The Penn's Grove record., 1892-06-17


petition, ordinance, and statement OF the eoaru Oh
canyas.cr, NJ election officers who eanyasseu 'he
vote, and proof by afhdavits that due notice OF sucn
election wa~ given, shall be filed With the secretary OF
state, and lroln and after filing the same suoh toNn'
borough or township, shall be and II is hereby ue-
clarcl To Lr a body polite and corporate IN iaoi ana
in law by the name and title aforesaid and oy saiu
name and title shall have perpetual succession, sue
and be- sued, prosecute and defend In all courts III
this state have a common seal aud alter the SAINT
at pleasure, and purchase, hold and convey real ana
personal property for the use and beneit oil the
town.
:, And h. 1t enacted, That section six oil SAID act
he and The same {, hereby amended so as to rea" as
follows
6. And Ic it enacted, That the officers OF any
town, borough or township which has voieu as
Aforesaid for Incorporation as a town under TINS
act, who ,lail hold Office at, OF whose terms oil once
may cu1nnrucc after the time Of hling the aiores"lu
certificate with the secretary Of state, SNAIL except
as hereinafter provided, continue to hoid their
Respective otdrts until the first day OF May next
succeeding thu first annual town election helu
under this act and until their successors IN ONCE
shall he rlcCtrI or appointed, and shall IN all th'ngS
be subject to- the provisions of this act IN the same
way as if they had been elected hereunder anu no
| surety Of ANY such officer shall be discharged Hom
liability ou account of any change MADE III Tue
duties uf such uiircr by this act, unless withih nNe
days after TN, act becomes operative In sich TOWN.
he shall in writing notify the council oil MS ih'eh-
ton to Withdraw from his suretyship, in whieh case
he shall h' discharged from liability from the Time
this act byomcs operative in such town. ana tue
council may require such officer TO furnish new OF
additional >urytirs in place OF those Withdrawing as
aforesaid, and if he fails or ~neglects so TO DO 'he
council may declare his office vacant, and may MI
such vacancy ia the manner hereinafter prescrlDeu
for tliHg vacancies provided, however. thai IN
| east any lawn borough or township adopting TINS
act shall have hrrn previously divided into wards
the members Vt the council, committee or govern
ing body thereof shall respectively continue in ONCE
aud serve uu, he terms for which they were elected
representa- therein the wards in which they shall
respectively rD,ilr. and no member Of the council
shall bc elected from any ward until its representa-
tion therein hall have been reduced to less than
two members.
e. And hu b enacted, That section sixteen OF SAID
act he and the >'mc hereby is amended so that the
same shall read rs follows:
I6. And Doe IL enacted, That except as herein
%olhcrwisr pros tirj, At the first town election held
under this al ,nr member of the council from each
ward hail hr gIyctrd for one year, and one member
for two wears and one member of the board Of edu-
cation shall hr elected for one year, and one mem
Der for two Years, and one member for three years,
and thrrcctnr, voting at such election shall designate
on their la lot, the terms for which the several
candidate irr,uli offices shall be elected and there
after annually a member of the council shall be
chosen from ivory ward for two years, and a member