Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-11

small board" OF seven freeholders
in counties of from $4,000 to 800, 600
population. 1t will affect Union, Ber-
gen and Camden counties il passed.
His associate from Union, Assem-
blyman Francis v. Dobbins offered
bill providing that attorneys taking
the counsalors' examina ton shall
pay fee of SO, and on taking sub
sequent examinations furt her fees of
So each. Assemblyman James Ham,
mond, of Mercer, introduced q bill
providing that any municipal en-
ployee obtaining judgment for disa-
bility or. death under the employers
liability law be barred by that judg-
ment from receiving any pension
under any other law.
Tax Bills Reported.
Two tax bills witch the Essex as
semblymen will oppose because they
threaten the efficiency of the Newark
departments of assessment and taxes
are now out of committee. Chairman
MagnAs Bredenbek, OF the taxation
committee, reported both out so that
they IN be debated on the floor. of the
House.
Both of the bills have been amended
in committee. One, House Bill No. H.
exempts personal property to the
value of $500 from taxation. AS orig
inally presented by, Assemblyman
George r. Brackner, 1t proposed to
exempt personal property up to $1,000
in value.
The other bill is House bill No 90
by which Assemblyman Joseph Car
roll, of Hudson. proposed that the
interest charged on unpaid taxes
shall be only 6 per cent. 1t has been
amended SO that from to IL /per
cent. may be charged. The present
act provides that 7 to IL per cent
may be charged.
| City Counsel James r. Nugent and
President of the Board of Assessment
and Revision of Taxes Moses Reich
hearing last week. Mr.. Nugent's
view is that the tax law, whether
good or bad, works well as applied
in Newark, and he proved that by
statistics. Unless the whole law Is
to be revised he will strenuousiy OPP
pose any trimming and pruning OF
the law which threatens the finances
of Newark.
He will be supported by the nine
Democratic assemlbymen from Essex
The three Republican members viii
probably join In defending Newark 6
taxation system.
To Investigate Railroads.
Two Assembly committees who are
to investigate the Pennsylvania rail-
road and its subsidiary, the West Jer-
sey and Seashore railroad, will or
Ia, as,d
work One is that provided for in
Assemblyman Magnus Bredenbeck's
resolution calling for the investigation
of the Pennsylvania relief fund for
employees, which, he says, is an in
surance fund. On that committee are
Assemblymen Bredenbeck, of Hud-
son; Harry Kuhllke, of Hudson; Rob
ert Peacock, of Bennington; Henry s.
Scovel. of Camden, and George l.
Burton, of Middlesex.
The other committee Is to find oui
whether the West Jersey and Sea-
shore railroad has enough earnings tc
enable it to build a new termina1
station at Atlantic City, the present
one said to be SO old as to be a
detriment to that resort. On 1t are
Assemblymen Joseph NJ. Branegan, OF
Hudson; John P. Kirkpatrick, OF
Middlesex, and Emerson L. Richards
of Atlantic.
To Raise Freeholders' Pay.
A bill which interests Essex county
because the salaries of freehelders in
that county and Hudson will be in
creased by it to $500 a year, that OF
the director to $4,000 and the super
visor's to $4,000 made its appearance
In the Assembly yesterday. 1t is evil
IDENTIFY inspired by Naval Officer II
Otto Wittpenn to reward some of his
faithful henchmen. County Counse
Thomas r. Haight, of Hudson. whe
trict Court judge by President viii
SON, says the jobs are easily wortf
the extra pay.
Similar bills were in last year and
the year before. Last year Governor
Fielder opposed the raises on the
ground of economy. The raising OF
Supervisor James F. O'Mealia's salary
in Hudson is said to have been In
view by Mr. Wittpenn ever since he
has been in office. The theory is that
the county supervisor, If he exercised
his full powers under the statutes,
would be in a position of high author
ity somewhere between the governor
of the State and the mayor of a city.
III IdCty Tic SupcIFiSOI HcFOi 6CeS q
chance to exercise any such power.
County Counsel Benjamin f. Jones
said that Assemblyman Thomas G.
Gannon's bill does not sufficiently in
crease the salaries 1t is not an Es-
sex bill at all. he says, and the Hud-
son men would not listen to argu-
ments for larger increases, but went
ahead with their own bill. The Essex
men may try to have the bill amended
to make the increases larger, he said
The New Bills.
The Assembly bills introduced yes