY Mr.. Lewis-Amends section 40 of
the general railroad act, revision of
1908, requiring the issuing of passes
to certain State officials by including
lnt lIloiliOttS VI lIt oodiu VI oia
Game Commissioners, with secretary
and protector.
BY Mi. Wakelee-Annexes a portion
of the township of Orville to the bor-
ough Of Saddle River, of the same
county.
BY MI. Wakelee-Amends an act
concerning district courts, revision Of
1898. by changing the salary of clerks
of district courts in cities having a
population between $4,000 and $4,000 to
81, 200, and cities having between $4,000
and $4,000 to 5000.
BY Mr.. Wakelee-Amends section 215
of the District Court revision act of
1898 by authorizing clerks to pay from
fees secured all expenses attached to
the trials of a cause instead of the fees
payable only to constables and jurors
as heretofore.
By Mr.. Frelinghuysen-An act in re-
lation to agreements between counsel
Tors and attorneys-at-law n clients
in action of a tort. Makes it valid for
any agreement, oral or written, entered
into by any attorney or counselor-at-
and his clients where the former
shall be entitled TO receive from the
"a NOO VI ohH hAicoNiCbf 'f
money In excess of the judgment thai
may be rendered. Requires all agree
ments of this character, in order to be
enforced, to be in writing and a copy
Of the same filed in the office in the
from which the proceeds are
taken. Makes it lawful for a Justice of
the Supreme Cour on cause shown to
make an allowance in excess of 20 per
cent. provides that any attorney or
counselor-at-law violating the act di-
rectly or indirectly shall be guilty of a
BY Mr.. Embellishments the act re-
the Department of Accounts
by permitting the auditor of accounts
to appoint. with the consent of the
Governor, n number of assistants,
not exceeding six. Fixes the salary at
"a, 900. and that of his assistants at
81, 200 a year.
The blue pencil is being used
freely in the tentative decisions of
the joint Legislative committee on APP
preparations. and veterans of the Civil
War. including department officers of
the Grand Army of the Republic.
were incensed to learn Yesterday
that the economies included cutting an
item u of the annual appropriation
bill for an elevator in the home for dis
abled soldiers. sailors. marines and
their wives in yineland. The elevator
there is worn out and some of the aged
inmates are so feeble that they cannot
climb the stairs and are forced to sleep
in the corridors.
Another item to receive the official
LI,,n -a,,n;I ttat. fA. n coa1o cnp
weighing coal purchased for the Vine
land home. The 81 100 worth of pork
sold last year by the home, was
weighed on the scales of the purchasers
Efforts are being made to get from
$1,000 to $1,000 from the State for past
ing silk OH the back of the priceless
regimental rosters of Civil War troops
These records are now in the keeping
of the Department of State Adjutanf
General Wilbur F. Sadler, 1t has long
been the desire of the department to
have a vault in the cellar of the State
House. not now in use, set aside for the
storage of the records. The appropri
alton being sought would enable the
department to back the records with
silk. to repair the wear and tear Of
age and constant reference to them
and to enclose. them in tin cases for
storage.
Department Commander James r
Connolly and other officers of the G. A
r. spent yesterday here urging the i'm
mediate appropriation of $4,000 for en-
larging the Soldiers Home at Vine
land. There are thirty couples now
awaiting admission to that crowded in
stitution.