The Penn's Grove record., 1915-04-02
SOON.
Legislators Hurry Their Bills to Com
pletion-Bond Issue Considered.

PlctiOH-OOno issue considered.
Trenton.-There is every indication
now that the New Jersey Legislature
will finally adjourn within a few weeks,
and that the adjournment will be a
sine die The idea of having the
Legislature take a recess of a couple
of weeks in order to give the appro-
p~riationS committee an opportunity to
complete its work has been abandon
ed, according to the present plan of
the Republican leaders in the two
houses. AS a matter of fact the ap-
preparations committee is practically
through with it's work. The commit
tee has closed it's hearing devoted
to the applications Of State depart
ments and institutions for appropria-
tons, and all the detail matter is well
out of the way.
One plan contemplate the submit
ting to the voters next November of
the way to provide for permanent i'm
provements. Last year the appropria-
lions for new buildings for State in
stitutions amounted to 1892, 800, and
In 1913 the amount was over 500, 900.
Every year there are demands for
appropriations for new buildings by
the various State institutions, and in
most cases there is only partial com
pliance with the demands. The result
has been a continuation of insufficient
accommodations in the State institu-
lions and a deferring Of requests that
are really imperative, but that can
not be granted for lack Of funds.
The purpose now is, if the bond is
u plan goes through, to grant all
reasonable requests for permanent i'm
provements at once, and even to anti
cipate future needs, SO that the Legis-
lature for some time to come will be
relieved of the necessity of appropriate
ing nearly a million dollars a year to
meet crying demands for permanent
Improvements. With provision made
for submitting the bond issue question
to the voters next fall, this years Leg
islature will grant little or no appro-
~priations for permanent improve
ments, such al new buildings, and in
this way it is expected that the gen.
eral and supplemental appropriation
bills can be cut down from the figures
of former years to an extent that will
obviate the necessity of a direct State
TAX.
The appropriations committee is
wrestling with requests for appropri-
atoms just slightly short of ten million
dollars. The amount asked for by the
various departments and institutions
in the general appropriation bill is 3d.
551, 595.82, and in the supplemental
bill, $1,436, 1894. Of course, there is
more asked than is expected to be
made. Last years appropriations ag-
gregated $8,491 ,305, of which $~7,654,051
was put in the general bill and $751;
254 in the supplemental bill.
The appropriations that will be made
in this years supplemental bill will
probably not go much above a half
million dollars and the general bill
million dollars less than last years
bill. This will mean a cutting down
compared with last year of something
like $780, 900 and will largely come
through the leaving out of the appro-
priat;on bills the items for perma-
nent improvements that it is contem-
plated will be covered by the proposed
State bond issue.
If the State bond issue is authorized
the Legislature a year hence will have
to pass a series of laws providing spe-
cifc appropriations for the various
purposes for which monds are to be
issued.