Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-02-16

ca4lpany, who declared that the ale
CATION could not be proved.
This is not the tribunal to prove it
in, but it car be proven vas the an
swer of Blauvelt. Mr.. Wakeless,
speaking fcr the Public Service cor
poration, maintained that he had no
objection to any law giving the people
the fullest measure of home rule, but
held that plants operated by the public
should be regulated by the Public
Utility commission the some as those
owned privately. Everybody likes tie
give the utilities a whack," he re-
marked.
Mr.. Record asserted that the liquor
question should be covered by the pro-
posed statute. Duane Il. Minard, APP
pearing for the Erie railroad, asserted
that the bill went too far in the mat
ter Of home rule and would give mu-
inequalities with water fronts the right
to take them when such facilities
should be subject to wider control
either by l state or interstate board.
Another measure by Mr.. Richards.
which was passed. eliminates the ne
cessity of rope fire escapes in each
room of modern fireproof hotels. Fish
and game wardens may charge the
state ) cents a mile for the use of their
private automobiles under the provi
sions of a statute proposed by Senator
Mutchler. The bill by Senator Stevens
requiring candidates of independent
political parties to obtain the same
number of signers to petitions as regu-
lar party candidates was passed, as
was that by Senator Mackay making
unpaid water rent bills a lien IN prop
erty.
Each county school superintendent
will be able to increase from 5000 to
$1,000 the amount he may expend for
clerical assistance in his Office through
the passage of a bill to this effect by
~Assemblyman Lemaster. Second class
counties will be allowed to have a
court constable named as paymaster
for the grand jury through the meas
ure of Assemblyman Read, which was
approved.
Assemblymaa Pancoast had favor
able consideration given his bill for the
pensioning of the widows and minor
children of deceased ~pensioned police
officers.
The resolution introduced by Assem-
blyman McGovern of Hudson for a
house committee of five to investigate
the management of Industrial insur-
ance companies was referred to the
committee on banks and insurance
Assemblyman Sheppard submitted u
resolution adopted by the Municipal
league of Millville urging an appropri-
alton of 100000 for a new normal
school in South Jersey.
Civil Service Board Raped.
In the report of the Civil Service In
vestigating Committee which was sub
mitted to the legislature the Civil
Service Commission itself, the State
house Commission. State Comptroller
Edwards and the police board of New
ark were made the subjects of Ssiti
lcismA WHITING report yhr6
bills and the advice given that the
Civil Service Commission be reorgan-
lied to consist of three members in
stead of four, as at present. The in
vestigators would have the president
of the board named by the governor at
a salary of $1,000 and the other TIVE
members $4,000 each.
The commission under the provisions
of a proposed act would have the right
of a summary review on the complaint
of a citizen of an Illegal appointment.
The statute would carry authority to
correct any violation of the law and
would impose penalties for offenders.
Executive officers of departments
would be deprived of their present
privilege of appointing without civil
service examination a secretary. clerk
or stenographer. Election officers would
be excluded from the provisions of the
civil service law.
In the provision to prohibit men from
holding office in a political organiza-
ton and being eligible for appointment
to the Civil Service Commission is car
ried an attack at Commissioner Joseph
s. Hoff, who is chairman of the Demo-
cratic committee of Mercer county.
One of the new bills presented is
that by Senator Stevens repeating the
full crew" bill for railroads. The
Measure would empower the Public
Utility Commission to decide on the
number of men needed for the opera
ton of a train.
For Military Training.
Senator Mackay would establish a
military training commission and
would have a major general of the ma
tional guard, a member of the state
board of education and a citizen to be
named by the governor on it. The
board would train youths between six
teen and nineteen, beginning Sept. 1
of this year. The training the commits
sion might prescribe would be afforded.
but would not aggregate more than
three hours il each week during the
school year. The bill carries an APP
preparation OF $4,000.
Recommendations of the committee