The Penn's Grove record., 1910-02-04
The LEGISLATURE AT WORK
More Sunday Run, Bills Introduce

| IAOIC 0uI1udy NUM- DAAhC 80
The law makers began the third week
| of the session by the introduction OF
about fifty more bills and the passage
of none last Sunday night and Tuesday
morning.
A petition, numerously signed by
members of the Mothers Congress,
asking for State reformatory forwomen
was presented.
Assemblyman Sullivan, of Hudson,
started the fight against the high cost
of living when he introduced a bill in
the House making it a misdemeanor to
sell meat, fowl, fish or eggs which have
leen in cold storage more than three
months.
In order to comply with the provisions
of the bill all food stuffs in such storage
must be sold within that time.
Another bill touching on cold storage
was introduced by Mr.. James, of Hud-
son, which would place all cold storage
! houses under the supervision of the
| State Board of Health. The State
Board is given the authority to inspect
| such places whenever in the judgment
| of the board such inspection is neces-
sary, and the board is also given power
to make rules and regulations for the
operation of such houses.
The James bill provides that all pro-
ducts placed in such houses shall be
branded with the date it is placed there
i'll. The secreting of goods in storage
is made an indictable offense. Six
months is the limit Of storage in the
James bill.
The owner of the goods in the storage
is held liable for such violations as we'll
as the owners and operators Of the stor-
age house.
Bills were introduced in the House
to change the date for assessmentfrom
May Goth to May 9Th; to authorize the
State Comptroller to distribute the school
money on July 18th, in which they are
collected.
Bills were introduced to extend the
primary election laws to delegates to
the National convention and State COM
mittees of parties.
SUNDAY RUM
Following the action of Majority
Leader, Walter E. Edge, of Atlantic
county, last week when he introduced
the amendment to the Atlantic City
charter, which permitted the residents
of that resort to vote on the question of
liquor served with meals after / F. NJ.
Sundays in Atlantic City, Senator Will
son, of Atlantic county, gave out a
statement of his position when he also
offered a Sunday rum bill for the coast
resort.
"This new Sunday liquor bill of Sen
ator Wilson's provides permission to the
court or excise board having jurisdiction
to grant a special license to sell liquors
ON Sundays ''if public necessity may
seem to REQUIRE" provided the men so
licensed shall "give or serve or sell
liquors Of every description to the guests
of his or their hotel Or cafe, with their
meals; provided, however, that nothing
in this act shall be construed to allow
Or permit the selling, giving or serving |
of such liquors in the barroom or other
similar room of such hotel or cafe, on
the first day of the week, commonly |
called Sunday"
The statement of Senator Wilson is
as follows: ''The introduction of my
excise bill means that Atlantic City and
other coast resorts are knocking at the
doors of the Legislature for remedial
something which will permit
our people to join the great army of law
abiding citizens of New Jersey. 1t is
the same bill I introduced two years
ago and also last year, and is the result
of a thorough investigation of the
excise proposition from a ''resort stand
Senator Wilson states that the bill is
one intended to be pushed by all the
sea coast liquor organizations and the
Arch, of Atlantic City. Declar-
that it in 10 wise conflicts with the
bill of House Leader Edge, the Senator
PURE RUM. i
Senator Gebhardt, of Hunterdon