The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-11-06
Government Expenditures During
Last Year Show Greatest Re-
duction of Any Eastern State.
SHIELDS NAME RULED OFF
State Officials Invited to Charter Day
Exercises at Rutgers on 158th An
niversary-Social Welfare
Workers to Meet.

ASCdA year Suuln6 june OU, 1870,
amounting to 1924 for every man.
woman and child in the State, COM
pared with that of the previous year.
While the State was working re-
duction of $2.24 per capita in its an
nual expenditures, however, its in
debtedness was increased by $167
per capita, leaving a net reduction of
but 81 cents per capita.
New Jersey showed a greater per
capita reduction in State expendi-
lures during the last fiscal year than
any other State in the East, but also
a greater per capita increase in in
debtedness.
The per capita cost Of running the
State government Of New Jersey runs
about IL per cent higher than that Of
New York State, and about so per
cent more than for Pennsylvania. Com
pared with the per capita cost Of
$1467 for running the New Jersey
State government last fiscal year,
New York spent $1321 per capita, and
Pennsylvania only 1881.
Just s49,O95,097 was spent during
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928,
by the State government of New Jer-
sey for expenses, OUTLAWS and interest.
This compares with a total expendi-
ture in the fiscal year 1922 Of $685.
525,897, a per capita cost of 1851,
and in 1917 of $21,130,851, or sos
per capita.
OF the total of s49.O95,O97 spent for
the New Jersey State government
during the last fiscal year, $3S,344,510
went for operating the general depart
ments of the State government; s4S,-
238 for operating public service enter
prises; 1927 ,4S6 for interest on debt,
and $9,774.S63 as OUTLAWS for perma-
nent improvements.
During the last fiscal year New Jer-
Jersey increased its Indebtedness to
$22 153, which was 1852 per cap
tia. compared with $495 in 1922, and
4 cents in 1917
The total revenue receipts of New
Jersey for 1928 were 6,633,471, or
$1453 per capita. This was S9,313,-
237 more than the total payments of
the year exclusive Of the payments
for permanent Improvements, but
1851 ,626 less than the total payments
including those for permanent inn
provements. These payments in ex-
cess of revenue receipts were met
from the proceeds of net obligations.
In New Jersey property and special
taxes represented 66S per cent of the
total revenue for 1928, 69.4 per cent
for 1922, and 76.4 per cent for 1917.
The increase in the amount of prop
erty and special taxes collected was
64.6 per cent from 1917 to 1922, and
ia per cent from 1922 to 1928. The
per capita property and special taxes
were 1910 in 1923, $8.SS in 1922, and
1898 in 1917.
Business and non-Dusiness licenses
constituted 178 per cent Of the total
revenue for 1928. 40 per cent in 1922,
and 1873 per cent for 1917. Receipts
from business licenses consist chiefly
of taxes exacted from insurance and
other Incorporated companies and
from issuance of chauffeurs' licenses.
while those from non-business IL
censes comprise taxes on motor We
hicles and amounts paid for hunting
and fishing privileges.
Rutuers Charter Day
Charter Day exercises commend
rating the 158th anniversary of the
granting of the original charter to
Rutgers University will be held Sat
urday, November 8. Officials of the
state and members of the Senate and
Assembly have been invited to visit
the university at that time and to in
spect the grounds and buildings. 1t
is probable that Governor SilZer will
preside at special exercises on
Queens Campus in the morning.
About 800 guests are expected.
The inspection of the Women's Col
lege and the College of Agriculture
will be from 10 Until II o'clock and
Rutgers College buildings thereafter
until 1870, when Governor Silzer is
expected to address the gathering
under the elms in front of Queens
building. The Charter Day exercises
will follow his speech, and military
parade of the Rutgers unit of the Re-
serve officers Training Corps will fol-
low. The principal address will be
given by former President William H.
s. Demarest.
Luncheon for the guests in Ballan-
tine Gymnasium will be followed by
speeches. The Rutgers-Lafayette
football game is slated for the after
noon. 1t is the biggest game of the
year for Rutgers.
Alumni reunions also will be held
on that date and several thousand
are expected at the game.
5000 Deaths Last Month
There were 5000 deaths in New
Jersey, according to the Bureau of
Vital Statistics of the State Depart
ment of Health during the month
ending September 80 Included in
this number were 122 deaths of non
residents, leaving total of 3.07S
resident deaths for the month.
Deaths among children under one