Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-31
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,ea passed 10 establish the general pol
tcy Of this State
The amendments proposed to the bill
are as follows:
amend Assembly bill No. 81 by
striking out all of said act after the
sanctjng clause and inserting in lieu
Of the sections thus stricken out the
following:
4 1t shall not be lawful for any
person or corporation TO transport or
carry through pipes, conducts, ditches
or canals any subterranean waters OF
this state into any other State Tor
sale or use therein, except under a
license or lease to be granted by the
state of New Jersey hereinafter pro-
vfded.
- The Governor of the State of New
Jersey is hereby authorized for and
on behalf of the State of New Jersey,
At the request of or by the permission
of the Governor of New York, or of the
Legislature of the State of New York,
10 enter into a lease with any person
or with any corporation of this State,
who or which at the time of the intro
duetion of this act has a contract in
writing with any purchaser for the sale
and delivery of such subterranean
water for use on Staten Island which
lease may authorize such person or
corporation to lay pipes,
bitches or canals, to be laid in, upon
ar under the riparian lands OF this
State and to carry there in subter-
ranean water of this State for sale and
delivery on Staten Island aforesaid IN
the State of New York. in accordance
with such contract on the following
conditions and regulations, to wit:
'arhe period during which such water
may be carried out of the State is
hereby limited to twenty years. The
quantity of such water transported
shall not exceed an average quantity
of O.O00.0 600 of gallons daily. The lease
shall provide for the payment to the
state of a total rental of $4,000 OF
which $1,000 shall be paid annually, in
advance. by the said person or the SAID
corporation, its successors or assigns,
to the treasurer of the State of New
Jersey as rental for the right and pr1vl-
lege of delivering suc water from this
state. and for the right to lay, main
tain and operate the necessary pipes
therefor in. upon or under the naVlg-
able waters within his State Upon
plans approved by the secretary Of war
of the United States and by the GOV
ernor of this State; and the lease
authorized by This act shall not De
operative until approved and executed
by the Governor of this state.
The said lease shall also provide that
the state Water Supply Commission
shall have jurisdiction over any well
plant, pumping station, pipe INES,
reservoirs or other water works, owned
~ st,,6, nnTzpn or pOrnOra-
tion. its successors or assigns, and shall
at an times have access to said plant
and the meters and records thereof, IN
order to ascertain and determine that
the same are being operated within
the provisions and limitations of this
act and of the said lease. or to make
such tests for themselves as they may
see proper. either as to volume or quail
ity of the water transported. The sara
lease shall also provide that II any
municipal owner of adjacent lands, IN
which wells nave heretofore been driven
and which are not now in use, shall de-
termine to restore and utilize such
wells. and If, after such restoration and
utilization for a period of three months,
IL shall be claimed by such adjacent
landowner that the same are depleted
or diminished in supply the operation
of the wells of the lessee hereunder, the
state Water Supply Commission shall
make careful investigation OF the facts,
and il sucl. claim is sustained, the salo
commission shall have power TO require
said lessee his or it's, successors ana
assigns thereafter during the term OF
this les Sc, to pump daily into the pipes
or reservoirs of said adjacent municipal
landowner such an amount OF water
as the said commission shall nix ana
determine TO be the equivalent of suen
ascertained depletion or diminutlon
upon receipt by the said lessee, his or
its successors and assigns of payment
monthly for the cost of pumping SAID
fixed quantity, which cost of pumping
shall also be subject to the approval
of said commission.
u II shall be the duty of the
state Water Supply Commission TO
keen a general oversight over the sub
terranean waters of this State, and to
see that the same are preserved Tor
the use and benefit of the citizens and
inhabitants of this State, and to pre-
Vent the same from being carried or
TRANSPORTED by pipes, conduits, bitches
or canals into other States for use
therein except as above provided. Upon
Il ItE BEliE DlOHEhNr ~ liz
said commission tina il is the inten-
1ion of any person or corporation To
SO carry or transport into any other
State for use therein any subterranean
water of this State except as above pro-
vided, it sha be it's duty, through the
Encouragement, to apply to the Court
OF Chancery for injunction to restrain
the same, and the Court of Chancery is
hereby authorized and empowered to
entertain jurisdiction of a suit IN equity
TO preserve the waters aforesaid for tins
use and the benefit Of the citizens Of
this state, and to prevent such waters
from being by pipes, conduits, bitches
or canals, carried or transported tc
others States for use therein, except a:
above provided. and to that end 10 Is
sue such restraining order or injunc'
ton, both preliminary and final. as may
be necessary, and to enforce the same
in the same manner it is empowered
TO enforce other injunctions or orders.
IS. This act shall take effect imme,
diately.
AMEND Assembly bill 81 by striking
out the title thereof and inserting tbs
following as the title of said act: al
act to regulate and control the laying
of pipes, conduits. bitches or canals