of educa CHAPTER XXVII. AN act to secure a representation of the educational interests of New Jersey at the centennial exhibition. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State board State of New Jersey, That it shall be the duty of the state tion to se-board of education to secure a proper exhibit of the educaer exhibit, tional interests of this state at the centennial exhibition at cure a prop &c. Expenses how defrayed. Philadelphia. 2. And be it enacted, That for the purpose of defraying the expenses incurrred in securing said exhibit, a sufficient sum not to exceed four thousand dollars is hereby appropriated to be paid by the treasurer of the state on warrant of the comptroller upon being certified by the president and secretary of said board. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall go into effect immediately. Approved March 15, 1876. tion to cer CHAPTER XXVIII. An act fixing the compensation of certain public officers of the state. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the Compensa- State of New Jersey, That the several public officers of this tain officers state for the time being, hereinafter named, shall respectively be entitled to receive the compensation and fees hereinafter mentioned, that is to say: Governor. The governor of this state a salary at the rate of five thousand dollars by the year and no fees; er. The Comptroller of the state a salary at the rate of four Comptrollthousand dollars by the year and no fees; The treasurer of the state a salary at the rate of four thou- Treasurer. sand dollars by the year and no fees; Attorney The attorney general a salary at the rate of fifteen hun- General. dred dollars by the year and the fees he is now entitled by law to receive; and Quar The adjutant general and quartermaster general each a Adjutant salary at the rate of twelve hundred dollars by the year and termaster no fees; General. The private secretary of the governor a salary at the rate Private of two thousand dollars by the year and no fees; Secretary sioners of The assistant secretary of state a salary at the rate of two thousand dollars by the year and no fees; The commissioners of the sinking fund each a salary at commisthe rate of one thousand dollars by the year and no fees; sinking The superintendent of public instruction a salary at the fund. rate of three thousand dollars by the year and no fees; tendent. The state librarian a salary at the rate of fifteen hundred of public dollars by the year and no fees; Superin instruction. State Libra Salaries All of which salaries shall be paid to the said several offi- rian. cers on the warrant of the comptroller, by the treasurer of how paid. the state. ment of as 2. And be it enacted, That the public officers hereinafter Employmentioned, are hereby authorized, by and with the approval sistants. of the governor of this state, to employ assistants as may be necessary in their several departments, provided, that the Proviso. annual cost thereof shall not exceed the amounts hereinafter allotted to the several departments for that purpose, that is to say: To the executive department, two thousand dollars; To the comptroller's department, for the first assistant two thousand five hundred dollars, and for other clerical service three thousand five hundred dollars; To the treasurer's department, three thousand three hundred dollars; To the adjutant general's department two thousand five hundred dollars; To the quartermaster general's department seven thousand seven hundred dollars; To the commissioners of the sinking fund, one thousand six hundred dollars, and such expenses incurred in foreclosure and other necessary legal proceedings, as the governor shall approve; Bills for service rendered to be approved by Governor. who receive To the superintendent of public instruction, five hundred dollars; To the state librarian, two hundred and fifty dollars; And the persons employed in the said departments, under the authority of this section, shall make out their several bills, monthly, stating therein the service rendered, and procure the same to be certified by the head of the department, and to be endorsed with the approval of the governor, and present the same to the comptroller, and on his warrant, each bill shall be paid by the treasurer of the state. Officers 3. And be it enacted, That the public officers of this state no salaries hereinafter mentioned, shall receive no salaries, but shall be fees. entitled to receive the fees following for the services hereinafter specified, and no further or other fees, that is to say: The secretary of state shall be entitled to receive the same fees which he is now entitled by law to receive, as secretary of state, clerk of the court of errors and appeals, clerk of the prerogative court, and register in the prerogative office, clerk of the court of pardons, and commissioner of insurance; The clerk in chancery shall be entitled to receive: For entering an action, entitled to Secretary of State. Clerk in Fees. Clerk of the Court. Fees. For filing each pleading or other paper, each folio of one hundred words For entering every rule, For every commission issued, For setting down a cause for hearing, For commissions on deposits, if under one For drawing a certificate and seal, fifteen cents; nine cents; six cents; fifteen cents; one dollar; thirty-eight cents; thirty-eight cents; three cents; fifteen cents; The clerk of the supreme court shall be entitled to re ceive: For sealing every writ, For entering an action, For entering an appearance on default, ten cents; eight cents; ten cents; For entering the return of a writ, For entering every rule, For filing every writ, pleading, or other paper, For entering a retraxit, discontinuance or non-suit, For entering a postea, For entering a judgment, For entering satisfaction on record, For copies, and recording judgments, for each folio of one hundred words, For taxing a bill of costs, For drawing a certificate and seal, For searching the records, for each book, for each name, ten cents; twelve cents; six cents; eleven cents; fifteen cents; nine cents; fifteen cents; six cents; thirty-eight cents; three cents. shall take 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect imme- When act diately; saving and excepting, that so far as the same in-effect. creases or reduces the per centage or allowance of any public officer during the term for which such officer was elected or appointed, it shall take effect only upon and immediately after the end of such term. Approved March 16, 1876. CHAPTER XXX. A supplement to an act entitled "An act to amend and consolidate the several acts relating to game and game fish," approved March twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-four. killing 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That no person or persons shall kill or Penalty for expose for sale, or have unlawfully in his or her possession wood or after the same has been killed, any summer duck, common- summer ly called wood duck, between the first day of January and a certain the first day of September in any year, under a penalty of five dollars for each and every bird so killed or had in his or duck during time. her possession, to be recovered in the way and manner prescribed by the act to which this is a supplement. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 16, 1876. CHAPTER XXXI. An act against the unlawful taking of certain animals. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the Penalty for State of New Jersey, That if any person shall within this State taking cer- unlawfully, willfully and maliciously take any horse, mare, unlawfully tain animals. Proviso. gelding or mule without the consent of the owner thereof, and cause the same, either directly or indirectly, to be removed from the possession or control of such owner, although only temporarily, the person so offending shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and being thereof convicted, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or imprisonment at hard labor for any term not exceeding two years, or both; provided, that this act shall not be so construed as to apply to any case where said horse, mare, gelding or mule is taken or removed in consequence of trespass, or damage committed, or being committed; nor interfere with the full force and effect of the laws now in operation in such cases. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 16, 1876. |