The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1894-07-11

/ first Monday in December of each succeeding
year. and shall elect from their own number
" director who shall be the presiding Off
i Ger of said boards and shall appoint the
standing committees thereof.
3. And be Ii enacted, That the members OF
! the boards Of chosen freehOlders of counties
/ of the first class shall receive as compensa-
ton for their services a salary of five hum
/ dred dollars per aunum. and that the direc-
/ tor" shall receive the additional sum of five
hundred dollars as such "director;r said sal
aries shall be paid out of the county treasury
| by the county collector of said counties IN
/ equal quarterly payments as the same shalt
become due, and no other compensation shall
be allowed, given or paid to any of said mem
/ or expenses whatever connected with their
| said Office; before assuming the duties of his
! office, ereach freehold appointed chosen or
| elected under the provisions of this act shall
/ take and subscribe an official oath for the
faithful performance of the duties of his
office which oath shall be filed in the respec-
tive Offices of the clerks of said counties.
4. And be it enacted That any vacancy or
vacancies hereafter existing in any of the
boards of chosen freeholders constituted or
elected under the provisions of this act shall
be filled by the governing body of the city,
Incorporated town or township for which
such vacancy or vacancies shall exist; pro
Vided that the members chosen to MI such
vacancy or vacancies shall be citizens of the
ward. city, Incorporated town or township
Tor which the vacancy or vacancies shall ex-
ist and shall hold Office for the unexpired
term only.
5. And be it enacted, That all laws, public,
general or private, now in force, relating to
the boards of chosen freholders of counties sub
Jcct to the operation and provisions of this act,
and consistent with this act, shall apply to
the boards of chosen freeholders as the same
same shall be constituted or elected under the
provisions of this act.
g. And be it enacted, That the boards of
chosen freeholders constituted or elected
under the provisions of this act, shall be
vested with all the powers, authority, rights
ana privileges, and shall have imposed upon
them all the duties which are now vested in
or imposed upon the boards of chosen free
holders now existing in each of said counties,
and that all laws, parts of laws. statutes or
parts OF statutes now in force, and in anywise
applicable to the boards of chosen freeh0lders
In said counties, public, private general or
Special, De ana the same hereby are IN all res
poets continued III full force and made appli-
cable to the boards of chosen freeholders con-
stituted or elected under the provisions of
this act, except in so far as the same may con-
hlct with or be inconsistent with the meaning
of this act.
Z. And be it enacted, That the terms of office
OF all chosen freeholders, and the terms of
office of all" directors at-large,n chosen or
elected prior to the passage of this act in any
of the counties subject TO the provisions of
this act, shall expire on the second day of
December in the year one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-four, Notwithstanding
that such members of such boards of chosen
freeeholders, or such directors-at-larg may
have been chosen elected for Il longer
term, or for n period eXtending< beyond the
first day of December, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-four; and such members
of such boards of chosen freeholders, and
such dircctors-at large, whose offices are ter
minated by this act, shall only receive and be
paid a salary and compensation for their
services that part Of the annual salary or
emolument now provided for by law proper
toned to the actual time served by them in
said offices.
8. And be II enacted, That the terms of all
officers now holding office under appoint
ment by the board of chosen freebolders of
counties of the first class, or under APP
pointment by any officer of any such boards
shall expire on the second day of Dec, mber,
nifFht hnaF fIrnf M min ntx
four, Notwithstanding that such officers may
have been appointed for a longer term; and
all offices filled by appointment by such
boards OF chosen freehoiders shall be and be-
come vacant from and after said second day
and ninety-four, and the boards of chosen
freeholdera constituted or elected under the
provisions of this act shall forthwith. upon
their organization, appoint successors to the
offices hereby vacated, who shall serve for
terms of one year only; provided, that the
persons now holding the respective offices of
county auditor and county collector shall
continue to exercise the duties of their re-
specttve offices until their successors shall
have been appointed by the respective boards
of chosen freehOlders organized under this
act, and shall have duly qualified; and pro-
vided further, that nothing in this section
contained shall apply to or in any wise effect
any honorably. discharged soldier or sailor in
the United States, or the widow of any such
soldier or sailor In Office at the time of the
passage OF this act but any and all such per-
sons shall continue and remain Ia their re-
spective offices or positions the same as IL
this act had not been passed. and shall be
removed only for cause.
q. And be IL enacted, That all acts and parts
of acts Inconsistent with the provisions of
this act be and the same are hereby repealed,
and that this act shall be deemed public
act, and shall take effect Immediately.
Passed May 10, 1894.