Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-01-28
ESSEX DELEGATION
ACTIVE IN HOUSE
Sixteen Bills introduced by
AssembIymen from
County.
NEWARK AFFECTED BY
SEVERAL MEASURES
Morris Canal Abandonment Act
Submitted-PIan Commission
Changes Presented.
IFrom ] star corre.pondent.1

IFrom a Stan Correspondence
TRENTON, N. j., Jan. 2s.-Great
activity was shown by the Essex
members Of the House at last nights
session, when sixteen bills were intro
duced by them. Among the bills of
interest to this city is that for the
abandonment of the Morris canal. and
is duplicate of the bill introduced by
Senator Edge in 1912
Through a bill introduced by Mr..
Milligan, of Hudson children under Is
would not be permitted to enter a
moving picture or vaudeville show,
even though accompanied by an adult.
In all fifty-fve hills were submitted
before the Assembly and favorable
reports were returned on many Of
them.
Mr.. Nutting's bill, authorizing first
and second class cities to acquire
canal property for use as streets or
street railways whenever navigation
is abandoned on the canal, was
placed before the House.
This latter bill is the same as that
introduced by former Assemblyman
Fred G. Stickel, of Essex, last year.
Meadow reclamation is provided for
in the bill of Mr.. Bloom. This amends
the act relative to the construction
and establishment of public docks
and shipping facilities by authorizing
cities desiring to do SO to prepare
plans and maps of all desired inn
provements and to seek to obtain RI
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purposes and also to acquire marsh
land and to reclaim 1t.
Changes of a radical nature in the
Werts liquor act of-19O6 and provided
in the bill introduced by Mr.. Foley,
of Essex, whereby that part of the
act requiring clear view of the bar
" a saloon to be unobstructed by a
screen or other object is cut out and
providing that any hotel having 200
rooms may be granted liquor Ii
cense though it be less than 200 feet
away from a church, school or
armory.
BY the bill submitted by Mr.. Fisch,
of Essex, the city plan commission
act is SO amended that the. term of
three of the commissioners shall ex-
pire each year and $4,000 is fixed
as the total amount which can be
appropriated for such commission
In any one year.
The Issuance of injunctions between
employers and employees or between
others involved in a dispute concern
Aug terms of employment is forbid
zen by the bill introduced by MT.
Quinn, of Middlesex. unless necessary
to prevent irreparable injury to prop
ertys or property right, and in such
ease the property or right must be
described in writing and sworn to-
Mr.. Mclaughlin two bills confirm
ing elections OF small boards OF free-
holders and elections held to reduce
the number of members of freehold
ers on boards and several others.
sixteen bills were advanced to Sec
ond reading, and two others, Mr..
MarshalPs, q. jury commission act.
and Mr.. A. M. Agnew's, incorporat-
ing the borough of Worthwhile, Ser
gen County. were withdrawn.
Other bills favorably reported by
committees before adjournment was
taken until this morning were:
The Ocean Grove Borough bill with
a referendum amendment. Mr..
Rowes' amending the act relative to
assignment of mortgages and calcu-
lated to prevent such cases as have
arisen in the settlement of the estate
of the late Charles A. Feiek, of New
ark
Mr.. Rowe's bill giving municipali-
ties the right to regulate dance halls
Mr.. Pascoe's authorizing cities to
appropriate money for Columbus Day
observances.
Mr.. Kerwin's providing imprison-
rnent for automobile drivers convicted
of operating while intoxicated.
other bills submitted before the
House were:
No. III (Mr. Matthew'S = Au-
thorizes boards of chosen freeholders
to issue licenses for the opening, car
rying on and conducting OF BALI
rooms, bowling alleys, billiard and
pool rooms. Fee to be $40 per year,
with a transfer fee of So, all of which
shall go in the county treasury. A
license inspector shall be appointed,
and his salary fixed by the board,
who shall see that the provisions of
the law are, carried out.
No. 112 (Mr. Richards)-Places. all
employees of the State, or any
county, municipality. board or COM
mission, or other governing body, in
GLIDING boards of education, under
section of the employers liability
act, provided that no person receiv-
ing more than $1,000 per year salary,
or holding an elective office, shall be
entitled to such compensation,
No. 100 (Mr. Salus) = Requires
garage keepers to set down the
names and addresses of the owners
of every automobile stored or taken
therein, the manufacturers and
State license number thereof, the
time that every such automobile
enters and leaves said garage, the
name and personal description of the
person who brings in the automo-
bile and who takes it out of such