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NEW JERSEY. 



mation regarding the rigid enforcement of 



this law : 



Whereas, The Legislature of the State of New Jersey 



did at its last session pass a law entitled " An Act 



relative to Bribery," a copy of which is made a 



part of this proclamation : 



Now, therefore, I, Theodore F. Randolph, Governor 

 of the State of New Jersey, do hereby enjoin upon 

 all chief judicial officers of this State, upon all local 

 magistrates, upon sheriffs and their deputies, upon 

 police-officers and constables, and upon all officers 

 of the State who have especially taken upon them- 

 selves the oath to bear true faith and allegiance to 

 the government of this State, to see that, to the best 

 of their ability, the provisions of this law be fully and 

 faithfully executed. 



And I do further enjoin upon the State attorneys 

 for the several counties of this State the prompt and 

 vigorous prosecution, without fear or favor, of all per- 

 sons or corporations who may in any degree render 

 themselves liable to the penalties of the law against 

 bribery at elections. 



And I do further enjoin upon all good citizens of 

 this State the execution of this law as far as in their 

 power lies, by rendering information to magistrates, 

 and to grand-juries, that will serve to cause the 

 arrest and conviction of any officer of any corpora- 

 tion, or other person or persons, who may, directly 

 or indirectly, bribe or attempt to bribe, or give means 

 to bribe, any voter of this State, or who may be 

 guilty of receiving a bribe from any person or cor- 

 poration by which a vote shall be influenced. 



And I do hereby offer a reward of one hundred 

 dollars for the arrest and conviction of any and every 

 person who may be found guilty of violating the pro- 

 visions of the said law at the coming election in this 

 State said rewards to be paid until the total amount 

 expended for this purpose shall reach the sum of five 

 thousand dollars. 



The affidavits of persons upon which the arrests and 

 convictions shall be had, determining the claimants 

 of reward, and the priority of convictions, to deter- 

 mine to whom, within the aggregate amount, the re- 

 ward shall be paid. 



The free-school law provides for a State tax 

 of two mills on a dollar upon the ratables of the 

 State for the support of public schools. Soon 

 after its passage, copies were sent to the various 

 counties of the State, and, at a subsequent meet- 

 ing of the county freeholders, this amount was 

 ordered to be assessed for the current year. 

 This will realize over $1,000,000, which is to 

 he distributed to the various townships, pro 

 rata, according to the number of children be- 

 tween the ages of five and eighteen years. 



The financial condition of the State is excel- 

 lent. Its income the past year was : 



State Fund $8(58,832 81 



-War Fund 380,958 45 



School Fund 187,214 27 



Agri cultural College Fund 6,960 00 



Other sources 1,550 00 



Balance, November 1, 1870 55,804 42 



Total $1,501,319 95 



The receipts of the State fund were from the 

 following sources: 

 United Companies, taxes, dividends, and In- 

 terest $357,842 60 



Morris & Essex Railroad Company 116,500 00 



Central Rail road Company 60,637 02 



All other railroad companies 44,845 84 



Riparian sources 29,000 00 



United States Government (old claims) 56,264 05 



State taxes 189,976 79 



Other sources 23,76651 



Total. 



The amount received from the General Gov- 

 ernment was on account of war claims hereto- 

 fore rejected. During the past two years, 

 $147,800, in all, have been collected on ac- 

 count of these claims, which had before been 

 considered lost to the State. The total amount 

 of expenditures from the State fund was $801,- 

 618.34. The receipts of the war fund were 

 $382,025.95, derived mainly from taxation. 

 Disbursements from this fund were made : to 

 the Home for Soldiers' Children, about $41,000 ; 

 to the Home for Disabled Soldiers, $38,000 ; 

 to the State militia, $20,000 ; and to the sink- 

 ing fund, $277,000. The outstanding bonds of 

 the State amount to $5,896,200. The assets of 

 the State are said to be quite sufficient to 

 extinguish these bonds, if they could be pur- 

 chased at their par value. The report of the 

 commissioners of the sinking fund shows assets 

 amounting to $1,183,112.16. If to this were 

 added the total assets of other State funds, the 

 total indebtedness of the State could be paid 

 at once. The receipts of the fund during the 

 year were $381,754.93. 



On the llth of July, the day preceding the 

 " Orange " riot in New York City (see NEW 

 YORK), Governor Randolph issued a proclama- 

 tion assuring the right of parade, with full pro- 

 tection by the civil and military power, to 

 the Orangemen of New Jersey. To secure 

 the speedy transmission of this proclamation 

 throughout the State and in New York City, 

 where, it was alleged, rioters were arranging 

 to invade New Jersey, the Governor went in 

 person to the telegraph-offices, and took " con- 

 structive possession " of several of them. Re- 

 quests were also immediately sent to the civil 

 and military authorities of the State, to order 

 sufficient forces to be in readiness at different 

 points to preserve the public peace. These 

 measures proved ample for the occasion. Dur- 

 ing the night and the day following, troops 

 were on duty along the river-line to prevent 

 the New York organizations from landing. 

 But no attempt was made, and no serious dis- 

 turbance occurred. 



On Tuesday, November 3d, an election took 

 place for Governor. The Republican Nominat- 

 ing Convention was held on September 7th, 

 at Trenton, and the Democratic on September 

 13th, at the same place. At the former, 917 

 delegates were present. Cornelius Walsh, of 

 Bergen, was nominated. A platform was adopt- 

 ed, of which the chief features are as follows : 



Resolved, That the fifteenth amendment to the 

 Constitution, embodying the principles of the equal- 

 ity of all men, before the law, is not only just in 

 theory, but is ennobling in practice, and we will, by 

 all lawful means, oppose any attempt to blot it from 

 the grand record of our country's progress. 



Resolved, That the Eepublican party is now, as 

 heretofore, pledged to economy in the expenditure 

 of the public money ; to good faith in the payment 

 of the public debt ; to the careful fostering of all 

 branches of trade and industry ; to wholesome laws, 

 a pure and learned judiciary, and an upright admin- 

 istration of the Government, both State and nation- 

 al. 



