The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-06-23

An Amendment to an acs entitled A
amendment to an act entitled An act TO
enable boards OF chosen freeholders to
acquire, improve and maintain public
roads," approved March nineteenth,
one Thousand eight hundred and eighty
niue, which said amendatory act was
approved March eighteenth, one thou
SAINT eight hundred and ninety.
l. BE it enacted by the Senate and
General Assembly Of the State Of New
Jersey, That section one OF the act en-
titled ''An amendment to an act en-
titled AN act to enable boards of chosen
freeholders 10 acquire, improve and
maintain public roads, approved March
nineteenth, one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-nine, which said a~mendatory
act was approved March eighteenth, one
Thousand eight hundred aud ninety. be
and b same is hereby amended so rs 10
read as follows, viz:
/. BE it enacted By the Senate and Gen
eral Assembly of the state OF New Jer-
sey, That IL snail be lawful for the board
Of chosen freenolderS of any county In
this state. by the votes OF a matorily OF
the members thereof, TO acquire, Improve.
maintain and assume full and exclusive
control Of any public road or roads, or
parts thereof, In their county, so far as
may be necessary for the purpose of I'M
proving and maintaining the same as a
road or roads Tor carriages or other We
hicles, but for no other purpose, except
such roads or avenues as are now under
the control of any county road board;
that In order TO acquire aud assume con
troll in any county, with power to inn
prove ana maintain the same, the said
hoard shall cause a map to be made, or
adopt q map already made. on which the
principal public roads or highways Of the
county shall be or laid down, and shall
cause the roads or parts Of roads which
the said board intend TO acquire and as
sumo such control Of to be plainly In
dicated thereon, and shall file the said
may when SO marked, in the Office Of the
c.erk OF the unity, w~nereupon the roads
or PARTS OF roads 50 marked or indicated
on the said map shall become and be
known as county roads. and shall there
after De improved. maintained and kept
In a safe and convenient condition for
public use rs aforesaid exclusively in the
man ner provided in this act; aud IL shal
be lawful for tine said boards TO ~relinquish
control OF any road so acquired q
married, and TO acquire ana assume con-
troll of other roads or parts OF roads In the
county from time to time, with the same
power to improve and maintain the anne
in either of which cases the said map
shall be changed accordingly; in acquir-
ing or assuming control OF any public
road or relinquishing the same the a
board shall accurately describe suen
road in a written resolution, and hle a
copy thereof, certlneu Dy the clerk OF the
hoard, in the office of the county clerk.
who shall record the same in a book TO be
provided and kept for that purpose; the
term road, as used In this act, shall be
construed TO include street, avenue or
| other public highway; provided, that any
and all roads theretofore acquired by any
board of chosen freeholders in this state,
by the passage of q Tesolution aud filing
OF a maps or maps as provided In the act
| to which this is an amendment, may be
improved and the money for that pur-
pose raised as If this section of this amend
ment had not been passed.
2. And be IL enacted, That all acts and
parts of acts Inconsistent with this act be
and the same are hereby realed, n this
act shall take effect May grst, one thou
sand eight hundred and ninety-one.
APPROVED April 6, 1921.