The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-07-06
LAWS OF NEW JERSEY
CHAPTER CCxLyI.
By AUTHORITY.

"A cuppiemeut 10 an ACT entitled AN act
TO r~eorganize the board of chosen free
holders In the counties of the first class
In this state" approved April third,
n thousand eight hundred aud eighty
niue.
|. BE. it enacted by the Senate and
General Assembly Of the State OF
New Jersey, That members OF tine
board of chosen freeholders in the
the counties of the first class iu this
state. except the director at large there
OF. shall be elected by assembly dis
trict at the time or times of hold
ing the charter, CITY, town. village and
township elections. 10 be held in the year
one thousand eight hundred and ninety
two, and every second wear thereafter; but
SUCH election OF members Of said boards
shall be confined to those election or as
sembly districts Ia which such municipal
elections are being held; the director at
large OF said boards shall be elected as
heretofore.
2. And be IL enacted, That the term of
Office OF ouch members, except such di-
Rector, snail begin on the second Wednes-
day OF May next after every such election
and shall continue for two years aud IN
I'll Others shall be chosen and legally
qualified In their stead, n the term OF
office of such director at large shall begin
and continue as heretofore
.. And be it enacted, That the term of
Office of the members of the present
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ties. except the director at large, be aud is
hereby extended until the second We'd
nesday OF May, in the year one thousand
eigh t hundred and ninety-two, and until
their successors may be elected and quail
flied.
4. And be it enacted. That the director
at large Of such boards shall be deemed to
have been aud to be a member thereof,
but shall, from and after the first day of
December next after the passage OF this
act, have no vote therein, except In case
Of a tie; every resolution or act Of said
board shall, however. from and after the
salt first day OF December, before it takes
by said director, aud IL he fails
or refuses to approve of any such
resolution or act within ten days
the clerk or acting clerk Of aid board
shall announce such fact to the board at
It's next regular meeting AFTER the expira-
ton OF said ten days, aud said board b IL
proceed to reconsider the same, aud il q
majority OF all the members thereof. ex-
eepG the director or director pro TEN.
shall then pass the resolution II shall take
effect as q law, but the votes In such case
b be taken by yeas n nays and en-
tered on the minutes; In case there be a
vacancy caused by death, resignation or
otherwise in the office of director, the
board may choose from It's OWE number a
director st large, who shall continue to
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until there shall be a director at large
duly elected aud vualified; II the director
at large be absent from the state or inca
pacIated by sickness at the time Of hold
lug any regular or special meeting, tn e
said board may likewise choose from it S
own members a director pro TEN, VIII o
shall be vested with the power OF direc tor
at large until such absence or incapa city
cease.
5. Aud be it enacted, That the boards
of registry and election In counting. can
wasting, certifying aud returning the
votes east at any election for chosen free
holders and director at large, as provided
for or mentioned in this act. shall pro-
coed rs now required by law.
9. And be it enacted, That each of the
said election boards who may hold sucn
election shall appoint one of their num-
Der TO attend the meeting of the board of
canvassers for such election in the county
wherein the election district may be
situated as a member thereof; the clerk
of the county shall be the CLERK OF such
board. which shall bs composed of the
members appointed aforesaid, whether
such board be composed Of members ap-
pointed from all the election districts in
said county or from a smaller number of
such districts in case the charter, city,
town, village anu township elections
should not all be held on The same day
throughout the count such board shall
meet on the Friday next after such cleo
ton at twelve O'Clock noon, at the court
house in such ant and shall in all
things proceed. as nearly as practicable,
in the manner in which the board of
county ava ers Is now or may here
after be required 10 proceed. and shall be
liable to all the penalties imposed upon
the members of said last named board
for any neglect or failure TO perform the
duties Imposed upon them or any of
them; in all other respects, in the election
of members of said board OF chosen free
holders, the laws which govern the cleo
ton of members of the general assembly
shall, so far as practicable. be applied to
and govern ali elections held under and
pursuant TO this act.
Z. Aud be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect Immediately.
Approved April IL. 1891