The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-01-13

one Of which our citizens may feel Justly proud.
Under the head Of "Providing Appropriations
10 Execute Laws the governor r~ecommends.I
An act should be passed which should provide
that whenever under any law Of this state the ex-
pcndifure Of money Is necessary 70 execute the
same. and such act does not make a specific ap-
preparation therefor. that there l. thereby appro-
priated from the treasury money sufficient to
carry the sane into eject. and that the comp
troiier may draw his warrant therefor and the
the governor specifying the act or acts under
which the money is to b. expended.
The finance department would thus have lezis-
lative as well as executive sanction for the neces-
sary payments, and the legislature would always
have control Of every appropriation by limiting
the amount thereof 10 every case where they
deem It wise or practicable.
Ballot Reform Law.
RECOMMENDED IN my inaugural message the
passage Of q ballot reform law. The legislature
passed the act May p 1890. The operation Of this
Law has secured practical ballot reform and hon
est elections In this state. The law is the simplest
and most efficient act adopted in any Of the states
Of the Union.
It was 10 be expected that the practical work
ing Of such an act might develop the need Of
some amendments. II any should be found neces-
sary the greatest care should be taken In drafting
them not 10 impair the efficiency Of the law.
The wisdom Of the passage OF this act has been
fully demonstrated, the people Of the state are
entirely satisfied with It's operation. the elections
have been more peaceable and orderly. intimida-
ton has been rendered impossible and bribery
has been practically eliminated from election
contests
No evil has resulted from the use Of Official bal
lots previous to the election, when used Ia con
nection with the provision ia the act. that the
ballots should be incIosed in an Official envelope.
procurable only at the polling place. The election
officers and citizens Of the state have found no
difficulty in the working Of the new law. and IL
commends itself to the Judgment Of ali those in
favor Of pure elections and q secret ballot
The power Of revision vested Ia the courts Is so
complete and ample and so summary that the In
centive 70 commit frauds BY election officers or
others Is entirely destroyed.
congratulate the people Of the state upon the
success Of this great reform.
mere &c governor speaks Of the state library
and the necessity Of p~aS~sding additional room in
the state house,
Reapportionment of Assembly Districts.
The constitution. article 4. section 3. provides:
The general assembly shall be composed Of
members annually elected by the legal voters Of
the counties, respectively, who shall be appor-
toned among the said counties as nearly as may
be according to the number Of their inhabitants.
. . : And an apportionment Of members of the
general assembly shall be made by the legislature
at It's frst session after the next and every subse-
quent enumeration or census, and when made
shall remain u~naitered until another enumeration
shall have been taken: provided, that each eoun-
ty shall at all times be entitled to one member,
and the whole number Of members shall never
exceed sixty"
The census Of 1870 having been completed, it
becomes the duty OF the legislature to act under
this provision. The form Of such an act win be
found in the laws Of 1881, page l46.
Health and Vital Statistics.
The state board and bureau Of vital statistics
report that while the state has had an unusual
exemption from the ordinary communicable aud
summer diseases. the influenza of last winter
added largely to the deaths from pulmonary dis
eases, so that the death rate of the state exceeded
that Of the previous year. The rate, however,
did not reach twenty per thousand for the entire
state, which Is not generally regarded as en-.
cessive.
Attention is called 10 the gradual increase Of
typhoid fevers in most Of the cities Of the state.
This is accepted by sanitary authorities as indi
eating inadequate sanitary administration. Tc
protect the people from this and other pathugenic
diseases there should be systematic house inspec
ton, aud the removal OF waste products IN cities
should be systematically and rigidly enforced
Attention is called 70 the tenement house law IL
force in New York as being one which would aid
in securing more healthfui homes for the people.
IL Is stated that the use Of wells and eesspools IN
cities OF over o.gJ innaDlt11LS y EcueddAJ sucL
that there should BE- prohibitory or strong legisla'
tive regulations.
The board that summary control
should be given to the state board or some proper
authority over streams OF potable waters, SO as tc
prevent their pollution; and further recommends
that the impounding Of waters for artificial lakes
should be restrained by law, as sucn acts canss
partial stagnation and thereby render the locality
subject 10 disease.
They also recommend that power be given tc
the state board to act in cases OF local nuisance.
where the authorities Of the district fail TO act
The board further reports that the study of the
various diseases shows that, but for the mortality
IN Hudson and Essex counties the general dealt
rate for the state would be low, and suggests thai
1s,-A-i.i -sr---a-- shcssi1 ~directed 70 the ssni
sary needs q irese Two iEportsnE counties. Il
reports that IN many parts OF the state ~satissac-
sory progress is being made by the local boards,
Who frequently avail themselves OF the inforna-
ion. direction aud advice furnished by the state
board, which seeks 70 be a medium for the dis
semination Of the most recent and approved in
formation on the various subjects within the
scope OF sanitary knowledge and administration
The board directs special attention 10 the need
Of laws which viii secure the better housing Of
The industrial classes. SO that sickness. which is q
large draft upon their income. may Be avoided by
properly constructed buildings and effective sani-
larry arrangements. The report contains an arti-
Gle on this subject. The board calls especial at
.ention 10 its bound circular and to the Health
Inspectors Guide, as contained in the reports.
and TO the full statistics and the sanitary papers
printed Herewith, their object being to keep
Apaee with sanitary progress and TO have the
service in this state compare favorably with that
Of any other part Of the country.
The following amounts were expended by this
board:
For vital statistics. 81
For general expenses, blanks and station
3S5 II
Eor contagious diseases Of animals. 49,. rs q
iN4 ~
During the year ending June 80, 1922, thess
were 1851 marriages. So.i6 births. $3.50 deaths.
Under the heading Charters That Should Be
Repealed the governor makes this suggestion:
I therefore recommend the passage Of TWO
acts; one, an act 70 repeal the charters of al
corporations that have heretofore failed TO pay
he tax imposed upon them by law. and the
other, an act 70 amend the act concerning corpo-
fations.
The governor also advises changes In the law
axing foreign life insurance companies. After
gard be speaks at length about the industrial in
sarance eompanies
bureau of Labor Statistics.
fine 51rean reports that il has continued the
novel and interesting line Of investigation. begun
u 1859, to Determine approximately the influence
Of occupation upon the health and trade life OF
Eorkmen BY a census Of those now employed IN
The leading state industries.
The chief OF the bureau is of the opinion that
he duration Of the actual trade or working life
S a phase Of the Industrial question that, as