The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1894-07-04
CHAPTER CXXXvHI.
An Act to set off borough commissions from
the townships in which they are located and
providing for their government.

An Act to set off borough commissions from
the townships in which they are located and
providing for their government
l. BE il enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That all
those portions of the townships of this state
containing borough commission, comprised
within the limits of such borough commissions,
shall be and hereby are set off from said town
ships and erected into separate and distinct
municipalities.
2. And be it enacted, That such borough
commissions so set off shall be and are hereby
constituted separate election districts and the
persons qualified to vote shall elect at the
times fixed for the borough elections. the
election officers required by the statutes regu-
lating elections.
3. And be it enacted, That at the time fixed
for the said borough elections there shall be
elected by ballot, in addition to the officers
now or hereafter required to be elected in the
said borough commissions, an assessor, a col
lector, one chosen freebooter, one Justice of the
peace, three commissioners of appeal, one over
seer of the poor, one poundkeeper and one con-
stable, and the voters shall also, upon the
same ballot, vote for the amount of money to
be raised for the support of the poor, for road
and street purposes, the amount of dog tax
and all other money necessary for borough
purposes; provided, however, that the amount
of money to be so raised shall not exceed the
limits now or hereafter imposed by law on
borough commissions, and the officers so as
aforesaid elected shall qualify in the same
manner, be under and subject to the same du-
ties, obligations and penalties have and per-
form the same powers and authority and re-
ceive the same fees and compensation as are
imposed upon and given to like officers in the
several townships in this state
4. And be it enacted, That the board of COM
missoners in any such borough commission
shall, in addition to the powers, duties and
penalties now or hereafter imposed by law en-
joy the same privileges, have the same power
and authority, perform the same duties and be
subject to the same penalties and obligations
which now or hereafter may be vested in or
imposed upon the members of the township
committees of the several townships in this
state.
5. And be it enacted, That such borough
commission so set off as aforesaid shall be sub
ject to its just and equitable proportion of all
debts and obligations to which the inhabitants
of the township where it is located are subject,
and be entitled to its just and equitable pro-
portion of the money and other property be-
longing to the inhabitants of said township,
which said debts and liabilities and also said
money and property shall be divided between
such borough commission and the said town
ship in proportion to the taxable property and
ratables as taxed by the assessor of said town
ship at the last assessment made before the
election ordered to determine whether said Dor
ough commission shall be separate from said
township within the respective limits of said
township and borough commission, and any
money or property to which the said borough
commissioners may be so entitled shall be APP
piled by the borough commissioners of said
borough for the use therein.
q. And be it enacted, That the three men,
bers of the township committee of the. town
ship in which such borough mmissioh shall
be located, and a committee of three of the
members of the board of commissioners in
such borough commission, appointed for that
purpose by the president of said board, shall
meet at such time and place as shall be desig-
mated by the said board of commissioners of
such borough commission; thirty days notice
in writing of which meeting, signed by such
president, shall be served on the clerk of such
township personally, or by leaving it at his
residence or place of abode, and shall, at the
time and place SO designated, or as soon there
after as may be, proceed to allot and divide
between the township and such borough COM
mission the assets and liabilities of said town
ship in the manner prescribed in the proceed
ing section, and such borough commission and
township shall be liable to pay their respect
i've proportion of the debts due by the said
township at the time the allotment and divis-
ion aforesaid are made. and the said commit
tees so meeting as aforesaid, or majority of
each of them, shall make, under their hands
and seals, a full, true and complete report of
their proceedings and file the same in the office
of the clerk of the county in which such town
ship may be situate; which said report. or a
certified copy thereof, shall be plenary evil