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Isb county tax boards and would have

lSl county TAX DOdluS anu "ouiu A"'S
named a county assessor and two side
workers in their stead. He also favors
the creation OF the Office OF state ~
pervisor of assessments.
A workmen's compensation bureau
would be established in the depart
ment of labor under a bill by Senator
Colgate, who would also require COM
pulsory insurance under the provisions
pf he employers liability law. The
liability law would be amended by Mr..
Colgate by increasing the compensa-
ton from so to Sc 2-3 per cent OF
wages received.
The authority of the state comptrol-
ler's department over requlsltlons
would be lessened under a bill drawn
by Mr.. Hutchinson. 1t would make
the comptroller allow or Aject requi-
sitions the next business Gay after be-
ing received and would give that OH
Ger the right to reject acquisitions
only when they exceeded the appropri-
alton. He would no longer be author
lied to question whether goods were
being bought at the lowest price.
GuGC u U 'taS
The measure for the state purchasing
agent under the direction of the state
house commission is also desired by
Senato Edge, as a member of the econ
omy commission. The agent would be
appointed for a term of five years, at a
salary of $4,000. All purchases for
state departments and institutions
,,l,,ll haxrn to hA moHn tbronUh him.
excepting for articles of a perishable
nature or those that could be obtained
more cheaply in local markets..
The municipal local option bill has
made ats annual appearance, being in
troduced, as last year, by Senator
Gaunt. The only change made in the
~phraseology was to correct the tech
nical charge that one section was I'M
constitutional. The measure was pass
ed in the senate last year by a vote of
eleven to ten, and this year it is ex-
pected TO receive twelve affirmative
ballots. Agent Munroe of the Anti
Saloon league has reported that a great
rally on behalf of local option and tenn
perance will be held in Trenton
euDeSudy. feD. =.
Thousands of friends of the move
ment from all parts of the state are
expected. A morning mass meeting
will be held in the Billy Sunday taber-
nacle here, and then the assemblage
will march to the statehOuse. Billy
Sunday will preach n of his "booze"
sermons in the afternoon, and reser-
.xo+.z~. I'LL ~ ..olo e., +Lo ~,1~,Lor,
of the legislature at the tabernacle.
Billy Sundays name was again
brought up in the house when Assem-
blyman Iobst, the Methodist pastor,
presented a resolution for the COVER
nor and the members of the legisla-
ture to arrange through a committee a
Billy Sunday meeting. The resolution
was referred to a committee without
action being taken upon it. Mr.. Iobst
also introduced his bill for the reading
of the Bible in the schools.
Assemblyman James Hammond this
year fathers the measure for the abo-
lition of capital punishment. Life
Imprisonment for murderers. would
replace the death penalty, and the
term of Incarceration for manslaugh-
ter will be placed at thirty years.
Mr.. Pierson has introduced the bills
which are designed to make the sys-
tenn of recording municipal finances
more uniform. He was the chairman
of a committee which has studied
this subject.
Labor Department Measure.
Accapnh1upoo GOdfrou has again
placed on the calendar a bill which
is designed to reorganize the state de-
partment of labor and extend the
term of Labor Commissioner Bryant
a veal beyond that Of Governor
Fielder. The governor vetoed a sim
liar bill during the last session.
1t is generally accepted that Presi-
dent Read of the senate will be the
next state treasurer to succeed Mr..
Grosscup, and it is said to be one of
the objects not to keep him out of
office longer than necessary. Both
Mr.. Read and Speaker Pilgrim in
their addresses urged an early intro
duction of bills, so that all the bust
ness may be cleared up expeditiously.
He declared it was introduced for
the purpose of avoiding evils which
result from permitting bills to be in
troduced in the closing days of the
legislative session. He asserted there
was no politics back of his move and
that his one aim was to arrange for IA
businesslike session. He suggested
that after the lapse of time allowed
for the introduction of bills that both
houses adjourn for two weeks to al
low the members time to study the
measures introduced. Majority Lead
er Rathbun objected to this plan, and
it was voted down by the Republican
senators.
The Democrats also differ with the
Republicans on the scheme for a state
budget system. They would have a