The Penn's Grove record., 1910-01-28
The Legislature

The Legislators stal ted their third
weeks work OH Monday mig t when
twenty-six more bills were put into the
law mill hopper i'll The Senate and forty
four in tile House. A few minutes
session was held ON Tuesday morning
when five mole bills were introduced.
The bill to attract most attention was
the one by Leader Edge to amend the
Cllarter of Atlantic City by a vote OF
the residents to allow liquors to be sold
after one O'Clock on Sunday with meals.
Atlantic City wants 10 have IA law to
remove the stigma of an open violation
of The Sunday law against selling liquors.
MI. Edge gave out d lengthy letter for
publication in the newspapers SO the peo-
ple's minds can be soothed OH the SUBJ
ject, On The plea that New York and
London have such a law and that At
lanlic City needs her onlinental Sunday
legalized because ii is zone elsewhere.
Assemblymau Heritage, of Glouces-
ter, introduced an amendment to the
Bis hops law 10 prevent treating in sa
looms. 1t provides that if any license
holder shall, within his tavern, saloon
or other pre- misses, allow any person or
persons to treat any other person or
pers DIS or pay for any Intoxicating liq-
o drunk OF to be drunk by any person
or PERSONS, his license shall thereby, Oh
conviction, become forfeited and void.
Among the bills introduced was one
Try MI. Prince, providing for the estab-
Ii shment of schCo OILS for industrial educa-
ton. A bill modelled in the report OF
the commission of which Senator Prince
way a member. The commission was
named two years ago. Vests the control
IF the industrial education OF tie Slate
in a commission of five members, to be
named by the Governor for terms Of five
years each, and to serve without COM
pensation.
Mr., MinLh init oduced the removal
bill of last year, which will allow the
Governor to remove from office any
official appointed by the Governor who
does not have the law enforced. This
is what he wants to get at the law
breakers.
MI. Gebhardt wants al act to limit
and prevent the formation OF trusts and
monOpolies, and makes it the duty OF
tie Court of Chancery to dissolve them;
also making 1t $25 fine or thirty days III
Jail for a minor TO obtain liquors by
representing himself to be twenty che
years old; also extending direct nomin-
atiOns to all nominations except preSl-
dental electors and U. S. Senators.
Two resolutions referring to the in
creased cost of living were introduced
in the House.
POST 0 EX GOV. WERTS S WIDOW
A bill was introduced in the Senate
by MI. Fielder, OF Hudson, to provide
a place for the widow Of eX Governor
Werts. 1t creates the position OF as
sistant to the Commissioner of Charities
and Corrections to visit and inspect the
charitable and correctional instii utions
at an annual salary Of $1,000.
Governor Werts died a poor man,
leaving no provision for bis family. His
two daughters are employed as stenog-
raphers. One in Senator Fielder's law
offices. Governor Fort, it is under
stood, will appoint Mrs. Werts to the
place named in the Fielder bill.
Among the nominations sent to the
Senate Monday night by Governor Fort
were the following:
Member of Civil Service Commission,
Charles H. Bateman, Somerset.
Member of State Water Supply Com
mission-HarIy h. Humphreys, Cam
den.
Members of Commission to revise and
consolidate the public statutes OF the
State-Frank Bergen, Union, and Geo.
L. Record, Hudson.
Member OF Riparian Commission-J.
Ward Richardson, Cumberland.
Member of Forest Park Reservation
Commission-Elmer IL. Smith, Salem.
Prosecutor for Salem County,. For
man, S%innickson.
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