Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-03-06

to include the men employed in that
branch and place them under the juris-
diction of the labor department.
Fisk Bill Opposed.
So great was the OK position to As
semblyman Fisk's bill to remove assis-
tant county prosecutors of the pleas
from the protection of civil service he
had it laid over. Assemblyman Hates
of Camden asserted the measure was
intended to allow some residents of
Hudson county to get rid of a prose
cutor they do not like.
Attorney General Wescott has re-
piled to the critics who questioned his
inactivity with regard to the enforce
ment of the seven sisters antitrust
laws. He asserts that be has no funds
available to take up any special prose-
cution. The first open effect of the
new statutes has just been shown in
the action of the board of public utility
commissioners in refusing to approve
the merger of the American Malt com
pany and the American Mailing com
pany. The commissioners refuse to
sanction the consolidation under an in
depreciation of the laws that no stock
Is to be issued in any corporation ex-
cept for value received and to an
amount equal to the actual assets OF
such corporation.
Antiseptic tablets containing poisons,
especially bichloride of mercury, will
have TO be made in the shape of a
coffin with a skull and c%rossbones de-
sign on them If a bill presented by
Assemblyman Scovel is adopted. The
druggists themselves have taken up
the problem. the assemblyman assert
ed, because of the number of accidents
that have followed the installing of
the different tablets for nonpoisonous
medicines. The casket design appealed
to him as the most impressive. He
said it is the plan to have similar bills
adopted in different states and by con.
gress.
Exempt the Clergy.
Senator Egan's measure for the ap-
pointment of a counselor at law from
the attorney generals Office, the state
road commissioner and a senator and
assemblyman to revise the road i'm
provement acts has been voted down.
The house has passed the measure to
exempt ministers and priests from all
jury duty on request. Another meas
ure to receive approval in that branch
is the one for a tax of 81 on all female
cats.
Ten verses of the Bible. without any
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be read at the opening of each school
day of the public schools under a bill
introduced in the house. One measure
that caused some discussion in the
lower branch, but was finally passed.
was that by Assemblyman Burton to
appropriate S1S,500 to complete the
survery for the ship canal to connect
New York bay with the Delaware bay.
Sociologists have given their indorse4
ment to the bill of Assemblyman Nut
ting providing that convicts employed
on state roads and about county insti-
tutions shall receive 80 cents a day for
the support of their families. The meas
ure has been passed by the assembly.
1t was defeated last year by the SEN
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year, If the appropriations committee
will give its consent.
Report Awaited.
Because of the unusual interest that
Is being taken in the government of
cities by commissions on the Des
Moines plan, the report of the state
commission to investigate the work
ings of the law in New Jersey was
generally awaited. Governor Fielder
named the board to take up the Walsh
law to submit changes and amend
ments that might be necessary to
make the act satisfactory in cities of
all classes. Restrictions on the use
of the initiative, referendum and re-
call are important features of the
recommendations of the commission.
They would also have specified more
clearly how signatures to petitions for
adoption are to be obtained; require
the signing of petitions for the initia-
tive, referendum and recall by 25 per
cent instead of 10 per cent of the
voters, and would give the commits
sioners unrestricted power over ap-
preparations. Under the proposed
changes the terms of the officers APP
pointed by the board of commission
ers would he made secure while the
appointing commission remained in
power.
Mental Detectives.
Another report submitted by the gov
ernor to the legislature was that Of the
New Jersey commission for the care
Of mental detectives. This commits
sion was authorized by the legislature
of 1913 to investigate the provisions
made for the treatment of mental de-
fectives. 1t blames social customs and
habits in connection with the so called
moderate drinking to a great degree