NEW JERSEY. 



578 



the Supreme Court, Mercer Iloasloy ; Associate 

 Justice-. Manning M. Knanp, Alfred Keed, Kil- 

 \vard \V. Seiidiler, IVnnet Van Syckel, David A. 

 Depiie, Jonathan Dixon. William J. Magic, and 

 Charles (i. (iarri-on; Chancellor, Alexander T. 

 Mcd'ill, Jr.; Vice-Chancellors, Aliraliam V. Van 

 Fleet, John T. Bird, Henry C. Pitney, and 



Koliert S. (iiveii. 



VI nances. The balance in the State revenue 

 fund on Oct. :;i, 1890. was $433,760.87; the re- 

 ceipts for the year ensuing were $2,180,423.96; 

 the disbursements were $2,162,015.87; and there 

 remained a balance of $402,168.90 on Oct. 81, 

 I SIM. The receipts included the following items: 

 Tax on railroad corporations, $1,046,035.10; tax 

 on miscellaneous corporations, $405,058.98; fees 

 paid for certificates of new corporations, $91,- 

 479.26; tax on foreign insurance companies, 

 $6,616.96; State Prison receipts, $79,869.31 ; of- 

 ficial fees, $23,904.67: judicial fees, $24,952.64; 

 riparian lands, $49,560.22 ; interest and divi- 

 dends, $18,870; direct war tax refunded, s:5si>,- 

 (514.S3. The disbursements may be classified as 

 follow: Ordinary State expenses, $1,272,612.34; 

 special appropriations paid, $136,751.53 ; ex- 

 penses incurred in the previous year, $36,393.30 ; 

 temporary loans paid with interest, $410,230.16; 

 paid on war debt and loan sinking fund, $131,- 

 ;r>7: miscellaneous expenses, $174,671.54; total, 

 $2,162,015.87. 



In the State school fund, which is distinct 

 from the State revenue fund, the balance on Oct. 





:'.!. 1890, waa $662,025.64; the receipts for the tablished. 

 year ensuing were $256,184.10; the disburse- w "' * u ' 

 incuts were $437,374.96; and there remained a 

 balance on Oct. 31, 1891, of $480,834.78. At the 

 latter date the permanent investments held by 

 this fund amounted to $3,315,567.60, to which 

 should be added the cash balance of $480,834.78, 

 making the total value of the fund $3,796,402.38. 

 The income only is used for school purposes. 



The sinking-fund receipts for the year, includ- 

 * ing the annual State appropriation of $90,000 

 and $41,357 loaned to this fund by the revenue 

 fund, amounted to $194,029.37. The disburse- 

 ments, including $162,331 for payment of prin- 

 cipal and interest on the State debt, were $164,- 

 704.55. On Oct. 31 the total value of this fund 

 was $538.636.93, a decrease of $14,470.13 during 

 the fiscal year. The permanent State debt now 

 amounts to $1,006,300. The Governor says in 

 his last annual message : 



During the past fiscal year the entire flouting debt 

 of (400,000, which existed at the commencement of 

 my administration, was fully paid oil and discharged, 

 and over $10,000 pnid for" interest thereon. Over 

 $64,000 has been expended tor obtaining title to the 

 eamp ground at Sea (Jirt, which \vastakenundercon- 

 denmation proceedings instituted under acts of 1888 

 and iss'.i. Payments have been made for the Home 

 tor Disabled Soldiers, the State Lunatic Asylum, the, 

 Agricultural (Experiment Station, and other purposes 

 amounting to over $75,000. Over $92,000 was spent 

 to enlarge and rebuild the Assembly Chamber ; $90,- 

 000 of the public debt has been paid ; over $41,000 has 

 been loaned to the sinking fund ; and alterations and 

 additions have been made to the State House, upon 

 which nearly $26,000 have been expended. 



The ram of $382,614.83 was collected from the 

 United States, without the payment of any commis- 

 sion or charge therefor. 



follow: Value of railroad property in 1MH, 

 IfJHi.Oll.Ki:.: ..I her elaMC* oi property iii 1MH. 

 as they appear by the return of ratable* in tin; 

 Compf roller's oilier *701,::-JO.(^9 ; total value, 

 !*911,:;i>J,K?J. I 'poii the railroad valuation a 

 tax of $1,050,224 for State pur[KX*e was assessed 

 in 1H91. The same tax on this prot>orty for 1*90 

 was $1,010,805, the valuation for that year being 

 $202, 106,0',' 7. 



I.eirislat h o Session. The one hundred and 

 fifteenth Legislature met at Trenton on .Ian. 13, 

 and adjourned on March 20. One of its duties 

 was the selection of a State Comptroller and a 

 State Treasurer for the term beginning in 1801. 

 The successful candidate for the former office was 

 William C. Heppenheifner, and for the latter 

 George R. Gray both Democrats. The secret- 

 ballot law of 1890 was amended inm-myof it -de- 

 tails. It does not now apply to municipalities hav- 

 ing fewer than 4,000 inhabitants; but in a modified 

 form it is extended to town meetings and town- 

 ship elections. At such meetings or elections 

 the booths and official envelopes for secret vot- 

 ing shall be provided by the town or township 

 officials, but there shall be no official ballots. 



The trustees of the State Institution for the 

 Deaf and Dumb were legislated out of office, and 

 the control of the school was placed in the hands 

 of the State Board of Education. Instead af a 

 board of managers for each of the State lunatic 

 asylums at Trenton and at Morristown, as here- 

 tofore, a single board of seven members was es- 



For the sake of economy, the board of com- 

 missioners of the sinking fund was abolished, 

 and its powers and duties were conferred upon 

 the State Treasurer, without increasing his sal- 

 ary. An unsalaried commission was created to 

 represent the State at the World's Columbian 

 Exposition, and the sum of $20,000 was appro- 

 priated to defray necessary expenses in securing 

 a proper exhibit for the State. 



The State was redistricted for members of 

 Congress, on the basis of the census of 1890, as 

 follows : 



First District, counties of Camden, Cumberland, 

 Cape May, Gloucester, and Salem. 



Second District, counties of Atlantic, Mercer, Bur- 

 lington, and Ocean. 



Third District, counties of Somerset, Middlesex, 

 and Monmouth. 



Fourth District, counties of Sussex, Warren. Hun- 

 terdon, Morris, and the following townships in Ksscx 

 County : Belvillc, Hloomtield. CuMwell, Kast Orange, 

 Franklin. Monteluir, and Livingston. 



Fifth District, counties of Bergen and I'assaic. and 

 the following portion of Hudson County: townships 

 of (Ju'ttcnburir, North Bcrgcn, Union, 'Weehuwkcii, 

 West Hoboken, and town of Union. 



Sixth District, city of Newark in Kssex County. 



(Seventh District, cities of Jersey City and Hol>ken. 

 and townships of Harrison and Kearney, till in Hud- 

 son County. 



Kightli District, county of Union, city of Bayonne 

 in Hudson County, and citv of Orange and township* 

 of Clinton, South' Orange, West Orange, and Milburn 

 in Kssex < 'ounty. 



The State was also divided for members of the 

 Assembly into sixty districts, each district hav- 

 ing one Assemblyman. 



Authority was given the Court of Pardons to 



Valuations. The total assessed valuation of license the release on parole of any convicts in the 

 property in the State subject to taxation is as State penal institutions, on such conditions as it 



