The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-15

cutting the work for which the commission
was appointed. It is apparent that pro.
vision should be made for reimbursing the
commissioners their personal outlays and
expenditures and the necessary costs and
charges OF properly performing n dis
charging the duties imposed upon them.
State Pensions.
The adjutant general reports that the
state pension roll for veterans of the wai
of 1919 includes four persons, the same as
last year.
Under the provisions of the law grant.
ing pensions to soldiers of the national
guard who have been injured in the line
Of duty, and to widows Of soldiers who
have been killed in the performance Of
military service in this state, the roll nov
includes two soldiers and three widows oil
soldiers. No applications have been re.
ceived during the past year.
Dedication of C-hickanauga and Chatta
nooga Military Park.
By chapter 121, laws of 1894, the gov.
ernor was authorized to appoint a commits.
sion of two Veterans, each of whom partici.
pated in the campaign Of Chattanooga, te
serve without pay, and whose duty it
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commission in a~scertaining and marking
the positions occupied In the battles Of
Chattanooga and Chickamauga by eAGh
regiment, battery and independent organi.
cation from the state of New Jersey which
vas engaged in that campaign, etc. An
appropriation Of $500 was made to defray
the travelling and other expenses Of the
commissioners.
John J. Toffey of Jersey City and Fran.
els Child of Morristown, both veterans and
both severely wounded in the Chattanooga
and Chickamauga campaign, were ap.
pointed commissioners under the act. The
commissioners appointed as secretary Of
the commission Frank g. Sutherland, who
hns materially aided the commission in the
discharge of its duties.
BY chapter 216, laws OF 1895, it was pro
vided that the commissioners before named
s'shall suitably mark by tablets the posi-
tions occupied by each regiment, battery
and independent organization from the
state OF New Jersey in the battles which
took place during the campaigns of Chat
tanooga II Chickamauga."
The last mentioned act further provided,
lin order that the state of New Jersey
may be suitably represented at the ma
tional dedication of the Chattanooga and
Chickamauga Military park on Sept. 10
and 20, 1896, the commissioners previously
referred to In this act are hereby authorized
and directed to furnish suitable transpor-
tation and hotel accommodations for the
governor OF the state and his staff, such
state officers as the governor may desig-
nate, the president of the senate and two
members of the senate, to be designated by
the president, the speaker of the house of
assembly n four members of the house
of assembly, to be designated by the speak
er, to and from the said Chattanooga and
Chickamauga Military park"
To defray the expenses incurred by the
commissioners In carrying into effect the
provisions of the last mentioned act, So, 500
was appropriated.
The dedication was attended by the gov
ernor and members of his staff, the legis-
lative committee and various state Off
Gals.
The commissioners appointed under
chapter 121 of the laws of 1894 were I'M
able to attend the dedicatory exercises
owing to the pressure of other official
duties.
The position of the New Jersey troops
In the engagements was, however, ascer-
tanned, and the same should be appropri-
ately marked, as contemplated by the act
appointing The commissioners Should it
not be done. New Jersey will be the only
loyal state having troops in those battles
to leave unmarked and undesignated the
scene of their patriotic services.
No appropriation has been made for such
purpose. 1t seems proper that one should
be made and the commission continued to
perform the work for which 1t was, in
fact, appointed.
The appropriation of $500 to defray the
personal expenses of the commission is
intact, no part thereof having been used.
The commission report a deficit Of S42. 81
in the appropriation for attending the dedi-
catory services, and they recommend that
the legislature make such an appropriation
as will meet the said deficiency and also
enable them to reimburse their secretary
individual expenses incurred by him and
properly compensate him for services rem
dered the commissioners
Department of Banking and Insurance.
The commissions of banking and in
suranee states that his report is necessarily
incomplete owing to the requirement of
chapter 433 Of the laws Of 1895, that his re-
port shall be made up as of Oct. 81 instead
as of Dec. 81, as heretofore.
The report contains abstracts of the
quarterly statements of the condition OF
the 21 state banks of discount and deposit
and of the semiannual reports of the 10
safe deposit and trust companies; also
statements showing the condition Of each
OF the "a savings banks as found by exami-
nations made during the year.
The commissioner calls attention to the
fact that all insurance companies and as
sociations doing business in the state are
required by law to render annually to his
department statements exhibiting their
condition on the 31st day of December and
transactions during the year; also that
banking, savings and all other institutions
unde his supervision are required to re-
port as Of Dec. 81, and that the commits
sioner is required to embody an abstract or
summary of every such statement in his
annual report. His report for the year and
ing Dec. 81, 1894, had been issued before
the passage of chapter 433, avs of 1896.
Consequently as the next annual returns
Of the companies and institutions could
not be presented until after Dec. 81, 1896,
much the larger portion of the data usual
" contained in the report of this depart
ment was unavoidably omitted. 1t may
be possible to supply the omission BY q
subsequent or supplemental report cover
ing the months Of November and Decem-
Der. While that may be done in this in
stance, legislation should be enacted MAX