The Penn's Grove record., 1915-02-26
BILL DIED BY LIMITATION.
Legislature Took Too Long Recess
and Measure Went to Morgue.

House bill 46 was filed in the State
Library by the Governor. +
AS q result of the Governors action
in fling the bill in the library instead
OF returning it to the Assembly, a con-
fict may arise between members of
the House and the chief executive.
The Governors action is based on
the precedent Of the Pierce grade
crossing bill in 1912, which was filed
by Governor Wilson because his veto
had not been acted upon by the Leg
islature within the five constitutional
days.
THE bill purports to empower the
governing body Of certain boToughs to
fix lines for ~bulkheads or other work,
and to fill in, or cause to be filed in,
behind them" the Governor said. ut
would seem to permit the establish
ment Of such line by local authorities
below high-water mark and even be-
yond, or not in conformity with the
lines fixed by the riparian commits
s~ioners, and to further permit owners
to make land by filling in between the
lines SO fixed and the upland, thus
taking the States riparian land (the
income from which is pledged for
school purposes) without compensa-
ton.
Il withhold my approval to Assem-
bly, bill No. 46, because | am of the
opinion that it conflicts with the ripar-
ian laws of the State.
"The Riparian Commission is au-
thorized, subject to the approval of
the Federal Government, to establish
levees along the navigable waters of
the State beyond which no bulkhead.
filling or other structure shall be per
mitted, and to make leases and grants
upon compensation fixed by the com
missioners, to owners of the upland,
who may fill in or otherwise improve
the lands between the high water
mark and the lines so established"
Governor Fielder's letter, transmit
ted to State Librarian John P. Dull
lard, says: Assembly bill No. 46,
having been received by me February
16, 1915, and the House of Assembly,
having failed to hold a session with
in five days thereafter, and having
thus prevented the return of the bill
to that House, with my objections
thereto, and | disappearing said bill,
| file it with you together with the
reasons for Withholding my approval,
which are attached thereto"
E1nI HnMa~~.~l H.. AI-A...- MIL
That loss of the native birds would
produce a worse food famine in Am
erica than any prevailing in war-torn
Europe is an illustration of the value
of bird life to agriculture, used by the
New Jersey game authorities in an
effort to arouse the farmers of the
State. to the need of better protection
of and care for their feathered friends.
The birds, it is shown, hold insect
life in check to such an extent that,
with the bird army removed and the
insects given full sway for a single
season, not a crop would be harvested
that year in field or garden. Without
the birds the forests would be swept
as by a blast of fire and our woods
would become little more than an
army of telegraph poles.
Once the farmers fully realize the
Importance of the bird in the farming
scheme, says Ernest Napier, president
of the commission, they will devote
more time and care to making their
farms attractive for the birds. Every
birdhouse erected on a farm is a fort
against the invading hosts Of insects,
he says, and a few dollars spent in
building modern birdhouses to attract
the different species of winged guards
will prove a better investment than
100 times the same amount if expend-
ed for insect powders and sprays. The
bird cannot take the place of spraying
and other modern treatments in insur-
ing certain garden and fruit crops
against insects and disease, but it can
remove many insect to these
crops, and there are numerous other
crops for the salvation of which from
insects the aid of the birds is abso-
lutely essential.