Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-08-11
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
Proceedings of the Board of Aldermen
of the City of Perth Amboy, N. J.
AUGUST 9th, 1910.

SANS VI 0thb AtROJ
n; j. held Tuesday evening. August
9Th, 1910. The members present were.
Aldermen Hornsby, Seaman, Calvin,
men-at-Large Voorhees,.
Wilbur LaRoe. Jr., acted as clerk
The Following call for this meeting
was read and placed on fle:
Dear Sir.
A special meeting of the Council of
the City of Perth Amboy will be held
in the Council Chamber, City Hall, at
eight o'clock, Tuesday evening, Aug
on the proposition to dispose Of the
City's interest in the cove or wet dock
property, and of transacting such
other business as might properly come
before the Council at that time.
sBy order of the President.
Yours respectfully,
WILBUR LA ROE,
City Clerk.
The following Decree of Chancellor
In Chancery Of New Jersey.
In the matter of the petit
ton of the City of Perth
Amboy to sell its inter
est in certain lands n
and premises.
This matter being opened to the
Chancellor by Charles {: OF
counsel with the City of Perth Amboy,
the petitioner herein, and It appear
ing that the same was, on the twenty
second day of March, nineteen nun
bred and ten, referred to Charles D;
Thompson. Esquire, one Of the special
masters of this court, to inquire into
the merits of the application herein,
and report as to the character and To-
cation of said land and the history OF
the title of the said City therein, and
of the private interests that now APP
pear or are claimed to exist therein,
and any other special matter to show
of the City to sell said lands.
And 1t further appearing that the
special master has proceeded accord.
ing to the direction of said order, and
which 1t appears that the lands In
question. which was known as a
Cove or Wet Dock were, among
other tracts including streets and
squares, by warrant and survey grant.
ed by the Board Of Proprietors OF East
Jersey to Andrew Bell and others to
| Aldermen and Commonalty of the City
of Perth Amboy to be held by It IN
trust. for the use of the inhapltants or
ton that all the said streets and
square be kept open in full size and
breadth. and that the cove or wet dock
hey Rs ma shsli use see Of at es ]p 5ns ssif hey dley' d ae
not ALLEVIATE the same or any part
thereof that thereafter, by deed
dated the t~wenty,hfth day Of oc ct 2
said CITY,, that the said City ala not
use or sttsmpt 70 use e, the e,n same a., until II
| April, 1891, the said City leased h
same to the Perth Amboy Manufactur-
ing Company for a term or ninety
nine years, upon a yearly rental or SIX
cents and upon condition that they
should cause the whole surface OF the
cove to De filled up and raised at least
Earth ew9 feet xt Il / nelfE 9s S Ss 500 Of w the date,
with a right to an extension OF the
lease for any number q terms of
ninety-nine years each, II desired ps
the lessee, subject however, to the
condition that II, at any time on the
expiration of any of the terms, the
City should elect to take the improve
Upon the valuation Of three Indifferent
men, upon the payment to the lessee
of the amount of the value made ny
the appraisers. the lessee should sur
render the premises; that the cordi-
lions of said lease were fulfilled as
shown by an acknowledgement an
nexed thereto, and afterwards by a
release bearing date the twenty-hfth
day of August, 1884, reciting that 1t
was given to enable the Manufactur-
ing Company and Its successors and
lasting improvements thereon tho said
City released its rights to. re-enter or
to take the improvements at a vaiua-
ton: that thereafter by sundry mesne
e~onyeyances the title to said premises
came. to be vested in Adrian Lyon, Re
ceicer of the Perth Amboy shipbuild-
ing and Engineering Company, ap-
pointed by ar order of the Court of
Chancery of New Jersey, bearing date
the day OF August, 1909; that the
occupation of said Receiver and his
puted for over seventy years, with the
brought by said City against Hugh
J ga@sS' w N g sas s tRe said city, Styf1 was as nom Ms@
suited; that in the year 1875, when the
said grant of the said lands was made
by the Board Of Proprietors Of East
boy, the said lands were below high
water line and flowed by the tide;
that subsequent to said year the SAID
line for solid filling, established by the
Riparian Commission in 1875" and g
dock or bulkhead was constructed
holders of Middlesex County, across
nearly the whole width of the grant,
with two. piers extending INTO the
waters of the Staten Island Sound;
and that extensive improvements have
been made upon the said lands, both
by filing In and by the erection Of
thereof under and subsequent TO said
lease and release given by said City
to said Manufacturing Company, its
successors and assigns.
And 1t further appearing that the
governing body of sale City deem 1t
impracticable and in~advisable to use
the said cove or wet dock, property
for any public or municipal purpose,
and that the said governing body deem
it to the advantage of said City and
Its citizens to sell the said lands. and
have made representation thereof to
the Chancellor and applied for an or
der to sell the same, and the Chan
cellor having in a summary way by
reference to said Master and other
| wise inquired into the merits of said
application:
And 1t appearing TO the Chancellor
that 1t would be to the advantage Of
the said City of Perth Amboy to sell
the said lands.
IT IS. THEREuPoN, on this second
day of August, A. D., nineteen hun
dred and ten, by his Honor, Mahlon
Pjtney. Chancellor of the State OF New
Jersey, ORDERED, DIRECTED and
DECREED, and the aid Chancellor by
virtue Of the power and authority of
this Court, and of an act of the Legis-
lature of this State entitled AN Act
to enable the governing body of any
City in this State to sell lands which
have been dedicated or granted to
such City for the use of such City, or
Of the Inhabitants thereof, and vest
| approved March twentieth. nineteen