Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-07-03
An Ordinance


pany consent to construct, maintain
and operate water works in the City
of Beverly, County of Burlington and
State of New Jersey, pursuant to the
provisions of an act of the Legisla- |
ture of New Jersey, entitled "An Act |
for the construction, maintenance
and operation of water works for the
purpose of supplying cities, towns
and villages of this State with
water" approved April twenty first,
eighteen hundred and seventy-six,
and the several acts supplemental to
and amendatory thereof.
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WHEREAS, by virtue of resolu-
ton of the Common Council of the
City of Beverly, passed on the nine
teenth day of August, A. D. eighteen
hundred and eighty-six, consent WIS
given to the organization of the Bev-
erly Water Company, for the uses
and purposes expressed and set forth
in the certificate of Incorporation ef
said Beverly Water Company, which
said certificate was dated the thir-
teenth day of August, A. D.. eighteen
hundred and eighty-six, and was ie-
corded in the office of the Clerk If
Burlington County, at Mount Holly,
in Book B. of Corporations, folio 27S,
as by reference thereto will more
fully and at large appear; said ce :
tificate having been filed in the office
of the Secretary of State, at Tren-
ton, en- the twenty third day of A.
gust, A. D. eighteen hundred
eighty six
AND WHEREAS. it was. provid I'd
in said certificate of Incorporation
that sid Company should CONNER ce
business on the twenty-frst day If
August, A. D. eighteen hundred d
eighty-six, and continue its business
for tie term of thirty years.
AND WHEREAS, said Beverly
Water Company was, on the TWEEN
ty-first day of April, A. d. nineteen
hundred and two, by certificate of
merger and consolidation, merged |
and consolidated into The Delaware
River Water Company, under al |
pursuant to the provisions of an act
entitled can Act Concerning Corpor-
atoms (Revision of 1867, approved |
April Twenty-frst, eighteen hundred
and ninety-six, and the several sup
plements thereto and acts amenda-
tory thereof.
NOW THEREFORE, Be it ordain-
ed and enacted by the Mayor, Clerk
and Common Council of the City of
Beverly, in Common Council assem-
bled, and it is hereby enacted by the
authority of the same:
/. That the consent and author
ity heretofore given to the said Bev
erly Water Company, thereafter
merged into the Delaware River
Water Company, to lay its pipes
beneath the public roads, streets,
avenues, alleys and Cher. public
places of the City Of Beverly, County
of Burlington, and State of New Jer- /
sey, for the purpose of furnishing a
supply of water in said City for pub
lie and domestic use; and for that |
purpose to lay, relay, and extend
its water pipes beneath or under any
avenue, road, railroad, highway,
street, lane or alley in said City, or
other public place in said City; and |
in like manner to extend, maintain, |
operate and repair the same; and do |
all and singular the things necessary
in the conduct of its business, is |
hereby extended and given to the
said The Delaware River Water
Company, its successors and assigns,
perpetuaIly.
2. That said Company shall. as
sumo all responsibility for and pay
all damages that may occur through |
the negligence Of the said Company,
or its agents or servants, and all
public roads, streets, avenues and
alleys opened for the running of
main pipes, running Of service
pipes, making connections or re-
pairs, or for the relaying of the
main pipes, shall be filled in as
as said pipes are laid or re-
pairs are made, and shall be left in
as good and perfect condition as be-
fore said work was done.
8, That the said Company shall
provide all necessary barricades, red