io report of new jersey state museum. 
1. Be it enacted, by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New 
Jersey , That the commission now having charge of the restoration of the 
state house shall have power, and it shall be its duty, to cause to be pro- 
pared, suitable rooms in said state house for a museum for the preservation 
and display of the exhibits of the several state departments at the Chicago 
exposition, and for such other exhibits as may from time to time be placed 
therein by the commission having control of said museum, as provided in the 
second section of this act, and the expenses incurred in the preparation of 
said rooms shall be paid on the warrant of the comptroller out of any moneys 
in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated. 
2. And be it enacted , That the state superintendent of public instruction, 
the state geologist, the president of the state board of agriculture, the presi¬ 
dent of the senate and the speaker of the house of assembly are hereby con¬ 
stituted a commission, which commission shall have control of said museum, 
and shall make all necessary rules and regulations for the proper care and 
maintenance thereof, and said commission may appoint a curator, who shall 
under the direction of said commission, arrange and classify the several 
exhibits, and shall have charge of said museum and exhibits, and shall per¬ 
form such other duties in connection therewith as shall be directed by said 
commission, and he shall be paid such a compensation as said commission 
shall determine, but not to exceed the sum of fifteen hundred dollars per 
annum, which compensation shall be paid by the state treasurer in equal 
monthly installments upon the warrant of the comptroller. 
3. And be it enacted , That this act shall take effect immediately. 
Approved March 20, 1895. 
It will be seen that the act made it the duty of the Commis¬ 
sion having charge of the restoration of the State House to have 
prepared suitable rooms for said Museum. Before any action 
was taken the Commission was abolished, and in 1896 the fol¬ 
lowing amendment was enacted, making it the duty of the Mu¬ 
seum Commission to prepare plans for such alterations as were 
necessary to provide suitable rooms for the Museum in the State 
House, provided that such plans should be approved by the 
State House Commission and the work done under its super¬ 
vision : 
AMENDMENT TO ACT OF 1895. 
Chapter 195 of the Laws of 1896. 
An Act to amend an act entitled “An act to establish and maintain a state 
museum,” approved March twentieth, one thousand eight hundred and 
ninety-five. 
Be it enacted, by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New 
Jersey : 
1. Section one of an act entitled “An act to establish and maintain a 
state museum,” approved March twentieth, one thousand eight hundred and 
ninety-five, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: 
Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of Neiv 
Jersey: 
1. The commission provided for in the second section of the act to which 
this is an amendment shall have power and it shall be its duty to cause to 
be prepared plans to provide suitable rooms in the state house at Trenton 
for a museum for the preservation and display of the agricultural, geological 
