The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-02

expected to care for those whose rela-
tives are amply able to do 80.
"It IL the sense Of this committee
that the expense Of maintaining the
tenement house comnission should be
borne by the municipalities benefited
thereby.
.The appropriation to the State Board
Of Health for pure food and oleomar-
gerine laws should be reduced to 81, 900,
thereby saving 5000.
I-nsurance Tax.
we recommend an amendment to
the fire Insurance corporation laws,
whereby the insurance department will
furnish a list OF the insurance brokers
placing fire insurance in and out Of the
State which is at the present time re-
CURED and under which a license fee
of $40 per annum Is charged, and that
the insurance officers and managers
shall be compelled in their annual
statement to swear that the company
has transacted no business except
through brokers licensed by the State.
I'VE believe that with the enactment
OF this law an additional income of $15,-
900 will be procured for the State.
lack Up Fort
I'VE recommend that the suggestion
In the Governors message in reference
to the purchasing Of supplies for the
institutions of the State be enacted into
q law. but we believe that no new
board should be created.
w recommend that the system of
paying salaries to the inspectors of in
land waters be abolished and that II
these positions must be maintained
fees be charged to provide a fund for
the purpose.
w believe considerable money can
be saved for the State by placing the
control Of all the printing in one Of
the departments Of the State.
Our attention has been called to the
present method Of collection by surro-
gates Of the collateral inheritance tax,
and a change in this method withdraw
ing the collection Of these taxes from
the hands Of the surrogate and placing
It under State control is the subject
Of a bill before the Legislature. This
will undoubtedly create an additional
revenue to the State, but 1t is impos-
sible to estimate the amount.
$1,000 Less for Mosquitoes.
awe recommend that the member Of
any department or board Of managers
who exceeds the appropriation for
maintenance, or who falls In arrears
cess Of the arrears have beer same
by the Governor, shall be inn
mediately relieved by him.
Eve recommend that the appro-
priation for the determination OF
mosquitoes be reduced to $40, 900, saving
the State $1,000 this year
To Avoid Confusion.
I'm addition to considering the ques-
lions of finding moneys to meet present
deficit, and increasing the permanent
income Of the State, your committee
has considered the further question of
whether the present fiscal methods
should not be changed and simplifed to
prevent SO far as possible tho confu-
sion of TWO yearly appropriation bills
(annual and supplementary, to which
confusion we attribute much of our
present difficulty.
~After consideration, we recommend
that the State fiscal = be changed
to end April 80, instead Of October 81,
a. at p~resentg that the state depart
ments and state institutions submit By
February 1 each year an estimate Of
needs for the coming year. and that the
comptroller submit by the same date q
statement Of balance ON hand and Of
the estimated receipts and disburse-
meats for the balance Of h year, M
well ~ an estimate Of the receipts fol-
the coming yenr.
sThls will secure accurate approxi-
mate knowledge of moneys available
and expenditures necessary. The situa-
ton can then be treated under ordi-
nary circumstances in a single appro-
pri4tion bill and the Legislature should
have no difficulty in keeping expendi-
lures within income"