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net Van Syckel, David A. Depue, Jonathan Dix- 

 on, William J. Magie, and Charles G. Garrison ; 

 Chancellor, Alexander T. McGill, Jr. ; Vice-Chan- 

 cellors, Abraham V. Van Fleet, John, T. Bird, 

 Henry C. Pitney, and Robert S. Green. Vice- 

 Chancellor Green was appointed on March 4, 

 being the second of the two additional vice- 

 chancellors whose appointment was authorized 

 by an act of the Legislature in 1889. 



Population. The following table shows the 

 population of the State by counties, as deter- 

 mined by the national census of 1890, compared 

 with the population for 1880 : 



* Decrease. 



Finances. The balance in the State revenue 

 fund on Oct. 31, 1889, was $241,996.48; the re- 

 ceipts for the year ensuing were $1,794,698.14; 

 the disbursements were $1,602,933.75; and there 

 remained a balance of $433.760.87 on Oct. 31, 

 1890. The receipts include the following items : 

 Tax on railroad corporations, $1,050,451.20; tax 

 on miscellaneous corporations, $292,137.10; fees 

 paid for certificates of new corporations, $99,- 

 359.72 ; tax on foreign insurance companies, 

 $5,450.78; State - Prison receipts, $56,197.62; 

 official fees, $21,825.65 ; judicial fees, $12,648.24; 

 interest and dividends, $18,870; proceeds of ar- 

 bitration in Morris and Essex Railroad matter, 

 $235,000. The disbursements for ordinary State 

 expenses were as follow : State and county 

 lunatic asylums, $215,597.13 ; Home for Disabled 

 Soldiers, $33,659.17; Reform School for Boys, 

 $57,209.02; Industrial School for Girls, $7,437.13: 

 pensions, $4,145.88; State Prison, $160,289.27; 

 judicial expenses, $163,986.21 ; State govern- 

 ment, $237,437.17; National Guard and military 

 expenses, $89,685.13; advertising and printing, 

 $175,419.80; support of blind and feeble-minded, 

 $54,418.02 ; miscellaneous expenses, $104,064.20 ; 

 loan to sinking fund to pay debt and interest, 

 $37.389; appropriation to sinking fund to pay 

 bonded debt, $90,000 : total ordinary expenses, 

 $1,430,737.13. The extraordinary expenses for 

 the year amounted to $172,196.62. The balance 

 of $433,760.87 to the credit of the revenue fund, 

 on Oct. 31, will be absorbed by the payment of 

 principal and interest of the public debt, on 

 Jan. 1, 1891, amounting to $119,357, and the 

 payment of ordinary State expenses until Feb- 

 ruary, 1891 r which will amonnt to about $300 T - 



000. No considerable revenue accrues to this 

 fund from October until February. 



In the State school fund, which is distinct 

 from the State revenue fund, the balance on 

 Oct. 31, 1889, was $329,904.82 ; the receipts for 

 the year ensuing were $1,273,997.02 ; the disburse- 

 ments. $941,876.20; and there remained on Oct. 

 31, 1890, a balance of $662,025.64. The per- 

 manent investments held by this fund at the 

 latter date amounted to $3,205,991.95, to which 

 should be added the cash balance of $662,025.64, 

 making the total value of the fund $3,868,017.59. 

 The income only of this sum is used for the sup- 

 port of schools. 



The receipts of the sinking fund during the 

 fiscal year, including the annual State appropria- 

 tion, were $166,418.03 ; the payments therefrom, 

 including $100,000 of the principal of the State 

 debt paid, were $170,726.69 ; and total value of 

 the fund on Oct. 31 was $553,107.06. The 

 bonded State debt had been reduced to $1,096,- 

 300 on Oct 31. The floating debt at the same 

 date was $400,000, but was reduced, as above 

 stated, to $300,000 on Dec. 31. 



County Debts. The total debt of New Jer- 

 sey counties is $5,159,339, a decrease of $2,133,- 

 105 in ten years. The bonded debt is $4,868,- 

 823, and the floating debt $290,516. Nearly 

 every county has a debt. 



Legislative Session. The regular session of 

 the Legislature began on Jan. 14, and adjourned 

 on May 23. A new election law, which includes 

 the Australian ballot system, was an important 

 result of the session, 'it provides for the ap- 

 pointment by the Governor of county boards of 

 registration, which shall appoint local boards of 

 registry and election in each election district. 

 All ballots cast at any election for any public 

 officer or officers within any municipality of the 

 State shall be printed and distributed at public 

 expense. Candidates for office may be nominat- 

 ed by the convention or caucus of any party 

 that received at least 5 per cent, of the total vote 

 cast at the last election in the district or politi- 

 cal division for which the nomination is made. 

 Candidates may also be nominated by petition, if 

 such petition is signed by voters equal in num- 

 ber to at least 1 per cent, of the total vote cast 

 at the last election in the district in which the 

 candidate is to be voted for, provided, that if 

 the candidate is to be voted for throughout the 

 State, there shall be at least 800 signatures, and 

 if in any district less than the State, the petition 

 shall be signed by at least 5 voters for every 

 hundred votes cast in the last election, but not 

 more than 200 signatures shall be required in 

 any such case. All candidates are required to 

 write their acceptance upon the nomination cer- 

 tificate. The municipal clerks are charged with 

 the duty of printing and distributing ballots 

 containing the names of candidates filed with 

 them, and all other ballots shall be printed and 

 distributed by the county clerks. A separate 

 ballot shall be prepared for each political party, 

 containing the names of all candidates of the 

 party, under the name of the party, as at pr 

 ent, and a separate ballot may be printed con- 

 taining the independent nominees. Ballots shall 

 be of white paper, uniform in size, quality, and 

 type, and shall contain on the back nothing but 

 the words of ' official ballot for," together with 



