Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-04-02
Some of the more important items il
the deficiency bill are as follows:

Some of the more important items IL
the deficiency bill are as follows:
Allowance for the governor $40 OW
New dormitory at Kearney home.... 5O0t
Lawyers service in connection with
the states claim against the Unit
ed States government. 10,0N
DISCRIMINATING mosquitoes ........... 5,0O(
State hospital at Trenton, for main
tenance of county patients. sc, ISL
For support of insane convicts...... 2,61i
County lunatic asylums. ............... 1S,2O(
Home For Feeble Minded Women at
VineIand ........................... 27,5U
Sinking fund OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 10, 20;
National guard, suppressing Pater-
son riots ..................... IS, us
National guard OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 9,3G(
Village For Epileptics. ................. 43, 90
The secretary of state................. $500
Morris Plains Insane hospital. Ill, 245
Advertising constitutional amend
ments ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 13,99e
Purchasing the old tavern house in
Haddonfield ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $500
Antietam battle monument commits
sion .......................... 7.5N
Gloucester County Lunatic asylum. 7,14(
Sanitarium For Tuberculous Dis
eases .lO0,O0t
Superintendent of public instruction. 1885,
State oyster commission. ............. $500
Fort Lee battle monument. .......... 5000
the battlefield of Paulus Hook. 1,5N
Voting machines Observation-Disclosures. so, OOc
Home For Disabled Soldiers, Sailors
Marines and Their Wives, for addi-
tionaI buildings ....................... Is. OOe
New Jersey reformatory .............. 1880
Naval reserve cruise. ................... 1,500
For the payment to the mayor and
aldermen of Jersey City of taxes
unlawfully collected by this state
from the Erie Railroad company. IS, 961
Anniversary of the battle of Mon
mouth ......................... $500
Compensation for the clothing fur
nished by this state to volunteer
soldiers in the Spanish-American
war ....................... 81, 600
gtatehouse commission ............. AZ, 900
New senate chamber. 60, 600
Portraits of the late Governor Price. 800
Rutgers college ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. SO, 900
State oyster commission Delaware
bay and Maurice river cove......... 5000
To Abolish More Fees.
One of the last bills to be introduced
was one emanating from the state CON
ference of charities and correction.
which made its appearance Monday
night 1t provides that the fees now
collected by sheriffs for boarding coun
ty prisoners shall be abolished. A
hearing was held on Tuesday. The bill
will scarcely pass this year.
There was bitter fight last week in
the house over bill intended to give
saloon and inn keepers the right to have
their licenses renewed without sec1r-
ing the signature of twelve property
holders, as is required by law. The bill,
was introduced in the interest of Eliza
beth, but it was found to affect
Gloucester, and the south Jersey mem
bers put the bill to sleep.
An official message was sent to the
legislature by the governor Monday
night urging the lawmakers to abolish
the state board of arbitration. This
board is an expense to the state of
about $4,000 year, and as it has no
compulsory powers it has never af-
fected settlement of labor trouble.
During its ten years of existence this
experiment has cost New Jersey about
100000. The board four years ago
summoned up courage to call attention
to its own utter uselessness and urged
that it be clothed with some power
No action was taken by the legislature,
and the board continued its life Of Of
ficiaI inactivity. Now Governor Muir
ply asks that it be abolished,
Primary Reform Bill.
A deathblow was practically deliv-
cred TO primary reform. which has
been urgently recommended by Gov
ernor Murphy. when the Republican
assemblymen Monday night declined to
make caucus measure of the bill,
which was drafted by special com
mission, consisting of George i. Record
OF Jersey City, Joseph Mum of New
ark and Edward G. Stokes of this city.
and which has already passed the SEN
ate. 1t is belieyed that If the bill is re-
ported at all it will contain several ia