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Office of the Governor, 1854 - 2004

 Record Group — Container: Offsite - NJ State Documents

Scope and Contents

Annual Message: 1854, 1856, 1867-1868, 1870, 1895, 1898, 1901, 1904-1922, 1924, 1927, 1930-1934, 1936-1937, 1939-1940, 1942-1943, 1945-1946, 1948-1949, 1951-1990, 1993-1994, 1996

Budget Message: 1919, 1921, 1924-1992, 2004

Conferences: Crime (1935); Industrial safety laws (1961); Traffic Safety (1961, 1965); Housing (1955); Education (1966); Library and info services (1979)

Hearings: Senate Bill 2, Scholarship Bill, 1959; Senate Bill 163 electrical contractors 1960; Assmebely Bill #557 to authorize municipalities to inspect and provide for closing certain buildings, 1961; Senate Bill #218, prohibiting the construction of certain airports, 1961 with appendix

Inagural Addresses: Marcus Ward 1866 (and inaguration proceedings); George Werts 1893; Stokes 1905; Fort 1908; Wilson 1911; Walter Edge 1917; Moore 1932; Harold Hoffman 1935; Charles Edison 1941; Walter Edge 1944; Alfred Driscoll 1947; Meyner 1954 and 1958; Hughes 1962 and 1966; Cahill 1970; Byrne 1974 and 1978

Misc: messages and official papers Randolph; address on inland waterways Ford 1908; address to Republican convention Hoffman 1935; Official municipal plan of defense Moore 1940; Message to the people Moore Dec 1940; Constitutional limits on exec deciisions Edison 1944; A new constitution Edison 1944; Police war plan Edison 1943; Emergency control plan Edison 1943; New taxes on railroads in NJ Edison 1943; Intangible personal property tax law Edison 1942; Report on investigation of fomer Banking and Industry Commr. Reilly in liquidating NJ Title Guarentee and Trust Co, Edison, 1944; NJ state government's share in recoversion from war to peace Edge 1945; A message to labor in relation to post war program Edge 1945; State office building program Meyner 1956; Remarks before Municipal Forum of NY Downtown Atheltic Club Meyner Jan 29, 1960; Turnpike surplus for rail transportation proposal Meyner Jun 16, 1959; Questions and answers on taxes Hughes Jan 1966; Proposed higher ed construction program Hughes Jan 13, 1966; Proposed institutional construction program 1966-1967 Hughes, Jan and Feb 1966; Property tax relief program Bryne May 1974; Annual report 1975; NJ Hotlines 1977; Staff report a proposal for development of Fisheries Industry, working paper, rec. 1979; Western Energy Production, impact on Northeastern region, 1980; The Future of the NJ Shore, Gov's Conference, 1979; NJ and Canada: Partners in Growth, received 1981; Inaguration of Byrne Jan 15, 1974; Interstate Cooperation of Pollution Abatement Costs 1978; Gov's Volunteer Awards 1988; Cabinet Florio 1990; Rebuilding our State Jan 1993; Achievements 1992; Office of the First Lady: fact sheet fpr Gov's Youth Advisory Council 1993; Report to Gov. pursuant to Exec Order 97, pt. 1, Oct, 1, 1993; State of the State Whitman, Jan 10, 1995; Gov's Awards 1994; Budget address 1996; State of the state Whitman 1997; background papers for State of the State 1997; News release: unemployment, wages, employment Jan 16, 1997; State of the State 2001 and major iniatives; Gov. Christie Whitman: A Record of Accomplishment, March 12, 2001

Reports to Governor: NY-NJ lighterage matter Sept 10, 1929; Investigation of Civil Service Commission Jan 12, 1944; Investigation of State Board of Tax Appeals, May 28, 1945; Problems involving Delaware River and Bay area Oct 29, 1959; Safety and acoustic daxrirs if turbojet and turbofan aircraft at Newark airport July 6, 1961; Torwards a more effective government Nov 1963; An income tax or sales tax for NJ?, Jan 1966; Blueprint for improvement (education), Dec 20, 1966; Interim report on nursing education Feb 7, 1968; Task force on migrant farm labor Jun 1968; Civil liberties in NJ Apr 22, 1948; State employees compensation etc Apr 1970; Impact of proposed federal welfare legislation on NJ Jun 9, 1970; Task Force on Welfare Managament Jan and Jun 1970 and April 14 and 30, 1971; Report of welfare study commission Jan 1971; Commission on vocational edu. in correctional instituions, Jun 1972; The Jersey Central Situation, Dec 29, 1972; Capital Punishment Study COmmission, March 20, 1973; A tristate authority to adminster air related transportation in Delaware valley April 1971; Delaware River and Bay Marine Council Final Report Dec 29, 1972; Proposal for a central NJ expressway system Aug 23, 1965; Energy Crisis Study Comm. terms of reference, Oct 4, 1973; Task force on energy May 1974; State commission of investigation Oct 1975; Gov's economic recovery Comm. vol. 1 and 2, Jan and Mar 1976; NJ Beach Access Study Commission, April 1977; Summary reccomendations and subcommittee reports NJ Commission on Govt Costs and Tax Policy Dec 1977; Modern Financial Management: an update for NJ POublic Schools, March 1978; Intergaency task force progress report, April 1972; State conference on health and welfare report Dec 21, 1939; Status report on recs. made by Gov's Economic Recovery Comm. in Jan 1976 as of Mar 1, 1978; An Assessment of NJ's Urban programs prepared by Cabinet Comm. on Urban Plicy, Sept 1978; Planning and Management of NJ's Pinelands by Gov's Pinelands Review Comm, Feb 1979; Report of Hazardous Waste Advisory Comm., Jan 1980; Report of Cabinet Task Force on Hunan Relations, May 27, 1980; Task Force on Unemployment in Atlantic City, final report and summary, June 1980; Railroad Taxation in NJ 1932-1940

Special Message (to Legislature): War emergency April 30, 1861 Olden; Stockton and Kearny statues Feb 21, 1872; Taxation of Morris and Essex Railroad Co., Green, 1887; To adjourned session Stokes 1907; Revision of primary and election law Fort 1908; Morris Canal abandonment Fielder 1915; Statistical info concerning taxation and expenditure of public funds with charts Silzer Jan 29, 1923; Concerning education Silzer 1924; Statement on economies in state govt Hoffman 1935; First special message Hoffman 1935; Federal and state social security program Hoffman Jan 20, 1936; Unemployment compensation Hoffman Dec 21, 1936; Delaware and Raritan canal as a source of water suply Moore Feb 13, 1939; Special message Meyner Sept 17, 1956; A program for the 1960s Hughes Jan 28, 1963; Medical and dental education in NJ Hughes Nov 16, 1964; Consitutional convention Hughes Nov 30, 1964; Labor and economic development Hughes May 9, 1966; Transportation Hughes May 16, 1966; Higher education Hughes May 25, 1966; Community affairs Hughes May 31, 1966; A moral reccommitment for NJ Hughes April 25, 1968; Towards a new tax policy Feb 16, 1970; Towards excellance in education in the 1970s, April 9, 1970; Education for better medical care May 4, 1970; Drug abuse the problem of the decade Cahill April 27, 1970; A blueprint for housing in NJ Dec 7, 1970; A master plan for tax reform May 18, 1972; A plan for education and tax reform Jun 13, 1974; Low rent housing and slum clearance program Driscoll March 28, 1949; Budget crisis, Kean Nov 23, 1982

Veto Messages: 1886 (Arthur Kill Bridge and Hudson river tunnel), 1912, 1923, 1924, 1937 (highway funds for unemployment relief), 1954-1977

State Law Enforcement Planning Agency: Dissemination Documents #1-31, 33 (c. 1969-1990), the New Jersey Plan, guide to grants, a guide to planning for action, a report on action grant A-1; Staff report: a desk-book on drug abuse, A six month report and six month projectiion, guides for action grants and criminal justice plans 1970-1981, also Juvenile Justice report 1977 and juvenile justice plan 1985-1987, 1988-90

Dates

  • 1854 - 2004

Creator

Extent

From the Collection: 476 Linear Feet (Offsite ) : 288 State docs; 144 Legislative books and docs; 18 assembly docs; 18 court reports; 8 Senate microfilm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Related Materials

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Processing Information

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Repository Details

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

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