The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-07-14
BOARD OF FINANCE.


BOARD OF FINANCE.
(oFFIcIAL P~RocKEDINes)
Regular meeting Of the Board of Fl.
nance held at the City Hail. Tuesday,
July I. 1891, at 5 O'Clock p. m
Present-President Edelstein. Messrs.
Allen, Hitler, Henry and Peterson.
On motion the reading OF the minutes
was dispensed with, M they were aP-
proved ms printed.
PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS y CON-
MUNICATfoKs.
Invitation from the Robert Davis Asso-
citation, with tickets enclosed, for their
secoud ANIMAL free excursion to Sylvan
Beach Grove. "Wednesday, July s, 1891
Received and accepted.
Communication from the Jersey City
News in reference to salary for printing
official minut ~.
Communication from the Evening
Journal Association in reference to salary
for printing official minutes.
Received n referred TO the Committee
on Finance.
Petition of Colgate & Co. for return OF
sll6.42 surplus paid in redemption of
lands sold for unpaid adjusted taxes, etc.
Petition of Rev. i. e. Mortimer, for
cancellation of taxes on property OH st.
Marks Church.
Petions of Jacob Ringle (l for return of
duplicate payments of water rents.
Petition of Richard Grant for assign
ment Of certificates of sale of lands sold
for unpaid adjusted taxes, etc.
Received and referred to the Commit
tee on Finance.
PRESENTATION OF CLAIMS.
Claim of Vredenburg az Garretson,
attorneys for Joseph Keogle, of $300.S0,
Judgment and costs recorded against the
city.
Received and referred to the Commit
tee on Finance.
Claim Of The American District Tele-
graph Company Of s25g5 for messenger
service. mayors Office. June 1891.
Claim OF the American District Tele-
crap Company of $3.50 for messenger
service, Board of Finance, June, 1891.
Claim OF John II. hicken of SIS for
board Of horse for Buildina~ Inspector.
Claim of +. Appropriateness Sons OF
500 tor lithographlng.
Claim of the j. G. News of S6s.75 for
printing mauuals. etc.
Claim Of Colbert Lightfoot of S7oO for
~tynewriting.
Claim Of Robert Lightfoot of s144 40 for
typewriting.
Claim of r. NJ. McDermott of $50 for
ice, May and June, 1891
CLAIM Of the n. j. Law Journal and
Publishing Company Tor copies of laws.
Claim of The n. J. Title Guarantee and
Title Company for searches under Martin
act.
Claim of r. II. Weaver of $3.50 for
awnings for office of City Collector.
Received and referred to the Committee
on Printing, Stationery and SUPPLIES.
OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS.
The following communication was re-
ceived from the Corporation Counsel en-
closing the decision of the Supreme
Court in the case of Michael Clark against
the City of Newark.
Ordered spread upon the minutes and
JERSEY CITY. June 80. 1891.
w. G. German, Esq.
Clerk of the Board of Finance,
Jersey City.
DEAR SIR:-I inclose for the use of
the Board of Finance cop OF
the decision in the case of
Micnael Clark VS.. City OF Newark,
touching the decision of election ex-
nenses between the city and county.
Under this the amount of money TO be
expended for election purposes by the
/ think their estimate of expenses for the
present year were MADE before this
opinion was announced.
Yours respectfully,
WIN d. EDWARDS, C. c.
NEW JERSEY SUPREME COURT,
June Term, 1891.
The STATE, MICHAEL CLARK,
VS..
THE MAYOR. &C, OF NEWARK.
Syllabus.
| i. Inc expenses Oh erecting DOOLHS I'M
der the election law of 1890 is to be borne
equally by tine county ind the city, be-
cause they are both used in county and
city elections.
2. The county must pay one-half the
expense of canvassing and making the
registry. and each city and township one
half because il Is used in every election.
The county is TO pay the cost of revising
the registry for the November election,
and each township Is to pay for revising
the registry for its spring election, and
the city is to pay for revising the registry
| for its November election.
Argued at February Term 1891, before
Justices Depue, Van Syckel and Seudder.
K. w. Stevens. Esq, for Plaintiff.
Joseph Coult, Esq, for Defendants.
The opinion of the Court was delivered
by Van Syckel, j. Tn question in this
case is, how shall the cost of conducting
/ elections under the act passed in 1890
| laws of 1890 n. 36i) be distributed be-
tween the county and IT'S cities and town
ships.
That act provides the mode for conduc.-
ing all elections ave town meetings,
which are stil governed by the old law.
except as to registration.
In Essex County municipal Gncluding
township elections are held in the spring,
except IN the City of Newark, where the
municipal election takes place in Oc-
tober.
The election for members of Assembly
and county officers Is held in November,
at which time no township or city officers
are voted for.
sections 81 aud 55 of the act provide
how the expenses therein referred to
shall be betrayed.
We nave concluded that the just intel r
probation of the act in this respect is:-
l. That the expenses Of erecting booths
shall be borne equally by the county and
the city because they are used both in
county and city elections
2. That the county shall pay one-half
the expense of eanvassiug and making
the registry, and each city and township
one-half, because it is used in every cleo
tiou.
The county snail pay the cost of reyis-
ing the registry for the November elec-
ton. aud each township shall pay for re-
vising the registry for its spring election.
and the city shall pay for revising the
registry for its October election.
Although the registry was made at the