The Penn's Grove record., 1909-03-05

The committee recommends that the
national guard enrampment be cut
from four weeks for the entire guard
to two weeks for half of the guard.
thereby saving $4,000 a year. A re-
duction of 20 per cent in the guard is
also recommended, which, it is claim
ed, would save about Is per cent of
its cost. The appropriation for roads,
the report says, should be reduced
from 100000 to 100000, and if such
reduction is made all the money OBJ
tanned from automobiles should be
placed at the disposal of the commits
sioner for the rebuilding as well as
for the repair and maintenance of the
roads, but the sum of $4,000, the an
nual expenses for the automobile de-
partment, should be paid from the au-
tomobile department and not by the
state.
1t is recommended that the salary of
the water supply commissioners be re-
duced to $1,000 per annum. 1t is also
recommended that the supplemental
appropriation be limited to $780, 900 and
the railroad commissioners be granted
more powers or be abolished, which.
would save the $4,000 a year the de-
partment now costs. The amount paid
by counties for their patients at the
insane hospitals should be increased
from 81 to So per patient, and the
amount paid by the state to the sew
eral counties for the insane patients in
county asylums should be reduced
from 50 to 81 per patient.
To Examine States Water,
1t is recommended that water com
panies of municipalities shall he com
PEELED to submit four times a year q
sample of the water they supply to be
examined under the state board of
health and that the sources of wafer
supplied by private bottlers shall be
subject to a similar examination, for
each of which examinations a fee of
$40 shall be charged. In this way it is
expected to raise $4,000, the cost of the
administration of the meteorological
department.
The committee believes that the state
should receive ? per cent interest on
all its daily balances in the banks and
that the appropriation fer enforcing
the pure food and oleomargarine laws
should be reduced from $4,000 to Sin
900. The committee believes that S15.-
D00 can be saved by compelling officers
and managers of fire Insurance com,
panies to swear t.1@. tnc.r companies
have translates no business except
through the brokers in this state. who
pay a license fee of $40 per annum
The governors suggestion for the
purchase Of supplies for the state is
Endorsed, but it is believed that no
new board should be created. Fees Tor
the inspectors of inland waters are
recommended instead of salaries and
the investigation by a legislative com
mittee of the present condition Of that
project.
Other Measures Of E%ccnon:y.
A central bureau to furnish neces
sary stationery and supplies should be
established, and the belief is expressed
that money could be saved by placing
the control of all the state printing il
one department. Withdrawing collec
ton of the collateral inheritance taz
from the county s%urrogates and plac
ing it under state control is advised |
and it is recommended that any depart
ment or board of managers that OK
ceeds its appropriation shall be re
moved by the governor.
The appropriation for the extermina. |
tioD of MOSQUITOES Is cut from S15.0Ol