The Penn's Grove record., 1914-02-27

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by a vote OF IA to 4 passed the propos.
ed constitutional amendment which
l will let them vote when accepted by
the people. Senator Smick CT Salem
| county voted for it.
It had previously passed the House
Of Assembly. II will have to be pass.
ed by the Legislators next year before
being submitted to The men to vote on.
This resolution passed the two previ-
GUS legislatures and should have been
submitted to a note of the men last
year but some derelict official failed to
have it advertised at the proper time.
In a joint session Robert w. Foote,
of Morris, county, a Democrat, WIS
elected State Director of railroads to
succeed Allen B. Endicott, OF Atlantic
county, Republ can.
On Tuesday the Senators composing
the Taxation Committee gave a hear
ing TO the representive of Banking cor
porations against the bill designed to
restore taxation on bank stock which
has been free from taxation for several
years under a law known as the Buck
law which allowed non. taxable securi-
ties like government bonds to be de-
Quoted. The principal plea against the
bill was that it fixed a fiat ate of one
per cent. which would be unconstltu-
tional and that it would be double
taxation.
A bill TO reduce the time of appeal III
a divorce case from six to three months
was defeated.
A bill to abolish a District Cont in
Ocean county was repealed On the
recommendation of the Freeholders of
that County, because it was an unnec-
essary expense. A bill to prohibit the
granting Of gunners' licenses to persons
under I6 was passed.
A bill was passed incre ,sing the sal.
airy Of the chief game keeper and super
intendent uf the fish hatchery at
Forked River from 5000 to $1,000.
While some opposed the increase it was
declared that the keeper had been offer.
ed more to 60 elsewhere and All exper-
fenced man would he profitable to keep.
The salary comes from the gunners'
license fees.
Governor Fielder sent several n0mi-
nations to the Senate Tuesday. the
most important being: George A.Steele,
of Eatontown, Monmouth county, as
Member of the State Forest Reserya-
ton Commission TO succeed Charles
Lathropp Pack; John w. Borden, OF
Little Silver, Monmouth county, reap
pointed as Commissioner OF Pilotage;
member Of the Board Of Tenament
House Supervision, Clinton Mackenzie.
OF Union county, re-appointed; Com
missioners OF the State Woman's Re-
formatory, Elinor G. Stewart, Of Pain
field, Union county; Mrs. Mabel G.
Fielder, Of Hudson county, wife Of the
Governor, re%-app0inted, and Alfred G.
Evans, Of Morris county, re- appointed.
On Wednesday the venerable DR.. E.
A. Ballard, aged "a, was on the iooI
of the Senate TO oppose the passage OF
the bill TO give Ocean Grove a borough
government and to deprive the Ocean
Grove Camp Meeting Association con-
troll of the Grove as a religious resort
unuer which it was charted. He said
if the bill was passed and became a law
an appeal would be made to the highest
courts in the State and Nation. II was
postponed until next week.
There was a large delegation of auto.
mobile owners before the Judiciary
committee TO protest against the pass
age of the bill which will incr ase tile
tax for keeping roads in repair which
are most beneficial to automobile own
BIS. Job Lipplncott, state commits SION
er of motor vehicles. and Col. Edwin
A. Stevens, state road commissioner,
were the main defenders of the meas
ures, by which the state will add about
$35O, 600 a year to its revenue at the
expense of the cities.
The house passed a bill to exempt
cleigymen from jury duty on their re-
quest. A bill to require a 81 license on
cats passed with merriment. It is not
likely to be passed by the Senate.
A bill was introduced requiring ten
verses of the Bible to be read at the
opening Of sch sols.
Assemblyman Wheatley introduced a
bill which will allow Salem's Council TO
give Mayor Gwynne ST, 600 a year SAL
AIRY. Undoubtedly he would veto such
because Of the big debt now on the
city.
Another schemes besides the increased
tax on automobiles, has been invented.
to get more revenue needed by the State.
A bill WAS introduced to create an in
heritance tax on all estates above
$4,000. The taxes are to be levied on
a sliding scale, ranging from 2 per cent
upon sums up to $50, 900 to A per cent
upon sums exceeding $25O,O 600. Another
of the bills allows the State Comptrol-
Ter to consent to the transfer of stock
of any New Jersey corporation owned
by a nonresident decedent upon pay
ment of Z per cen tax upon the full
value of the security.
There is an inheritance tax on estates
left, to distant relatives and friends.
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