Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1908-04-17
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ARE CUT
Governor Fort Vetoed TWentv-six
Measures Yesterday New
Brunswick Filtration Hlt.
Topped orr 500 900 EXPENSES
Special to the EVENING NEWS.

Special to the EVENING NEWS.
Trenton, Apr. 17:--According to
information obtained at the state
house today Governor Fort has ap-
piled the pruning knife to the annual
and supplemental appropriation bills
The bills were approved late yester-
day afternoon, long past the hour for
the closing of the capitol offices. 1t
lis understood that before signing the
bills as a whole the governor disap-
proved of q number of items. The
bills, with the veto messages on the
items disapproved, will be filed in
the office of the secretary of state to-
morrow. The items in the annual
bill for the fiscal year beginning No
vember 1, next, which, it is said,
have been vetoed, are:
One providing $4,000 for the fish
and game wardens and game protec-
tors compensation. Also one provid-
ing $500 for increases in the salar-
les of the protector ard wardens.
This item was contingent upon the
passage of bill author. Eing the in
creases. The governor has vetoed
this measure also.
The next item said to be cut out is
$16,S00 for the state Sc werage COM
mission, which has just been legis-
lated out of office.
Section 95 of the annual bill ap-
propriated $4,000 for the purchase
of 500 sets of the digest of the law
and chancery reports. 1t is under
stood that while the governor has
not cut out this item he has exer-
cised his prerogative of cutting down
the amount of the appropriation.
The governor has also cut down
the appropriation for the state water
lsupply commission. Section 107 gave
this commission $500 for expenses
incurred in connection with new
water supplies, $500 for engineers,
| inspectors and field work. The
amount of the cut in those items will
not be known until the governor
officially files the vetoes.
The failure of the legislature to
pass a public utilities bill Is respon-
sible for the veto of section 100 In
| the annual BILL 1t made a provision
al appropriation of 100000 for the
proposed commission on this subject.
According to report three items in
| the supplemental bill have been cut
out entirely. They were: Section 90,
lappropriating $5,9S1.20 for the sal
aries of the Passaic river flood dis
trict commissioners from May l.,
l1907, to October 23 of the same year;
section SO, making provisional APP
preparation of $3,750 for additional
allowances for an increase of the sal
aries of the game protector and war
dens for the current fiscal year and
lS375 for an additional allowance for
printing game laws, license blanks,
etc; and section 73, appropriating
l$2,500 for the payment of the salar-
lies of the members of the state board
of arbitration up to the time of Its
abolition.
The hacks which Governor Fort
took at the two measures Topped OFF
appropriations of more than $780,
600.
Other Bills Vetoed.
| The governor vetoed twenty-six
bills. all told, yesterday. The reasons
lfor the disapproval were not given
out, the governor announcing that
lhe would not make those public until
| Monday, when he returns to the state
house. The most important bill
vetoed was senate 1853, b. Senator
Frelinghuysen. This permitted ma
ltional and state banks to deduct
their non-taxable securities from
their capital and surplus In making
their returns of personal property
for local taxation,
| (Coutinued on page 15.l
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