seive process. the action is instituted. The officers authorized by law Officers to to serve and execute processes in the courts, as aforesaid, shall be the officers to serve and execute any process issued out of any court under this act. A copy of any copies in rule or regulation of such shade tree commission, cer- evidence. tified to under the hand of the secretary or president of the said commission, shall be taken in any court of this. State as full and legal proof of the existence of such rule or regulation, and that all requirements of law in relation to the making and approval of the same, so as to make it legal and binding, have been complied with, unless the contrary be shown. of fines. turned into 6. All moneys collected by such county shade tree com- Disposition mission, either as fines or penalties for violation of a rule or regulation of such commission, shall be forthwith paid over to the treasury of the county and shall become part of the funds of the county to be used by the board of chosen freeholders of such county as permitted by law. All moneys collected by such commission Moneys for services rendered, or material furnished as provided county treas in this act, under contract or by agreement, shall be ury. forthwith paid over to the treasury of the county, and by the county officer empowered to be the custodian of such funds, shall be placed to the credit of the shade tree commission of the county and shall be subject to be drawn upon by such commission for the conduct of its work. 7. The powers and duties herein provided for a county shade tree commission shall not be valid or operative; (1) within the limits of any municipality in which there now is or in which there may hereafter be established a municipal shade tree commission as provided for by "An act providing for the regulating, planting, care and control of shade trees and shrubbery upon the public highways and in municipal parks, and for the care, control and improvement of such parks; authorizing the continuance of existing shade tree commissions, and the appointment of shade tree commissions, and prescribing their powers and duties (Revision of 1915)," approved April fourteenth, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, with any supplements and amendments thereto; or (2) within the limits of any county park, for the establish Limitation of powers; cer tain excep tions. Co-operation. ment or maintenance of which there now is or hereafter 8. This act shall take effect immediately. Acquire land for and construct maternity hospital. CHAPTER 16. An Act to authorize boards of chosen freeholders in any of the first class counties of this State to acquire lands and erect and maintain thereon buildings to be used as maternity hospitals. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: I. It shall be lawful for the board of chosen freeholders of any first class county in this State, whenever in its judgment the public need requires, to acquire land by purchase, condemnation, gift, or otherwise, anywhere in said county, and to erect thereon a suitable building or buildings to be used as and for a maternity hospital. for funds. bonds. 2. For the purpose of obtaining moneys to acquire Provision the necessary land and to erect thereon such hospital building or buildings, and the furnishing and equiping of same, it shall be lawful for the board of chosen freeholders of any such county to issue and sell the bonds of said county to an amount not to exceed one-tenth of Amount of one per centum of the ratables of said county; said bonds shall be issued under the provisions of an act entitled "An act to authorize and regulate the issuance of bonds and other obligations and the incurring of indebtedness by county, city, borough, village, town, township or any other municipality governed by an improvement commission," approved March twenty-second, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and the amendments and suppliments thereof. 3. When such hospital shall have been built and is Management. ready for occupancy, the director of the board of chosen freeholders of the county in which it is located shall, with the consent and approval of said board, appoint a board of managers of said hospital, which board shall consist of five members, residents of said county, at least three of whom shall be physicians; one shall be ap- Terms. pointed to serve for one year, one for two years, one for three years, one for four years and one for five years, and thereafter members of the board of managers shall be appointed for the term of five years; the members of said board of managers shall serve without compensation; any vacancy in said board arising from any cause, except expiration of term of office, shall be filled in the manner herein provided for original appointments, for the unexpired term only; said board of man- Duties. agers shall have the control and government of such hospital, and the care and custody of such building or buildings; it may appoint and remove at pleasure a Superintend superintendent or warden thereof, and such other officers ent and or employees as it may deem necessary and fix their compensation, with the approval of the board of chosen freeholders; it may adopt and establish suitable by-laws By-laws. with respect to the terms of admission, support and discharge of patients and such rules and regulations as it shall deem necessary for the proper conduct and government of said hospital. assistants. Exclusive use. Proviso; charging patients. Meeting expenses. 4. Any hospital erected and maintained under this act shall be used for and devoted exclusively to the care and treatment of persons in the county in which it is. located requiring the care and attention for which said hospital is intended, whether such persons be indigent or able to pay for the medical care, attendance and treatment which they may receive therein; provided, however, the said board of managers may make reasonable charges for the care and treatment of all persons received into such hospital who may be able to pay for the same, and any moneys received there for shall be turned over to the county treasurer, who shall apply same to the appropriation made for the maintenance of said hospital. 5. All necessary expenses and charges that may be incurred in conducting and maintaining said hospital, and in keeping the said building or buildings in repair, shall be paid by the board of chosen freeholders from funds raised or to be raised, by taxation, as other county expenses are raised and paid. Approved February 28, 1924. Consolidating township sewerage districts. Action when objections filed. CHAPTER 17. AN ACT providing for the consolidation of sewerage districts lying within townships. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1. Any two or more sewerage districts heretofore or hereafter created under the provisions of any statute of this State and lying within the territorial limits of any township may be consolidated by ordinance adopted by the township committee and become one sewerage district. 2. No sewerage districts shall be consolidated in any township where objections thereto in writing are filed with the clerk of such township before the final read ing and adoption of said ordinance by the owners of twenty-five per centum in value of the lands and real estate in each of the sewerage districts proposed to be consolidated. Upon receipt of such objections the Hearing. township committee shall fix a time and place for the hearing and consideration of such objections and shall cause the clerk of such township to give notice of the time and place, when and where, a hearing will be given thereon. Said notice shall be published at least twice Notice of. in a newspaper circulating in the township at least five days before the holding of said hearing. At the time and place so designated such township committee shall hear all parties desiring to be heard, and at such meeting or adjourned meeting the ordinance may be adopted if the governing body shall determine and declare that the consolidation of such sewerage districts are a public necessity, notwithstanding such objections. 3. Upon the adoption of such ordinance the town- Commission. ship committee shall appoint a commission, consisting of one freeholder from each district so to be consolidated, which said freeholder shall also be a resident of the district from which he is chosen, together with one member of the township committee. Such commission Duties. shall proceed to appraise, state an account of, allot and adjust all moneys on hand, property, assets, liens and all indebtedness of every kind and character of the respective sewerage districts so consolidated. Said commis- Compensation. sioners shall receive for their services such compensation as the township committee shall by resolution. determine. Such commission shall employ a clerk, Clerk to who shall keep a record of their proceedings and shall certify such record to the township committee; and said commission may employ such other assistants as may Assistants. be required, whose compensation shall be fixed by the township committee. Such commission shall have Witnesses. power to issue subpoenas and to compel the attendance of any person or any of the officers of the respective sewerage districts so consolidated, and to compel the production of all books and papers relating to said sewerage districts, and to administer oaths or affirmations to any person appearing before said commission to testify. Said commission shall, within a reasonable Adjustment. commission. |