The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-07-01
LAWS OF NEW JERSEY.
CHAPTER ccxxxvuI

6 And ne Il enacted. That upou the
presentation to the common council. own
council, board OF aldermen or other gov
erning board OF body Of such city OF town
TO which such township or townships
shall be annexed aud consolidated, OF \
petition si-ued by twenty-five or more
qualified electors. resident within the
township annexed to or consolidated
with sach city OF town, setting forth the
fHct OF such annexation or consolidation
and praying that the territory 50 annexed
or consolidated with sucn city may be
divided into wards. such common Qua
eli, town council, board OF aldermen or
other governing body or board Aforesaid
shall appoint a time not less t1sn ten nor
more than twenty days from the date OF
the presentation Of said petition to such
municipal body as aforesaid, and n place
within such city or town when ard
where said municipal body will mest aud
SIT to hear and consider such petition,
notice OF which hearing aud the time aud
| place thereof shall be published at least
six times IN at least one daily newspaper
published OF circulating ia such city or
town. and such notice shall be posted in
at least ten of the most public places of
the township or townships SO annexed or
consolidated with such city or town; at
the place and time SO appointed or at a
tine to which such hearing snail be adj
1Ourned, the said comnion council, town
council. board OF aldermen or other
governing board or body of such city or
town, upon being satisfied OF the truth OF
the ma. ters contained In such petition,
shall by resolution appoint from the
Qualified voters being resident ~freeholders
within the enlarged boundaries OF such
city or town five commissioners to divide
the territory Of the township or town
ships so annexed or consolidated with
such city or own into wards ana
TO perform the other duties required
OF them by the provisions OF this act;
before acting the said commissioners
shall take and subscribe to IA oath or
affirmation to well, truly and inpartlally
perform their duties as such commission
ers. which oath shall be taken before aud
filed with the clerk of the CITY or town
aforesaid; the said commissioner shall
at once proceed to divide the territory Of
the township or townships so annexed or
consolidated with such city or town into
wards in as fair a manner as may he, and
shall make such divisions with reference
to population and territory as to them
shall seem best. and shall complete such
divisions within ten days after their APP
pointmenr; provided. If the mission
ers snail neglect or fail to make such
division within ten days after their APP
p0intment, 1t shall be the duty of the
common council. town council. board of
aldermen or other governing board or
body OF the city or town to which such
township or townships shall be annexed
or consolidai ed forthwith 10 make such
divisions; when the boundary lines OF the
wards Of the territory OF the township or
townships so annexed or consolidated
Will such city or town snail nave been
settled and defined by the commissioners.
or by the common council, town coun-
Gil. board Of aldermen or other
governing board or body Of the
city or town as aforesaid. such commits
s%ioners, common council, town council.
board of aldermen or other governing
board or body OF the city or town shall
prepare triplicate written descriptions Of
said boundary lines. and shall annex 10
each description a map of the said bpund-
airy lines, a majority of whom hall sign
their names thereto, and shall file one of
said copies and maps in the Office of the
said clerk of such city or town, another
of such copies aud maps in the Office Of
the CLERK OF the county in which such
city or town shall be situated, and the
third of tine said copies and maps in the
Office Of the secretary of state, and a map
Of the said ward lines shal be recorded in
the city or town atlas of such city or
town; and from and after the date of
filing such descriptions aud maps in the
said offices, the boundaries Of the wards
of the territory so annexed or CONSOLE
dated with such city or town shall be
described and delineated in said des-
criptious aud maps; If any Of the said
commissioners shall fail or refuse TO
qualify or act, or shall die or become
Ineligible, the fact snail be certified
by any of the acting commissioners to the
common council, town council, board of
aldermen or other governing board or
body of the city or town to which such
township or townships shall be annexed
and consolidated, and the said common
council, owl council, board OF aldermen
or other governing board or body or its
successor or successors shall appoint n
proper person to fill such vacancy; in act
ing under the provisions OF this act the
comInon council, town council, board OF
aldermen or other governing board or
body may adjourn its SiItings from time
TO time and the commissioners may ad-
jOurn their sessions from time to time.
but no such adjOurnments of the commits
sioners shall be for a longer period Than
one week; the said commissioners, while
actually In session, shall each receive the
sum Of five dollars for each day, which
said moneys shall be paid to them out OF
the treasury of such city or town.
Z. And be it enacted, That as soon as
may be after the division of the territory
so annexed or consolidated with such city
or town into wards as aforesaid, the ofn
GERS or body who so divided said territory
into wards shall divide each OF said
wards of said city INTO at least two cleo
ton districts, and shall designate a
polling place in each OF said districts, aud
shall appoint for each district "a judge.
two inspectors and a clerk of election TO
conduct the special election hereinafter
provided for; and they snail thereupon
file with the CLERK of the city or town a
writing signed by themselves or a ma
jority thereof, which writing shall de-
scribe the boundaries of the several cleo
ton districts within the territory SO an
nexed or consolidated with such city or
town. and shall state the names of the
election officers so appointed by them for
each of such districts and the offices 10
which they shall have been severaliy an
pointed; as soon as the paper shall have
been filed in his office, the clerk Of such
city or town shall give notice OF a special
election to be held in the territory so an
nexed or consolidated with such city or
town at least ten and not more than
twenty days after the publication of such
notice for the election OF officers; and ne
shall publish with such notice a descrip-
siou OF the boundary lines of the election
districts of the city or town n the
names of the election officers in each dis
trict; such notice shall be published at
least five times in two o. more OF the
daily newspapers published in said city
or town, and shall be posted for at least
five days before the election in five of the
most public places in each ward within
the territory 50 annexed or consolidated
Mithsuca city or town.
S. And he it enacted, That the said cleo
tion shall be conducted nnder the pains
and penalties, and according to the pro-
vision. $50 far as the same may be APP
plicable t~heretol of an act entitled A