Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-01-30
MANY MILLIONS
PASS COLLECTOR
School Fund Distribution To-
day Sample of Business Coun-
ty Custodian Does.
AND SCARCELY ANY REAL
CASH is HANDLED BY HIM
All Bills, Except in Few Rare
Instances, Are Paid by
Check.

County Collector Richard w. Booth
today sent out checks to the GUS
todians of the school funds in the
twenty municipalities in the coun-
ty for the 1912 school tax, as ap-
portioned to Essex county by the
State. The twenty checks reach a
total of 1884, 1901. the largest one
going to City Treasurer Elmer A.
Day. of Newark, who will get one
for SS73, 906.36.
From that amount the checks range
TO $1,OS5.33, the latter being the por-
ton of the borough of Essex Fells.
East Orange gets the second largest
check, $91,576.24, with Montclair and
Orange next in line. The checks in
all instances are drawn on the Ma
tional State Bank, and are payable
to the collector or treasurer of the
different municipalities as follows:
How It's Distributed.
Eugene NJ. Gavey, Belleville, sS2,-
1858; H. l.. Osborn, Bloomfield, $4S.-
014.57 Herman Hasler, Caldwell Bor-
ough, S9.67O.50; Thomas Peer, Cald-
well Township, $2,29297; George B.
Ougheltree, Cedar Grove, $4,026.51;
Louis McCloud, East Orange, $751;
1924; J. A. Speer. Essex Fells, 81, 035.-
80; John E. Beggs. Glen Ridge, $12,-
1920; j. J. Casey Irvington, 1884,
9ss.42; A. W. Fund, Livingston, 49,
5Os.59 c. E. Van Fleet, Millburn,
$10,SS7.57; S. H. Wenck, Montclair,
s69,S04.16; Elmer A. Day, Newark
$S73, s06.S6; W. ]. Henderson, North
Caldwell. $1,O61.27; A H. Van Ripper,
Nutley, $2O,S6L06; F. G. Coughtry,
Orange, s66.S25.7O; Walter Baldwin,
Roseland, $1,577.99; George Cara
brant. South Orange, $21, 46491. A, G..
Baxter, Verona, $5,56S.93; E. A. Nc
Guirk. West Orange, $32,517.96.
The above money is what Is known
as the State school fund. and is re-
eeived annually by the county COLI
lector from the State treasurer. This
transaction between the office of the
collector and the fiduciary officers OF
the different municipalities. involving
over a million and a quarter of dol
lars, IN which not a single penny of
actual cash figures. calls attention to
the vast amount of financial business
transacted yearly by the county col
lector entirely by check.
Little Actual Cash.
During the fiscal year of 1912
County Collector Booth handled 81
S7594.65 in county funds, and of this
immense amount less than one
seventh was handled in actual cash.
The only time the county collector
hands out actual cash in payment of
country debts is for salaries of cleo
ton officers and for rental of polling
places. This amounts to about S1OO.-
900 yearly, since the Geran election
lay went into effect. In paying cleo
ton expenses currency is handed out
at the county collectors office for
services in the city of Newark while
payments for other municipalities are
made by the township clerks. who
receive the money from the country
collector.
All the rest of the vast and varied
business of the county in a financial
way is carried on through checks on
the various banks used IS county de-
positories Even the salaries of
county officers are paid by check,
while in the case of county institu-
tons, such as the penitentiary, over
brook hospital, the Jail ETC.. the
warden. or person in charge is given
a check for the full amount of his
payroll and discusses the cash
amount himself.
The same rule applies to the en-
ployees of the sheriffs, surrogate's
registers and county clerks offices
In these Instances checks are giver
by the county collector to the county,
officer, who pays his own EMPLOYEES
! The county prosecutors staff anc
court officers other than cour-
attendants, who are under con.
troll of the sheriff. are paid in check:
by the county collector himself. Sc
are the members OF the Board o.
Freeholders and the various EN-
ployees in the board office EMPLOYEE,
on county roads are paid In cash from
a payroll by the superintendent il
charge. the money originally comm,
by way Of check from the collector
office.
Ofiices support Themselves
on the other hand, all moneys re
ceiyed by the county collector com
in by check. The different depart
ments in the Court House, count,
clerk, register. surrogate and sheriff
make a return to tho collector once
month of all business done, and re
init q check for the amount due tn
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