The Penn's Grove record., 1911-03-03

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| education.
Never a legislature meets but that
| some one wants a change in the fish
and game laws. Bills have been intro
| duced to provide that suckers and CALI
| shall not be caught in the Delaware
| river and it's tributaries with seines of
less than p inch meshes, between April
| Is h and September LIST, as applied to
suckers, and between May 1st and
September LIST as applied to carp. Pen
atty, $40 for each %otfense. Also to
provide. that hit perch shall be caught
in the Delaware river and its tributaries
only with hook and line. Penalty, 500
for each fish caught i'll any other
manner
The Assembly was enlivened on Mon
day night 10y a spirited debate on MI.
Brackens reciprocity automobile bill.
The result of the vote IA something
of a surprise, the bill being lost 10y a
vote of 2S to 16.
The assembly committee on railroads
and canals gave an adjourned hearing
on Assemblyman Eagan's public util-
tiles bill. Frank Gerban, chief counsel
for the Public Service Corporation, was
the chief speaker at this hearing. He
declared that if the bill becomes a law
not a plant for public utility purposes
will be built in New Jersey so long as
the bill remains on the statute books.
He declared that it practically proposes
State ownership of public utilities.
Among the bills introduced in the
house was M by MI. White providing
for the sterilization of feeble-minded
Including idiots, imbeciles and morans),
e%pileptics, rapists, certain criminals
and other detectives by a commission
consisting of a surgeon, nuelologist and
| the commissioner uf charities and cor
rection.
Indiana las such a law. After
studying c%riminology for years in that
state it was learned that that state had
been GAZING for three hundred descend
ants from n weak-minded criminal
woman, and they had cost the state
hundreds of thousands of dollars in
court expenses and for care in institu-
tions. If like begets like in man as
animals the solution of the criminal
problem is largely in prohibiting their
propagation.
On Tuesday the Bracken automobile
reciprocity bill was again brought up,
and after some jockeying it passed by
a vote of 81 to Is. The %absentees on
Monday voted for tie bill. The
Senate has already voted against such
a bill.
The Simpson corrupt practices act
came up for consideration in the House
of Assembly Tuesday afternoon, and
called forth a lengthy speech by Min
ority Leader McCran, who stated that
he would voc for the bill because he
was in favor OF the principle involved,
but who attacked a number of its pro-
visions. Mr.. McCran declared that
the schedule Of amounts Which candi-
dates may spend in their campaigns is
not correctly adjusted. Other details
of tie bill he characterized as 'sludic-
rous" and funny"
He asked that the bill be SEM back
to the Committee on Elections for
amendment, and Mr.. Simpson agree
ing, that disposition was finally made
of it.
This is the first of the measures
known as administration bills" to
come up in the House of Assembly.
The amendments proposed are MT of
a vital nature, and when they have
been agreed upon he measure will no
doubt go through with little opposition.
On Wednesday the House passed
McCran's bill making il a misdemeanor
for any II WHO maliciOusly placed in
any publication any obscene or lascivious
words. The object of the bill he ex.
planned, Vas to reach rascalS who may
surreptitiously use the columns of a
newspaper or other printed page TO
insert improper words without the
knowledge of the publisher or editor.
He cited cases in point where such
tricks were turned in composing rooms
after forms have been made up and the
newspaper has been placed in a most
unenviatle plight.
The House passed without a dissent
ing vote Assemblyman Whites bill pro-
viding an appropriation Of $25, 600 for
an armory for The Mount Holly com
pany Of the Third Regiment, National
Guards. The Burlington County Board
of Freeholders has selected the site for
the proposed building,