Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-02-26
GOOD START FOR
OCEAN BOULEVARD
New Jersey Legislature Likely
to Pass Bill Introduced by
Senator Brown
WILL Be APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR

ocean boulevard bill in the Senate
chamber at Trenton on Monday eve
ming, March l, at nine o'clock. 1t is
urged that all who can attend do SO
and urge the passage of this bill which
means SO much to the seacoast u
ties and the whole state as well. The
following is the bill as introduced by
Senator Brown, of Monmouth county:
First. There is hereby created a
commission to be known as the State
Highway Commission, which shall
consist of the Governor, the president
of the Senate, the Speaker of the Gen.
eral Assembly and the Commissioner
of Public Roads, who are charged with
the powers and the duties hereinafter
specified. Said commissioners shall
receive no compensation for their SER
vices as such, but only their actual
expenses in attendance upon their
meetings.
s'Second. The Commissioner of Pub
lie Roads shall, under the direction of
said commission, prepare a route for
an ocean boulevard commencing at
Atlantic Highlands, in Monmouth
County and continuing thence to Cape
May, in Cape May County, following,
so far as practicable, the available and
convenient improved roads now con-
structed. He shall select the route as
near the coast line as practicable. Such
route, when prepared and approved by
the commission, shall be certified by
the commission and filed IN the office
of the Secretary of State as the official
map of the route of the said ocean
boulevard. Any necessary changes
made thereafter shall be certified and
filed In like name
ssThird. The Commissioner of Pub
lie Roads shall, after the filing of said
map, prepare maps and lists showing
the location of said boulevard in each
county through which it will pass, and
what portion of said roads are now i'm
proved roads, and what portion, if any,
of such roads are not improved, what
portion of said roads are county roads,
and what portion of such roads, If any,
are municipal roads, and thereafter
shall deliver to the municipal clerk of
each municipality along the route of
the said boulevard, and to the clerk of
rarsBoard OF Freeholders of each county
through which the said boulevard is
planned to pass, a copy of the list and
map showing the roads of such munich
pality or county to be affected thereby,
and shall request the proper authorities
of such municipality or county to take
the requisite procedure for the estab-
Iishment of the said boulevard under
this act.
"Fourth. The Board of F~reeholders
of such counties and the legislative
bodies of such municipalities are here
by authorized by resolution to cede to
the State of New Jersey the control, for
the purpose of maintenance and repair
of the roadway, from curb to curb, of
all improved roads so indicated as
aforesaid to be necessary for the estab-
lishment of any State highway, with
the bridges and c%ulverts, to be hereafter
maintained and repaired, as a part OF
the State road system.
rs. All boards of freeholders of
ties wherein may be any roads or parts
of roads which are unimproved. and
which are indicated on any route filed
by said State Highway Commission as
necessary for use as a State highway,
are hereby authorized to proceed for
the immediate improvement thereof
according to the provisions of an act
entitled AN act to provide for The per-
manent improvement of public roads
in this State, (Revision of 1900 APP
proved March 81, 1905, and the amend
ments thereof and supplements thereto,
under the direction of the Commits
sioner of Public Roads as to the width
thereof, and to cede said roads when SO
improved TO the State of New Jersey,
to be hereafter maintained and repair
ed as q part OF the salu pouieVaIu as
hereinafter provided.
"6. The board of freeholders of any
county and the legislative body of any
municipality desiring to improve any
roads or parts of roads as provided in
the fifth section of this act are hereby
authorized to issue bonds of the said
county or municipality for two-thirds
of the estimated cost of said work ac-
cording to the provisions Of the ninth
section of an act entitled An act to
provide for the permanent improve
meat of public roads in this State,
(Revision of 1909 approved March q,
1906, and the amendments thereof and
supplements thereto.