The Penn's Grove record., 1916-01-14

state budget system, with the Governor,
Treasurer and Comptroller as the Bug
get Board; creating a State Central Pur-
chasing Bureau under the control of the
State House Commission, with a Pur-
chasing Agent to be appointed by the
Governor, at a salary of $1,000; by Mr..
Allen, of Salem, a~bolishing the County
Tax Boards, and companion bill, provid-
ing for another form of County Tax
Board; by Mr.. Pierce, of Union, a gen.
eral tax reform m%easure; by Mr.. Hut
Crimson, of Mercer, amending the Geran
election act, so as to provide that the
voter when registering need not state
his exact age, but merely that he is over
p years.
For the Democrats, Senator Ackerson
introduced a bill constituting a perman-
emit State Budget Board to consist Of
the Governor, Treasurer and Comptrol-
Ter, and two persons appointed by the
Governor, the latter two to be paid $500
a year. Senator Ackerson also introduce
ed a bill for a State Market Commission
to provide for the proper marketing If
farm, fishery and dairy products; also a
bill to prohibit the sale of impure seed.
Senator Hennessy put in a bill exempting
all building and other improvements on
land from taxation, and placing a single
tax upon the land, subject to a referen-
dunn in municipalities. He also introduc-
ed a companion bill, ~exempting tools,
farm machinery, horses, cattle, grain
etc, from taxation.
The most important bills introduced
in the Assembly were one by Mr.. Iobst,
providing for reading the Bible in the
public schools "a series of measures by
Mr.. Pierson, Of Union, reforming munich
pal finances; one by Mr.. Godfrey, Of
Atlantic, r-e-organizing the State De-
partment of Labor and extending the
term of State Labor Commissioner Lew
is T. Bryant, of Atlantic City, a Repub-
lican. and one by Mr.. Runyon, of Union,
providing for the licensing of BARRIERS
under a State Licensing Board.
Senator Gaunt, of Gloucester, intro
duced the local option bill for the Anti
Saloon League, as he did last year. 1t
is practically the same bill as last year.
It provides that an election shall be call
ed in any municipality Upon the question
Of permitting the saloons to remain, upon
the fling of a petition signed by 30 per
| cent. Oh Int NOltIc. 1hC [AAhA ONANN
League has arranged for a monster Local
Option demonstration in the Billy Sun
day Tabernacle and at the State House
on Wednesday, February =.
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Several South Jersey Republican lead
ers at the State House today declared
that an entirely wrong construction poh-
tically is being put upon the selection OF
Senator Read. of Camden, as the he
publican candidate for State Treasurer.
They claimed that instead of clearing the
field for Senator Colgate, of Essex, for
the nomination for Governor through the
Essex-Camden alliance, the selection OF
| Senator Read does just the opposite.
These Republican spokesman were TRENDS
If Senator Edge, of Atlantic, who is a
candidate for the ~gubernatorial nominal
ton, and they maintained that Senator
Reads withdrawal from the race for Gov
arnor simply clears away the only OBJ
itacle that has ever existed to a united
South Jersey Republicanism for Senator
Edge. Senator Read never menaced Col
gate. they declared, as he didn't pull
from the same section. The naming OF
| Read, according to their statement, is
simply a personal tribute to a deserved
" popular legislator, who is in every way
qualified for the position.
Many politicians who attended the op-
ening of the Legislature yesterday were
surprised that they could not lean on the
famous brass railing in the Assembly
Chamber and watch the ceremony of or
ganization at close range. For many
years this rail has been the only division
between the Assembly lobby n the
main door where the 60 lawmakers sit,
and the lobby has been a very popular
place of rendezvous. Last week an oak
and plate glass partition was erected to
shut the lobby entirely off from the law
making section of the Chamber, with
doors in the center and at either side, to
keep out the noise and enable the AS
sembly to transact their business with
ont interruption. Hereafter it will be
necessary to obtain a pass from the
Sneaker to enter the main part of the
Chamber.
State House Custodian Smith has
erected in the Assembly corridor at the
State House a novel guide to the seating
in the Assembly Chamber. 1t is a re-
plica of the floor of the Chamber show
ing accurately the position of each desk
and who occupies it. By a system OF
colors. an entire county delegation may
easily be picked out. There is an alpha
betical index, making it easy to locate
any member before entering the a
Der or the galleries. The guide IS IN a
handsome oak frame.
The State Board of Public Utility
Commission has called a public hearing
at the State House on January n in con-
nection with the Boards investigation as
to the reasonableness of the rates OF the
Public Service Electric Company. The
Mayors of 1874 municipalities served by
the company nave been notified.