The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1895-04-09

A Supplement to an act entitled san Act to pro-
vide for the division Of incorporated towns,
townships and boroughs into wards and to reg
ulate representation therein" passed February
fifteenth. one thousand eight hundred and eigh-
l. Be it enacted by the Senate and General AS
sembly of the State OF New Jersey, That in cases
wherein any incorporated town. township or bor-
0ugh shall have been or shall hereafter be divided
into not more than three wards, pursuant to the
provisions of the act to which this supplement,
and there shall have been polled in any one of such
wards at any subsequent election more than six
hundred legal votes, it shall be lawful for the gov
erning body of said municipality, at least fifteen
days before the annual municipal election next
succeeding the approval of this act, in case such
votes have been heretofore polled and in other
cases at least fifteen days before the annual mu-
nieipal election next succeeding such future cleo
ton at which such votes may be hereafter polled,
by resolution passed by majority of their num-
Der by special meeting held for that purpose, of
which meeting notice, in writing, signed by the
clerk of said municipality, shall be set up at five
of the most public places therein for at least five
days prior to said meeting, to said incorpo-
rated town, township or borough into not less than
three and not more than flv wards, each of which
shall consist OF contiguous territory, having regard
in making such division to equality Of representa-
ton and to designate such wards BY names OF
numbers.
And be it enacted, That from and after the
annual municipal election next succeeding such
redivision the township committee or other gov
erning body of every such incorporated town
| township or borough shall consist of seven per-
sons in case said division is into three wards, and
Of nine persons in such division is into -four
wards, and Of eleven persons in case such division
is into five wards, two of whom shall be elected by
] the legal voters of each ward, and one of whom
shall be elected by the legal voters Of the munich
pality at large that at the annual municipal
election next succeeding such division the lega
voters in each ward shall elect by ballot per-
son to serve as a membeTof the township commit
tee or other governins KY for the term of one
year, and one for the term of two years, and tn,
legal voters of said municipality, voting in theil
respective wards shall at the same time elect one
person from the municipality at large to serve a
member for the term OF one year, and annual,
thereafter there shall be elected in and for eacl
ward one person to serve as a member of said gov
ernng body for the term OF two years, and by tn
legal voters of the municipality at large voting
their respective wards, one member for the tern
of one year; provided, that if at the date of tn,
first election under this supplementary act tn
term of office of member Of the township com
mittee or other governing body heretofore electe
to represent municipal subdivision or ward shall
not have expired, then and in that case such mem
Der shall serve out his term of office as represen
tatiye of the ward In which his residence may bG
and nothing in this act shall be so construed as
give more than two ward representatives to an
;, ward.
| 8. And be it enacted That in cases wherein an
Incorporated town, township or borough shall hav
been divided into four or more wards under th
provisions of this act and the legal voters resideI
In any one Of said wards, and owning more tina