Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1910-02-12
REPAvING
BILL LAID OVER
At CONFERENCE
City Heads and Common Council
Committee Pass On Many
Important Measures.

On recommendation of City Auditor
George Forman, Assembly bin 181.
which fixes the share the city must pay
in the repaVing of streets, was laid
over to a future meeting. when it came
up at the conference OF the legislative
committee of the Common Council and
the heads of the city departments, held
last night. Mr. Forman said that the
matter should be left to the tax as
SCISSORS, as otherwise it would mean
enormous additional expense to the
city, which would have to be met by
bond issue.
The bill as it stands, fixes the share
Of the city in case of repaving at 80
per cent. of the cost il the street is less
than sixty feet in width, 50 per cent.
if the street is less than seventy feet
wide, 40 per cent. If the street is be-
tween seventy and eighty feet wide
and 80 per cent IL it is more than
eighty feet wide.
In spite of the fact that it was the
Board OF Works which had the bill
transferring the control of the public
baths from itself to the Playground
Commission drawn up. Arthur r. Den
man, president of the board, reported
to the conference that the members of
the board were opposed TO the measure,
The matter was laid over because
Mayor Haussling, who is deeply inter-
ested in the question, was not present
city Clerk James f. Connelly's bill
giving Newark the power to send back
to the secretary of state its unused
voting machines was approved by the
conference The city has had to pay
$3.50 storage annually on the machines
ever since they were abandoned by the
voters.
Assembly bill 124. approprating s10.-
! 600 to the State Board of Health for
work in the prevention of tuberculosis.
was disapproved as was Senate bill 80,
| providing that where land has been
dedicated for public purposes and not
used for twenty-five years, and has re-
maned under the control of a religious
organization for that time. such land
shall be discharged from public use.
Assembly bill 143, supplementing the
Passaic valley sewerage act to include
Jersey City and Bayonne in the dis
trct, was referred to the Board of
Works to await the result Of con-
| ference between the board and the
Sewerage Commission. Assembly bill
122. relative to the tenure of Office of
employees of the Board Of Works, was
also referred to the bo2rd
The approval of the conference was
also given Senate bill 100. conferrins
all the duties and the salary of the
mayor on the president of the Com
mon Council. in event of the mayor
death. until the next election. Assem-
bly, bill III, making matrons in police
stations a part of the department and
fixing their salary at 5000 a year. wa
referred to the Police Commission.
Tho conference also approved Assem-
bill bill III. supplement to the col
lateral inheritance tax act, eXemptine
the bequests of the late Amos II. Var
I 1rn for monuments to the city from
taxation. Assembly bill 149, regarding
Irthe repairing of the Plank road, vii
be amended before action is taken
Assembly bill 1863, which gives TIL;
comptroller in first-elass cities the
right to appoint deputy at $500 /;
year and clerks at $500 will be Sc
amended that 1t applies only to elite.
| having a board of finance.