The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-07
REFORM AND REVENUE
Attorney General Grey's
Little BIN for the
Noonan-Simpson
Trial.
PAID BY THE COUNTY COLLECTOR
Judge Garretson's Bill Sent to
Mr.. Winfield, But Probably
the Taxpayers Must
Meet 1t Too.
BECK WHERE HE BELONGS
"Journal's" Yellow slsuih Ar
rested as a Dive Keeper and
Held in 81 900 Bail.
BECK WHERE He BELONGS

Attorney General Samuel H.. Grey last
week sent to the County Collector of
Hudson bill for his services in the re-
cent Noonan-simpson trial The bill was
l.46S.S5. and the items read
To IA days, at s10O per day. 81, 400 90
Board at Hotel Washington. 6S 50
Total-..--. .........---..-.....'--s -sl'4oS %
The bill was certified to by Justice Lip
pincott, and on Saturday afternoon
County Collector Dugan sent check for
the amount.
The Attorney General receives salary
of $1,000 year from the State. Heput in
his bill for the Noonan-simpson trial in
virtue of Chapter IS of the laws of 1854
When this law was enacted, the Attorney
Generals salary was only sl.5oo, and the
extra compensation in Section 8 was in
tended to reimburse him for going into
different counties to assist at trials. The
act is as follows
CHAPTER LyIII.
An Act to define the duties and fix the
salary of the Attorney General.
General e ere = Assembly stsnle Of the M state Of New
Jersey, That it shall be the duty of the
attorney general, when not Incompatible
with his other public duties, to be. pres
ent at the seat of government during
the session of the legislature, to give to
the members of the Senate and Assem-
bly,, and to the Executive and all the
officers of the state government, such
legal information as they may from time
to time request, examine and decide all
cases submitted for his opinion by the
state superintendent of common schools,
attend in any county of the State for the
trial of homicide cases. or other hlgh
crimes, on the written request OF JUS
tice of the supreme court, or OF the board
of chosen freeholders of any county, up
on all applications for loans of the school
fund, to inspect the title papers and de-
ternine the security offered, and attend
generally to all matters in which the
State is a party, or in which its rights
and interests are involved.
g. And be it enacted, That the attorney
general shall receive an annual salary of
fifteen hundred dollars, to be paid to him
by the treasurer of this state, in quar-
terly payments
g. And be it enacted, That after the. pas
sage of this act the criminal business
of fhe State shall be prosecuted exclu-
sively by the prosecutors of the pleas,
except in counties where, for the time be-
ing,e there may be no prosecutor. or
where the prosecutor desires the aid of
the attorney general; and when the at
torney general prosecutes in a county
having no prosecutor, he shall be en-
titled to the fees now fixed by law; and
where he aids in the prosecution at the
request of the prosecutor, he Shall be
entitled to one-half of the fees; and
when the attorney general attends the
trial of any case at the request Of
justice of the supreme court, or of the
board of freeholders, as provided in the
first section of this act, he shall be
paid such sum for that special service
as the justice of the supreme court of
that judicial district shall certify and
!, fix, to be paid by the collector of the
county in which the cause is tried.
T. And be it enacted. That this act
shall take effect Immediately.
a sroved February "a, 1854.
Ex-Judge A. O. Garretson has prepared
a biI for his services during the trial 1t
amounts to s1,25O. He has sent it to Mr..
Winfield, but it is said that it must be
paid by the county also, Mr.. Garretson
being a special counsel Mr.. Klink will
be paid by the county, too; he being AS
sistant Prosecutor in the place of Mr..