Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-01-11
IMPORTANT MEASURES
INTRODUCED; BOOZE
BILLS BY DEMOCRATS
Democratic Senate Leader
Simpson Has 5 Measures
on 18th Amendment
TO REPEAL VAN NESS ACT
Not Likely to Receive Serious
Consideration by Repub-
Iican Majorities

TRENTON, Jan. 11-Democratic
| Senate Leader Alexander simpson,
| of Hudson county, has. introduced
| five bills to liberalize the enforce
| ment of the eighteenth amendment.
All the measures have been sent by
The Republican majority to commit
I tee, and the prospects of any of the
measures seeing the light of day IS
very remote. In fact the pollcy
| of this Republican legislature to be
| "bone" dry in the matter of law
! rnaking presages the total elimina-
tion of any wet" measures receiv-
ing much attention. 1t is under
stood that even the wet" senators.
like Majority Leader White and
Senator Smith of Passaic. will fol-
low their party in this matter, de-
spite their personal views.
One of Simpsons measures is a
resolution requesting congress to
change the Volstead law so as TO
permit the sale of beers and light
wines or that congress leave to the
states the right to define the per-
centage of alcohol in beverages.
Mr.. Simpson in presenting this resc-
luton gave out statement stating
that inasmuch as the United States
supreme court has held that the
supreme the only alternative is to
have congress permit each state to
determine whether beer and light
wines may be sold within its con-.
| fines.
IF congress SO acts that each
state will be able to determine the
legality of the sale OF beer and light
Wines" said the Hudson senator.
then we will not have the ridicu-
lcus spectacle of eighty-five prohi-
bition agents trying to make city
of five million people bone dry On
New Years eve with the farcical
result following as in New York city
on December 81, last"
The Hudson senator also had
bill 'repealing the Van Ness Prohibi-
ton Enforcement Act.
In line with his resolution, Mr..
Simpson introduced bill permitting
the sale OF liquors containing ten per
cen. of alcohol by weight. A third
measure allowing trial by jury un-
der the Van Ness Law, providing
it is not repealed.
The fourth measure would ad-
Judge as disorderly any person who
manufactures or sells beer or light
wines containing more than ten per
cent of alcohol ana imposing max
imum fine of 500 for each viola
ton. The fifth of this series would
repeal the Elliott Act of 1921 which
governs the use of intoxicating Ii
quors for non-beverage purposes.
This act relates to the use of Ii
quors for medicinal and sacramental
purposes.
Highway Measures
Several measures relating to high
ways and motor vehicles were pre-
sented in the senate. Majority Lead
er White introduced a bill which, if
passed, will greatly increase the
licenses for motor trucks. 1t fixes
a fee of SIS for all vehicles of more
than 1900 pounds gross weight
and capacity and raises the scale of
charges to s270 by gradual ascent
until the price touches the truck of
10000 pounds. 1t is understood
that the present maximum charge is
about $100.
Two measures on open specifica-
tions'' in highway contract bidding
were also presented. Senator Will
liam II. Parry, of Essex, who has
been fighting for this for year,
presented his bill along the same
lines. This latter measure provides
for open bidding and requires that
proposals shall be based upon two
or more of the recognized pavement
surfacing on a concrete base.
Senator Clarence E. Case, of
Somerset, presented bill calling for
an appropriation of 100000 to
carry out New jerseys end of the
Port of New York Authority agree
ment. Other interesting measures
follow:
Monmouth Roads
Stevens. Monmouth, ADDS a new
route to the State Highway system
to run from Keyport to Keansburg,
Atlantic Highlands and through
Allenhurst to Asbury Park at a
point on Route in Monmouth
county.
Whitney, Morris, authorizes the
governor to name budget commits
sioner for three years at $2,500 Il
year and provides that the budget
recommendation shall be presented
to the legislature in the form of an
appropriation bill.
Allen, of Salem, allows use of
public schools for election purposes.