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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (NEW JERSEY.) 



3. For a tax on inheritances and franchises. 



4. For an educational qualification of the suf- 

 frage. 



5. To strike the word " Protestant " from the 

 bill of rights. 



6. To place representation in the Legislature 

 upon a new basis. 



7. To establish voting precincts. 



8. To extend the criminal jurisdiction of police 

 courts. 



9. To require examination of commissioned offi- 

 cers in the militia. 



Statue to Commodore Perkins. A noble and 

 elaborate monument to Commodore George Ham- 

 ilton Perkins, a son of New Hampshire, given to 

 the State by his widow and his daughter (Mrs. 

 Isabella Anderson), was unveiled in the State- 

 House grounds, at Concord, April 25, the fortieth 

 anniversary of Farragut's battle of New Orleans. 

 The exercises were attended by many distinguished 

 naval and military men and civilians. The ora- 

 tion was by President William Jewett Tucker 

 of Dartmouth College. The monument stands on 

 North State Street, in the rear of the State-House 

 and facing the United States Government build- 

 ing. The statue is the work of Daniel C. French, 

 of New York city, a native of Chester, N. H. The 

 general structure is of New Hampshire granite, 

 while the niche is of Tennessee marble. The statue 

 (bronze), which stands in the niche, is 1\ feet in 

 height. Elaborate panels and historical inscrip- 

 tions occupy appropriate places on the monu- 

 ment. Its cost was about $40,000. 



NEW JERSEY, a Middle Atlantic State, one 

 of the original thirteen, ratified the Constitu- 

 tion Dec. 18, 1787. Area, 7,815 square miles. The 

 population, according to each decennial census, 

 was 184,139 in 1790; 211,149 in 1800; 245,562 in 

 1810; 277,426 in 1820; 320,823 in 1830; 373,306 

 in 1840; 489,555 in 1850; 672,035 in 1860; 906,096 

 in 1870; 1,131,116 in 1880; 1,444,933 in 1890; and 

 1,883,669 in 1900. Capital, Trenton. 



Government. The State officers in 1902 were: 

 Governor, Franklin Murphy; Secretary of State, 

 George Wurts; Comptroller, William S. Hancock; 

 Attorney-General, Samuel H. Grey; Adjutant- 

 General, Alexander C. Oliphant; Superintend- 

 ent of Public Instruction, Charles J. Bax- 

 ter; Commissioner of Banking and Insurance, 

 William Bettle all Republicans. Chief Justice 

 of the Supreme Court, William S. Gummere; As- 

 sociate Justices, Gilbert Collins, J. Franklin Fort, 

 Jonathan Dixon, Mahlon Pitney, Bennet Van 

 Syckel, Charles G. Garrison, Abram Q. Garretson, 

 and Charles E. Hendrickson; Court of Errors and 

 Appeals: Judges John W. Bogart, Gottfried 

 Krueger, Frederic Adams, William H. Vreden- 

 burgh, Peter V. Voorhees, and Garret D. W. 

 Vroom. Chancellor, William J. Magie. 



A general election is held annually in Novem- 

 ber. The only elective State officer is the Gov- 

 ernor, whose term is three years. The others, in- 

 cluding the justices of the Supreme Court and 

 the judges of the Court of Errors and Appeals, 

 are appointed by the Governor, excepting the 

 Treasurer and the Comptroller, who are appoint- 

 ed by the Legislature, which meets every year in 

 January, the sessions not being limited. 



Finances. At the close of the fiscal year end- 

 ing Oct. 31 the State fund was $2,933,418.26; the 

 school fund (including the school tax for 1901, 

 $1,486,806.75), $5,461,789.42; local taxation on 

 railroad corporations, $400,784.47 ; allotment of 

 taxes on railroad and canal property to the tax- 

 ing districts, $200,461.93; Agricultural College 

 fund. $116,000; total, $9,112,454.08. The sinking- 

 fund of the State consisted of the following as- 



sets: Loans on bonds and mortgages, $91,783.34; 

 real estate, $77,974.20; due from Thomas Crozier 

 decree, $1,000; balance in bank, Oct. 31, $1,792.52; 

 total, $172,550.06. 



Valuations. The State Board of Taxation, in 

 its annual report, Oct. 31, placed the total valu- 

 ation of taxable real and personal property for 

 1902, as returned by the county boards of assess- 

 ors, at $952,560,540, an increase of $34,141,798 

 over the ratables of 1901. Of this total of rata- 

 bles, $827,500,112 represents real estate, and $153,- 

 233,682 personal property. 



The amount of exempt property for 1901 was 

 $107,318,912. This, with the $9,749,442 of ex- 

 emptions allowed veterans, firemen, and militia, 

 makes a total increase of $8,309,294 over the 

 exemptions of 1901. Of the amount of exempt 

 property, $15,261,060 is for the exemption of pub- 

 lic schools, $7,792,953 for other school property, 

 $40,802,264 for public property, $35,719,711 for 

 church and charitable property, and $4,227,250 

 for cemeteries and graveyards. The deductions- 

 for debts in the State amount to $21,756,071, com- 

 pared with $26,696,779 in 1901. 



The returns of the ratables in the counties for 

 1902 show a net increase of $34,141,798 over the 

 valuations of 1901. All the counties show an 

 increase except Burlington and Hunter don. 



The valuations of real estate in each county 

 for 1902, compared with the valuations of per- 

 sonal property, show that the assessed value of 

 real estate represents 84.4 per cent, of the whole. 



The total valuation of real estate was $827,- 

 500,112; of personal property, $153,233,682. 



The number of taxable corporations has stead- 

 ily increased from 619 in 1884 to 8,056 in 1902, 

 this latter figure being exclusive of about 300 

 corporations subject to tax under the provisions 

 of the Voorhees franchise act of 1900, and being 

 also exclusive of the great number of corpora- 

 tions that are exempt from State tax by reason 

 of being engaged in manufacturing or mining 

 carried on in New Jersey. There are, in fact, 

 about 15,000 corporations carried by the State 

 Board of Assessors. As a result of the assess- 

 ments levied by this board, there was paid 

 into the State treasury on account of miscel- 

 laneous corporation taxes for 1902 the sum of 

 $1,791,079.71, and for the amount of taxes levied 

 in previous years the further sum of $177.128.66,. 

 which is exclusive of $569,237.35 received by the 

 Secretary of State for the year and paid into the 

 treasury for incorporation and reinstatement fees. 

 The total receipts from miscellaneous corpora- 

 tions in the fiscal year were $2.537.445.72. an in- 

 crease over the last fiscal year of $346,001.99. 



The aggregate assessed- valuation of the rail- 

 road and canal property is given as $223,461,784, 

 an increase of $3,527.205 over the previous year. 

 The total tax levied against the railroad corpora- 

 tions by the" State was $1,528,255.111. against 

 $1,500,524.75 for the previous year. Of this total 

 tax, $1,117,308.91 is for State uses and $4in.'.)4r,.^o 

 for local uses. 



Industries. The preliminary census report on 

 the manufacturing industries of New Jersey, is- 

 sued Jan. 16, 1902, showed a total capital of 

 $503,824,082, an increase of almost 101 per mil.. 

 and value of products in 1900 of $61 1.72S.!):5:5, 

 an increase of almost 73 per cent. There were 15,- 

 481 establishments, increase 68 per cent.; 241,- 

 581 wage-earners, increase 101 per cent.; total 

 wages of $110,088,605, an increase of almost 33 

 per cent. The miscellaneous expenses increased 

 131 per cent., to $42,640,143, and the cost of ma- 

 terials used was $360,941,870, an increase of 91 

 per cent. 



