The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-07-11
HUDSON COUNTY'S BUDGET
Appropriations Made by the Freeholders for
the Fiscal Year 10000 Show
Decrease From Last Year.

The county's tax budget for the fiscal
year 19Ol-92 which begins on December
next, was fixed by the Board of Free
holders at special meeting held yester
day afternoon, at 1888, 455.4S.
While this amount is but $552.O5 less
than the figures for the current year it is
s34, ,o45.70 lower than the budget of 1S99-
1900, and this despite the fact that during
the coming year the bonded debt of the
county falling due will be $76,S05.S as
against s61, ,066. .92 for the current year. Also
included in the budget is $1,000 for the
erection of a new smallpox hospital and
/ $500 for the repair of the Boulevard wall
in North Hudson.
The Boulevard Commissioners who ask
ed 900 to keep the county's driveway
| in shape next year are allowed s115 600
$1,000 more than the current year.
| The appropriation for county courts is
left at $95,0O0, to which amount it was
reduced last year from $4,000, which was
the allowance of this branch of the
county's service for several years before.
| The expenditure for Court House and
Jail is increased from $4,000 to s47,5o0 to
provide for additional furnishing required
| in the Registers office. For the care of
lunatics in the county and State asyluns
| $45,0 900 was appropriated for the fiscal year
1S9900, the last Board reduced this item
to $4,000 for the current year and for
neutrality-suspicious. for courts to which
may be added the amount received from
the county courts for costs, etc.
Second-Expenditure for jail, including
| Court House, Freeholders office, board
of prisoners in jail, dry goods, medi-
cines, water, gas electric light for
buildings and grounds also salaries of
the custodian of the buildings, engineers,
night Watchman, as well as the car
penter, employed at the Court House,
and all materials necessary for main
tanning and repairing said grounds and
Third-Expenditure for the County and
State Lunatic Asylum; for the care and
maintenance of the patients and repairs
to the buildings, to which is to be added
I the amount received from the State for
the support of lunatics and moneys re-
ceived for board of patients at said Hud-
son County Asylum. Observation-Disclosures.
Fourth-Expenditure for almshouse and
amount for the proper care and keep OF
the inmates, to which is to be added any
moneys which may be derived from item
NO. 5.........-.....
Fifth-Amount appropriated in accordance
with the direction of an act for the
crea ton of State Board of Children $
Guardians, etc. Claws of 1889, p. 362),
being $1.50 per week for each chilo d
charge on Hudson county, and careu
for under the provisions of said e,.
This item of appropriation, if the law
under which it s spproprisatte,d5 ed IS in in
Guardians does not remove the children
pursuant to said act, and any surplus
over and above the sum of S1.50 per week
for each child actually removed, is to be
transferred to and become part of item
No. 4; likewise any balance remaining
unexpended at the end Of the fiscal year
is to be transferred to said item No. l.,
the same having been carved out of item
No. for the purposes of said act...-...
Sixth-Expenditure for penitentiary and
the care and keep of prisoners and re-
pairs to which may be added MONIES
received for the board of United States
prisoners and from all other miscel-
laneous sources pertaining to this instl-
Seventh-Expendture for maintenance Of
smallpox hospital...... ,....................,
Eighth-For expenditure at store room at
Snake Hill, Including salaries of the
storekeeper and other persons attached
thereto as well as the gatekeepers and
other miscellaneous objects and other
items incidental thereto: .;.:....... ......;
Ninth-Compensatio of the Director and
members of the Board. ard....................-
Tenth-Salaries of officers and employees
-.
Eleventh-Fees of coroners, morgue keep
ers and undertakes for the burial or
honorabiy discharged soldiers and sail
ors who die in destitute circumstances
Twelfth-Expenses of elections.
Thirteenth-Expendtu for printing, ad-
vertising publishing and stationery.
Fourteenth-Expen county ;i,lSina Board oI
salaries of officers and members thereoI
F'ifteenth-Compensatio OF members ana
secretary County Board of Equalization
| observation-disclosures expenses of mis-
ceilaneous character, which includes in
cidental expenses of Jail, Court House
and Freeholders' Office, public grounds,
stationery, indexing, advertising, print
ing county roads. bridges, county IN
stitutions at Snake Hill, legal expenses,
interest on temporary loans and all
other incidentals as well as judgments
rendered against said Board.
| Seventeenth-Payment of bonded debt fall
ing due in the year.
| Eighteenth-Payment of interest on coun-
ty bonds. .-...................
| neteenth-Principal on new Public
wentietf-Principai on new bridge bonds,
Hackensack River bridge, Jersey City.
| Twenty y-first-Principal on new bridge
bonds, Passaic River bridge, Fourth
| Twenty y-second--Principal of Snake Hill
twenty y-third-Principal Of Baldwin ave-
| Twenty y-fourth-Principal of new Public
| (Main) Road sidewalk bonds. ds...............
| enty-fifth-Principal of Branch Road
sidewalk bond. d........... .-.......-........... !.
! Twenty ty-sixth-Principal of Branch Road
iD0nd......... :.
| Twenty -seventh-Principal of Boulevard
! bonds, due July 1, 1919. ............:..
| Twenty y-eighth-Expenditur for repairs
| and maintenance of bridges, south of
Newark avenue..-..-. ................-. -
| Observation-Disclosures for repairs,
| and maintenance and salaries of en-
! poyes on bridges north of and including
Newark avenue.
| Observation-Disclosures and repairs to
public highways, other than New Public
ROAD ..-.-....... :
! Thirty y-frst-Salaries Of mechanics not at
tached to any institution. III. 2.
| pital for Contagious Diseases. ..........
Thirty -third-For the use Of the Bouleff e.
Hudson, appropriated upon its requ-
sition, pursuant to the laws Of 1885, p.
lf3.......- .''--
| Thirty-fourth-R Repair Boulevard wall ......
| NATURALIZATION new smallpox hospital.