The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-02-10
SENATE, NO. 20.
State OF NEW JERSEY.
INTRODUCED JANUARY 2s, 1890.
By Mr.. Mcdonald.
Referred to Committee on Municipal Cor
p~orations.

porations.
| AN act 10 enable cities OF the first class
that have a population within their
territorial limits exceeding n hun
dred thousand inhabitants to acquire
land and build thereon anew city nall.
l. Be it enacted bbhh9sSenate and GEN
eraL Assembly of the StdteS of NeU Jersey,
That in all cities OF the first class that
have a population within their territorial
limits exceeding mi hundred thousand
| inhabitants according to any censns or
| enumeration thereof by the United States
| or by this State, in which there may not
at any time be sufficient accommodation
| for the different departments of the city
government in a city hall, there may be
erected by commissioners appointed rs
herein provided, a suitable public build
ing or new city hall. of sufficient capacity
for the convenient transaction OF the pub
lie business.
Ind be it enacted, That for the pur-
| poses OF this act the Mayor of any
such city shall appoint a board OF
three commissioners, to be known as
| city hall commissioners, no more than a
| MAORI y of whom shall be from the same
| political party, who shall be residents in
said city, and who shall each give a bond
| with good aud sufficient sureties, to be
| approved by one of the law officers of
| such city, for the proper performance of
his aaty, in the penal sum of ten theus-
| and dollars, and each of whom shall serve
Hufil the work shall be finished, unless
sooner removed by the appointing
power; any vacancy caused by death,
resignation, removal from IL city,
inability or otherwise shall be filled
by appointment in the same
said board of city hall commissioners
shall have power to select lands suitable
for a site for a new city hall, in which
they shall in no way be interested, and if
said lands or n part thereof shall not
already belong to the city, such commits
sioners shall have power to purchase,
acquire or condemn such lands, together
with the structures thereon, if any, in the
name oil the Mayor and Aldermen of such
city, and to erect on such property such a
public building or city hall as they may
deem suitable for the purposes of this act.
Ind be 1t enacted, That for the nur-
poses OF this act the commissioners here
In authorized shall have power to take
possession of such public buildings in any
such city, ii any, with the ground where
on the same may stand or that may be
connected thereon, ii any, the property
of such city, as such commissioners and
any public board OF such, city government
having charge of suchnRleund Or build
ings shall determine, ,renay safely be
spared or not needed for public use, and
sell the same at puolic auction after due
advertisement for ct least two weeks in
the official papers of any such city, and
the Mayor and Alderman or Common
Council of any such city shall, in case of
such sale, give a good and sufficient title
therefor, or such title as the city may
possess, and the proceeds of such sale or
sales shall be deposited with the city
treasurer and set apart as a separate fund
for the purposes of this act, and shall he
disbursed by the commissioners herein
authorized for the cost and expenses of
the purchase of the lands and the erec-
ton thereon of q new city hall and fur
nishing the same for the accommodation
of the officers of the city government,
and the due n proper execution OF all
of the provisions of this act.
4. A2d be it enacted, That said com
misSlonerS shall organize as a board by
the selection Of one OF their number as
chairman. aud all disbursements under
this act for the purpose thereof shall be
made by said board by resolution order
ing warrants TO be drawn upon the city
treasurer, in the manner and form as
other warrants are ordered drawn, and
paid by other boards in any sueh city.aHd !
in the performance of their duties under
this act said board shall have power 20
employ such assistants, agents "A ser
wants as they may deem necessary, and
said commissioner shall receive as COM
pensation for their services one hundred
aud twenty-five dollars per month each
for the time they serve; the acts OF y
majority of the commissioners shall be
the acts Of the commissioners as herein
authorized, but said acts shall be sub
ject to veto by tho mayor OF such city
as the acts OF other boards in such
city are subject to veto.
5. Aad be It Enacted, That for the pur-
poses of this act Suph sum OF money as
may be deemed necessary by the COM
missioners herein authorized, over and
above the amount realized by any sales
Of property as herein authorized, shall be
FURNISHED and provided by the board or
authority having control OF the finances
OF any such ciryby the issue of the boads
of such city Of the denomination of one
Thousand dollars each, bearing interest
at the rate. of not exceeding five Der
centum per anpum and with or without
interest coupons, to be sold at not less
than the par value thereof, and having
not to exceed thirty years to run from
the date OF their issue, the interest and
principal OF which shall be paid by tax
alton as other bonds of anyesuch city are
orr may be paid; provided, that the
mount OF bonds SO issued shall not in
any case exceed the sum of two dollars
for each ~inhabitant OF any such city.
which amount shall be deposited with
the city treasurer of such city and kept
apart for the purposes of this act ana
added to the amount SO Kept and realized
from the sales of property as authorized
by this act, and the whole shall be dis
bursed as provided in section four Of this
act
O And be 1t enacted, That in case the