, 1904-10-19

An Ordinance relative to the vacation OF Ger.
tain lands situated In the boroush ~ ~
Wildwood, n. j., dedicated TO the pupI,e
use, and the extinguishment OF all pun
lie rights therein.
whereas, in laying out Blocks Nos. Thirteen
OBJ and Fourteen 14 on a plan OF lots OF tne
Wildwood Beach Improvement mi
made by Marcus Fry, Engineer, 1873, anu u9Iy
filed in the Clerks Office ofCape May County,
at Cape May Court House, New Jersey, a ploi
OF land in Block numbe Thirteen Q3l, oounded
by Cedar and Oak avenues and by LoIs MS,
ID. 20. 81, q, %, "a and % in said block, ana a
plot of land in Block number Fourteen pfl,
bounded by Oak, Philadelphia and Wiidwo9d
Avenues and by Lots Nos. ana z IN n s M
block, were laid out and designated ior one
public use as parks, and
Whereas, By reason ofdeep natural depress,
ions in parts of the respective areas IN salu
plots which are filled with stagnant wafer,
causing them to become deleterious TO the
public health, it is necessary that tne 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 on
New Jersey entitled IAN Act relative 10 Ine
vacation by the governing body OF any Guy,
town, township, borough or other municipal
ity of this state of any land situated In snch
municipality and wholly or partially dedica-
ted or devoted to the public use and the eX,
tinguishment of all public rights therein"
approved March 30, 1904, .,
Be ii ordained and enacted by the Councll
of the Borough of Wildwood:
Section l. That the said plots of ground are
In their present condition not suited TO tne
public use OF parks, and that to put them IN
such condition as they should be would be
burdensome to the municipality OF the Bor-
ough of Wildwood.
Section Q. 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 sald
plots of round and of covering with top
earth and seeding the same in grass, the
riolfo of tho raIIhlia and nf the mIInlrlDHIItX oil
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, to witt All that part of Block
No. IL, included between Cedar and Oak ave
nues and between Lots Numbers 10, 20, q,
%, %, "a, and % in said block; and all
that certain strip of land in Block Number
"A, lying adjacent to the southeasderiy
side line of Lots Numbers l and z in
said block, containing in front or breadth on
the Northeasterly side of Oak avenue one
hundred and twenty q20l feet; and ex-
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 avenue; 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
eXtinguishment 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 member of the Assembly to be held on
the Sth day of November A. ID. 1904, public
notice of submission of which proposition
shall be given by advertisements signed by
the Clerk of the Borough of Wildwood, and
posted in al least ten public places in the said
Borough, and also published in two newspa-
pers printed and circulating in the said Bor-
ough at least twenty days before such cleo
ton
Section 4. That the proposition to be so
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 block
No. Ii, included between Cedar avenue and
Oak avenue and between lots Nos. 10, 20, 81,
%, %, "a and % in said block; and all that
certain strip of land in block No. IA, lying
adjacent to the southeasterly side line of lots
Nos. 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 extending of that width at right angles
to said Oak avenue between parallel lines in
length or depth enthusiastically a distance
of two hundred 900 feet to the southwesterly
side of Wildwood avenue"
Section 5. That this ordinance shall take
effect when the foregoing proposition shall
hereinbefore set forth.
Passed Council October llth, 1904.
Approved October 18th, 1904.
LATIMER r. BAKER,
Mayor.
A~ttest-Jed Dubois, Borough Clerk.