, 1904-10-12
Ordinance No. 81.

An Ordinance relative to the vacation of GER
tain lands situated in the Borough OF
Wildwood, n. j., dedicated to the public
use, and the extinguishment of all pub
lie rights therein.
Whereas. in laying out Blocks Nos. Thirteen
OBJ and Fourteen Q4l on a plan of lots of the
Wildwood Beach improvement Company,
made by Marcus Fry, Engineer 1893, and duly
filed in the Clerks Office ofCape May County,
at Cape May Court House, New Jersey, a plot
of landin Block number Thirteen Q3l, oounded
by Cedar and Oak avenues and by Lots NOS.
10, 20, q, %, %, "a and 25 in said block, and a
plot of land in Block number Fourteen Q4,
pounded by Oak, Philadelphia and Wildwood
Avenues and by Lots Nos. l and 2 IN SAD
block, were laid out and designated Tor the
public use as PARKS, and
Whereas, BY reason ofdeep natural depress-
ions in parts of the respective areas in said
plots which are filled with stagnant water,
causing them to become deleter1ous 10 the
public health, it is necessary that the same
Shall be filled and graded at considerable cost
to the public, now
Therefore, In pursuance of the provisions
of an Act of the Legislature of the State OF
New Jersey entitled "An Act relative to the
vacation by the governing body OF any city,
town, township, borough or other municipal
iy of this state of any land situated In sueh
municipality and wholly or partially ded1ca-
ted or devoted to the public use and the eX-
tinguishment of all public rights therein,'
approved March 30, 1904,
BE it ordained and enacted by the Council
of the Borough of WILDWOOD:
Section l. That the said plots of ground are
in their present condition not suited to the
public use OF parks, and that to put them in
such rendition rs they should be would be
burdensome to the municipality of the Bor-
ough of Wildwood.
Section 9. That in consideration of the
holder of the legal fee thereof, at the expense
of the said holder filling and grading to the
established grade the low places in the said
plots of ground, and of covering with top
earth and seeding the same in grass, the
| RIGHTS of the nnhlic and of the mnniciDnlitN O1
the Borough of Wildwood, and OF all persons
or corporation claiming any rights, or inter
est in said lands, other than the holder of the
legal fee, be and they hereby are vacated and
eXtinguished in and to the following parts OF
the said land, 10 wit: - All that part of Block
No. Ii, included between Cedar and Oak ave
nues and between Lots Numbers 10, 20, q,
%, %, q, and 25 in said block; and all
that certain strip of land in Block Number
side line of Lots Numbers l and 2 in
said block, containing in front or breadth on
the Northeasterly side of Oak avenue one
hundred and twenty Q20) feet; and eX'
tending of That width at right angles
to said Oak avenue between parallel
lines in length or depth ENTHUSIASTICALLY a
distance of Two Hundred 600 feet to the
Southwesterly side of Wildwood avenues; and
that the same be and hereby are restored to
the holder of the legal fee thereof freed and
and discharged from all public rights therein
as If such public rights therein had never
existed.
Section 3. That the proposition contained
IN the TWO preceding sections OfthiS ordinance
shall not operate to effect said vacation and
eXtinguishmenl of thepublic rights in the said
last described lands, until the same shall have
been submitted to and approved by the
majority of the qualified voters ofthe Borough
of Wildwood voting at the general election
for members of the Assembly to be held on
the Sth day of November A.. D.. 1901, public
notice of submission of which proposition
shall be given by advertisements signed by
the Clerk of the Borough of Wildwood, anC
posted in at least ten public places in the sale
Borough, and also published in two newspa
pers printed aud circulating in the said Bor
ough at least twenty days before such cleo
ton
Section i. That the proposition to be sc
submitted shall be worded and printed on the
ballots used at the said election as follows
"For or against the vacation and eXtinguish
ment ofthe public rights in and to the fol
lowing described land: All that part of bloch
No. ID, included between Cedar avenue anC
Oak avenue and between lots Nos. 10, 20, q
%, %, "a and % in said block; and all tina.
certain strip of land in block No. IA, lyins
adjacent to the southeasterly side line of lot,
Nos. l and 2 in said block, containing in from
or breadth on the northeasterly side of Oal
avenue one hundred and twenty Q20) feet
and extending of that width at right angle
to said Oak avenue between parallel lines il
length or depth enthusiastically "A distanc,
OF two hundred 900 feet to the southwestern
side of Wildwood avenue"
Section 5. That this ordinance shall tax,
effect when the foregoing proposition shall
have been so submitted and approved a
hereinbefOre set forth.
Passed Council October 18th, 1904.
Approved October llth, 1904.
LATIMER r.. BAKER,
Mayor.
Attest-Jed Dubois, Borough Clerk.