Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1921-04-14
TAXASSESSNENT
BILL IS SIGNED
Browns Tax Measure and
Many Others Are Approved
by Governor Edwards.

TRENTON, April 14.-Governor
Edwards has completed the task of
disposing of all measures sent to him
by the legislature before final ad-
journment. The result of the work
of the session is 351 new laws and
seven Joint resolutions. A total of
32 bills filed in the morgue of the
state library and three joint resolu-
tions met the same fate. OF the new
laws passed. ten were placed on the
statute books over the veto of Mr..
Edwards.
Among the last senate bills signed
was the measure introduced by Sem
ator Thomas Brown, of Middlesex,
which will allow the State Board of
Taxes and Assessment to get after
the counties which are not properly
assessing their property. This is the
bill on which a hearing was given
here this week when the manufac-
turers, particularly of Middlesex
county. urged it's disapproval.
Union county's taxing officials led
the fight for the enactment of the
law, headed by Francis V. Dobbins.
of Railway a member of the county
tax board Under the new act, the
State Board of Taxes and Assess
upon it's own initiative under-valua-
tions in any counties, being provided
with $4,000 for this work in first
class counties, $4,000 in second and
$4,000 for probes in third and fourth
class counties.
Other senate bills made laws by
executive signature, follow:
Runyon, makes eligible to direc-
torate of corporation, one who holds
stock in a corporation having stock
of another corporations; Reeves gives
to agricultural and horticultural
corporations advantages of manufac-
turing and mining corporations or
ganized under state laws: Sturgess
requires annual registration of mid
wives and compels applicants for
licenses to be citizens: Mackay. per-
mits incarceration of epileptics re-
garded as unfit to be at large; Parry
incorporates the Second Judicial
District of Essex county; Mackay al
low State Board of Conservatism to
proceed without jury to prosecute
violators of state laws; Mackay gives
the same privilege to the State Fish
and Game Commission; Mackay.
three other bills of the same charac-
ter relating to the State Tenement
House Board, State Board of Opto-
metrists and the State Dental Board;
Mackay governs criminal case re-
view similar to civil cases.
The total number of laws put on
the statute books by the 1920 law
makers, who met all year. was 373
and there were several joint reso-
lutions in addition.
The final batch of House bills
signed by the governor, making them
laws follow:
E;lliott-Increasing the members
pay in volunteer fire departments
associations from $12 to SIS year
Eaton-Exempts from taxation a
home used exclusively by veterans of
any war.
Boswell-Provides for the cancel
lation of mortgages made to build
ing and loan association in Cape
May county.
Dutcher-Allows Essex county to
issue 100000 in bonds for the Es-
sex County Park speedway.
Dater-Allows county school su-
perintendents to apply to Freehold
ers for more than $1,000 for cleri-
cal hire.
Blackwell-Provides that when
the county clerk makes an abstract
he must insert in it the lands as
described in the deed.
Pierson-Provides for the ap-
poiptment of secretary for the
board of trustees of the teachers
pension and annuity fund. compen-
sation to be- fixed by the board.
Tozer-An act to enable sinking
fund com missioners to conserve the
funds assets.
Corie-Compels pawn brokers to
report dialy to the police articles
pawned. Provides a fund for the
ready use of the Atlantic county
prosecutor, with the county judges
approval, to be used to defray the
expenses of returning fugitives from
justice to this state.
Franklin-Gives the Montclair.
Irvington and SKearney district
court clerks each $3.50 a year SAL
airy.
Dater Permits members of
education to fix time agreeable to
them for the purpose of organizing
and not make it mandatory to or
ganize on a particular day.
Boswell-Permits governor and
attorney general to reduce tax on
the Stone Harbor Railway Company.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS s350.000
to provide new building to house
state departments.
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