The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-03-31
ATLANTIC CITY GETS
PART OF TOWNSHIP
FULL TEXT OF BILL WHEREBY
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP LOSES
SECTION OF TERRITORY.

passed by the Legislature providing
for the extension of the territorial
boundaries of Atlantic City by the an
~nexation of a portion of the townships
of Egg harbor township and Galloway
township
Be it enacted by the Senate and
General Assembly of the State of New
Jersey:
l. All chat land and real estate stu
ate. lying and being in the township
OF Egg Harbor, in the county of At
%lantic, bounded and described as fol-
lows: Beginning on the east bank of
Beach thoroughfare, where the same
Is intersected by the extended middle
line OF jackson avenue; thence extend
ing ID northwardly along said extern
ded middle line of Jackson avenue to
the middle line of Beach thorough
fare; u enthusiastically along the
middle line CT Beach thoroughfare to
It's intersection with the middle line of
Turtle Gut; 81 ENTHUSIASTICALLY
along the middle line of Turtle Gut to
the northwestern mouth thereof; (4)
enthusiastically in a straight line to
a point in the extended middle line of
Troy avenue as the same is laid out in
Ventnor City, and distant nine thou
sand five hundred feet n-orthwestward-
~ from the northwesterly line of At
lantic avenue as laid out in said city;
81 enthusiastically DETECTING fifteen
degrees northwardly from a line par
allel with said Atlantic avenue about
four thousand feet to the middle of
Great thoroughfare at the mouth
thereof: (6) northwardly and north
! % Sfuordlu a1Onn fhn noiAllo 1i,,a of
Great thoroughfare to its intersection
with the middle line of Jonathan's tho
roughfare; CD northwardly along the
miGdle line of Jonathan's thorough
fare to the northerly mouth thereof;
Isl north forty-four degrees and if-
teen minutes east by true meridian
TO a point of intersection with the di-
vision line between Egg Harbor town.
ship and Galloway township; co.
enthusiastically along said division
line between said townships to the
middle line of Main channel; (10)
enthusiastically along the middle line
of Main channel to its point of inter-
section with the east side of Absecon
inlet standing in the present boundary
line of Atlantic City; (11) westerly
following the present boundary line of
city of Atlantic City along the east
side of said inlet to a point opposite
and at right angles with the west bank
of Clam thoroughfare; (12) southerly,
still following said boundary line,
along the west bank of said thorough
fare to its intersection with Beach
thoroughfare; OBJ %southerly, still fol-
lowing said boundary line, along the
east bank OF said Beach thoroughfare
to the place of beginning, be separat-
ed from the said township of Egg
Harbor and annexed to the said city
of Atlantic City, county of Atlantic
and State of New Jersey, so that the
same shall be hereafter a part of and
within the territorial limits of the
said city of Atlantic City, county of
Atlantic and State of New Jersey.
2. All that land and real estate sit
uata. lying and being in the township
of Galloway, in the county of Atlantic
and State of New Jersey, bounded and
described as follows, to wit: Beginning
at a point situate in Absecon bay
where a course of north forty-four
degrees and fifteen minutes east by
true meridian from the middle of the
northerly mouth of Jonathan's thor
oughfare intersects the division line
between Egg Harbor township and
Galloway township; thence extending
IL north forty-four degrees and fiji
teen minutes east by true meridian to
a point distant two hundred feet short
of the meadows edge on the %northeas-
terly side of Absecon bay; (2) south
eastwardly by a line parallel with said
meadows edge and distant two hun
dred feet therefrom until it intersects
the middle line of Steelman's thor
oughfare; (3) eastwardly along the
middle line of Steelman's thorough
fare to its intersection with the mid
die line of Main channel; (4) south
eastwardly along the middle line of
Main channel to its intersection with
the division line between Egg Harbor
township and Galloway township
aforesaid; 90 ENTHUSIASTICALLY along
said division line between said town
ships to the place of beginning, be sep
arated from the said township of Gal
loway, county of Atlantic and State of
New Jersey. and annexed to the said
city of Atlantic City, county Of Allan
tic and State of New Jersey, so that
the same shall be hereafter a part of
and within the territorial limits of
said city of Atlantic City, county of
Atlantic and State of New Jersey.
8. The governing bodies of the city
of Atlantic City and of the township
Of Egg Harbor shall each appoint a
committee of three, which committee
shall meet in joint session at the city
hall in Atlantic City. at ten o'clock in
the forenoon of the second Monday
after this bill becomes effective, and
shall then and there or as SOOn there-
after as may be, proceed to divide
end apportion between said city and
said township all of the bonded and
other Indebtedness of said township,
including any and all bonded or other
Indebtedness of the school district of
the township of Egg Harbor, in the
proportions following. to wit: a sum
equal to sixty per centum thereof to
be forthwith assumed and paid at ma
turity by said city of Atlantic City,