Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1922-03-18
VETOED BILLS
ARE ADOPTED
Governor 0verridden on State
Road Bond e--Refer-
endum in Fall
REPEAL FULL CREW LAW
All Bills Vetoed by Governor,
Except One, Passed in
House of Assembly

TRENTON, March 1S.-With two
exceptions the 146th session of the
New Jersey legislature, which ad-
journed sine die late yesterday re-
passed every measure vetoed by
Governor Edwards.
Among important laws enacted
during the session were:
Series of prohibition enforcement
acts; custer of present members of
the New Jersey Interstate Bridge
and Tunnel Commission and ap-
pointment of new board; erepeal of
full crew" law; reorganization of
national guards, establishing new
troops of state police: pure ice
cream law; appropriation for utility
board to fight eight cent trolley
fare: acceptance of federal Shep-
pard-Towner maternity and infancy
act; ratification of eighteenth (pro-
hibition) amendment tofederal con-
stitution: appropriation for Port of
New York Authority's pain; referen-
dunn on $4O.000,000 bond issue for
roads and law requiring condensed
milk sold in state to conform to fed
eral standard.
Full Crew Repeal Passed
The House also passed over the
veto Senator Aliens repeater of the
full crew" law, which required rail-
roads to have a sixth man on
freight trains with more than six
cars. Democrats were lined up solid
| ly against the repeater, along with
! the following Republicans: Mrs
| Laird and Taylor. Essex; Guthrie
| Mercer Campbell Monmouth: and
Applegate, Middlesex. There was
little debate.
Vote on Bond Issue
The people of New Jersey will now
have a chance to express their opin-
ion on the $40,000.000 bond issue for
the completion of the state highway
system. The proposition will be
submitted to the voters at next No
vember's election. Assemblyman
Persons measure providing for this
bond issue passed the Senate yester-
day without discussion. Having
reviously passed the House over the
veto of Governor Edwards the bill
is now law.
In addition to the bond bill, the
senate passed the following bills
over the veto of the governor. all OF
which are now laws: Assemblyman
Evans Bridge and Tunnel '"Ripper'
bills. four out of the five Hobart
Prohibition Enforcement laws and
other a few unimportant measures
! BY a vote of to 4, Assemblyman
Eaton's Pool Room Purifier" bill
was beaten, the veto of the governor
being sustained. The veto was over
ridden by the House, Thursday. Sen
ator Parry, of Essex, spoke for the
bill. He declared that it was Il bill
that would tend to lessen the evils
now existing behind the doors OF
pool-rooms and clubs. The measure
provides that all pool parlors and
club rooms should be open to the
public view.
The vote was as follows: For
Parry. of Essex; Roberts, of Burling-
ton; Runyon, of Union, and Reeves
of Cumberland; Against-Simpson
of Hudson; Barber, OF Warren;
White. of Atlantic, and Heath. OF
Mercer. The rest of the Senators
! did not vote.
Other bills passed by the senate
| over the veto of Governor Edwards
and which are now laws are as fol
| lows: McMillin, stops state highway
| department from reimbursing mu'
inequalities for road building aftel
/ one year: McMillin. stopping the
| highway department from reimburs-
ing counties for road construction
! after one year; Sexsmith. allows the
state board of agriculture inspec
tions; Gibbs, governing street widen
! ing, and Hobart, reorganizing boards
/ of education in first class cities.
/ The senate also passed the two
! items in the ppropriation bill which
! Governor Edwards vetoed. namely
/ the item giving $500 to the busi'
ness manager of the state board OF
| education, n raise of $500. and the
appropriation of $4, 500 for the print
| ing and distribution of histories oi
| the goth division.