, 1906-02-07
CRESSE PRESENTS
IMPORTANT BILL
Object OF Measure Is to Prevent
Sale of Natural PrfvilegeS."

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The object of the bill, which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Judiciary,
is to prevent the State from selling,
under the guise of riparian rights"
the natural privileges. The bill reads
as follows:
Gan act to amend an act entitled "A
further supplement to an act entitled
'An act to ascertain the rights of the
State and of the riparian owners in the
lands lying under the waters of the
bay of New York and elsewhere in the
State approved pril II, 1854 which
supplement was approved March 20,
1891.
"Be it enacted by the Senate and
General Assembly of the State of New
Jersey:
"Section four, to which this is amen
datOry, be and the same is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"The Riparian Commissioners, or a
majority of them, together with the
Governor, shall not hereafter be re-
quired to give leases for lands of the
State under water convertible into
grants upon payment of the principal
sum therein, but are hereby authorized
and empowered to sell or let any of the
lands of the State below mean high
water mark under such conditions and
restrictions as TO time and manner of
payment, duration and removal of any
lease, the occupation and use of the
lands sold or leased, and such other
conditions and restrictions rs the in
terest of the State may require, as may
be fixed and determined by said Ri
parian Commissioners, or a majority
of them, together with the Governor;
provided, that where any lease shall
be made of any such lands it shall no
be for a term of years to exceed twenty
wears. Six months before the eX pira-
ton of the term fixed in the lease a
retaliation of the lands covered and
described therein shall Re made by the
Board of Riparian Commissioners, and
the Board of Riparian Commissioners
are hereby authorized and empowered
to make a new lease of such lands for
a further period not to exceed twenty
wears, under such conditions and re-
strictions as to time, manner and
amount of payment, duration and re-
moval, as in their judgment may seem
best, or to make a grant in fee. If the
person, corporation or body polite ap-
plying for a renewal of the lease shall
be unable TO agree with the Riparian
Commissioners upon an amount ut
which such land shall be revalued, the
Attorney General, acting for the State,
and such person as may be selected by
the applicant for such renewal shall
together make a revaluation, and ifthe
Attorney General and the person Sc
lected by the lessee cannot agree upon
an amount at which such lands shall
be ~revalued, then they shall select a
third person, and the decision of any
two as to the amount at which the
lands shall be revalued shall be final.
When any holder of a lease shall de-
sire a renewal thereof he shall make
application in writing to the Riparian
Commissioners at least six months be-
fore the term of such lease shall eX pire,
and the lands shall be revalued by the
Riparian Commissioners within two
months after such application is made,
and the applicant shall be notified in
writing of the amount of such revalua-
ton. Such applicant shall accept or
reject the terms proposed within n
month after the same are submitted to
him, and if he rejects the same the Ri
parian Commissioners shall immedi-
ately call upon the Attorney General
to act in behalf of the State, and the
Attorney General, acting with such
person or persons sele ted as herein
provided, shall at least II month be-
fore the expiration of the term of said
lease agree upon an amount at which
such lands shall be revalued, and no.
tify in writing The Riparian Commits
sioners of the result of their decision,
and within ten days after such deci-
sion shall be arrived at, such applicant
shall accept or reject The terms thereof.
The rental shall be seven per centum
of the amount at which such lands
shall be revalued and agreed upon.
''This act shall take effect immedi-