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War Records

 File — Container: File Room: Aisle 5 (TIC)

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Commissions, committees of the state

Permanent Commissions From the Collection:

This section of documents contains Permanent Commissions to the State of New Jersey or Interstate Commissions (transcribed from card file)


  • Advisory Planning to the Legislature and Governor (no longer in existence?)
  • Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
  • Capital Budgeting and Planning Commission
  • Casino Control Commission
  • Commission on Higher Education
  • Criminal Sentencing and Disposition Commission
  • Delaware River Basin Commission
  • Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission
  • Delaware River Port Authority
  • Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
  • Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission (now New Jersey Meadowlands)
  • Highway Authority (became part of New Jersey Turnpike Authority)
  • Interstate Commission on the Delaware River Basin (absorbed by Delaware River Basin Commission - DRBC)
  • Interstate Cooperation Commission (became Intergovernmental Relations)
  • Interstate Sanitation Commission (became Interstate Environmental Commission)
  • Investigation, State Commission
  • Joint Meeting in the Matter of an Outlet Sewer (incl Second River, no longer exists?)
  • Law Revision Commission
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Commerative Commission
  • New Jersey Commerce and Economic Growth (became New Jersey Economic Development Authotiy)
  • New Jersey Criminal Diposition (replaced by Criminal Sentencing and Disposition Commission)
  • New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority
  • New Jersey Exec. Commission on Ethical Standards (now the State Ethics Committee)
  • New Jersey Expressway Authority (now South Jersey Transportation Authority)
  • New Jersey Historical Commission
  • New Jersey Meadowlands Commission
  • New Jersey Motion Picture Commission (born digital)
  • New Jersey Racing Commission
  • New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority (see Sports)
  • New Jersey Turnpike Authority
  • New York - New Jersey Transportation Agency (no longer exists?)
  • North Jersey Districy Water Supply Commission
  • North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority
  • Palisades Interstate Park Commission
  • Passaic Valley Sewarage Commission
  • Pinelands Commission
  • Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
  • South Jersey Port Commission
  • South Jersey Transportation Authority
  • Sports and Exposition Authority (see New Jersey Sports)
  • State Capital Development Commission (absorbed?)
  • Tri-State Regional Planning Commission (aka. Tri State Transportation Commission, ended in 1982)
  • Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor (NJ withdrew in 2023, replaced by New York Waterfront, and NJ State Police)

  • Temporary Commissiosn From the Collection:

    Includes the following temporary commissions. Dates represent the law that founded the commission, but not necessarily all documents in the section. Departments transcribed from card file.

    JR = Joint Resolution
    CR = Concurrent Resolution
    A = Assembly
    C = Congressional
    S = Senate
    G likely was used for General


  • Abortion Study Commission (ACR 24, 1968)
  • Administration of Public Medical Care (JR4, 1956)
  • Advisory, Local Personal Property Tax (JR8, 1961)
  • Alcoholic Beverage Commission (Ch. 436, 1933)
  • Alcoholic Beverage Control Study Commission (SCR3025, 1979)
  • Alcoholism and Promotion of Temperance (Ch. 94, 1945)
  • Apportionment (begins 1967, GOP-II proposal adopted 1992)
  • Arts in New Jersey (AJR 20, 1962; AJR 8 1964)
  • Audit and Finance (JR 2,3 and 9 1929)
  • Automobile Reparation Reform Act (SCR 68, 1972)
  • Beach Erosion (JR 9 1948)
  • Blue Cross in New Jersey
  • Boundary Commission (JR 1886)
  • Budget Advisory (G 1935)
  • Bus Susidy Program Study
  • CATV Study (A 2041, 1971)
  • Camp Grounds at Sea Girt, Agents for the Purchase of (L 1888)
  • Capital Needs of New Jersey (G)
  • Capital Punishment, To Study (SJR 3, 1964)
  • Centennial Exhibition (L 1875)
  • Charitable and Philanthrophic Fund Raising Study (JR 7, 1956)
  • Child Labor Laws Study (JR 12, 1968)
  • Children and Youth, NJ Committee On (for 1960 White House conference)
  • Chronic Sick (JR 1949)
  • Civil Service Investigating (JR 1916)
  • Civil War Centennial (JR 11 1959 and JR 5 1961)
  • Columbian Exhibition, World's Committee of the New Jersey School Exhibit (authorized by Board of Education, appointed by Governor)
  • Conflicts of Interest in the performance of public duties by persons holding public office... (SCR 18, 1956)
  • Conflicts of Interest, Legislative Commission
  • Constitution Committee to Formulate Certain Amendments to
  • Constituion NJ, Committee on the Revision of (JR 2 1941)
  • Constitutional Convention, 1947
  • Constitutional Convention, 1966
  • Construction Safety, Gov's Advisory (G 1959)
  • Corporation Law Revision (Ch. 10 1958)
  • Corporation Law, Commissioners Appointed to Revise (SCR, 1916)
  • Corporations, Commissioners Appointed to Revise (Ch 351, 1895)
  • Corporations, Commissioners Appointed to Revise (Ch 30, 1905)
  • Counseling and Placement Services for High School Graduates, to Study (ACR 1964)
  • County and Municipal Government Study (Ch. 28, 1966)
  • County and Municipal Law Revision (ch. 231, 1956)
  • County and Municipal Taxation and Expenditure, to Investigate (JR 13, 1929)
  • County Penal System Study (JR 3, 1973)
  • Crime in New Jersey, Commission to Study the Causes and Prevention Of (Ch. 84, 1966)
  • Crime, Commission to Investigate the Subject of (G 1927)
  • Criminal Law Revision
  • Defense Council
  • Defense Council - War Transportation Commmittee
  • Defense of Indigent Persons Accused of Crime (JR 12, 1966)
  • Delaware Bay Area Development (JR 15 1959)
  • Delaware River Fisheries and Stream Pollution (JR 2, 1908)
  • Delaware River Treaty (Ch. 94 1923 and Ch. 344 1926)
  • Dependency and Crime (Ch. 140 1908)
  • Displaced Persons, Govs. Commission On (G)
  • Divorce Law Study (ch. 57 1967)
  • Drainage Stream Clearence, Joint (ACR 23 1953 and ACR 4 1954)
  • Driver Education Study (AJR 32 1962)
  • Economy and Efficiency (JR 6 1912)
  • Education Dept. Building Cold, Commission to Study (SJR 4 1956)
  • Educational Television Committee (AJR 9 1953)
  • Efficiency and Economy in State Govt, Gov's Committee
  • Legislative Commission to Study Efficiency and Economy in State Government (SCR 13, 1964)
  • Efficiency and Economy in State Govt, State Commission (SCR 141, 1976)
  • Election Law Revision (Ch. 29 1964, Ch. 78 1965)
  • Election Laws Study (JR 14 1953, JR 6 1956)
  • Emergency City Govt, Commission On (SJR4 1959)
  • Emergency Committee, Gov's Report (G 1939)
  • Emegency Relief Administration
  • Eminent Domain Revision (Ch. 50 1962)
  • Employer's Liability (Ch. 241, 1911)
  • Energy Crisis Study
  • Essex County East-West Freeway (ACR 41, 1956)
  • Excise (CR 1908)
  • Exec. Branch of the State Govt., to study the organization and operation (SJRI 1954)
  • Family Court Study (JR 12 1968)
  • Federal-State War Conference on Social Protection
  • Federal Writer's Project
  • Flood Control (JR 19 1929)
  • Fluoridation Study (JR 3, 1971)
  • Gambling Study (SCR 58, 1972)
  • Gasoline Study (ACR 7, 1952)
  • General Hospitals
  • Habitual Sex Offender (SJR 7, 1949)
  • Hackensack Meadowlands Study (SCR 147, 1975)
  • Health Admin., Local, Gov's Committee (G)
  • Health and Safety of Workers, Gov's Advisory Committee
  • Health and Welfare, State Conference (G 1938)
  • Hospitals, state aid for care of indigent patients, study (Ch. 1940, 1965)
  • Housing, Advisory Committee
  • Housing, Gov's Temporary Committee
  • Hudson River Waterfront Study Planning and Development
  • Immigration (Ch. 362, 1911)
  • Improvement of the Law of Evidence, Commission (JR 15, 1955)
  • Income Maintenance (PL 1975 c. 359)
  • Income Maintenance (PL 1978 c. 108)
  • Individual Liberty and Personal Privacy
  • Industrial Development (SCR 13, 1955)
  • Industrial Education (JR 11, 1908)
  • Industrial Recovery Admin., NJ Code of Fair Competition (Ch. 372 1933)
  • Institutions and Agencies Dept, to Study (G)
  • Intergovernmental Relations, New Jersey (JR, 1954?)
  • Interstate Bridge and Tunnel Commission, NJ (JR 3 1906, JR 4 1912, Ch. 49 1918, now administered by Port Authority and South Jersey Port)
  • Intrastate Bus Operation, Legislative (SCR 22, 1958 etc)
  • Judicial Council of New Jersey
  • Jury System, Commission to Investigate the Report to the Legislature (JR 9, 1912)
  • Juvenile Delinquency (Ch. 136, 1936)
  • Landlord Tenant Relationship Study (ACR 28 1969)
  • Law Enforcement Council (Ch. 253 1952, Ch. 182 1953)
  • Commission On Legal and Ethical Problems in the Delivery of Health Care
  • Legislative Reapportionment and Congressional Redistricting Planning (SCR 21 1964, SCR 3, 1965)
  • Lehigh Valley Railroad, Commission to Confer With (SJR 1911)
  • Library Services, to Study (JR 9 1954)
  • Local Govt. Conflicts of Interest and Code of Ethics Study (SCR 69 1972)
  • Local Property Taxation, Gov's Committee (G)
  • Management Commission, Gov's
  • Meadow Reclamation (JR 8 1930)
  • NJ Commission to Study Meadowland Development (JR 8 1963)
  • Mental Defectives, Commission on the Care of (JR 5 1913)
  • Mental Health (ACR 42 1956, ACR 35 1957)
  • Mentally Deficient Persons, Commission to Study (AJR 11 1950)
  • Metropolitan Rapid Transit Commission (Ch. 194 1952)
  • Middle Income Housing Study Commission (JR 11 1955)
  • Migratory Children, Commission to Investigation (JR 6 1930)
  • Military Training and Instruction in High School (Ch. 211, 1916)
  • Mobile Home Study (JR 3 1977)
  • Morris Canal Abandonment, to Investigate (CR 1903)
  • Morris Canal and Banking Co. (G 4/23)
  • Morris Canal Investigation Committee (JR 10 1912)
  • Morven, Gov's Committee On (G)
  • Motor Vehicles Air Pollution Control Study (JR 8, 1964
  • Motor Vehicles Drivers License Study (SR 3 1968)
  • Motor Vehicle Inspection Study (AJR 28)
  • Motor Vehicle Study (Ch. 68 1974)
  • Municipal Financing, for the Survey Report (AR 1915)
  • Municipal Government (JR3 1907, JR1 1948)
  • Narcotic Control (Ch 449 1953, Ch 226 1964 changed from Perm. Comm. to Advisory Council)
  • Narcotic Drug Study (JR 15 1962)
  • Narcotics, legislative (JR 8 1951)
  • NJ American Revolution Bicenntenial Celebration
  • NJ Bioethics
  • NJ Blue Cross Rate Study
  • NJ Child Labor Law Study (JR 11 1955)
  • NJ Gov's Milk Committee
  • NJ Higher Education, Gov's Committee
  • NJ Medical College (JR 4 1950)
  • NJ Old Age Study (JR 3 1954)
  • NJ State Employees Safety (G 1965)
  • NJ State Racing (Ch. 333 1933)
  • NJ Tercentenery 1664-1964
  • NJ Workmen's Comp (G 1972)
  • NY-NJ Port and Harbor (Ch. 130, 1917)
  • Newark Bay
  • No Fault Auto Accident Insurance Plan (JR 4 1970)
  • Open Space Policy (Ch. 312 1968)
  • Passaic River Flood District
  • Passaic River Navigation (Ch. 173 1912)
  • Passaic Valley Flood Control, Gov's Committee
  • Pension and Retirement (JR 11 1917)
  • Pension Survey
  • Personnel Employed by Various State Depts, etc. Commission to Study (Ch. 162 1943)
  • Physically Handicapped, Governer's NJ State Committee to Employ - Bloomfield-West Essex County
  • Port of New York, On Taxation of Property (JR 1,5 1925)
  • Port Raritan District
  • Post-War Economic Welfare (Ch. 192, 1943)
  • Primary and Election Laws, to Revise (JR 4 1916)
  • Prison Industry (JR 1 1917)
  • Prison Labor
  • Prison System (JR 1877)
  • Prisons and Parole System, to examine and investigate (Ch. 315 1941)
  • Professionak and Occupational Licensing Study
  • Public and School Employees Grievance Procedure Study (Ch. 170 1966 and Ch. 8 1967)
  • Public Broadcasting for NJ, Gov's
  • Public Education, to Survey
  • Public Employee Employer-Employee Relations Study (Ch. 124, 1974)
  • Public Records, Committee of Citizens On
  • Railroad Companies, Committee to Confer With Respecting Payment of Their Taxes (SCR 1938)
  • Railroad Grade Crossing, for Elimination or Alteration
  • Railroad Tax Hearing
  • Railroad Tax Law of 1941, on the Operation Of
  • Railroads and Canals in NJ, Board to Reappraise (JR 3 1909)
  • Real Estate Title Insurance Study (ACR 77 1972)
  • Real Property Tax Exemption (ACR 42 1968)
  • Recreation (ACR 11 1949)
  • Regional Planning
  • Riparian Lands (JR 11 1960)
  • Rules of Evidence (SCR 28 1966)
  • Rutgers and the State University (JR 2, 7, 1928)
  • Salt Water Fishing, Investigation Of (SR 1906)
  • Sandy Hook State Park, Legislative (JR 17 1933)
  • School Aid (JR 9 1950)
  • School Survey (G 1932)
  • Second Mortgage Loan Study (JR 11 1956)
  • Senior Citizens Tax Study (JR 16 1968)
  • Sex Discrimination in the Statutes (Ch. 68, 1978)
  • Ship Canal Advisory
  • Social Security
  • South Jersey Port and Delaware River Port, to study the practibility of consolidating (SCR 18 1966)
  • South Jersey Transit Authority
  • Special Tax (1880)
  • Sports Hall of Fame, Advisory
  • State Admin. and Professional Compensation
  • State Admin. Reorganization (JR 1 1944)
  • State Aid to School Districts (Ch. 32 1966)
  • State and County Aid to General Hospitals (JR 6 1927)
  • State Capitol Building (JR 2 1945)
  • State College for the Benefit of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts(Ch 4 1902)
  • State-Employee Relations (G 1942)
  • State Employees Retirement System, Special (JR 7 1951)
  • State Law Enforcment Pension, Advisory Commission (Ch. 320, 1951)
  • State Lottery Planning (JR 11 1959)
  • State Sewarage (Ch. 210 1889)
  • State Tax Policy
  • Status of Women, Gov's
  • Student Service (Ch. 23 1942, Ch. 145 1943)
  • Subminal Projection (ACR 33 1958)
  • Tax Assessments, Commission to Investigate (JR 7 1912)
  • Tax Law Revision (Ch. 95 1938)
  • Tax Laws, to Investigate (JR 1 1919)
  • Tax Policy (1970)
  • Taxation, to Investigate (CR 1896)
  • Taxation, Commissioners Appointed to Investigate (SCR 1904)
  • Taxation of Intangible Personal Property (JR 4 1944)
  • Taxation of State Owned Land (JR 10 1965)
  • Taxation of Out of State NJ Residents (SCR 25 1957)
  • Teacher Preperation Programs Study (PL 1978 c. 25)
  • Textile Fabrics (Ch. 107, 1877)
  • Toll Roads and Bridges, to Investigate (JR 2, 1916)
  • Traffic (JR 4 1928)
  • Transit Problems
  • Travel and Resort Industry Study
  • USS New Jersey Battleship (JR 6 1975)
  • Unemployment Relief (Ch. 92 1938)
  • Uniform Commercial Code, to Study and Report Upon (Ch 66 1959)
  • Uniform Consumer Credit Code (Ch. 238 1969)
  • US Constitution, NJ
  • Urban Colored Population (Ch 393, 1938)
  • Victory Garden Committee
  • War Records
  • Water Supply, Legislative (AJR 4 1955)
  • Weather Service (1890-1902)
  • Welfare Administration (JR 9 1951)
  • Welfare and Relief Laws (ACR 3 1968)
  • Worker's Comp Act and Practices, Study Of (JR 16 1933)
  • Workmen's Comp Law Study (Ch. 126, s. 18, 1966)
  • Work's Progress Administration
  • World's Fair
  • Youth, Gov's Committee
  • Youth Study (SJR 3 originally State Juvenile Deliquency, to Study, SEE ALSO: IF-Newark Youth)










  • Dates

    • 1852 - 2025

    Extent

    From the Collection: TBD Linear Feet (Linear feet estimated: One aisle Main, 4 aisles Fireroom, 4.5 drawers, 5+ aisles offsite)

    Language of Materials

    From the Collection: English

    Creator

    Repository Details

    Part of the Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library Repository

    Contact:
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    Newark Public Library
    5 Washington St.
    Newark NJ 07102 United States
    973-733-7775