Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-02-05


would also have shop owners when
advertising for help tell if a strike ex-
isted at the plant; they would prevent
manufacturers from engaging armed
deputies and would require eonsecu-
tive hours of employment for females.
A state constabulary is declared
against. and Il proposed repeal of the
full crew" bill is protested.
Auto busses would be taxed for their
Wear on roads under the provisions of
one bin. and the regulation of the traf-
fc would be given the motor vehicle
commissioner and the state public util-
ity commission. 4 pension of $40 a
month for Union soldiers who have re-
sided in New Jersey for ten years is
also provided under one proposed
measure.
Senator Colgate's bill to permit the
appointment of women police was
passed by the senate. as was one Civ
ing the commission on tuberculosis in
animals $4,000 extra for the money
spent in dealing with the hoof and
mouth disease.
ASoCLAbi1 man Iltul1 Vi I1uQSOu
county has presented in the lower
house a bin providing for the naming
of a public defender in first and sec
ond class counties. The appointment
of a lawyer TO defend needy persons in
trials has been urged on several legis-
latures. but has always been voted
down. The state tenement house COM
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mission would be abolished by a bill
presented by AssemblymaL, 0liphant.
The powers now held by that body
Would be transferred to the local
boards of health. 1t is declared that
commission governs are located in the
first class cities of Newark and Jersey
City. The sale of opium in any form
excepting ON the prescription of a doc
tor would be prohibited by the meas
ure introduced by Senator McGinnis,
and Senator Hutchinson would permit
the state biologists department to
make chemical analysis for other de-
partments and exact a reasonable fee.
The object of this measure is to per-
nit the state chemist to continue max
ing tests for the road department.
Senator Rathbun has a bill which in
creases the qualification of a political
party for participation in the primary
election law from 3 to 10 per cent of
the total vote cast. This bill. If pass
ed, would eliminate the Progressive
party from the primaries in this state.
Assemblyman Boland of Hudson would
force city authorities TO give prefer
ence to American citizens in employ
ment upon public work and prohibit
persons who are not citizens of the
United States and who have not de-
clared their intention of becoming citi-
zen from filing the positions.
Anti vivisection Campaign.
Another campaign by the anti-vivisec-
tionists will have to be made this year
against the bill by Senator Colgate to
permit the Rockefeller foundation to
establish a bureau of animal research
in this state. 1t is the plan to spend
upward of a million dollars. principally
in the eradication of hog cholera.a A
similar bill was presented in the last
days of the 1914 legislature and al
quickly passed. The ants, however.
prevailed on the governor to conduct a
hearing and it was vetoed. A new
provision this year Is to permit the
state board of health to have some
control over the institution by granting
a permit for the research.
Senator Ackerson has in the senate
q bill to empower the governor to
suspend the open season for hunting If
1t shall appear to him that by reason
of drought the use of firearms is liable
to cause forest fires. This measure
results from the recent heavy loss by
fires attributed to gunners. Under a
bill presented by Assembly Stevens the
pay of assemblyman would be in
creased from $500 to $1,000 a year. To
make his resolution effective it would
have to be passed by two successive
sessions of the legislature and then
voted upon ~favorably by the people.
The annual dinner of the senate to
the governor viii be held in New York
next Wednesday.
Arguments on the bill for the aban-
donment of the Morris canal win be
heard by the Legislative committee at
the stntehonsp Monday. The state
chamber of commerce conducted u pre-
liminary hearing on its own initiative
last week to get briefs nf the Claims
by the different a't'rs affected. 1t is
hoped through these to reach a ON
promise previous TO the hearing.
Speaker Godfrey was a meipber Of the
commission that investigated the pro
posed abandonment and is anxious to
have the bill go through. His prestige
as presiding officer is counted upon to
be of great help. but with the diver
gem interests involved it is questioned
whether the canal proposition, which
has been debated so long. will really
be settled this year.
Mil Siun Hates Bill.