Gloucester County Democrat., 1912-04-18

made the duty of this Commission to
establish state highway system
Another of the bills provides for the
state system of highways to consist
OF main-traveled roads; a reasonably
direct road between the county seats
of the state; improved highways be-
ing chiefly lines of travel between
seaside resorts and large centres of
! population and important outlets at
| the boundaries of the state. The
system is also to include the Ocean
! highway and the Delaware River
drive. The roads in the state sys-
tenn are to be taken over by the
state and to be maintained at the
state expense, thus relieving the
counties of this burden The state
system of roads is not to exceed 1900
miles.
| Organization has been effected by
| the State Commission created by the
Silzer bill to provide an exhibit of
New Jersey agricultural products at
| the Second Land and Irrigation Con-
gress to be held in the list Regiment
Armory, New York City, next No
vember. Former Senator Joseph S.
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Board of Agriculture, was made Pres
ident, and Charles Barton, Head of
the State Horticulture Society, was
chosen Secretary. The state has APP
Epropriated $4,000 for the exhibit
The State Board of Agriculture has
appointed a committee of one from
each county to take charge of the
work of interesting the farmers in
producing fine crops for the exhibit.
The State Board, the State Grange
and the State Horticultural Society
are all represened in the Commits
sion and all are arranging to CO.
operate in the movement.
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On the ground that the act of 1874
calling for Constitutional Conven-
tion and which excluded women from
voting for delegates thereto, was
neither in contravention of the letter
nor of the spirit of the constitution of
1776, the Supreme Court, in an opin-
ion byJustice Kalisch, has decided
against Miss Harriet f. Carpenter,
of Morris County, in her test suit
brought to give the women of New
Jersey the right to vote. The effect
of the decision is to refuse a writ
of mandamus directing the Election
Board of the Southern District, of
Passaic Township, Morris County, to
register Miss Carpenter that she may
vote. Miss Carpenter applied to the
Election Board last fall to register and
her application was refused on the
ground that women could not legally
vote in New Jersey. She brought
the suit for the writ of mandamus to
compel the Board to register her.
Stronger power for the protection
of pure food in this state is conferred
upon the State Board of Health in
the Smalley bill, Senate 245, which
was enacted by this Legislature. The
feature of the measure is that it per-
mits the seizure of any food deemed
unfit for human consumption and
proceeding in court directly against
the article seized in the same manner
in which the United States Govern
ment has proceeded in similar cases.
Money for several investigation
commissions created by this Legisla-
ture was provided in supplemental
appropriation bill which was passed
by both Houses last week. The APP
preparations are as follows:
Commission to further investigate
the abandonment of the Morris Canal
$4,000; Commission to Investigate the
question of jury reform, $4,000; Com
mission to Investigate the taxing sys-
tenn of the state, $4,000.
The bill also CARRIES an appropria-
tion of $4,000 to retain the services
of Charles Hansel, the railroad re-
valuation expert at $1,000 a month
until the present appeals of the rail-
roads from their increased assess
ments are argued 1t carries a fur
the increases in the salaries of the
County School Superintendent from
July 1 to October 81, next.
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The Leavitt bill, Senate PA, pro-
yiding that the Presidential electors
shall be chosen at the Geran law
state convention in September, was
passed by the Assembly last week
after very Objectionable provision
that the electors should not be COM
PEELED to file a statement of cam
paign expenses aus provided by the
corrupt practices act had been amend
ed out of it. 1t was claimed that un-
der the provision eliminated the en-
tire fund for the state campaign
might have passed through the hands
of the electors and with no state
ment filed by them, the entire cor
rupt practice act would have been
loverthrown as far as the Presidential
campaign was concerned The amend
ed measure will now go back to the
Senate for concurrence in the amend
ment.
William L. Saunders, of Union
County, was appointed to the State
Board of Education last week by Gov
ernor Wilson to succeed Professor
Henry j. Ford, of Princeton, who
yesterday became Banking and In
Esurance Commissioner. For nine
months Professor Ford has served as
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