The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1894-07-04

dence of the allotment and division aforesaid;
and in case any of the members OF the.sald
committee shall neglect refuse to meet as
aforesaid those who do meet may proceed 10
make said allotment and division, ana the de-
cisiOn and report of a majority OF eacll COM
mittee present shall be final and conclusive,
provided that it shall be lawful for SAID Joint
committee to adjourn from time to time, as
a majority shall determine.
T. And be il enacted, That this act snail not
apply to any borough commission until IL mas
been determined by a majority OF VOTES ny an
election held under the order menIohea ~
the next section of this act that said borough
commission shall separate from Salu township
s. And be it enacted That upon application
by petition signed by ten or more resltleiltS ~
and freeholders of any borough commission OF
this state, the Justice of the supreme court
holding court in and for the county wynn
such borough commission Is situate shali OF
der an election to be held to determine whet-
her said borough commission shall be separaI-
ed and set off from the township within which
il is located; that the order for such election
shall designate the place or places in said
borough commission where such election Is TO
be held and the time for holding the same,
which shall be within one month from Jne
date of said order; that the applicants for said
order shall cause notice of the time and place
of such intended application to be given by
publishing such notice in two newspapers pun
iished and circulated in the county IN which
said borough commission is situate at least
one week next before said application IS made
that the oaths or affirmatlOnS OF sald appu-
cants attached TO said petition that they are
residents and freeholders of said borough com
mission shall be prima facle evidence OF tiltit
fact: that IA copy of said order shall be pub
lshed once Il week for two weeks prior to such
election in two newspapers published In the
county within which said township is located
and such other notice of said election given as
said order may direct; that all such elections
shall be conducted in the same manner and
under the same regulations as are now or may
hereafter be prescribed for holding elections
in the borough commissions of this state.
o. And be it enacted, That it shall be the
duty of the election officers to conduct the
election, to canvass all the votes cast. to
hands the result of such election TO the clerk
of the county in which such election is held,
which certificate shall contain a recital of the
order under which the election was held.
10. And be it enacted, That all persons Yot-
ing at the election so ordered who are i'll favor
of the separation of the borough commission
from the township shall have written or
printed, or partly written or printed, on the
ballots For separation and all who are
against such separation shall have written or
printed or partly written or printed, on their
ballots Against separation, that if a major
ity of the votes cast at said election have on
them For separation then it shall be taken
as determined that the borough commission
for and on account of which the application
for the order for the election was made shall
be separated from the township in which it is
located.
H. And be it enacted, That all acts and parts
of acts, general and special, inconsistent with
the provisions of this act, be and the same are
hereby repealed, and that this act shall take
effect Immediately.
Approved May 2, 1894.