The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-29
LAWS OF NEW JERSEY.
BY AUTHORITY.
CHAPTER CCIVII.

A supplement to an act entitled IAN act CON
corning firemen's relief associations, !" APP
proved March twenty-ffth, one thousand
eight hundred and ~eighty-five.
l. Be it enacted by the Senate and Gen
eral Assembly of the State of New Jersey,
That wherever heretofore, or hereafter, a
volunteer, or part volunteer and part paid,
fire department has been or is now in exist
euce, which department had OF has a relief
association formed under the act to which
this is a supplement OF under any special or
other act or a fund for the relief of its mem
bers, and a paid fire department is organized
under the municipal authority to take the
place of the old organization, and such paid
fire department has organized on may organ
iZe a relief association under the provisions
of the act to which this is a supplement- it
shall and may be lawful for the members or
the old relief association, by a two-thlrds ar
-firmative vote of its members at a special
meeting to be called for that purpose. of the
time and place of holding which meeting
each member of the association shall have a
personal notice of at least ten days. or In
lieu thereof such notice shall be posted in a
conspicuous place at each house or place OF
meeting of each company or organization,
choosing representatives or trustees to such
RELIEF association, or fund, at Least thirty
days, and be published for four weeks sue
c~essively Immediately preceding said meeting
in one or more newspapers published in the
city or other municipality where such organi-
cation has its existence, to instruct its board
of representatives, or other body having con-
troll and disposition of said fund, TO convey,
assign, transfer and set over all the funds
and other property of said association, or
fund, to an exempt firemen's association ex-
isting in said municipality. OF which three
fourths of the members of said association or
fund are members, or entitled to become
such by reason of fire service for a sufficient
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representatives. or other body having control
and disposition of said fund, may and shall,
at a meeting to be held by it, at which meet
ing each representative or other member OF
said board, or body, shall have ten days
personal notice by an affirmative vote OF
two thirds of the member OF said board, or
body, convey, assign, and transfer said
funds and other property of such relief as
ISOLATION, or fund, to said exempt
association and instruct the proper officers
to make all conyeyances, assignments and
transfers necessary to effect the said object
so soon as the said exempt fremen's assocla-
zion shall at any regular meeting by a two
thirds vote of its member present request
the said conveyance, assignment and transfer
OF the same to be made to it.
2. And be it enacted, That said fund when
SO transferred shall be kept and used for the
use and benefit of the members OF said
exempt association and former beneticlarles
under the fund in like manner and under
like restrictions as the same were there
fore used, but under such officers as said
exempt fremen's association by its bylaws
provide.
8. And be it enacted, That when the trans
fer of such funds and property shall be made
to end received by such exempt iremen'
association such exempt association shall be-
come entitled to send three delegates to the
New Jersey state firemen's association to
take part in it's proceedings in like manner as
delegates from local relief associations now
or hereafter shall take part therein, and
shall make an annual report of its funds
and other property and its receipts and dis
bursements of moneys in like manner and at
a like time as such local relief associations,
and shall be under like supervision and con-
troll as such local relief associations now are
or hereafter may be of said state association.
but such exempt fremen's association shall
not take part or share in the distribution OF
the moneys made by the commissioner of
banking and insurance, nor be entitled to re-
ceive, demand or take any of the moneys
arising from the tax of two per centum
upon the premiums obtained for insurance
by foreign insurance companies on property
in this state which now is or hereafter may
be due to local relief associations in this
state.
6. And be it enacted. That any and all acts
or parts of acts, general or special, incon-
sistent herewith be and the same are hereby
repealed, and this act shall be a public act
and take effect Immediately.
Approved May 16, 1894.
CHAPTER CCLVIII.
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