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GERS discharged from the service. This
was unanimously adopted without ref
erence to committee.
Another proposed constitutional
amendment was started on the way by
Assemb,yman Finley of Hudson. IL
provides for the election of members
of the assembly by districts, q system
which prevailed for many years until
knocked on by fhe Court of Errors us
unconstitut1 -lIi. Efforts have been
put forth from time to time to restore
the system, but they have always
failed
The house %concurred in a senate
resolution providing for the appoint
ment of oue senator and II assem-
bIyman as a committee to investigate
and report upon a proposed revision
of the list Of legislative employees.
The move i understood (, have The
backing Of the Republican leaders i'll
response to warm criticism OF the null
duplication OF useless jobs entailing a
tremendous amount of eXpeNsc.
Ten Years for Auto Theft.
A bill designed to make automobile
theft decidedly unpopular was put i'll
by AsSemblyman Cochran of Atlantic.
1t constitutes such theft a high mis-
demeanCr, punishable by ten years i'm
prisonmcnt or $1,000 fine, or both.
Majority Leader Case in the senate
made the proposition to the Democrats
TO stand for a resolution fixing next
week as the time limit for the intro
duction If bills. 1t was taken under
Amusement by the other side. II is
understood that the Democrats want
the time limit fixed as the week after
next.
Carrying out the recent suggestion
of the Republican State Committee,
Senator Case put in the bill calling for
%pre-primary conventions in New Jer-
sey. 1t is understood the measure
up of delegates to be chosen on the
basis Of one to every 500 OF the party
voters in each county. 1t is estimated
this would provide conventions of
about 700 delegates. They would be
chosen at the first registry day in Sep
TENDER, and the conventions would lie
held some time between that date and
the regular primary elections the lat
ter part of the same month. The franz
ing of platforms, which the candidates
nominated at the primary must accept,
is to be the purpose cf such conven-
lions.
To comply with the constitutional
provision to the effect that bonds for
state projects and enterprises must not
exceed 80 years Of life, Senator Ed
wards of Hudson submitted to the Sen
ate Highways Committee several
amendments to his bill for financing
the Delaware bridge and Hudson tun-
mel propositions. His original bill call
ed for bonds to run 80 years.
Motor Money to Help Pay.
BY the terms of another amendment
to the bill funds from the motor We
hicle department will pay for the amor
tiZation and interest on the bonds when
the amount derived from tolls fails to
meet this obligation. Another amend
ment provides for the toll system. The
first moneys derived from the issuance
of the bonds is to go back to the state
to reimburse 1t for any funds provided
to pay for the initial expenditures i'll
cident to the launching of the improve.
mentS.
Senator Ffthian Of Cumberland coun
ty introduced a bill framed by the
state chamber of commerce providing
for a revision of the election laws.
The senate passed the bill intro
duced by Senator Brown of Middlesey
authorizing the State Highway Com
mission to take over, under the high.
way act. the supervision and main.
tenance of the mile long bridge be-
tween South Am3oy and Perth Amboy
Another measure passed was the Case
bill providing for the publication and
preservation of the names and records
or the men of New Jersey who fought
in the wal against Germany. In its
amended form it creates a commission
of five to direct the work, which is t.
be supervised by the state librarian
Among other bills approved was the
Alackay measure which increases the
salaries of circuit court judges from
$4,000 to $4,000 a year.
Ideas on Compensation.
Declaring that the committee sub
stltute was an Improvement over thu
W bills by Senator Hammond of MIer
Ger, providing for increased compensa
ton to workmen, L. J.. lyman, il
charge of the transportation depart
ment of the Public Service Railwa.
Company, told the judiciary Commit
tee of the senate at a hearing in til,
senate chamber tina. there we're, how
ever, some changes which he would
IKE % have made in the substitute.
One of them was that he could no
agree in the provision Of the bill al
lowing injured workmen to designate