The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-13

| company for the purpose OIL CoLA5eFUGl-
ing. maintaining and operating water
works in any city. town. township. VII
| LACE, seaside resort on borough IN TINS
state having a population of not more
| of supplying such city, town, township,
| village, seaside resort, Or boropSh, anu
the inaaoitaalts thereof, with water.
2. And be 1t enacted, That this act
| shall cake effect Immediately
Approved February "a, 1885.
To- CHAPTER XIV.
An Act fixing the time for holding the
annual or charter elections of cities of
the second class in this state.
General Assembly of the State Of New
| Jersey, That IN all cities of the second
class. of this state the annual or charter
| elections thereof shall be held on the
| second Tuesday in April.
2. And be 1T enacted, That all acts and
| parts CT acts inconsistent herewith he
a aof shall rli so sai into effect fmmediiateiy.
Approved February IA. 1855.
CHAPER XVI.
An act to provide for the purchase of
water 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 stsSe.
General Assembly of the State Of New
| Jersey, Tina it shall be lawful for the
| township committee in the townships Of
his STATE 10 PQJtldSS dttS y - u
| water works or water supply plant now
| constructed and in successful operation
N such township, owned and operated
by any person, persons or corporation,
! upon such terms as may be agreed up-
on. by said township committee and thd
said person., persons or corporation own.
Ing and operating the said system of
water works or water supply plant.
2. And be it enacted, That before the
township committee CT any toWnsn.p
Of this state shall purchase or enter in
10 any contract for the purchasing of
any water works Or w2ter-supDly plant,
such township committee shah, by res.
any such township, the question whether
suen township vii purchase such water
works or water-supply plant; # the
proposition be to purchase any system
OF water works or water-suppiy plant,
the ballot to be deposited by those in
favor of such proposition shall nave
't..n favor of purchasing water works o.
water supply plant" and the legal voters
opposed to the purchasing OF water works
or water supply plant deposit a
ballot with the words opposed TO pur-
chasing a water works or water upp
plant" printed or written thereon; there
Shall be a canvass upon the return of the
votes upon the question submitted, made
by the board of registry and election and
the same manner as for officers voted
for at any charter or municipal elections;
and if q majority of the ballots on which
there shall be either the words lin favor
of purchasing water works or water sup
ny i6lt u OpROoSo " PdACtiSSA-iS
water works or water supply plant be
found to be in favor of purchasing such
water works, II shall then be lawful for
the said township committee to purchase
a system Of water works or water sup
ply plant in conformity with the first sec
ton thereof.
committee of n such township may
submit the question of purchasing a wa
ter works or water supply plant to the
legal voters OF any such township at
q cnepiot afnotinY7 tA he held for that mr.
pose, causing thirty Gays notice of such
election to be posted in five conspicuous
places in such township and 10 be .pub-
lished in two or more newspapers printed
and published in such county and c.r-
c%ulating 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 Will be held in the several precincts
or voting divisions in said township.
A. And be enacted, That the said cleo
ton shall be held and conducted or the
Gay appointed by the township committee
of said township by The board Of regis,
clerks that held the last annual or muni-
cipai election in such township, ia confor-l
nifty with an act of the legislature of The
twenty-eighth, one tllouaand eight hun
dred and ninety; entitled "a further sup
plement TO an act entitled AN act TO re-
taenth, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-six, and the supplements to said
act of May twenty-eighth, one thousand
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 pro-
cur ian a9d oo use "a &c ms sac rae SPeela az e e',s gofeT 9
filed with the clerk of the township; and
no person shall be entitled TO vote whose
name does not appear ON said registry;
8. And be it enacted, That it shall be
the duty of the clerk of such township
to provide a room in such election dis
tr:ct in Which to hold said election, and
and election that said, room has been
procured and where the same is located,
in conformity with the act above mem
toned, but said clerks shall not have
booths or apartments prepared in said
rooms nor shall any booths or apart
ments be used at such election.
6. And be ii enacted. That at such cleo
ton the persons entitled to vote therein
shall vote by ballot, and each voter shall
give his vote by a single ballot, which
be written or printed uIs words provided
for in the section of lthis act; and mo
official ballot or official envelope shall
I. And be it enacted, That if at the
hour of seven O'clock in the morning
Of the day Of such election, Or at any
member of the Board of Registry and
Election Or any registry or poll clerk,
sneh e% &c aDasa Shall lI0 Be- t appo Piaed W to be
held, or shall be disqualified, or being
present shall neglectasor refuse to
perform the duties of such office, 1t h
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
q. And be it enacted, That in order to
provide for the purchase Of a system of
water works or water supply plant under
the provisions of this act, it shall be law-
full for the township committee OF such
township, in the corporate name of said
township, to issue its bonds in any sum
centrum of the taxable valuation of each
township, as shown by the tax duplicate
to be designated water bonds" which
ing thirty years. and bear interest at
any rate not exceeding five per centum
per annum, payable s-egni1annlually which