The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-15
COUNTY FINANCES
Budget for the Coming Year
Prepared by the Free
holders.
TOTAL AMOUNT $967, 499.SS
Appropriations Increased
SOC, ,78l 90 Nothing for
County Clerk and
Register.
TOTAL AMOUNT $967, 4s9.8S


The Board Of Freeholders met yeslel-
day afternoon and fixed the annual appio-
priation at s967. 1880 Twenty meailoei ?
of the Board were present ~
Counselor Griffin, concerning the ras-
sale River Road Improvement, sala INA.
the matter was somewhat compllcaeeu
had the right to expenu or sssuiiie @sls
portion Of the expense for the roao re- g
pair. He had consulted WI. ol -
Kearny Town Council, out hao Ao' ~
been able to arrive at conclusion : lia
Counselor promised to file MS opinion -
che next meeting of the Board
The road runs along the east bank oi
the Passaic. Formerly u was Alnorrt -
the turnpike ROAD from -se~ss' : $3.50 the
ensack, ana was cons. s u'ssesr a,ss - nit,b is
county hhes Meie - ,.4,,ar - +,,a three
over me POM % - - go se ar,air l.
miles or 50 ol elie - +,r,,sai, or
under ene eo.ls-o. ,,,3a svster,.
IS l'0t. ~ sl'e osa;,,,5 from David
coiniaullleaeaon % 49, ai+fzs,s, meeting
'aNts' ,yeo,..,,, tox, ,,all urging
res0i'ess - - 49, ,o.5,s immediate re-
1iie 40
pa.. u,z raso1,,tjon authoriz-
NJ NJ III and Counsellor Grif-
llis - with sheriff Nc
-. t,,a hoard af prisoners in the
County Jail.
~ ,,.s,,ftentiarv to succeed James
r,,,,,t,, deceased The Board will meet
.i,, an 1,,lv 2o
Tsa D,iran.e COMMITTEES reported the fol-
- t- ,.e,,,ired fo,. the running
expenses of the county for the hseai year
commencing December l. next
Your Committee on finance mas hiaue
careful investigation OF the approximate
sums which viii be necessary TO De ap-
propriated for county purposes encluo-
Ing the requisition of the Boulevard
Commissioners for the fiscal year begin
ming December 1, 1899, and terminating
on the s0th day of November, 1900. and
he result Of your committees labor IS
contained in resolution which viii be
presented at this meeting.
wbEe the total amount to be raised for
county nnrnoses Including the Boulevard
commissioners for the coming year ex-
oaa,7., thar annronriated for the present
ssas, ,roor the monevs to be disbursed
W -. .sat -r<o-
by your Boafd during 1iie M neat iis,oei sNe- -
have been reduced by about s6.017.32.
.7o, +1,o+ tha taxnavers NAV know
II oiusi uia. s''9 'N> ..aa-o
the cause and nature OF the Hci icoSe.
,ya,r com r,itfee has deemed it wise to
eo,,-.,.,,,rz +ion.
make the lolto" iiis "a 'e piS'ise
!. One Of the first questions TO De oe-
cided hv voljr committee was the amount
sz ~, to,at;o, FOR a
necessary 70 pe leisea Ds - w.
redemption of bonds; and your commit
zee eon0uoed st Il crs5It mga Of ~ fbs county
oruer 20 maintain tne y 80 - ~ Ss,-''s-s
+b Il as aount prut this S year over and above the
amounts raised last year, and. according
ly. increased this tenn s27,0O0.00.
2 Last wear nroyision was made for
.,a-., 20 1.o,,aoz 5o1,+ fo1iiyo d,1e
this year, amounting to Ss2.5a6.24; pro-
vision must be MADE IN thus year ap-
preparation TOR the redemption OF oolu-
ed debt falling due next year amounting
to s47,5S7.g7, being an increase OF SlS'o4l.to
over and above the sum appropriated IN
the last appropriation
8. Provision must be made also this
year for an increase of s2,s4o.2l, interest