The Penn's Grove record., 1919-04-04
FAIL TO REREAr
INJUNCTION LAW
Retains on Statute Books Act to
Reach the Owners of Places
Where Crime Is Practiced.
CHANCE FOR MlhoRITIEs'
Light Thrown on Measure Aiming al
New Representation in the Assem-
bIy-Jersey Assembly Adopts
Resolution for Peoples Token

lfentOn.-After q SNORT, SISfp HSHl
the Assembly defeated Leader Bar
rett's bill repeating the injunction and
abatement law passed two years ago.
The measure has been batted about
the House for weeks, and last week
Assemblyman Barrett invoked the
Fifteen rule" to pull it out of cont
mittee. The law as passed repre-
sented the agitation of several years
by reform organizations TO reach dis
orderly houses. 1t empowers the Court
of Chancery to issue an injunction 10
abate a resort as a public nuisance.
AsSemblyman Barrett said the law
had been amended to apply to places
where liquor is sold, and in such cases
often becomes an unnecessary hard
ship upon the owner of a property
where the Law Is violated. He held
this to be an unfair coniiscation of
property and deprived citizens of the
right of trial by jury on a charge of
crime. In these respects he main
tanned the law vas unconstitutional.
He discla..nea that the repeater was
a part, measure and said that there
was no politics in it.
Republican Leader Kellam started
the opposition, calling attention 10 the
fact that the existing law provides for
the abatement of such places as be-
come public nuisances by Enbitual
violation of the law. He said it was
n of the most beneficial acts eve
placed upon The statute books of New
Jersey, and should remain. There was
no hardship or violation of any right
upon anyone who had respect for
decency and observance of the law, he
said, and he charged that those who
favored the repeater stood for law
violation. He hoped that every men,
Der who desired TO maintain the moral
standards of the State would vote
against the repeater.
Assemblyman Barrett denied that
any of those who favored the repeater
were unfolding disorderly resorts. but
insisted that the law operated as a
hardship upon those who keep respect
able saloons. He said his bill would
not repeal the original law applying to
places where liquor is sold under legal
license. The measure received but
nine votes, with 40 against it.
Fee Increase is Downed
The House came down with a thud
upon Assemblyman ~Augenblick's bill
increasing the fees for recording deeds
and mortgages. Assemblyman Whine
led the opposition, declaring the meas
ure's real purpose was to boost the in
comes Of the offices of registrars and
recorders In Hudson and Essex c0un-
ties, where two years ago a number of
men were pried loose from easy jobs
by the law requiring those offices to
be self-sustaining. Assemblyman Aug
enblick denied this claim, asserting
that the purpose was to allow in
creased pay for the girls employed In
copying the documents and who can-
not now earn more than IS to $40 a
to 80, the Essex and Hudson men
standing alone for it.
The House passed AssembIyman Da-
vid YOung's bill requiring township au-
thOritieS to remove brush and weeds
from along public highways TO remove
existing fire menaces; Assemblyman
Gills bill creating a bureau of censu
for the public schools TO further at
tendance of children, and the same
members bill providing for the Amer
%icanization of the schools by inspiring
the study of the English language.
There were more former members OF
the senate present at this session than
ever before in the history of the legis-
lature. The New j ey State Senate
Association had it's annual dinner and,
following it, about 40 former members
were given the privilege of the floor.
Chaplain Read toCi occasion in his
opening prayer to ask divine grace for
those members of the senate who have
been named as judges. He prayed
FOR all judges in general and the three
senators-Ackerson, Fithian and Wells
the new judges, in particular.
The senate passed Senator Smiths
bill requiring the sale of ice by avOir-
dupois weight and testing the scales
and marking of weight on tongs used
for the delivery of ice.
Gives Minorities a Show.
A proposal for proportionate repre-
sentation In the assembly was threShed
out at a hearing on -Assemblyman Gilfs
bill before the House Committee on
Elections and, incidentally, possibili-
ties of Il conglomerate body were pre-
sented. The bill provides briefly for
representation based upon the vote of
the parties and would serve to prevent
such a deadlock as tied up business
for so many weeks at the opening of
the present session of the Legislature.
Instead of electing all the candidates
of the party receiving the highest vote,
the minority party would have repre-
sentation in those counties where more
than one member Of the assembly is
elected.
Under the present plan, for instance,
Essex and Hudson counties have "a
Democratic members, as against 36 OF
both no rtioS for all thp other 10 cOllU-