Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-02
PASS Jury ACT BY
SUSPEND|NG RULES
Legislature Tonight VIII Make
New Measure First Law of
the 1914 Session.
LspeclnI 20 the Newark Stand

TRENTON, Feb. 2.-Senate and
House will suspend the rules tonight
In order to put through second read
ing and final passage the measure
prepared by Attorney General Wes-
colt indorsing the misunderstanding
jury act and validating the present
sheriff drawn juries until the conclu-
sion of their terms.
Every member of the Legislature of
1914 has received a letter from Gov
ernor Fielder asking that the action
be taken. The letter explains the
need for the new law and the manner
of it's passage. The letter, which
reached many of the State Senators
and Assemblymen Saturday and will
be received by the rest of them to-day,
Is as follows:
ITO avert a possible delay n court
proceedings in the several counties
of the State and in view of the I'M
portance of having prompt action by
the Legislature removing all doubt as
to the status of juries recently drawn,
1t is hoped to have the enclosed act
passed Monday night under a sus-
pension of the rules. and fer that
reason the enclosed copy of the COM
mittee's substitute for the McGinnis
bill is, by direction of the Governor,
forwarded to each member Of the
Legislature"
The validating law, under the
the subject of conferences between
the new attorney general and Gov
ernor Fielder, will figure as a revision
in committee to Senate bill No. 10,
which was introduced In the Senate
! last Monday night by Majority Lead
er Peter J. McGinnis, of Passaic. That
bill, which was referred to the Ju-
dietary committee, and by 1t referred
to the Encouragement, provided that
| when any act concerning grand and
petit juries shall be sustained by the
| Court of Errors and Appeals, the
grand and petit juries then in session
are thereby declared to be duly sum-
moned for the next term of court.
The bill which Governor Fielder en-
closed In copy to each legislator Is q
substitute for Senate bill No. 70. II
has a preamble referring to the orig
inal act of March 81, 1874, and to the
chancellor sheriff jury act, approved
April 20, 1918, with the referendum
feature; to the action of the Supreme
Court declaring that act unconstitu-
tional and to the subsequent decision
1890
declaring it constitutional.
The main body of the bill then or
dams that at be enacted" that
1.-THE grand and petit juries selected,
drawn summoned or empaneled. or
hereafter so to be, are hereby vail
dated, ratified, approved and con-
firmed as true and lawful grand and
petit juries, providing that nothing
herein contained shall deprive any
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lished by objection made to the valid
ity or legality Of the selection, draw
ing, summoning or empaneling of any
grand or petit jury made and en-
tered of record prior to the passage
and application of this act. All ac-
lions, presentments, verdicts, findings
and performances of all of their pub
lie duties by the said grand and petit
jur.es during the term wherein they
may have been or may be selected,
drawn, summoned or empaneled shall
be in all respects, good and effective
in law and as evidence"
First Law to Pass.
The validating law, under the
program prepared for 1t, will be the
first of the laws of 1914 to be passed
by the Legislature. The Senate, 1t Is
presumed, will first report it to sec
ond reading and. after suspension
Of the rules has been moved and
passed, proceed to third reading and
final passage of the act. 1t may
then be sent at once to the House OF
Assembly, where its progress will
vary only as to committee action, the
rules being suspended in the lower
house also.
This is the only measure in which
Governor Fielder is particularly in
terested which Is to be considered al
tonight's session by the Legi lature
There are other measures which Gov
ernor Fielder is expected to declare
for later in the session. AT the
caucus held last Tuesday it Is re-
ported that the sense of the caucus
was that the Democratic majority al
present holds itself bound to stand as
unit for all legislation outlined ant
suggested in the Governors speech al
the Inauguration the previous week. :