Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-02-15
MANY BILLS
CONSIDERED
Measure to ibolish Voting
Machines Passed Assembly.

Trenton. Feb. 15:-The Taylor
bill, which provides for the abolition
OF voting machines, passed the AS
sembly by a vote of 40 to Ia, after q
long discussion.
Minority Leader McCran thought
that the voting machines should be
allowed to remain In those places
that by vote decided to keep them.
Several members c%oncurred in that
view.
Among the measures reported yes
terday was the Matthews bill fixing
| June Is for distribution of state
school tax, thus making the money
available at least a year earlier than
at present.
The Bracken bill making twenty
five miles the maximum speed for
ing all vehicles to carry lights.
The Streftwolf public utility bill
was taken from the Judiciary COM
mittee yesterday and referred to the
committee on railroads and canals.
Among bills introduced was one
by Assemblyman MCGOWAN which
provides that a salary not exceeding
~ 1000 shall be paid to members OF
boards OF education where they are
~appointive. Two other bills by Nc
Gowan relate to the assessments and
collection of local taxes.
Assemblyman Balentine offered q
measure which provides that a rec
ord shall be kept where pardons are
granted or fines remitted In criminal
courts, and that the board of free
holders may make provision for a
clerk to be named by the court.
The House yesterday afternoon
passed on third reading the first of
the measures promised in the Demo-
cratic platform of last fall.
1t was Ford's eight-hour-day bill,
which provides that nobody shall be
required to work more than eight
hours on any work for state, county,
city. town or other municipality.
The House also passed the Brown
bill, which will permit the Essex
.freeholders to acquire certain lands
adjoining the Court House. There
was some objection to this measure
because it allowed the bonds to be
sold at either public or private sale,
but 1t finally got by.
The McCran bills providing that a
GOdtlly eudlt lave O9V,QU0 pdIOIG II
shall be placed In the first class and
that there shall be no Increase In
the salaries of county officers be-
eauseaof the increased population
shown by the recent census passed
unanimously. They refer partfcu-
iarly to Passaic county. but the bill
affecting the county Judges salary
was not moved az 1t requires certain
amendments 10 RS not to Interfere
with other counties.
A bill CT Asssln6iylnan McLaugh-
lin, Of Union, to formally invest In
Elizabeth title to ON lands on
which the authorities desire to erect
a branch public library, was adopted
unanimously.
Women will obtain greater rights
in this state IL approval is given to
a measure offered by Assemb1yman
Streitwolf. It would also impose
more liability on her than the pres
ent law a~utharizes. At present hus-
bands of married under the
old common law which exists here.
are responsible In damages for tor
tious acts of wives. The bill would
relieve the men Of liability for acts
by their better halves, such as SLAM
der, libel, assault, negligence and the
like. The bill would, on the other
hand, permit a woman to convey
property without the consent of her
husband. and also to devise real es-
tate free of her husbands right of
courtesy for life.
It would also allow husband and
wife to make deeds directly to each
other Instead of having to do 1t
through the Intervention OF a third
person, as required now.