The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-28
WILL WIPE OUT FEES
Voorhees, Committees Pre-
pairing Measures for Next
Weeks Session the
Legislature.
SALARIES FOR THE COURT CLERKS
An Annual Appropriation Bill Will
Be recommended to Cover All
State Expenditures.
Special to the Jcrscu ostu Nasrs.

Special to the Jerscu 9th Nctrs.
TRENTON, May rs, 1Ss5.-The Voor.
hees was in private confer
ence yesterday, considering a dozen o.
more suggestions for remedial Legislation
to be recommended to the Legislature
next week. One suggestion practically
agreed upon is that a law be enacted
winning out the fees of the Supreme Court
Clerk and the Chancery Clerk. The an
nual income of these two offices were
shown last week to average $4,000 and
1913, 000, respectively.
William TT Corbin contended before the
committee that these fees could be prac-
tically abolished during the i~ncumbency
of Messrs. Lee and McDermott. His IN
sistment is tha the only authority Tor
the oft-repeated assertion that the sal
airy of a state Officer cannot be reduced
by the Legislature during the term OF
such officer is based Upon a constltu-
tionaI clause which provides in substance
that no private or special act shall be
passed reducing the salary OF any In
dividual o~ficeholder.
BUT the recommendations of the COM
mittee will be to pass a general law
changing the entire system. This, Mr.
Corbin insists, will cover the constitu-
tional provision and stand the test OF
o the courts. The recommendation OF the
= committee will be to fix a reasonable
salary for Supreme Court Clerk 3. f.
Lee and Chancery Clerk Allan l.. Nc
Dermott, and turn all fees collected
q into the State Treasury as part OF the
States revenue. at>
APPROPRIATION fpe RECOMMENDED.
The committee decided also that an
annual appropriation bill should be rec
commended, all expenditures up to the
of the fiscal year to be
covered in the act. Bills are to be paid
on vouchers certified by the Comptroller.
This would dispense with the numerous
incidental accounts" of the various de-
partments and also prevent donations to
favorite clerks out of public funds by
heads of departments.
AS to the PRONUNCIATION of the laws
the members of the committee yester-
day morning decided to recommend the
abolition of the present system of print
ing them in the newspapers and favoring
the Connecticut plans.
This is to have the laws printed in
form by contract, and have
the edition large enough to supply each
and every newspaper in the State, free
of cost, any number Of sheets desired.
They will also recommend the enactment
of a law fixing specifically the number
of door keepers, and other en-
ployes to be appointed by the Senate
and House when in session.
The committee has not definitely de-
cided to propose the consolidation of the
State Board of Railroad Assessors and
the Board of Taxation. There is con-
q N tho Milan SnmQ
members of the committee believe these
boards should remain separate. They
will recommend making the Dairy Com
mission a part of the State Board of
Health, and limit it's expense by a fixed
appropriation. 1t was agreed to substi-
tute one general printing law for the
present laws on the statute DOCKS.
The fate of the Bureau Of Labor Sta
committee favored the total abolition of
the bureau, they regarding the expendl,
ture of s14 1000 as useless. The clerical
be paid by the states checks instead
of Mr.. Kelsey's private check, and so
will all Sther 7! STATE Ha sr emgpl9 gsns
Mr.. Kelsey's- Prerogative Court fees
will be turned over as a part of the
States revenue. 1t was decided to rec
corporation acts as authorized Mr.. KEEL
sey to pay all expenses for the enforce.
ment Of such acts: ANOTHER matter OF
so to Hudson. than other counties, be-
cause of it's large tax, that was con-
sidsred by the a IN I'M et ,s yest endsy
which fhe school fund is divided to sup
port a number Of outside educational
These laws had the effect of materially
increasing the county school taxes. The
State school fund had been divided under
Model schools. The expenses Of the
for Feebie-minded Children, the Farnham
of the Teachers Institute, the formation
of public school libraries. the State aid
for technical schools, and the assistants
of the State Superintendent of Schools
are to be borne by the State. This class
Of expenses have E g roy to such an ex-
from the school fur and this extra
sum has been annually added to the
e0ai 70 fs4f2I YET THE COUNTIES.
The proposition of the committee is to
repeal these laws and provide that this
expense. shall come from the general
school fund. thus relieving the counties.
The total school taxes levied on all
the counties last year, according to the
school report, was s., 1876, 24o: Besides this
school fund. These remedial laws will
enable the board to add one-third more
to the contribution from the State fund,
and reduce the amount to be raised in
the counties by direct taxation.
The list of bills under consideration by
the committee now number sixteen, of
which the ten. as shown above, have
met almost unanimous approval. The
remaining six are vet to be acted upon.
To repeal the laws affecting Secretary
of State Kelsey's office, which had pre-
sumably been passed at the Secretary's
several bills. Others will be covered by
general repealers. The committee in q
general way estimates anhotal saving of
about 5000, 600 ae,Xear; r,thFough these rem
edial acts, besides a great increase in
the efficiency of tfhe Service.
A JOCKEYS FATE.