The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-08-03
CHAPTER cCxxvII.

CHAPIE6 CJAAH Ill.
An Act to amend an act entitled AN act
to provide for the erection or purchase
Of armories for the national guard in
Incorporated towns, boroughs or police,
sanitary and improvement commissions
in this state" approved February tlf-
teenth. one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-eight.
l. Be lit enacted by the Senate and Gem
eral Assembly of the State of New Jersey,
That the act to which this is amendatory
be and the same is hereby amended to
read as follows:
/. BE it enacted by the Senate and GEN
eral Assembly OF the State of New Jersey.
That all townships, towns, Incorporated
towns, borouRhs. or police sanitary and
improvement commissions OF this state,
nor now having an armory for the use OF
be any regularly organized and enrolled
regiment or company, are hereby author
lied to build and erect or purchase in said
towns, boroughs or commissions a suit
abb armory for the use of the national
guard az q cost NOS exceeding the sum of
ten or less than five thousand dollars, but
that in towns or townships not incorpor-
sted the legal voters of such towns or
townships may, by vote OF majority
ofthose voting 10 any spring election, to
be called for that purpose, determine
what amount OF money shall be raised,
and that III said towns or townships a
sum less than five thousand dollars may
be voted and appropriated.
2 And be it enac6ed, That for the prr-
pose of procuring a site and providing for
its erection, or for the purchase of suit
able building already erected, the mayor
or presidents Of the governing body OF any
such town. township. Incorporated town,
borough, or police, sanitary and improve
1nenI commission shall nominate and APP
Il
town committee, common council. board
Of commissioners or other governing
body. three commissioners who shah be
residents and freeholders in said town,
borough or commission; that said com
mlssloners shall have power TO purchase
a proper site or building already erected
for said armory and to alter or remodel
the same; and in case building already
erected is not purchased, to have plans
and specifications prepared for the cree
lion OF said RrmorY, advertise for pro-
pesals Tor the erection of the same and
award the contract or contracts Tor the
erection thereof, and generally superin-
tend the same during its course of cree
ton or remodeling; and said commission
shall servo without compensation; and
that the payments for the site purchase,
reinoueling or cost of erection of said
Armory shall be paid by the muni-
cipal authorities of said town, Dor
ough or police, sanitary aud improve
ment commission having the manage
lnent and control of the finances OF such
town. borough or commission. upon the
certificate OF said commissioners, from
time to time given to and filed with such
last named financial boards.
3. And be it enacted, That the munich
pal board of any such town, borough or
police. sanitary and Improvement com
mission. having the management and
control OF the finances Of such town,
borough or commission, shall appropri-
ate and DuJ in the tax levy Of such town,
borough or commission, not less than
one-half Of che sum appropriated for said
armory at the time of making the next
annual appropriation and assessment af-
ter the passage of this act, and the bal
nnce OF said appropriation shall be placed
in the next annual appropriation there
after.
4 And be It enacted, That this act shall
take effect Immediately.
Approved May g. 1890.