, 1904-04-06
Wildwood Council Meeting,

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WILDWOOD Borough Council was helC
! on thursday evening, March 81, 1904
IN the borough hall. Mayor Baker pre-
sided and Councilmen Banks, Bright
COBB, Durham, Hamilton and Harris
were present, as were also Solicitor
Zeller and the clerk.
petition to Council praying for tht
widening of Atlantic avenue, signed b,
numerous property owners, was reaC
and ordered filed.
Proposed ordinance No. S8, entitled
IAN ordinance to provide for the widen
ing of Atlantic avenue on the sonth,
easterly side thereof, in the borough o.
wildwood from its present width o.
fifty feet to a width of seventy feet,
was introduced by Mr.. Banks and
passed first reading. The regular meet.
ings of Council were fixed for the sec.
ond Tuesday evening of each month.
A resolution authorizing the issue Of
bonds was offered by Hamilton, secon.
ded by Banks, as follows:
RESOLUTION.
A resolution providing for the issuing
of bonds of the borough of Wildwood
for the purchase of land for the widen
ing of Atlantic venue in the borough
OF Wildwood, as per price and terms
agreed upon between Borough Council
and the owners of said land,
Whereas, it is desirable and necessary
to widen Atlantic avenue in the Dor
ough of Wildwood from its present
width of fifty feet, by adding thereto a
strip of ground twenty feet in width on
the southeasterly side thereof between
Cedar avenue and Goth avenue in said
borough, and
Whereas, an agreement Is about to be
entered into between the borough and
the owners of said land for the pur-
chase thereof for the purpose aforesaid,
now therefor,
Be it resolved by the Council of the
borough of Wildwood.
Section |. That in the judgment of
Council it is necessary and desirable
that bonds of said borough of Wildwood
be issued to the amount of Twelve thous-
and dollars for the general purpose and
to the end that this borough may ac-
quire all that certain strip of ground
twenty feet in width, situate, lying
and being on the southeasterly side of
Atlantic avenue in said borough of
Wildwood, in the county of Cape May
and state of New Jersey, beginning on
the northeasterly side of Cedar avenue
and extending thence northeast wardly
along the southeasterly side of said At
lantic avenue, with a width of twenty
feet, to the southwesterly side of 26th
avenue, under and by virtue of the
terms and conditions agreed upon be-
tween Borough Council and owners of
said land, which are hereby made a
part of these proceedings,
Cont;o,O % nIat a.,oI' IaHIo oholI
bear date May l, 1904, shall be payable
in not less han five nor more than
twenty years after the date thereof, at
the option of said borough, shall bear
interest at the rate of not more than
five per centum per annum payable
semi-annually, shall be for not less
thousand dollars each; shall be signed
by the Mayor, Clerk and Collector of
the borough, shall have coupons at
tached for every half years interest IN
til due, or may be registered, at the OPP
ton of the holder, which coupons if
attached shall bear the name of the
Borough Collector, and shall be num-
bered to correspond to the bond to which
they are respectively attached; all such
bonds shall be numbered and u register
of such numbers and date of said bonds
and date of issuing and time of pay
ment shall be made on the records of
the Borough Clerk and of the Borough
Collector. All such bonds shall recite
that they are issued in pursuance of
this resolution and pursuant to the pro-
visions of an act of the Legislature of
the state of New Jersey entitled ga
General Act Relating to BorOughs,"
(revision of 1897 and the several sup
plements thereto and acts amendatOry
thereof, and shall recite that this reso-
luton has been duly assented to by a
majority of the legal votes cast in said
election district at a special election
called for that purpose.
Section, 8. That said bonds shall be
disposed of at public sale or private sale
but at not less than par, provided that
no such sale shall be made by the fl
nance committee without the consent
of Council.
Section 4. That the proceeds of the
sale of said bonds shall be appropriated
only for the purposes and objects set
forth in this resolution.
Section 5. That in order to pay said
bonds when due the sum of at least five
hundred dollars shall be raised each
veal by general taxation and shall be
paid into the sinking fund of said Dor
ough toward the liquidation and pay
ment of the same.
Section 6. That this resolution shall
take effect Immediately.
The above resolution was passed
unanimously.
The boardwalk committee was di-
rected to confer with Baker Bros. con-
corning the location of the new board
walk and report in writing at an adj
journed meeting which was fixed for
Tuesday evening, April 5th.
The Five Mile Beach Gas ordinance
was called up again and another amend
ment tackled on it providing that the
ordinance should be accepted within
thirty days after its passage, after
| which it passed second reading as
amended.
TWO NEW MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF
HEALTH APPOINTED.
Mayor Baker appointed r. Penn
S,o;t6 and Ehoa II Smith aa mem.