The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-14

Resolved, That the sum of fifteen
thousand dollars be ordered paid to
Michael KelIeher on account of the bal
ance of $31,575 yet to be paid him on first
contract for the building of the new
lunatic asylum as set forth in report of
Architect H. Kreitler. presented to the
board on the 22d inst, and also his re-
commentator hereto attached, SIS, 900.
Question being K on the resolution
on yeas and nays, there voted as follows;
Yeas-All the members of the board
Observation-Disclosures Cronin, Doscher,
Halliday and Swartz4.
The Director-at-Large declared the
resolution. adopted.
BY Freebooter Ellis
Whereas, In and by an act of the
Legislature of this State, approved
an act, entitled An act to authorize the
Board of Chosen Freeholders of any of
the several counties of this State to lay
out, open, construct, improve and main
April 7, 1888, which supplement was APP
proved April IA, 1891, and the several
acts to which the aforesaid amended act
is supplementary" this Board of Chosen
cred to lay out, open, construct, i'm
prove and maintain one or more
branches or connecting roads of TIE
character mentioned and particularly
provided for in the said amended act, to
connect, with the main public road pro-
Ytdeds for. in the first or original act on
JAat subject, ana
Whereas, This board has already, by
proper proceedings had and resolutions
adopted pursuant to the requirements
and directions contained in the aforesaid
amended. act, determined and decided to
lay out, open, construct, improve and
maintain a branch or connecting road
of the character provided for in the
aforesaid acts, which said proposed
set out and shown upon and by the sur
vey and map Thereof heretofore duly
adopted by this board and filed in the
Office of the clerk Thereof August 8, 1888,
or endorsed, Survey and map of the
branch road connecting the Hudson
County Public Road with Weehawken
Township, Hudson County; y. T." and
signed e. w. Harrison, Chief Engineer,
and which survey and map further
shows the length, width, points of con-
course and location of the said branch
road, as the aforementioned acts require;
and
Whereas, Since the filing of the said
survey and map, lands have been ac-
CURED for the purposes of said branch
Dad by this, the Board OF Chosen Free
holders of the County of Hudson, in the
manner and by the methods provided for
in the aforesaid amended act, sufficient
in quantity and extent to make up, to-
gether with and including the streets,
and avenues Of a public character, de-
signed for. Included within the lines of
and forming part of said branch road,
as showneb said survey and map, the
requisite, and necessary two-thirds of
lands and premises mentioned in and
called for5byi the provisions of the amen
datory act first above referred to; and
Whereas. BY reason of these proceed
ings and the progress made as above
shown, n it appearing to be for the
best interest of the county, that all Of
the work directed by law to be done in
and for the opening, making, construct
ing and Improvement. of such branch
road shall be carried out without un-
necessary delay, it now seems advisable
taken by this board to procure, by pro-
per condemnation proceedings, such add
ition and other lands as may be needed
for the performance and completion Of