Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1919-01-28
Senator Brown introduces Meas
ure for Highway Commission
TO Take Over Span Bill Also
introduced to Change Large
State Road Body to One
Member.

State Senator Thomas Brown OF
this city last night introduced bill
In the upper branch of the legislature
at Trenton which authorizes the state
highway commission to take over, un-
der the highway act the bridge be-
tween this city and South Amboy and
the Albany street bridge at New
Brunswick.
The bill is an amendment TO the ex-
listing state highways law. 1t was
referred to a committee and will be
reported upon shortly.
Mr.. Brown has been actively engag-
ed in working up sentiment in favor
of the state taking over, maintaining
and operating these two bridges since
the agitation was first started by the
Democratic club of this city and later
endorsed by the city council. the Re
publican club and the Board of Trade
Senator Edwards Of Hudson, put IN
a bill calling for the substitution OF
state highway commissioner In place
Of the present board of eight men. He
declared in n statement that this de-
partment is handling contracts runr-
ing into many billions of dollars and
that its affairs should be transacted
rapidly; that the present non-salaried
commission causes delay especially
because II meets hpt once a month.
The text OF Senator Browns bill
follows:
An act to amend an act en-
titled AN act to establish a State
highway system and to provide
for the Improvement, betterment,
reconstruction, resurfacing, main
tenance, repair and regulation of
the use thereof" Approved
March thirteenth, one thousand
nine hundred and seventeen.
BE 1t enacted by the Senate
and General Assembly of the
State of New Jersey:
1. Section of an act entitled
AN act to establish, etc.
OF the use thereof" be and the
same is hereby amended TO read
as follows:
g. No state highway shall ex-
tend into any municipality other
than township OF a population
exceeding twelve thousand in
number, as determined by the
most recent census. with such
municipality, the streets or roads
of which will form proper con-
nections of state HIGHWAYS. the
state highway commission shall
enter--into sseeatgact for work
! which shall plssssr-Sss si--.s5Ss7 o.
roads In condition which VIII
| be In keeping with tho nature OF
and leaving such municipality;
PROVIDED. however, that all
bridges and approaches thereto,
forming a part OF any of the
routes as described In Section /,
of the act 20 which this act is an
amendment, and extending over
any tidal river o. any part there
OF which forms the dividing line
or part thereof between two mu-
inequalities in this state, which
bridge. bridges and approaches
shall have been in existence for
at least ten years previous to the
passage OF this act, shall, upon
the state highway commission
heretofore or hereafter take over
according 20 Section of the act
to which this act is an amend
ment, the whole or any part of
the route or routes of which said
bridge, bridges and approaches
form a connecting or continuing
part TO said state highway sys-
TENS: said bridge. bridges and
approaches or any part thereof
shall he and become a part or
said highway system and the
state highway department shall
thereupon Immediately take over
the improvement, betterment, re-
construction, resurfacing, main
tonance, repair and regulation OF
the uses thereof.
2 This act shall take effect
Immediately.