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9'0''' II. ". LAWSON, P. NJ.
TIE GOVERNORS MESSAGE.
1.-THE annual message of Governor
Moses, which was read before the Leg
sis,ature on Wednesday last, though not
iso elaborate n document as the speclai
message, is still too long for our columns
> tSnd WE must content ourselves with an
abstract of it's various suggestions.
,,:w,After congratulating his constituents
upon the success of the State Govern
.' .;;},ent since the adoption of the Constl-
.+ntion of lsGS-a matter upon which he
will find very few to agree with him
4. .either in or out of the State-he passes
to the topics of Taxation and the Public
Debt! He is satisfied that there IS All
increase in the assessments, and that
this has been justified by an increase IN
1he development of values throughout
'eihi Tie State. For bis views on the subject
,:,of taxation and the debt, he refers TO
his special message. From the report
!.of the Treasurer it appears that the
bonded debt amounts to- SIS, ,s5f'627.3o'
'sand this the Governor regards rs 'the
80 adisshonoring SYMBOL Of violated faith
sxol the pablic creditor. But certainly
the first step to THE adjustment OF the
IA debt, is the. elimination Of the fraudu-
lent claims, and to pay all alike would
rlbe b, hagrant wrong to the taxpayer.
sesThe T.easurer's report shows that the
: - sum III ,'tf Of s5losos will be required to pay
J; the deficiencies of the past fiscal year.
According to the message, "the large
= deficiencies stated are due to the fact that
the appropriations for the last fiscal year
amounted to s., 41s, ,S72, while the Treas
r'4uer received from all sources only
Sl,7l9,72s. The. Treasurer was unable
~ ~ to pay the entire amount appropriated
with the amount he received. His ina
bility to pay all the creditors Of the
sstate has caused great Inconvenience.
and smbarrasssasentt:: . THE; duties Of his
office have been discharged with fidelity
SIND integrity" HhAi1". q>a 'a.% =
- The report Of the Superintendent of
Education shows that the total scholas-
tic population is $50, ,102, and the attend
tauee ss,75s, exhibiting an increase of
~ :4sl ;exer the school attendance of the
,%year 1872. There Were in operation
dthroughout the State, during the year
,ls72, 1919 comm6' 'selools, under the
=. change of y, ,IS5 teachers. During the
present year there have been 2,017 conf
lhh1on schools, in charge of 2,3l0 teachers,
showing an increase, adring this year,
,yof 9s schools and l25 teachers. AS it
., thus appears that almost two-thirds OF
the children between six and sixteen
! fail to attend, the Governor recommends
T." Legislation to enforce their attendance
as provided in the Constitution. He
recommends an apportionment of the
school fund, in proportion to attendance;
also an increase of the powers of the,
State Superintendent.
"a The Governor recommends the levy
ofaspscific tax, and its application for
the matatenance' Of the Lunatic Asylum
and other charitable Institutions. The
report of the Superintendent shows that
at the commencement of the last fiscal
YEAR the number of patients III the in
~stitution was go, number admitted du-
#; ring the year 9s, making the whole pop
..ulation Of the Institution during the
=, year 3ss. or this number 81 were dis
charged fully recovered, 4 were dis.
charged improved, ii were discharged
:unimproved, and "a have died. There
remained in the institution, on the 31st1
of October, 1875 Sts,' of whom 146 are
males and t55 are females. The 'appro-
priation for the support Of the institution
for the fiscal year commencing Eovem-
Der, 1879, was s59,97o.24, from which
sum sum must be properly deducted an over
draft of the previous year, leaving 8
,>:balance which was due the institution
for the fiscal year just passed of s5l, 1885,
IS, Of Which the Superintendent has re-
: ceived from the treasury s2e, e,sl7.s4. The
total expenses Of the institution for the
fiscal year commencing November l,
A1s7e, amounted TO ss7, ,!51:2i- Liabili.l
ties reported due and unpaid at close of
last fiscal year s62,ol6.s5. Liabilities
due at close of last fiscal year, inadvert-
emily omitted in last report S33, 924.S0.
Due State treasurer on account Of over
draft ss,ls2.16:; Total liabilities $751;
%s7S.44. The Governor recommends al
: special appropriation to pay this debt,
and an appropriation of's75, 900 for the
expenses of the current year.
- With regard to the Penitentiary, the
Governor States that the General Assem-
bly, appropriated for its support and
maintenance dtring the fiscal year COM
''mencing on the lst of November, 1872,
':the sum Of forty thousand dollars. OF
this sum SIC, 900 were drawn by ex-Super-
'intendent Stolbrand, leaving $4,000 at
the disposal of the present superinten-
dent. The actual deficits y, 1885, 40, and
includes debts which were incurred at
different periods during the last four
years. The necessity for al appropria-
tion to pay these debts seems to be inn
operative. He renews the suggestion he
Jo - oo,,,n,onf;pr nv, tho rannrt of