The Penn's Grove record., 1914-04-17
GOVERNOR SIGNS BILLS
Road Improvement Act-Fourth Glass
Cities Provided Method for Raising
Funds and Assessing Benefits.

Governor James F. Fielder signed
the following bills:
House No. 81, Nutting-Authorizing
park bonds not exceeding 500, 900.
House No. IS, Moore-Prohibits fees
fer granting letters of administration
in estates not exceeding $50.
House No. 228, Nutting-Repeals
county park act, provided March IL,
1912.
House No. 22s. Nutting-Author-
ICES counties to issue $550,OOO addi-
tional park bonds.
House No. 247, Nutting-Repeals
county park act of April 20, 1911;
the repeater shall not invalidate bonds
issued under the original act.
House No. POS, Curran-Regulates
pay of officers and employees of paid
and partly paid fire departments in
towns.
House No. 232, Dobbins-Amends
the act of March 80, 1911, providing
for the pe~nsioning of police officers
and policemen.
AAO0OC nv. GOE, Odl1 0QdlC|I IONlQCS
that in making house connections for
water supplies no work shall be done
by any municipality upon a county
highway unless the consent Of county
board or commission is first secured.
House No. 372, Agnew-Creates
State federation Of district boards Of
education, each district board to have
a delegate.
House No. 3S5, Bloom-Provides
that the fees collected in cruelty to
animal prosecution shall be paid to
the district instead of the county
S. P. G. A.
House No. 473, Dobbins-Supple-
llent to conveyance act.
House No. 512, Agnew-Validates
borough bond elections.
House, No. 539, Stevens-Authorizes
improving of highways m fourth
class cities; provides method of as
sessing benefits and of issuing i'm
provement certificates and bonds.
House No. $50, Quinn--Provides
THAT riparian grants or leases to cities
of riparian lands shall contain the
provision that such lands shall be
used for public purposes only.
House No. 609, Mount-Provides
that a county attendance officer may
be appointed in counties, if the
amount of their salary, to be not less
than 5000 for each, has been sub
scribed or donated; the commissioner
Of education and approved by the
State Board of Education.
House No. 573, Crosby-Creates a
recorders court in every city, before
whom shall be tried all violations of
~ordir;oces, and likewise shall have
jurisdiction such as is possessed by
justices Of the peace in the criminal
matters.
House No. SO, Leonard-Assembly
No. 10 repealed by making it apply
to court criers instead of ~sergeants
alarms.
Senate No. 258, Hennessy-Creates
the New Jersey Harbor Commission
and defines it's powers and duties.
House No. 729, Quin (for Kirk.
patrick)-An act authorizing the ex-
change of certain lands belonging to
the State now used for the purpose
OF the State Home for Boys, at James
burg, for the lands of Frederick Reese,
upon terms and conditions and author
izing the conveyance of the State
lands as hereinafter described, to be
made for that purpose.
Sunday Liquor Law.
Last week did not bring much
cheer to the liquor interests Of the
country. In this State the attempt
to relax the law against Sunday
selling met with failure, and in
Illinois twenty-five more counties
were made dry" by the vote of the
people. In more than half the coun'
ties of the State saloons are now
illegal, and already the temper
ance forces are planning to capture
Chicago.