The Penn's Grove record., 1911-04-14
The GERAN BILL HAS PASSED.
Legislators Hope To Finish Law
Making Next Week.

The Geran bill which is designed to
make big changes in the way of cleo.
tions was considered by the Senate com
mittee last Monday night. One of the
novel sights was to see George l..
Record, the leading brains Of the pro-
gressive Republicans i'll the state, sit.
ting with the committee and assisting
with the changes made. There were
200 minor changes, the most important
being to allow one election officer of
each party assist an illiterate vOter. 1t
passed the Senate en- Thursday by a
unanimous vote.
The Governor sent in six vetoes. One
of them killed a useless oyster commits
sion and another prohibits a munich
pality from appropriating $4,000 to ELL
tertain an anti-smoke commission.
The contest over the judgeship in
Cape May County was ended by the
appointment of Curtis p. Baker, of
Wildwood. The appointment gives
general satisfaction.
The Governor has approved the report
made by the committee which has been
investigating the schools and reom-
mends that the bills introduced to cor
rect the faults should be passed. While
there are some objections to them they
will most likely pass.
The Senate Monday night passed bills
requiring school boards to take a cehsu
of children every two years, also to
provide for tile filling of vacancies in
boards of education.
OF Importance to the ladies was the
passing by the Senate of House bill No.
1872, which forbids them to wear on
their hats or on their person the plum
age, feathers, head, wings or tails Of
any bird other than birds of paradise,
ostriches. domestic fowls Or pigeons.
Song birds are barred from hats.
Assemblyman Donnelly, of Hudson,
tried to get final action on his ''hOme
rule" bill 10 permit municipalities to
say, among other things, at what hours
and ON what days liquor may be sold,
but the members refused TO take his
''open Sunday proposition seriously.
II is not likely to pass.
There was a fight in the Senate over
a bill to allow liquor dealers to deliver
outside the counties where they hold
licenses. Liquor can be shipped from
another state into dry territory, but a
liquor dealer in the State cannot do so.
The bill was defeated 9 to s. On
Thursday it was r~econsidered and pass.
ed II to 4.
The Leavitt bill prohibiting the at
tendance of children under 16 years of
age in theatres unattended was passed
by the Senate with the House amend
ment. AS it left the Senate the age
limit was IA years, but the House made
it 16 years.
The House killed the Mather bill,
designed to take the game wardens and
State game protector and his assistant
ont of the civil service class.
The Senate killed the bill to abolish
the gunners' 81 license fee.
The bill to regulate the cold storage
business has passed. 1t allows food
products to be kept not longer than
n year.
Governor Wilson has signed the bill
by Assembly man Lafferty which pro-
hibits net fishing in the Delaware River
below Trenton Falls, between 2 p. m.
Saturday and midnight Sunday night.
The bill to allow a commission form
of government when 40 per cent. of
voters in a municipality votes for the
change passed the House 80 to .. The
Governor sent a message urging the
passage of the bill. He said:
ssThe reforms suggested for the
adoption of the cities do not consist
merely ia putting their government
into the hands of a small commission
Back Of this change and in addition to
it are the initiative, referendum and
the recall, measures which enable the
people to correct the mistakes of their
governors, to adopt measures upon
their own initiative, when necessary,
and to recall from Office unsatisfactory
officials. These have proved not only
efficient, but absolute necessary parts
Of what is bow known as thec commits
sion form of government in the various
cities of the country"