The Penn's Grove record., 1915-02-26
ONLY is BILLS
HAVE PASSED
Out Of Tic Measures in Both
Houses Of the Legislature
SEVEN LAWS ARE ENACTED
Seventh Week of the Session Finds
Solons Hard at Work on the
Huge Accumulation of Meas
ures-OnIy is Bills Passed.

Especial Trenton Correspondence.)
Trenton.-When the two houses Of
the Legislature reconvened to start off
on the seventh week Of the session,
they did so with a record of TIC bills
and joint concurrent resolutions al
ready introduced.
OF the measure thus far introduced
but eighteen have passed both houses.
These are eleven Senate bills, six
House bills and A~ssemblyman Pea
cocks concurrent resolution to amend
the State Constitution by extending
the right Of suffrage to women. These
figures as to measures passed by both
houses leave out of consideration two
Assembly bills (Nos. % and 172) that
ran the gauntlet of the two chambers
and then had to be recalled from the
Governor to remedy defects that other
wise would have necessitated execu-
tive veto.
The total number of measures intro
duced are divided between the two
houses as follows: House, 470 bills,
4 joint resolutions and 5 concurrent
resolutions. OF the 716 measures in
troduced up to date just sixteen (elev-
en- House bills and five Senate bills)
have been withdrawn, leaving an even
700 that may or may not be passed.
So far as third readings are con-
cerned the two houses are about even.
The Senate leads slightly, having
passed forty-seven Senate bills in ad-
dition to the eighteen measures that
passed both houses. The number of
House bills passed by the House, but
yet to be passed by the Senate, is
~forty-one.
Summed mp the record for the past
six weeks is as follows:
House bills introduced, 40 House
joint resolutions introduced, 4; House
concurrent resolutions introduced, z;
House bills withdrawn, II; House bills
passed by both houses, 6; House bills
passed, House only, Al; House con-
current resolution, passed by both
houses, l..
Senate bills introduced, 227; Senate
joint resolutions introduced. 8; SEN
ate resolutions introduced, 5; Senate
bills withdrawn, s.; Senate bills pass
ed both houses, IL; Senate bills passed
Senate only. Al; Senate %concurren
resolutions through Senate only 8.
There are seven laws on the statute
books as the work of the session for
the past six weeks.
Senate II, which is Chapter 1, Laws
1915, requires a fee of $40 for copies
Of legislative bills.
House 80, Chapter 2, Laws 1915, an
amendment to the commission govern
ment law.
House 40. Chapter 8, Laws 1915,
reimbursing the Commission of Tuber-
culosis for $4,000 for exterminating
the foot and mouth disease.
House IA, Chapter 6, Laws of 1918,
annexing to Pennington, certain parts
Of Hopewell Township in Mercer
County.
House 108, Chapter z, Laws 1915,
making the paraphernalia of a married
woman her sole property.
There will probably be some lively
skirmishing on the economy and eff
cheney bills, which passed second read
ing in the Senate. That there is OPP
position to these bills in their present
form is well known.
By the amendments of the G. o. P.
members of the Senate judiciary COM
mittee to the bills to consolidate and
reorganize the several departments of
tho C4ofo ao+ ouro -
to be delegated to the boards of eight
members that are to assist in the
management of the consolidation de-
partments.
What attitude the minority will as
sumo with respect to the labor depart
ment bill is problematical. Organized
labor and capital both nave made
known their desire that the present
department and its head, Colonel Lew
is T. Bryant, be retained intact, and
some think the Democrats would be at
a disadvantage in insisting that the
original idea of a consolidation Of the
Department of Labor and Bureau of
Industrial Statistics, with a new head
and an advisory board of eight mem
bers as originally proposed by the
Economy and Efficiency Commission
be adopted. This though is in view of
the opposition and its strength. Col
onel Bryant is a Republican, however.
Over this difference in opinion is ex-
pected to some one of the partisan
fights on the bills and with such a
close margin of one majority, the Re
publicans are expected to see to it that
every member of their side of the
Senate remains in his seat during the
consideration of the measures.
Economy Program Laid Over.
The economy and efficiency pro-
gram was shelved in the Senate at
least, until Senator George w. F.
Gaunt, of Gloucester, is able to attend.
Senator Gaunt is i'll with neuritis. Ac-
ton on the local option bill, intro
duced by Senator Gaunt, will also be
postponed awaiting his return.
Use Senate passed Senator Col
gates bill, Senate 161, validating the
Incorporation of the Newark Confer
ence Woman's Home Missionary So
ciety of the Methodist Episcopal
Church.
Urged for Health Board.
DIR. Joseph d. Shaw, ex-Mayor of
Trenton, is being urged for appoint
ment to the State Board Of Health to
fill the vacancy caused by the death
Of former Senator Nichols, OF Cumber-
AND County.