The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-07-24

mon pleas in and for the county wherein said |
adjoining Villages are situated, and it such |
county have no law judge, then to the Judge |
OF he circuit court in and for said county, |
which petition shall set forth the name of the
proposed consolidated village, praying that a
special election shall be held, ut which shall he
determined by the legal voters OF said ad
joining villages by ballot whether such con
solidatiOn shall be or shall NOT be made lie
said Judge shall upon the like notice provid-
ed by the third section of this act appoint a
time for the consideration of said petition, 1T
which time said judge shall hear the per son
ar persons who may appear before him, and
he shall determine upon The matters con
tanned in such petition and make disposition
Lhereot under the same conditions and in oil
respects as provided by the fourth section OF
this act for the formation of villages.
3. And be 1t enacted, That If the dCtermina-
ton of said judge uDon such hearing
be such rs to support said petition
place within either of the villages named in
said petition and proposed to he consolidated
give notice OF the time and place of the hold
ing OF such election, appoint judge and in
spectors to conduct the same, ii X the periOd of
time the polls shall be kept open, receive the
certificate OF the result Of said election, hear
and determine appeals relating 90 such cleo
ton, and make the proper order relating To
such election, in like mnnner and in ali re-
spects as in this act provided for the forma-
tion of villages.
A. And be II enacted, That the ballots cas-; at
an ele 'tion held under the provisions of this
act for the consolidation of the villages shall
contain the words "for consultations or
.. And be 1t enacted. That the inhabitants
of any village consolidated un der this act
shall be "a body incorporate, in tact ana in
law, by the name of ''the village of -, in the
county of -" and the name OF such consol.
dated village shall be the same as set out in
the petition praying for such consultations
and by the name shall have. perpetual sue
cession, and may sue and be sued, prosecute
ana defend in any court. may make and use a
common seal and alter it, and receive by gift.
grant, purchase. devise or bequest and hold
and convey real and personal estate for the
use OF said consolidated village, ana shall in
all respects be governed, regulated and con
trolled by the provisions OF this act in the
same manner as if such consolidated village
had been originally Incorporated us Ii vii
lage under the provisions Of this act
6. Ana be it enacted, That directly upon
the proper officers of such consolidated viii
lage having been elected, and shall have Qua-
flied as equired by this act in the formation
of villages. the offices of the officers OF the re
spective villages so rs aforesaid consolidated
shall become vacant, and the property and
| assets, as well ms the debts and obligations of
the respective villages consolidated, shall be-
come ana be the properly and assets and
the debts and obligations OF the inhabitants
OF such consolidated village in their corpo.
rate capacity, and shall be subject To and
controlled by the provisions OF this act
Z. And be it enacted, That whenever 1t may
I be desirable TO change the name of any vii.
/ lage in any county in this state a petition for
that purpose may be filed in the court of
common pleas tor such county, signed hV at
/ least twelve freeholders within the limits OF
said village, setting forth the cause which
change is desirable and the name desired to
be substituted, and the court, upon being
sati fled by proof that the prayer OF the pc
tition is just and reasonable, and that thirty
days previous notice of the intended appli-
cation to the court had been duly given in
/ some newspaper printed and published in
such village, or, If none III such village, then
in some newspaper printed and published in
the county in which such village is located;
and that the Inhabitants OF such village, or g
majority of them, desire such a change, and
hat there is no other village III this state of
/ the same name as that asked for and set out
| in said petition, the court may order a change
OF the name of such village as desired in said
petition.
s. And be it enacted That upon the said
court granting the prayer of the petition in
the last preceding section referred to, IL shall
be the duty of the clerk of said court to re-
cord the proceedings ana order relating to
the same, and the reasonable costs of such
proceedings. in sach sum as may be fixed by
said court, shall be paid by the petitioners
8. And be it enacted, That If, by the order of
said court, the name of such village Is
changed as requested in said petition, the in
habitants of such village shall continue and
remain TO be body corporate in fact and in
law under such new name for all the intents
and purposes of this act.
TO- And be it enacted. That this act shall
take effect Immediately.
Approved May s. 1894.