Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-03-05
Efficiency and Local Option
Measures Passed.
FOR TEACHERS PENSIONS.
Commission to codify Fish and Game
Law Is Favored by House-Also
Agrees to Appointment of Women as
Police Oficers-Senate Approves Gre
alton of Department of Conservation
and Development.
Ispecial correspondence.l


Especial Correspondence
Trenton, n. j., March 3.-The most
important bills considered by the legis-
lature in this session We're passed by
the senate this week. They include the
eight economy and efficiency bills and
the local option measures. The econ
omy and efficiency measures, which are
intended to reorganize several of the
state departments, met with the yigor-
GUS opposition of the Democrats and
they had to be passed by the solid vote
of the Republican majority. The
Democrats charged that politics were
being played by the G. o. p. contingent
in drawing up the bills In a form differ
ent from that in which they had been
prepared by the economy and efficiency
commission. Republicans held that the
changes were made only after public
hearings had shown them to be adj
visable.
Both sides of the upper house were
divided on the local option. measure,
but the bill received just the neces-
sary eleven votes to pass 1t.
Bills passed by the house include:
House 304, Hammond. James-Per-
mits cities to erect public comfort sta
lions.
House $40, Crosby-Makes possible
the prompt payment of pensions to re-
tired public school teachers.
House 1853, Berry-Permits boards Of
education to pay twice a month en-
ployees other than teachers.
House $50, Observation-Disclosures in
the sum of $2,651.25 Mary Il. Dunstan,
Administrative for. the estate of Oscar
G. Dunstan, for income tax paid to the
federal government and refunded to
the state.
House 81, Mutchler-Makes 1t I'M
lawful to kill or catch any rainbow
trout or brown trout less than six inch
es long.
House 31S, Downs-Protects land
locked salmon or trout except from
April l to July 10. Brook trout are at
present the only ones protected by a
closed season.
Game Law Modification.
House Joint Resolution 4, Sheppard
Provides for a commission to codify
the fish and game laws.
Senate n, Read-Makes it a INSIDE
meanor to sell heroin.
Senate II, Rathbun-Permits mother
to share equally with father in descent
of real estate.
Senate 50, Colgate-Permits pension
ing of employees of insurance COM
panies.
Senate 81, Colgate-Permits the APP
pointment of ONE as police officers.
House SO, Gilbert-Tenure of office
act for truant officers in towns.
House 80, Johnson-Takes from JUS
tees of the peace and gives to COM
mon pleas court the trying of cruelty
to animals cases.
House PIG. Peacock-Regulates clear
ing of brushwood to prevent forest
fires.
Senate Constitutional Resolution 2.
H~ennessy Amendment to constitu-
ton providing a manner for the sub
mission to the voters of proposed
amendments to the constitution.
House 800. observation-disclosures
salary of Passaic court attendants.
Senate 120, Edge-Permits Atlantic
City t spend $1,000 for the entertain
ment of the national G. A. r. in 1915.
Senate u, Edge-Atlantic City ar
mory bill.
House 9. Runyon = Exempts church
parsonages from taxation.
House 175. Stevens - Appropriates
$4,000 for armory In Ocean.
Bills passed by the senate include:
Senate 10S, Mr. Ramsay Permits
building of Rockefeller institute for
animal experimentation.
Senate 100. White-Removes limita-
ton on number of automobile inspec-
tors that may be appointed and gives
$1,000 to deputy chief Inspector.
Senate POI, Munson-Prohibits reduc-
ton in salary of surrogates during
term of office.
Senate 104. Hutchinson-Permits
state geologist to exact fees from
state commissions and municipalities
for making chemical analyses.
Senate 116-Defines term "misbrand>
ed in food act and requires marking
of weight on packages to two unces
Senate 1T, Barber-Prohibits sale of
meat treated chemically.
Senate $50, Hntchinson-Permits of
tax on itinerant vendors in cities.
House 80, Morgan-Permits Of sale
OF land of lunatic by guardian named
by chancellor.
Senate 1, Edge-Creates department
Of conservation and development.
Senate 2, Edge-Creates department
Of commerce and navigation.
Provides For Transfer.
Senate 3, Edge-Transfers engineers
Of assessors to utility commission.
Senate 4, Edge-Compels boards of
AonTAL l.. ~aoh -..-.4sno1tkr - $50