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barrassment of being recorded on the


that where the sale of liquor was
and less crime. He referred to several
experiences he had in travelling through
local option and prohibition states
which supported this contention.
Senator Hennessy of Bergen. who is
striving for the Democratic nomina-
ton for governor. maintained that the
issue presented by the bill was whether
or moi they wanted inAxicants sold
He held that the legislature did not
have to consider whether prohibition
was good or not since the &estion was
whether or not municipalities should
have home rule.
Senator McCran opposed the bill on
the ground that legislation can never
make a man good. Refraining from
intoXicants. he said. is a question to be
settled by each man personally. and no
legislation can decide the matter.
Suffrage Bill In.
Senator Hennessy presented a bill to
give women the right to vote at the
next presidential election. 1t provides
thbl Ut any Stltldl eleCtlOH lol DItSl-
dent and vice president women of the
age of twenty-one years. who possess
the necessary qualifications regarding
residence and citizenship. shall be al
lowed to vote. The bill further pro-
vides for a special form of ballot for
the women
A board OF motion picture censors is
nrnUidn1 fnf nv n XII r-hsaI Cn,aafAr
Egan of Hudson has introduced. The
board would be composed of three
members appointed by the governor for
a term of three years. There would be
a minimum fee of 81 for every film of
1000 feet or less the ensors passed on
and an additional fee of 81 for each
succeeding thousand feet.
Another bill by Senator Egan pro-
vides for a bond issue of S7.0O0.O0 to
be devoted to road work. The bonds
would be retired at the rate of S5O0.OOO
per year from funds collected by the
department of motor vehicles. which
would also pay the interest on them.
The senate passed Senator Ackley's
bill appropriating $1,000 to be used by
tiiC l iltll otltloH Ill
conducting egg laying tests at Vino
land. Cumberland county.
Senator McCrnn of PasSaic county
introduced a bill in the senate which
gives power to recorders. police jus
tees or other magistrates having juris-
dhtion TO FRY criminal OffenseS. This
would eliminate the necessity of bring
inn nattu ct.imoc fo tho ,tfonfion of tho
grand jury and would make the dispo
sitiol- of these cases more speedy.
Senator Barber of Warren county in
troduced two measures. One makes il
lawful for any person to kill any dog
straying off the owners premises
which is not properly licensed: the 9th
er provides that every person who
keeps a dog shall have it registered
with the clerk of the municipality in
which he resides. The fee is fixed at
81, ~ cents of which shall go to the
clerk and the rest to be applied to any
damage done to stock or poultry by
dogs.
Would Abolish Tax Boards.
A bill requirin; that county boards
of taxation shall print pamphlets of
the taxing list in each district. contain
ing the names of property owners and
the assessment. for general distribu-
ton was introduced by Senator Pierce
of Union. Another measure by Sena-
tor Allen of Salem would abolish
boards of taxation in counties having
less than $4,000 population. Each
yat1nioinaIif ~, c,1oh aa,,,fv cI,ol1 have
a tax board of three members. The
commission government act is amend
ed by the terms of q bill introduced by
Senator Stevens of Cape May, which
provides that members of the boards
of education shall be exempt from the
provisions of the law in cities which
adopt it.
A bill by Senator Rathbun of Morris
makes it lawful for a widow and her
children to obtain property left by her
husband before a year has elapsed, the
time required by the present law. BY
the terms of a bill presented by Sena-
for Mathis of Ocean county an addi-
tional sum of $4,000 is appropriated
for the construction of the waterway
connecting Barnegat bay and Manas-
guam inlet.
In the house Assemblyman Runyon
of Union county presented a bill Great
ing the office of state fire marshal. A
bill by Mr.. Brackner of Hudson au-
thorizes the state board of medical ex-
aminers to grant osteopathic licenses
to members of that profession who
have practiced for three continuous
years. with a previous course of nine
months in a school or college of este
opathy. The establishment of a normal
school at P~leasantville. Atlantic cOun-
ty, is the object of a bill presented by
Mr.. Whitman of Atlantic. All sales of
property for taxes. when made in good
faith hv tho COLLECTION of fnNnS would