The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-06-06
new JERSEY REFORMS.
Measures Of Economy Passed by
the Senate.
A GREAT SAVING IN PRINTING.

The New Legislation VIII Save the State
$4,000 to 100000 Annually ON This
Item AIone-To Reduce the Number Of
Senate and House Employees.
TRENTON, June 6.-The senate yesterday
forenoon passed bills which were the out
some Of the state committees investiga-
tion. One Of these reduces the number Of
officers and employees OF the house and SEN
ate, making an annual saving Of $1,000
Another provides that after Nov. 1, 1895,
no money shall be drawn from the state
treasury, except where explicitly appro-
prlated In the annual appropriation bill.
Among the bills introduced was one for
bidding printing of any laws or public
documents In any Language other than tho
English.
In the afternoon the senate passed three
more bills in conformity with the recon-
mendations of the investigating commit
tee. One of these repeals all laws now In
force relative to the printing of the laws
In the newspapers, and another provides
for the printing Of the laws in sheets and
In pamphlet form. Four thousand sheets
are to be printed every week while the
legislature n session, and distributed to
members OF both houses every Monday
night as well as sent to the different county
and municipal clerks for placing on file
for public inspection and for circulation.
After the adjournment Of the legisla-
ture 2i 900 copies Of all the laws enacted
are to be printed in pamphlet form to be
distributed in the same manner as the
sheets. This printing is to be done by
contract, and 1t is estimated that 1t will
save the state from s75 600 to sloo, 900
year. Another bill passed provides that
the senate and house journal and all cur
rent printing of the legislature shall also
be done by contract. ...
More bills were introduced to carry out
the recommendation Of the investigating
committee. Among those were: Reduc-
ing tho fees of the clerk in chancery and
the clerk Of the supreme court by provid-
ing that tho former shall receive no fees
for filing papers wherein the services are
rendered to the state, and that the latter
shall only receive about 80 per cent. of the
present fees for making searches; requir-
quiring the supreme court clerk and the
clerk Of the court OF chancery to mali a
sworn quarterly report to the comptroller
of the gross feos received by them, and Of
the expenses of their offices; compelling
the secretary of state to make weekly re-
turns in detail to the comptroller Of all
fees and other moneys received by him for
the use Of the state, and providing that
oil fees received by the secretary of state
as clerk and register of tho prerogative
court shall go to the state; putting the
state dairy commissioners under the con-
troll of the state board of health; requir-
ing that all applications for pardon or
parole or remission Of fines shall be filed
with the clerk of the board of pardons
thirty days before action is taken on the
same
Senator Ketcham endeavored to have
passed an act giving to Mayor Leubecher,
Of Newark the power to make appoint
ments in case of counoilmanic vacancies.
The object OF this bill was to anticipate q
possible decision of the court of errors in
validating the election Of councilmen in
Newark last spring under the redistricted
ward lines. The bill went over