The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-04-25
New Township Law.

New Township Law.
The late legislature made radical chang
es in the township laws, 1926 of which wer,
coditied into a law covering all the desir
able points of the laws heretofore enactee
since 1916.
The first innovation made by the new
law provides that all township committee
men now in Office shall go out of Office
next year, and that at the town meeting
next year n committeeman shall be elect
ed for one year, one for two years and one
for three years. On the township tickets
next year it must be stated for how long
a term each committeeman is running.
The terms of the assessor, collector,
overseer of the pool, justices of the peace
and commissioners of appeals are left as
they are at present, except that the terms
of all these officers except justices of the
peace expire on the second Saturday after
the township election instead of on the
first Saturday after election.
The terms of all constables now in office
are extended two months and their terms
will hereafter expire on the first day of
May. The terms of the surveyors of the
highways are also extended to the first day
of May. The new law says that each
township may have as many constables as
IL mas justices OF the peace.
The township committee is given au-
thority to appoint a township lawyer, a
township engineer and a township physi-
clan, but none of these officers can hold
office more than one year.
Township committeeman are allowed s.
for every day they serve, but they cannot
get from the township more than $100 q
year. They must appoint a treasurer,
who can be paid whatever sum the com
mitteemen think fair. This treasurer can
be n of the committeeman, or the town
ship collector, or any other citizen of the
township.
The township committee is authorized
to pass ordinances, and for violations OF
these ordinances a fine of 800 can be i'm
posed, or the offender can be sent to the
county jail for ninety days, or he can be
both fined and imprisoned.
The provision respecting the fire de.
partment puts. quite a task on the town.
ship committee. 1t provides that wher
the legal voters of the township have vot.
ed, granted or raised money for the estab
lishment and maintenance of a fire depart
ment, the township committee shall by
ordinance establish such fire department
designate or create the companies or or
CARNATIONS to whom they will intrust the
use of the township fire apparatus, deter
mine how many members each company
shall contain, the qualifications for mem.
bership therein, The officers Of said com
pany and of said department, the mode
OF election or appointment of said members
and officers and their powers and duties,
and may by ordinance or resolution adopt
alter and amend such rules and regulations
as may be necessary respecting the use
management, care and custody of the
property and apparatus used by the fire
department, and the conduct and govern
ment of the department.
The township is given power to borrow
money on notes, but all notes must bt
paid off within a year, and a renewal of {
note shall not be considered as paying il
of. All present ordinances now in force
by any township are continued in force BY
the new law.
The township committee shall have
power to make, amend or repeal ordinances
for the following purposes:
10 nx the annual salary or compensation to
be paid TO each person elected or appointed Il
any township of1ce, except members of the
township committee, and the time and man,
ner OF the payment thereof; the salary OIL
compensation, when so fixed by ordinance
and shall be in lieu of the fees or compensa
zion otherwise provided by law, and said fees
or compensation shall thereafter be collected
and paid into the treasury of the township fol
It's use but no salary or compensation shall
be fixed or altered so as to affect any one who
at the time of the adoption OF the ordinance
shall have been elected or appointed to office,
To prevent and suppress breaches OF the
peace and disorderly assemblages in any
street, house or place in the township, and to
suppress disorderly houses therein
To prevent cruelty to animals and to auth
orize the OBTAINING without warrant and the
arrest OF the person W no may be guilty there
OF;
10 provide for licensing and regulating
hacks, cabs, omntbuSeS, stages. carriages and
vehicles used TOR the carrying and transporta,
ton OF passengers, and to fix the license tees
tor the same
TO provide for the allowance of a rebate OF
lakes Tor township or road purposes to ali
owners or posSessors of wagons and carts used
IN the township for transportation OF goods,
wares, merchandise, produce, passengers, and
for general farm, freight and express pur.
poses having tires of not less than four inches
IN width provided, said rebate shall not ex.
ceed one dollar for each wheel in use in any
one year;
70 establish the grade of any street, high.
way or sidewalk, OF any part or parts thereof;
70 change the grade of any sidewalk, street,
ia plished the thereof, and to com.
pei the removal OF any encroachment thai
may be thereon
tt regulate the use OF all sidewalks. streets
highways, alleys, parks and public places In
sad township to direct and I regulate the
planting, rearing, trimming and preserving
The shade trees In the same and to autho4iZe
or prohibit the removal or destruction of said
trees TO enforce the removal of snow, ice or
art from the and cutters of said
streets, highways or alleys by the owner or
occupant OF the premises fronting thereon to
piohfbit the removal of earth, gravel OF any
other road making material from said streets,
highways or alleys to provide for the abate-
ment aud removal therefrom of nuisances and
distinctions OF every KIND. and to prohibit
me ueposlt therein of any refuse, ashes or
other waste material;
To prevent or punish immoderate driving or
rlding IN any street. or highway, or driving
over or upon any sidewalk to regulate or pro
hibit c~oasting on or over the pabiic roads,
streets, avenues or sidewalks in said township
OF sucn OF the same as in the Judgment of said
1oWhsnip COMMITTEES may thereby be made
unsafe for public travel;
10 regulate or prohibit the tearing up or ex-
caVatlnR OF the streets or roads of the town
ship or any part thereof for the laying, replac-
ing OF repairing OF water or gas or sewer pipes,
or Tor any other purpose;
To regulate or prohibit the erection of sig s
or awnings over the streets or sidewalks;
To provide for the care and protection Of all
the property OF the township, the custody of
which Is not expressly vested in some othel
officer or officers
To change the name of any street or high
way In the township when petitioned to do sc
by the owners of lands thatinclude two-thirdS
OF The frontage on such street or highway;
70 prevent'horSes, cattle, Sheep swine, dogs
goats and other animals from running al
large, and to provide for the impounding
and sale OF the same; to fix tile fees TO be paio
Tor, and prescribe the terms and manner of
the redemption of said animals, and to pro
VIDE for the Destruction OF dogs running al
large;
To provide for licensing and regulating
hawkers, peddlers, itinerant vendors of mer.
~chandlse, circuses and travelling shows, and TX
tx the license tees to be paid therefor, Will
may be imposed for the purpose of revenue.
The township committee may provide
by contract or otherwise, for sprinkline
the streets of the township or for remov
ing garbage.