The Penn's Grove record., 1916-02-18

Former Assemblyman Randolph Perk-
ms has come out as a candidate for Sen
ator on the Republican ticket from Ber-
gen County. He has Just resigned as
County Chairman so as to be free to en-
ter the campaign. Mr.. Perkins formerly
lived in Union County and represented
that county in the Assembly from 1905
to 1907. He took an active part in the
stirring scenes of the session of 1907,
when the Assembly was controlled by the
Democrats and the legislation was noted
FOR its partisan character. It was the
cool heads of Mr.. Perkins and Assembly,
\ man Alfred N. Barber, of Mercer, now
secretary of the Board of Utility Com
missiOners. who saved the day at the end
If the 1907 session, when Speaker Leth-
bridge caused a great sensation that
shook the state by declaring the House
adjourned with more than fifty bills on
his desk to be considered and before the
Senate was ready to act.
The Supreme Court opened its Feb
ruary term at the State House yester-
day with 1853 cases listed on the calen-
lar for argument. Chief Justice Gum
mere presided in Part l., and Parts 2
and 3 sat simultaneously. This divis-
ion of the Court has been necessitated
for several terms owing to the great
amount of business before the tribunal
The opening of the term brought scores
of lawyers and litigants to the Capitol.
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Richard Stockton, State Commissioner
of Charities and Corrections, has just
submitted his first annual report to Gov
ernor Fielder. 1t shows that during the
past year the state had under its care in
its charitable and correctional institu-
tions, including county and private es-
adjustments, a total of 1S,S07 wards.
They were classified as follows: Insane,
9,137; feeble minded and epileptics, l.
519; criminal and delinquent, Alto; sol
diers' and soldiers homes, 1.0S0; blind,
ga; sick, 2,237. On October 81, last,
the end of the fiscal year, there were ia
dependent children in the state.
The report shows that the heads of the
various state institutions approve the
state use" system, or the engagement of
the wards in the manufacture of useful
articles for use in the institutions.
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The jury commissioners for the ensu-
ing year haye just been named by Chan
cellOr Walker, and owing to the fact that
there were no changes in the. politics of
the sheriffs last November, the Chancel-
Tor was not required to revise his list.
The Chancellor Sheriff jury law requires
that the jury commissioner shall be of
different politics than the sheriff. Chan
cellor Walker re-appointed all the old
Jury commissioners, except in Passaic
County. The term is one year and be-
gan last Thursday. The salary of the
commissioners is 5000 in Essex and Hud-
son counties $3.50 in all the second class
counties, and $500 in all other counties.
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The State Board of Taxes and Assess
ment has decided an interesting point in
the assessment of bank stock for taxa
ton. The Board holds that owing to the
fact that the valuation of a banks real
property cannot be complete on May 20
of the year for which the assessment is
made, May 20 being the taxing date, the
valuation of the previous year on the
real property may be used in the neces-
sary calculation. The Fielder-Pierce
bank stock taxing act provides that the
value of each share OF bank stock shall
be ascertained by adding the mount OF
the capital, surplus and undivided pro-
fits and deducting therefrom the asses
bank. This result is then divided by the
number of outstanding shares.
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James r. Nugent, the Essex County
Democratic leader, has left New Jersey
and has gone South, it is reported, fol
his health. Reports from Newark say
he has suffered a nervous breakdown
1t is understood his destination is Flor
ida. 1t goes without saying that he viii
keep in close touch with the campaign
in Jersey and that nothing in the way
Of Democratic politics, or Republican
either, for that matter, win get away