The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-11
SAWDUST AND MUSH
Governor Griggs' Highly
Unimportant Message
to the Legislature.
sPICED WITH PARTISAN GALL
"~Journal's" Yellow Attacks on
Hudson County Give His Ex-
cellency One Chance
to Be Positive.
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Especial to 1.-THE Jersey City News.1
TRENTON, Jan. II, 1S9S.-As usual,
Governor Griggs' message proves to be a
document of no particular interest OF I'M
portance. The only portions OF II which
seem to nave any significance Whatever
are as follows
During the past fiscal year the state
Treasury has shared the oenent % int
proved business conditions in the recelpt
of an increase of income over the last
previous year.
The income of the State Fund for
the year ending October 81 1895 . 900 90
The income of the State Fund for
the year ending October 81, 1885, % , 90
An increase during the last year of sl6o'2 4' W
The disbursements during the last nseai
wear out of the State Fund amounted 10
81, 313, O60.97.
State Fund November 1, 1891, was s'4o'-
1850
Of the total disbursements out of the
State Fund for the last year the sum %
1910. 94S.5 81 was expended for the erectioI
and Improvement OF puolc puliuliss 4he
other purposes not connected Win ~
ordinary administration OF the STATE a.
fairs. The following table VIII snow .ne
items which make up the amount
these disbursements denomlnated eAtraol-
dinary:-
~ S.alo pa9ornoa $4,000 90
Fe Morr mpfPGgl ains.' .r...-...... Z. ss5 q
~ On stitutional Amendments........ 1923 81
For new ouAolhs' ~ 5000 90
For National Guard expenses at the
Inauguration of the President OF the =
For eauiprnent ana 6,oOo 90
Fo Ar'n Sbgckamauga and Chattanooga
C0mmiSSiOn. 49,. $500 - 49, -
For new building at Deaf Mute School 49Ss 9s
For Trenton Battle Monument.--.."-- 4'ooV ""
$50, s4s 81
Total disbursements -. 81, 313, $50 81
Extraordinary disburse-
Ordinary disbursements .. 81, 002, 112 40
The following table shows the net IN
crease in revenue:-
Increase.
From official FEES" ;o. cor. s'''2' %
From State Tax on Railroad COR
From Sinking Fund ............ 5000 %
From Collateral Inheritance Tax. Sis2e4 20
From State Prison.. ..--. 10
s167, 21s O5
Decrease.
From judicial Fees .... ss,l4 At
From Miscellaneous Cor oo -
From pDrat Minor soarces...... 2,s5s 81 oeo *
Net increase. ........-.-.. $3.50, 245 90
During the last fiscal year the sum OF
S1S9.40O of the war bonds of the State Len
due and was paid out of the Ordinary IN
come of the State. This, as against sos-
00 paid on the same account IN 1880, "as
an increase for the last hscai year y
Si32. 400 in the reduction of the ponoeo oepl
The sum Of $500, 900 was appropriated by
the last Legislature for the paymehl o.
that amount of State bonds raining que
January i. 1898. That sum has now been
paid. leaving the total bonded debt OF the
State S194, 900, which falls due as 1oloWsE
Payable January !, 1899 .".--...-.-sl2 ~ 0 oo 90 90
s1s4, 900 90
Besides the war debt there is a So
called certificate Indebtedness or s4S'oV 70
the Commissioners of the Agricultural
College upon the certificates issued py the
Treasurer and Comptroller pursuant 70
the provisions of Chapter AT, OF the
laws of 1885. and Chapter 1876, of the
Laws of 1896, which, added to the amount
of the war debt. makes the end1re oeot
of the State of New Jersey s24z eoo;
By Chapter "a, of the Laws OF 1880, the
fees of the Clerk of the Supreme Court
and of the Clerk in Chancery We're u
rected to be paid into the state Treas
ury, and it was directed that the lnceIh-
hents of these offices should thereafter
be paid a salary in lieu of fees. The act
took effect as to the Clerk in Chancery
on the 3Oth of March, 1896. The report
of that office for the year ending october
81. 1897, enables us for the first time to
ascertain the amount saved to the state
by this change. The total receipts from
the office of the Clerk in Chancery during
the last fiscal year were-.......-- 944,U9t.sV
and the expenses of running the . . n,
Office were 1S,ooi'o'
Net balance paid into the State
Treasury sloooo.ol
As the business of the Court OF
will. the saving from this source will IN
crease correspondlngly:..
The act referred to did not go into OPP
GRAFTON with respect to the Clerk OF the
Supreme Court until November Z, 1881.
The experience of the present Clerk DUR
ing the time that he has held the once
seems to indicate that the annual saving
from this Office will amount to ABOUT
So, COO.
We may, therefore, reasonably expect
that the total amount annually saweq ~
of these officers from a fee to a salary
basis will be 10000.
STATE BOARD OF TAXATION.
/ call your attention especially to the
very full and suggestive report Of this
Board. The law requires that it shall an
nually submit to the Legislature such
recommendations as it may find necessary
to prevent the evasion of just and equal
taxation. The report Of the Board Tor me
last fiscal year contains many important
and interesting facts, as well as recon-
mendations for improvement in the tax
laws. | direct your attention especlalIy 70
what they have to say on the subject OF
exemption of property from taxation:
They report that the total amount OF
property exempted from taxation in the
State for the year 1897 is $685. 92 .6S9. Tnls
includes school property, public property,
property used for church and charitable
purposes, and property used for ceme-
teries. m
1t also includes the sum of $40, l3l ,S92 for
exemption to veterans and the widows of
veterans of the Civil War, to fireman, and
to members of the National Guard: /.
It will be perceived that one class OF
exemptions is based upon the uses to
which the property is p~ut,-whether for
school purposes, for public uses, or for
church and charitable uses; another class
of exemptions is based, not upon the uses
to which the property is put. but upon the
character of the owner. 1t is very douDt-
full whether exemptions of the latter class
are constitutional. The courts nave de-
cided that property can be constltutionaliy
classified for taxation by the uses TO
which If is put. whether it be railroad and
canal purposes. charitable or public pur-
poses. The courts have not held. however,
that property used for ordinary business
purposes can be classified as taxable or
exempt according to whether or not the
owner IS a person of a particular kind, or
has rendered particular public service. IL
coca UNIVERSAL REMEDY.e$
I-nHemmations are quickly drawn to the surface X
and cured by the absorption of the powerful and 3
n highly efficient notifications which .
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