Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1912-02-01
OYSTER BILL
WAS DEFEATED
Proved Objectionable in It's
Form.
WILL Be CHANGED.
Quite Furry Caused in Legislature
by Attempt to Amend the
School Law

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OILS bill, appropriating $1,000 for the !
inspection of the States oyster and |
clam beds by the State board of health
started the liveliest debate in the SEN
ate this year, to date, when that body
go together for a short session this
morning and finished up It's business
for the week
Senator Fielder started the opposi-
tion to the measure, saying the bill
differed from the one passed last year
only in respect to the specification that
a motorboat must be furnished for
| the health inspectors. Senator Gaunt
| expressed disfavor with that section
of the measure making it mandatory
on the appropriation committee to set
aside $500 for such inspections.
When the vote was taken and the
bill lost, 8 to s, Senator Nichols
changed his vote to the negative side
so that he can bring the measure up
again later in the session
| Another fight of the day in the SEN
ate was that put up by Senator Geb-
hardt against the measure which al
lows attorneys for plaintiffs to desig-
nate in which newspapers shall ap-
pear advertisements of sheriff's sales.
the Hunterdon county member con-
tending that it is best to allow the
| sheriffs of the state to make his selec-
tion, as they have in the past. He
said that this is taking too much pow
er away from che sheriff, which the
supporters of the bill said was one of
the reasons for the measure. to stop
sheriffs using newspapers to force
them in line for his support or the
support of his friends The bill passed
by vote of II to 6.
Other bills passed by the senate
were: Validating elections in any bor-
ough for the issuance of bonds already
issued; enabling minors holding build
ing loan stock to withdraw, assign or
pledge such shares as any adult men,
Der can now do; enabling freeholders
of Essex and Hudson counties to ls-
sue bonds to erect temporary road
ways along the plank road on the
Hackensack meadows, while said road
is being reconstructed.
When the house met for a brief ses-
sion in the afternoon, before adjourn
ing for the week to Monday night, it
adopted the concurrent resolution for
congress to establish a navy yard on
the North river on the Jersey shore,
and the other concurrent resolution
for display by the State at the open
ing of the Panama canal
Then the house passed the McAllis-
ter bill making it unlawful to shoot
in the nest of any squirrel, the Hudson
county temporary bond bill and lost
the Lowry bill amending the practice
act by requiring notice to be sent to
debtors in the district court before
judgment could be entered against
them by the clerk.
Assemblyman Anderson, of Somer-
set, tried to hustle through the House
Senator Smalley's bill correcting an
unconstitutional feature of school
law which goes into effect in Febru-
ary. 1t concerns the appointment of
local boards of education, and the
Somerset Assemblyman read a letter
from State School Superintendent
Kendall urging it's immediate passage,
but the Assemblyman refused 70 aid
Mr.. Anderson, defeating his motion to
suspend the rules by vote. of 90 to 5.
Among the bills introduced in the
House today was one by Assemblyman
George Babcock. of Union, which re-
qures that boards of registry &when
in session shall have the American
flag displayed at the polling places.
Both houses will meet again on
Monday night.