The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-02
GREATER JERSEY CITY.
Text Of Mr.. Bepny's Consolida-
ton Bill Which Became a
Law Yesterday.

The following is the full text of Mr..
Benny's act looking owards the console
dation of Hudson county into one city,
which the Governor signed yesterday
i. The Governor shall appoint tive per
sons who with one person to be desiS-
mated by each of the following named
authorities of the several municipalities
of the county of Hudson, namely, the
Mayor of Jersey City, The Mayor Of Ho-
boken, the Mayor Of Bayonne, the Coun-
cilman-at-Large of West Eoboken. the
Chairman of the Town Committee of
Committee of Kearny, the. Chairman OF
the Township Committee of W~eehaWken,
the Chairman of the Township
OF Gutenberg. the Chairman Of the Town
Committee kof the Town of Union. the
Chairman Of the Township COMMITTEES OF
Union Township. the Chairman OF the
Township Committee of the Township of
North Bergen, the Mayor of the Borough
of East Newark, shall be Commissioners
to inquire into the expediency OF con-
~solidating the various m~unicipahttes IN
the county of Hudson in the State OF
New Jersey, and to report from time to
time theis conclusions thereon to the
Legislature, witt such recommendations
as they may deem proper for adoption
and their reasons therefor. Any yacan-
cies occurring in the number of the Com
miSsioners appointed by the Governor,
pointnent or otherwise. shall be filed
by the Governor, and vacancies occurring
among those otherwise appointed, wheth-
er by failure to accept or otherwise, shall
be filled by the authority by whom the
original appointment was made.
g. Said Commissioners may appoint q
president, vice president and secretary,
and may employ such persons as they
information and prepare such maps as
may be needed to present their views in
diligently, and may, with their report,
present such bills for the action of the
4 aOiS1aff5ra 1c fhQV NAV deem GXDGQlent.
They shall receive no compensation Tor
their services, shall not be pecuniarly in
terested, directly or indirectly, in any
work or contract concerning their duty
under this act, and shall incur no obli-
cations beyond the amount authorized in
the next section of his act.
3. The governing body OF the several
municipalities above named, or n or
either of them, may appropriate SUCH
sum of money not exceeding in the ag-
gregate of the appropriations of any or
all OF such municipalities combined,
three thousand dollars, as such munich
pality or municipalities may deem neces-
sary to carry out the objects of this act,
and the treasurer or t~reasurers, or other
chief financial officer or officers of such
municipalities or any or either of them
making such appropriation shall pay so
much thereof as may be certified by said
Commissioners to be necessary on vouch-
ers in form satisfactory to such treas
urer or treasurers, or other chief hnan-
cial officer or officers as aforesaid The
several municipalities. or any or either
of them aforesaid, shall have power UNI
der this act to borrow such sum or sums
of money mentioned in this third section
of this act. and shall provide for the re-
payment of the sum or sums so borrowed
in the next tax levy after the same shall
have been borrowed.
4. In furtherance of the objects of this
act, the local officials of the several
municipalities in said county of Hudson
are authorized and directed to furnish
said Commissioners. when requested by
them, any information or copies OF rec
ords within their respective keeping,
whenever it can be done without imposing
any additional cost or expense to said
several Municipalities