In  1881,  so  far  as  his  office  was  concerned,  the  whole  thing
was  changed,  and  all  the  fees  that  came  into  his  office  became
revenues  of  the  State,  and  were  to  be  returned  in  detail,  not  in
gross,  and  you  observe  the  reason ;  the  only  object  of  his  return-
ing fees  which  he  kept  himself  was  to  see  how  well  the  office  was
paid,  and  that  is  the  rule  that  now  applies  to  the  Clerk  in
Chancery  and  the  Supreme  Court.  They  state  in  gross  every
quarter  how  much  they  have  received.  But  after  1881  the  Sec-
retary of  State's  revenues  were  the  revenues  of  New  Jersey,  and
it  was  therefore  provided  that  they  should  be  paid  over  as  stated
under  the  heavy  penalty  provided,  and  it  was  required  that  they
should  be  stated  in  detail,  that  the  State  might  see  the  exact
source  and  amount  of  all  its  revenues.  The  22d  section,  which
is  practically  the  close  of  the  act,  provides  that  a  false  oath  to  a
return  shall  constitute  perjury,  and  so  on.
