Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-27

- W. IIiS IlOuSS
last night confined it's deliberations
to the passage of numerous bills of
minor Importance. 1t was expected
that the Stevens bill prohibiting
night work for women in factories
which passed the senate one week
ago, would be brought up for az
ton. However, 1t did not appear
and probably will be taken up this
morning.
After some difficulty within its
own fold the Republican majority
succeeded in getting through the
lower House a bill which will reduce
from $4,000 to $500 annually the
salaries of the members Of the Tree
holder boards of Ocean and Cape
May counties. The vote was 33 to 20.
Other measures which received IA
vorable action at the hands of the
House include:
House No. 235-Mr. Robbins.
Mercer, delegates to local boards of
health power to enforce provisions
of Shellfish act.
House No IT'S Mr. Corie authorizes
appointment of three judges to hold
circuit court in absence Of supreme
court justice.
House No. 327-Mr. Klein, Essex,
prevents exploitation of children
under sixteen years of age in the
atrical and other entertainment d
exhibitions. (Churches and charta-
BILE institutions exempt.)
House 167-Mr. Blair, Atlantic,
requires stopping of autoibiles. i'd
while trolley cars discharge and
there is eight feet between auto and
curb.
House No. 18-Mr. Cliff. Union,
permits increase in amount of insut-
ance permitted on lives of miners.
House No 1S1-Mr Clife. Union al
lows insurance companies to except
provisions relative to total on per-
manent disability.
House No. 405, Mr.. Dater, Bergen.
provides for recording of riparian
| grant deeds.
House No. 4O6, Mr.. Dater, Bergen,
provides that certificate issued by
riparian commission shall be execut-
| ed and acknowledged the same as
deeds.
Senate "a. Mr.. Mackay, Bergen,
| closed season on quail in ten counties
in northern section of state.
Senate 149, Mr.. Roberts, Burling-
ton, appropriates $4,000 for expert
| 1lISlll oIdt4OIA 4AFCoLASobAOL VI AiLCLIl~
DDS of economical marketing of
fruits and vegetables.
Senate No. 40, Mr.. Roberts, Burl-
ington, removes limitation on value
of holdings of society organized by
an act of the legislature. (For the
Methodist Centenary movement).
Senate No. 101, Mr.. Stevens, Mon
mouth, allows reinstatement of
charters of corporations by governor.
House No. 262, Mr.. Marshall, Mer-
Ger, allows taxing of railroad not
completed in two years and sold for
taxes but never operated as railroad.
Senate Business
A bill by Senator Agans, Demo-
crat, of Hunterdon, to present the
right of eminent domain" to cleo
trio light companies and allow the
, latter to condemn land to their use
/ met with defeat in the senate last
night, when it was hit hard by SEN
ators Case, Republican of Somer-
set, Richards, Republican of Allan
tic, and Simpson, Democrat of Hud-
son.
Senator Case declared that tele-
graph and telephone companies
have no power of condemnation and
that heat and light companies have
gotten along so far without this au-
thority. The Public Service Com
pany was said to be getting along
| very well without the power of con-
domination.
This is a state power" declared
Senator Case.
In this assertion Senator Case was
backed up by Senator Simpson, who
declared the bill would allow these
companies to usurp the right of emf
nent domain, a state prerogative.
Senator Richards questioned the
constitutionality of the bill on these
grounds.
After a hard fight on the part Of
Senator Mackay of Bergen, he was
forced to have his bill lie over, to
prohibit labor unions to restrict the
number of apprentices learning a
particular trade. Despite the fact
that Senator Mackay designated the
measure as a good American bili'
and declared that the curtailing OF
the number of apprentices learning
a trade by labor unions was result
ing IN an insufficient supply of work
ers in trades, the bill was tabled.
At a hearing on the bill held some
time ago, labor unions over the state
protested vigorously against the bill
and in the senate tonight Senator
richards, of Atlantic, declared that
union men from his county were
against the bill and he would vote
against it.
At a hearing held on eight legis-
lative bills designed to furnish free
rides on the railroads of the state
to various federal, state and county
officials, the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company appeared as the principal
obJector to the bills. Allan 3. Strong,
general solicitor for the Pennsylva-
MA, declared that if many more
passes were distributed over the
state the company would be forced
to protest in the courts.
Mr.. Strong also declared that the
pass" bills were unconstitutional, in
that they took the property of the
railroads without due compensation.
He cited a number of cases in which
passes were given to various state
officials and the amount of tho fares
later sued for. Court of Errors and
Appeals opinions were referred to,
In which the cour held that the
railroad companies were within
their rights in Directing to the Civ
ing of passes by the legislature to
state employees.
1t was said that there were about
four hundred passes issued by the
PENNSYLVANIA railroad in New Jersey.
Irving w. Teeple, of Newark, APP
peared in favor of one bill of the
series, by Senator Albin Smith, of
PaSSaIc giving ThoSa nascaS a. =.