The Penn's Grove record., 1891-06-05

An Amendment 10 an act entitled AN amendment
10 an act entitled An act 10 enable boards of
chosen fTeeholders 10 Scqu!re, improve and main
tain pub lie roads approved March nincteeitll.
one thousand eight hundred and eighty. niue,
which said anlendatOry act was approved March
eighteenth one thousand eight hundred aud
ninety.
/. BE it enacted by the Senate aud General Assem-.
bly, OF the State Of New Jersey, That section one o.
the act eutitlcd A amendment to an act entitled
An act 10 curblc boards of chosen tfcCholdcrs TO
acquire, improve aud maintain public road. ap.
proved Marrh nineteenth. one Thousand eight hun
drcd aud eighty -nnc. which said amcndalorv oct
was approved March eighteenth, one III msand
eight hundred and ninety, be and the same is here
by amended so as To read ~ follows, viz;
|. lie i enacted by Ihe Scuate and Gcucral AZ,
scmhly OF the State of New Jersey, That il shIll BE-
lawful for the board Of chosen jrtclioldeIs of any
county In this slate. by The votes of a majority of all
the inenhers thereof, 10 acquire, improve. main
talu and assume fun aud exclusive control
OF any pubic road or roads, or parts there
of, in their county, 80 far as may be necessary for
the purpose OF Improving and inaintaiuing the sanle
as a road or ros,ds for carriages or other vehicles.
hut Tor no Other purpose. except such roads uT ave.
MUGS ~ are now under the control OF any county
road board that in order To acquire aud assume
control in ANY county, with power 10 improve aud
maintain the same, the said board shall cause a man
to be m1de, or adopt a map already made. OF
which The principal public rOads or highway OF
the county shall be or are laid down. and shall
cansc the roads or parts of roads which the sad
board intend to acquire and assume such co Iitol ni
10 he plainly Indicated thereon, and Ehlil file the
raw. hial' Nhs ~ HlhfkGh, III lNt DulcG
~ the clerk OF the county. whCrrnpOu tho
roads or parts of roads 81 marked or Indicated or
the said map shall become and he known Ms county
roads. aud shall thereafter he improved maintained
and kept in u safe and convenient condition fur
public usc as aforesaid. exclusively in the manner
provided in thus act aud il shall be Law ful Gur the
Haid board 10 Ieliuquisb control Ot any road OF
parts of any mad 20 acquired and marked, aud ia
acquire and assumc COutr1l OF other ruads or part.
ot roads in tho county IRON time TO time, witt tn,
came power to improve and maintain the came: IN
either OF which cases The said map shall b,
changed accordingly; in acquiring or ASSUMING
control OF any public road or nilinquiSh,ng the sam,
the said board shsll accurately describe such nnad
IN \ written resolution. ~ d die a copy thereof. Ger.
ufied by the clerk OF the board. In The Office OF ihe
county clerk, who shall record the same in n bool
TO be provided and kept for that purpose: The term
road, rs used in this act, shall be construed to in
clude street, avenue or other public highway, pro.
Nided that any and all roads heFetof0r, acquired b,
any board OF chosen frteholders 10 this stale, by
the passage of a resolution and filing of a map OF
mapE, a. provided IN the act to which This Is M
Aamcndmeni. may be- improved and the money tOl
that purpose raised as il this section of mi,
amendment had not been passed.
>, Aud be il enacted, That all acts aud parts n
acts inconsistent with this act bc aud the sam arc
hereby repealed, aud this act shall take effect Ma,
first, one thousand eight hundred aud ninety
one,
Approved April Q, 1891.