Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-06
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BOROUGH BILL
This and Other Important
Measures Up Tonight.
fspecial Correspondence

Trenton March 6:-Probably the
most important bill to be acted on ~
tbe House of Assembly tonight is AS
semblyman Taylor's measure to MAKE
= borough of Ocean Grove. 1t woulu
have been considered at the session OF
the House on Wednesday last put ios
the fact that a number of frlends Oh
the bill were not in their seats. MI
TAYLOR is confident that the bill will be
passed and there will be a large delega-
tion of interested persons on hand TO
help it along. In the opinion OF AS
semblyman< Taylor the lobby against
the bill is one of the most determined
at Trenton.
Automobile Bill.
In view of the passage by the House
of the Bracken Automobile measure II
is interesting to note that the new
commissioner of roads. Colonel Edwin
a. stevens. is out against the bill and
in very strong terms. He has request
ed the Senate for a hearing on the Bill
before it takes it up for fnal consid-
Grafton so he may have an opportunity
of expressing his opposition to 1t. Coi.
Stevens says he is ont opposed to recl-
~procity if the automobilists OF the
State will make up the fees that Will
be lost to the State II the Bracken OIL!
becomes q law. The maintenance OF
the present SYSTEM of roads is beeom,
ing a serious proposition, he says, ahd
New Jersey last year alone expended
in repairs $~1,524,000. Of this amount
the autoists contributed $325,0oo. II
the Bracken bill becomes a law, the
new commissioners points out, approx
imately the $3.50, 900 now derived from
outside motorists would be lost to the
State, and 1t Is only fair that the au-
~tomobifists of this State make up this
amount by increased license fees.
However, the Bracken bill has been
before the Senate in he form OF the
Edge bill and it was defeated de-
cisively. Although the views as ex-
pressed by Colonel Stevens will
strengthen the Senate on its stand
against the bill it is not thought that
the measure would have any serious
chance of being enacted into a law.
Eleven Bills Passed.
There are eleven bills which have
passed both houses, in addition to the
four already approved by Governor
Wilson, and these win be sent to the
Executive tonight. One of these is the
Walsh bill, Assembly 237, which appro-
nriates IA e7o for the expenses of the |
nonr,rot;on If Governor Wilson. The |
n.has measures are more or less local |
" tho var;ous sections Of the state.
rha sanota has nassea thirty-six bills
x,h;eh arc now m to the Assembly and
tha Honae has nassed seyentv-one meas
,ras which mnst he acted upon by the
Sana+o Scores IF hills have been re-
nortaS IN hoth bouses so that this week
Er;ll fn5 the lawmakers exceedingly
b,av
sssamb,v,a Charles E. Simpsons
h;1I bo. fonn5 . strong advocate in
pierre p Garven. of Hudson
eonnsv r. nrovides for the appoint
mant If 8 iprv commission in Hudson
and EaseT conuties to draw the petit
;,,rara prosecutor Garyen saws he con-
s;asrs tha Hill an excellent idea and
would taka me drawing Of iuries out
81 politics. He says 1t would have
the effect Of practically killing the
struck jury systsra, for under = Jnry
commission there wouid pc = 1855
Tor e struck JURY.
III. County Tax 5Da,as. 1900
Although Governor wilson
himself as favorlng the aboiItion OF
the county 2 OF the eqalIization
taxes there Is hardly any hkeahood
that the law Tor the aooiisnment OF
the boards wih oe passed az inc pres,
session OF the legislature. me e.h
to have absolutely no cnance IN
the House and to go through inc SEN
ate It would have 20 get the sohd DEM
vote together with Senator
Nichols and Senator Gaunt.
In view of the fact that these boards
will probably stay 1t is Interesting to
that Governor Wilson VIII awe
the naming OF twenty-four county tax
commissioners, that is TO say, twenty
one, or iii from each county for the
full term of three years, and three
for unexpired terms. These ap-
pointments this year win change the
comu1eYiou Of eight of tha |