The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-12-05
The states

The joint committee of the House and
Senate, consisting of Senators Roe, Thomp-
sen and Werts. with A~ssemblynen Hoo
yer. Marsh, DeRonde, Potts and Pollock,
on Wednesday examined State Treasurer
Toffey's counts for the fiscal year ending
October 81. The report will not be ready
for publication until January next. 1t
shows that the receipts OF the State
Fund were 81, $50, 907. The balance in
bank November 1889 was s241, 996, 4S,
making a total of 2,072, 900. This is an
increase over the total of last year, which
was 81, 6S2, 001. The disbursements were
81 $50, 142. 81, against s1,440, COS for 1889.
The balance in ban at the close of the
year was $433, 100, 81, much larger than the
balance OF 1889, which was but S241, 900, 4S.
The school fund has striking changes.
Last year the receipts were $473, OILS; this
year they are 81 ,214, 054. The balance in
the bank is 1929, 904. The total is 81, 603,-
955, 50 against SIG, 451 of 1899. The dis
hursements were very large, being nearly
$500, 000 more than last year. The figures
for this year are $941, $50 against SAG, SAG.
The balance in the bank is 1862, 025, 64,
which compared with the s329, 904 at
the end of last year, shows that there
has been some notable changes made in the
securities, The State school tax fund
which was 81, $50, 055 last year received
and disbursed, is now 81, 939, 235, the Agri-
cultural College figures remaining the
same, Sc, $50.
The most interesting study of the report
is the receipts from corporations of all
kinds. The tax from railroad corporations
increased from 1888, SIS, SO to 81. 050, 451.
The miscellaneous corporations that
have been rushing into New Jersey are
paying With less coercion on the part of
the Attorney-General. The filing OF GER
titicates rof these interpretations has also
been a profitable business for the State.
The fees returned by the Secretary of
State amount.to 800, $50, 70, an increase OF
more than 100 per cent. over the returns
of last year, when the amount was $43, 1913
20. This increases the returns from the
corporation business over S125, $50. The
tax from foreign insurance companies was
S., 450. The total received from all the
corporations other than railroads was
1896, 947. 60.
The State Prison receipts fell of some-
hat last year: they were $64, 267, and this
year they are $50, 1877. 80; dividend on the
stock of the United Companies remain the
same, SIS, $40. The Home for Disabled
| Soldiers gets s31, 233 this year, against
O4iy FAOi it-,oos IL 4CtVs II OluCIdl itCS
amount to S21, S25, an increase of less tina
So, 600. The judicial fees are less by about
81, COO, the receipts being $12. GAS: the fines
and forfeited recognizances amount to S1,-
61j, an increase. The Morris aud Essex
arbitration brought $685., coo to the treas.
ury. There are other minor items which
bring the grand total of receipts up to
81, $50, SCI. 3G, which is a favorable increase
over $1,512, G61 Az of last year
The cOurt expenses have been growing
every year. Last year they were SAG
93S, 06, but this year they are S151, Sol, 03.
Tue militia cost the State s148, SIC, Al for
the current year, against 1924, 6S3 in
1889. The last session of the Legislature
was the longest on record and perhaps the
most expensive. The session cost SsS, 49,
Al. The session prior pulled through on
SS4, 800. There is a notable increase IN
State Prison salaries. The report Of 1889
shows S74, 521 paid ont for salaries and
this year it is s71,105 .95. The sum OF
S106, 0s4, "a was spent Ill advertising,
against only $50, 1923, as last year.
There was big increase Of printing
bills, partly due to the Ballot Reform law.
Tie account OF 1889 shows a42. 904, while
that OF 1890 goes up to SGT, 1920. The
amount expended Tor Improvements on the
State House was $44, 847,57. The modest
sum Of s25, 010, So was spent for the same
purpose last year. The legal expenses
which belong to the Attorney GENERALS
Office have increased most alarmingly.
They were kept down to s14, 1913, Al last
year, but this report shows that they cost
1872, 041 during the year just closed. The
State salaries are slightly increased, the
noun this year being SAT. S65, As; clerical
services cost $21, 483. The State Board Of
Assessors spent e22, 023, 81, against sts, 500
asst year. There is aD increase of Sd, 600
in the expenses of the fisheries, the amount
being Sll, 921.
The new Tax Commission have spent
s5,Ol3,55, but all the bills are not in.
Smiths History cost the State 81, 225, and
the school fund 50, 625. The State Luna.lc
Asylum cost 81 ,309, 90, a slight decrease.
The County Lunatic Asyiums jump from
s78, 522 to a102. Cos. 90. The Reform School
increases to a63, 200. The bllud and feeble
minded TO S544l8 from $47, 100. The In
dustrial School decreases 10 s7.437; State
Board of Health, sc, 1926; Bureau OF Satis-
tics, So, ia; Law and Equity Reports
decreases 10 "a, 900. The expense. OF
Abbett's inaugural were S"l,7T7,41.