Bridgeton pioneer., 1888-01-26
PROPOSED LEGISLATION
An Act to Set off q Portion
of the City of Bridgeton.

Inc follOWlng IS the full text OF CEe
bill which Mr.. Smalley has introduced
in the House of Assembly, which will,
if passed, set off portion Of Bridge
ton into the townships Of Deerfeld
and Fairfield This is the act for
which Mcssrs. Holmes Pearce, Jesse
Gould, John Fralinger and others are
petitioning the Legislature If it be-
COMES law it will take from this city
from five to eight hundred of its popu.
lation. Thus far there does not seem
to be much objection to the PROPOSE
ton, The bill reads;
That all that part of the fourth ward
of the city of BrdgetoD, in the county
of Cumberland, bounded and described
as follows, to wit: Beginning at q
point in the division line between the
city of Bridgeton and the township of
Deerfeld where said line crosses the
public road leading from the city of
Bridgeton to Carll's corner, and is
forty links eastwardly from the marble
set in the west side of said road, mark
ing said line, and runs thence Gin ac
cordance with the meridian line stand
ard of Cumberland county, south,
eight degrees east, one hundred and
twelve chains, to stake in the run of
Indian Fields branch; thence up said
run to the south fork of the same:
thence up the said south fork to the
culvert in the public road leading from
Fairton to Woodruff's corner, and on
the farm of Isaac w. Mulford; thence
south, seventy-siX and one-Quarter
degrees east, one hundred and twenty
nine chains, to a marble, being the
northeast corner of Fairfield township
and the northwest corner of the city
of Millville; thence along the line of
the city OF Millville to the run of Chat
field branch; thence down said run to
the run of Lebanon branch; thence
up said run of Lebanon branch to the
head thereof; thence along the division
line between the city of Bridgeton and
the township of Deerfield to the place
of beginning aforesaid, be and the
same doth and shall cease to be in
cluded in and part of the fourth
ward of the city of Bridgeton, but
shall be and is hereby set off by the
passage of this act, and shall and doth
become part and parcel of the town
ship of Deerfield, in the county of
Cumberland, and form part of the
second assembly district of the county
of Cumberland
That all those parts of the fourth
ward and of the second ward of the
city of Bridgeton, in the county of
Cumberland, bounded and described
stake set in the run of Indian Fields
branch, and runs thence Gn accord
ance with the meridian line standard
of Cumberland county, south, eight
degrees east, one hundred and twenty
seven chains to a stake in Coney's
run; thence up said run and along the
division line between the township of
Fairfield and the city of Bridgeton to
marble, marking the line between
the township of Fairfield and the city
of Millville; thence north, seventysix
and q quarter degrees west, one hun
dred and twenty-nine chains, to the
culvert in the public road leading from
Fairton to Woodruff's corner, and on
the farm of Isaac w. Mulford, at the
run of the south fork of Indian Fields
branch; thence down the run of said
fork TO the run of Indian Fields branch;
thence down the said run of Indian
Fields branch TO the place of begin
ming aforesaid, be and the same shall
cease to be a part Of the fourth ward
of the city Of Bridgeton and'a part of
the second ward of said city, but shall
be and is hereby set off by the passage
of this act, and shall and doth become
a part and parcel of the township OF
Fairfield, in the county of Cumberland.
That Samuel M. Fox, of the town
ship of Deerfield; George S. Whilicar,
of the township of Fairfield; John
FraIinger, Jesse Gould, Jonathan E
ner, Benjamin Keen and Daniel Sharp,
of the city of Bridgeton, be and they
are hereby appointed commissioners,
whose duty it shall be to make Just
and equitable settlement between the
portion Of the said city of Bridgeton
proposed to be set off by this act and
the portion of said city which this act
does not affect, so far as relates to the
bonded Indebtedness of the said city,
and also of any and all taxes which
have been assessed previous to the
passage of this act for the benefit of
said city.
That all acts and parts of acts in
consistent with the provisions of this
act be and the same are hereby re
pealed, and that this act shall take
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