The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-07-10
CHAPTER XC.

An act comforting certain powers OF government on
boards of trustees boards Of directors managers
poraton heretofore hereafter incorporated under
the of this state for the purpose of providing
religious bodies or societies with permanent camp
meeting ground or place for religious service.
l. BE 1t enacted by the Senate and General Assem-
bly, of the State of New Jersey, That the board OF
trustees, directors or managers of any camp meeting
association other corporation heretofore here
after incorporated under the laws of this state for
the purpose of providing any religious body or
ciety with permanent camp meeting ground or
place for religious ser' icein addition to all the rights
and powers heretofore granted, shall have power and
authority to open, lay out. maintain vacate streets
drives avenues aud walks. and lay out maintain and
beautiy parks and open places and to construct and
and drains within the limits of lands
or grounds owned or controlled by such assocatfon
or corporation by authority of law with full author
ity to regulate the OF such and drains and
10 prescribe and fix the terms, times and manner in
which such streets drives and walks may be
used, and to license and prohibit the use of drays.
carts carriages and all manner of vehicles thereon.
,. And be it enacted, That in all in which
streets, drives. avenues walks and parks open
places have been opened and laid ont by any such
sociatinn corporation, and upon lands own d
by such association corporation, and to which
sch association corporation still retain the title
the trustees directors managers thereof shall sub
ect TO any rights which may have been granted there
in by contract. have possess and xercise all the pow
and authority herein and hereby granted over
streets drives avenues walks parks and open spaces
to be hereafter opened or laid out
3. And be it enacted, hat person corpora
ton without the consent Of a majority of all the
trustees dire ctOrs managers # any such associa
ton corporation shalt, within the limits of the
ground owned and controlled by such association or
corporation under authority of law contract ep.
crate any street railway or any steam railway, any
railroad, shall any public highway thorough
fare be opened constructed over Into the
same withou, like consent
T. And be it enacted, That the trustees direc ors
managers of every such association corporation
shall. within the limits Of the lands owned con.
oiled by such association corporation aforesaid.
have possess and enjoy power and authority to main
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san detrimental to the public health and to make
and enforce rules and regulations TO promote and
protect the public health aud within the limitations
aforesaid, shall have for this purpose exclusive jurs
dicton.
s. Aud be it enacted That the powers and author-
iy hereby conferred such trustees directors and
managers of every such association or corporation
shall be used and frcsed by making and publishing
in the manner hereinafter directed. by laws and
regulations and by the passage of appropriate ord-
nances and resolution all such by regulations,
ordinances resolutions shall receive the aliirma-
tive vote at regular meeting of majority OF all the
trustees directors managers OF such association
corporations all such by laws, ordinances resolutions
al minutes Of such body; and. before any such by
laws ordinances regulations shall become opera
tive and binding copy th reof duly certified by the
presiding officer OF such body and the secretary there
Of shall be set for the space OF five days in i've of
the most public places within the limits of the ter
ritury owned controlled aforesaid by such
poratnn association
G, And be il enacted That all rules, by laws regu
lationa ordinances and solutions duly made aud
laws when not Inconsistent with the constitution and
laws of the state
T. And be H enacted That no tax assessment
sha be made levied or collected upon tho property
real or personal OF any such association corpora
ton long the the proceeds thereof.
after payment of necessary expenses devoted to
religious and educational uaos but nothing herein
contained shall he construed TO exempt the property
owned by individuals corporations otherwise tax
able within the limits Of the territory so owned and
controlled from taxation.
3 And be IL enacted. That every such board of
trustees, directors managers shall have full power
and authority TO make establish and enforce ordi-
nances regulating tho granting Of all licenses, and
fixing the fees to be paid therefor. which by any
laws Of this state In force hereinafter pass,
they may have authority to grant, and 10 fix and pre-
scribe penalties for the violation of any such ordi
nance ordinances, any section the Roof and for
the violation of any other ordinance. rule. regulation
by law which may be lawfully passed by said board
citation Tor other purpose, and that the fees for
such licenses may be imposed for the purposes OF
revenue; provided however that no person per
shall be required 10 take out license 20 sell any
of the produce Of his farm.
o. And be it enacted That every Justice OF tho
peace in any county, police Justice officer spec
Tally commissioned DO sessing the powers of police
Justices appointed or to be appointed for any such
corporation il hereby empowered. oath aiiir-
mation made according 10 law. that any person
persons has may have violated any section of said
ordinance any OF the ordinances OF said board In
relation thereto any Of the ordinances, rules reg
nlatons or by-aws which have been or may be law
nlly pressed by said board for any other purpose to
process at tho suit OF such association aforesaid
m The nature Of a summons for said penalty. which
shall be retnrnabe In not less than one on more than