The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1895-04-16
LAWS OF NEW JERSEY
Icy AUTHORITY
CHA PrkR XVI

An Act to provide for the purchase OF wafer WORKS
and water-supply plants and the operation of
the same, and to provide the money necessary
for the purchase thereof in townships of this
state.
sembly of the State of New Jersey, That 1t shall
be lawful for the township committee in the town
ships of this state to purchase any system OF wa
ter works or water-supply plant now constructed
or in successful opeI alton in such township, owned
and operated by any person, persons or corpora
| ton, upon such terms as may be agreed upon by
said township committee and the said person. per
sons or corporation owning and operating the said
system of water works or water supply plant.
q And be it enacted. That before the township
committee of any township of this state shall Dur
chase OF enter into any contract for the purchas-
ing of any water works or water-supply plant,
such township committee shall, by. resolution,
submit to the legal voters of any such township.
the question whether such township will purchase
such water works or water-supply plant If the
proposition be to purchase any system of water
works or water-supply plant, the ballot TO be de-
posted by those in favor Of such proposition shall
have printed or written thereon the words Tin IA
vor of purchasing water works or water-supply
1 pant,' and the legal voters opposed to the pur.
chasing of water works or water supply plant shall
deposit a ballot with the words opposed to pur-
chasing water works or water-supply plant,'
printed or written thereon there shall be a can
yass upon the return of the votes upon the Ques-
ton submitted, made by the board Of registry and
election in the same manner as for officers voted
for at any charter municipal election; and if a
majority of the ballots on which there shall be
either the words "in favor of purchasing water
works or water-supply plant" OF opposed to
I
be found to be in favor of purchasing such water
works. il shall then be lawful for the said township
committee TO purchase sustained ssster works or
water-supply plant in conformity with the first
section hereof.
g. And be it enacted, That the township com
mittee of any such township may submit the ques-
tion of purchasing water works or water supplv
plant to the legal voters of any such township at
a special election to be held for that purpose
causing thirty days notice Of such election to be
posted in five conspicuous places in such township
and to be published in two or more newspapers
printed and published in such county and circula-
ting in such township which notice shall be signed
by the township clerk and shall state the time and
purpose of said election and place where the same
viii be held in the several precincts or voting d.
4. And be it enacted, That the said election
shall be held and conducted on the day appointed
by the township committee of said township by
the board of registers and election and registry or
poll clerks that held the last annual or municipal
election in such township, in conformity with an
act of the legislature of the state of New JERSEY
approved May twenty eighth, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety, entitled "a further supple
ment to an act entitled An Act TO regulate cleo
tions,'" approved April sixteenth, one thousand
81 ght hundred and seventy-six, and the So pble-
ments to said act of May twenty eighth, one thou
sand eight hundred and ninety, except as herein
otherwise provided, there shall be no registration
for such elections but said board of registry and
election shall procure and use at such special
voters filed with the clerk of the township; and
no person shall be entitled to vote whose name
does not appear said registry.
B. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty
of the clerk of such township to provide room in
such election district in which to hold said cleo
ton, and to notify the clerks and board of registry
and election that said room has been procured and
where the same is located, in conformity with the
act above mentioned but said clerks shan not have
booths or apartments prepaFstsssH sSrs7 rooms nor
shall any booths or apartments be used at such
election.
g. And be it enacted That at such election the
persons entitled to vote therein shall vote by bal
lot. and each voter shall give his vote by single
ballot, which shall be paper ticket, on which
shall be written or printed the words provided for
in the second section of this act and no official
ballot or official envelope shall be required at such
special election.
4 And be it enacted, That if at the hour of sew
en- O'Clock in the morning of the day of such cleo
ton, at any other time during such election
any member Of the board of registry and election
any registry or poll clerk, shall be absent from
the place where such election shall be appointed
to be held, or shall be disqualified, being pres
ent shall neglect refuse to perform the duties of
such office, it shall be the duty OF such board to
appoint some other person, qualified to vote in said
election, in said election district, who shall then
and there be present, to fill such vacancy.
8. And be 1t enacted, That in order to provide
for the purchase of system Of water works or
water-supply plant under the provisions of this
act it shall be lawful for the township committee
of such township, in the corporate name of the
said township, to issue its bonds in any sums not
exceeding in the aggregate five per centum of the
taxable valuation of each township as shown by
the tax duplicate, to be designated water bonds,'
which shallrun for any period not exceeding thirty
years, and bear interest at any rate not exceeding
five per centum per annum, payable semi-annual- |
ly, which bonds may be sold and disposed of By
the township committee of such township at any
not less than par, the proceeds of which shall
be devoted exclusively for the purchase of a sys-
TEN of water works or water-supply plant owned
and operated by any person, persons corpora
ton and it shall be the duty of the said township
boilds 80 aGth0fized 70 De ssneu as she same rams
due, and the principal OF the said bonds when the
same shall mature and every such township shall
have authority to levy ana collect taxes for this
purpose in case the rents and income from the
operation of the said system Of water works or
water supply plant shall not be sufficient to pro-
vide tor the interest on the said bonds, and the
payment of the said bonds at their maturity, after
deducting such sums from therebts and income as
may be necessary to extend the said system OF
water works or to make repairs thereto.
9. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for
the township committee of such township, from
time to time, to pass such ordinances may be 1
necessary for the proper management, control and
operation Of the said system OF water works or
water-supply plant, and to appoint such officers as
may be necessary, and to define their respective
duties and term Of office and compensation, and to
enforce the collection OF rents rates and charges
in any court of law in this state in the corporate
name of the said township.
10. And be 1t enacted, That all acts and parts of
acts Inconsistent with the provisions Of this act be
and the same are hereby repealed, and this act
shall take effect immediately.
Approved February 10, 1895.