Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-04
URGE MORE TIME
TO PUT IN BILLS
Legislators Ask for Extension
Because of Delay Caused
by Storm.
ONLY FEW HOURS REMAIN
TO INTRODUCE MEASURES
Assembly Gets Together for
Session, but Drifts Hold
+ Up Senate.
tspecieI to the Newark stnr.I

day and tomorrow remaining of the
days of grace In which bills may be
introduced in both houses of the Leg
islature, some of the members of the
lower House are agitating for an eX-
tension of the time limit beyond to-
morrow Some of the Hudson assem-
blyrnen have raised the point on the
ground that the storm has cut TWEEN
ty-four hours out of the last week.
Majority Leader Brauegan and
Speaker Beekman seem to think that
no extension is necessary
A session of the House tomorrow is
ssid to be a certainty. The posi-
bilities of n night session Thursday
night have been discussed but the
idea is not popular. No spectacular
twelfth hour introduction of bills is
anticipated.
Forty-two House bills We're intro
duced at last nights session. Some
Of these were important. -Four of
them aim to affect the district courts
of the State. One introduced by Ma
jerity Leader Branegan aut' a'zes the
Governor to appoint four jb uges at
large of those courts to substitute for
the regular judges on request of those
Judges.
Assemblyman Moore, of Mercer, put
In a bill providing that contracts may
be awarded to other than the lowest
bidder on n four-fifths vote of the
governing body of any municipality.
AS applied to Trenton, where they
have commission government, this
would require the vote of one more
commissioner than the majority of
three.
Bill for Garage Owners.
Assennblyman Randall, of Passaic,
introduced q bill giving to auto re-
pair men and garage proprietors the
right to file lien on autos with bills
due for storage and repairs. Assem-
blyman Kuhlke, of Hudson, proposes
in a bill he introduced to give the
Juvenile Court all the jurisdiction
that the Courts of General and Quar-
ter Sessions now have, except the
hearing of homicide cases. Assem-
blyman Barradal proposes to give the
same court in first-class counties
powers equal to the Common Pleas
Court in widows pension cases.
Assemblyman Hubert j. Rowe. of
Essex, introduced a concurrent reso--
luton calling for a constitutional
amendment to allow the State or
county to take In more land than is
actually needed to lay out parks
highways and streets so as to allow
for form suitable building sites abut-
ting on the park or public place
Assemblyman Clinton &C. Fisk Of |
fered a joint resolution authorizing |
the appointment of a State industrial |
commission of five persons, with $1,000 |
expenses for 1t.
Peacock Made Quorum.
Assent lyman Robert Peacocks ar |
rival at $50 last night made quo |
rum for the House.
Senators and Assemblymen strug-
gled into storm bound Trenton slowly
and after some hardships. The SER
vice on the Pennsylvania was not up |
to promise and the progress from |
Newark and Jersey City westward |
was only half as speedy as usual. The |
first big delay came outside Trenton, |
when early in the afternoon a train |
became stalled. A row of others lined |
up behind the first until there were |
more than a dozen blockaded at $50 |
D.. m. The line grew in length until |
there were a score of stalled trains, |
hours behind time. extending a mile |
out of Trenton at 1880 p. m.
Legislators climbed out of the trains |
and made their way through snow |
drifts TO remote parts of Trenton, |
from which they proceeded by trolley |
TO the vicinity of the State House. |
When Speaker Beekman called the |
House to order, promptly at s o'clock, |
there was no quorum. Thirty an |
Bwered the roll call as follows:
Assemblymen Agnew, Barbour, |
Barradale. Beekman, Brackner, Bran
egan Bredenbek, Byrne, Carhart, |
De Voc, Downs, Fisher. Fisk, Cod |
frey, Hammond. Holcombe, Hunter, |
johnson. Kuhlke, Long, Moore, Multi |
gan. Pancoast, Quigley, Randall, |
Rowe, Sheppard. Smith, Stevens,
Weart, Wheatley and Winans.
Assemblymen Nuttiug and Smith. |
Df Essex, arrived soon after Mr.. Pea
cocks advent completed a quorum.
All the Assemblymen had storm ex-
periences to recount. The last to en-
ter the Assembly chamber was John
Hunter, of Passaic. and Assembly
man William j. Barbour announced
the fact loudly to the speaker.
The Senate had no quorum and
flidn't meet. Governor Fielder sent
TO the Assembly the report of the
committee which Investigated the care
Of mental difficulties in the state. 1t
was accompanied by a message which
read as follows:
''The Legislature. joint resolution
No. 5, approved April 5, 1913, provided
for the appointment of a commission
TO investigate the subject of public
provision for the care, custody and
treatment of mental detectives in this
State. The commission appointed pur-
suant to this resolution has diligently
hnd conscientiously performed it's
duties, as will appear by a perusal of
It's report presented TO me- which re-
port | herewith transmit to you as
directed by said joint resolution. The
conclusions of the commission will be