Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-02-09

AaCht VI
can commodities. The tax ridden,
debt ridden people there will be poverty
stricken aud 1t may take a half ecu
fury to reconstruct the devastated re-
gions.
For the fiscal year ending Oct. 81,
1916, the New Jersey Board of Fish
and Game Commissioners paid into
the State Treasury 500, 331. 86. OF this
sum S7,117.l4 represented fines collec-
ted from violators of the law. Pound
fishermen paid $4,000 in licenses,
and Menhsdeu fishermen paid licenee
fees of SIS, $500
The State Department OF Health
turned into the Treasury So, 1874. SO col
lected from violators of the Pure Food
and Drug laws, and 81, Ola 81 was con-
trlbused by 'violators of the Oleomarg-
crime Act.
The various sources Of State revenues
are an interesting study. The annual
Report of the Comptroller which has
just been distributed, shows the re-
ceipts in taxes from Miscellaneous cor
p%orations by years, beginning with 1884
when the amount was $9S, 3S7. 40. The
amour reported as receipts for 1916
was So, 400,675. rs, almost the exact
amount collected in 1905. The receipts
last year were 1928 ,0O0.0 90 less than the
previous year, caused doubtless by adj
verse corporation legislation which has
had a tendency to send ineorporators to
other states where the laws are less
d astie.
The sums collected by the Depart
ment of Banking and Insurance,
1920. 305.79 in all, showed an increase
of $24, 2S4. SO over the previous year.
The commissions to Notaries Public
for the year numbered $40, from which
the State received 81, 10000.
The tax collected from railroads for
disbursement among the various tax
ing districts in the State, amounted to
So, 159, 1855. Ofthis amount So, 1904
was returned to Cumberland county
taxing districts; $15, 359. % to Gloucester
county and 50, 1858 .55 to Salem county.
Hudson county received from this
source 81 ,522,2 71 30. Salem county re-
ceived the smallest amount of any
county in the State.
The total amount assessed against
railroad property exclusively for State
uee, was $5,0I1, S99 81, and all except
S32, 69S .82, was paid into the treasury
during the year. State deposits of
money in banks brought a return in
interest of $139, ATS. II.
The collection and distribution Of the
State school tax 10 an interesting study.
The amount contributed by each county
is based on the taxable property, while
the distribution or money returned to
each county is apportioned according
to attendance In the public schools.
This theory worked out gave W.
counties q return the same as they con-
tributed. The counties of Burlington,
Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon,
Ocean, Salem, Sussex and Warren cor
tributed a total of $50, 900 more than
was returned to them, Saleml county's
excess payment being So, 900. Six,coun-
ties received $50 900 more than they
contributed, Atlantic county being ben
Gifted $4,000, and Cape May county
81, 900. The largest beneficiary was
Essex county, which received S32 600
In school money more than it con
tributed.
The net increase In tax rstables in
the whole state for the year 1916 was
SIP, 800, 4l5. "a, the largest increase be-
ing $50, 096 .303 in Hudson, and the Sec
ond largest being g 1888, 354 in Salem
county. The only county showing a
decrease was Hunterdon, with a falling
of amounting TO 1856, 256.
A bill introduced in the New Jersey
Legislature Monday night would make
it unlawful to gather clans with a
dledge OF. other similar devices, which
shall be lowered. dragged or hauled be-
hind any boat, in any OF the waters Of
Cape May county. A second bill would
prohibit the stalking or leasing of nat
ural clam grounds in waters of that
county, and a third bill would make it
unlawfUl to catch crabs between the
first of November and first of May.
The clam bills are doubtlessgaimed to
prohibit the dredging of CLAIMS on the
beds recently discovered in Maurice
River Cove zeal Dead Mans shoal, the
legality OF leasing and stalking of which
grounds is now being aired in court. 1t
T., ,oraa,poad fhof fharo oro Oroaf nnm.