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The First County Park System. a Complete History of the Inception and Development of the Essex County Parks of New Jersey; A Complete History of the Inception and Development of the Essex County Parks of New Jersey


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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 Excerpt: ...($1,500,000) "would not do all that might be done, for the commission could expend $5,000,000 if all the suggestions advanced were followed, yet it would, he said, be sufficient to leave the county in possession of a park system, properly connected by parkways, second to none in the country, and all secured for a total outlay of only $4,000,000." SIGNIFICANCE OF SMALL VOTE. The comparatively small total vote of 24,691--only a little more than half in the county--and the reduced majority of only 4,783, as against a majority of 8,321 for the first appropriation, April 15, 1895, clearly reflected the reduced interest in and lack of popular support of the commission and of the county park undertaking, as it was then before the public. On January 11, 1898, the commission made a requisition on the Board of Freeholders for the $1,500,000, as provided in the bill, "on approval of the bill by the people," and in April, directly after the vote on the bill, an unconditional requisition was made for $500,000 of the appropriation as then available. The issuance of these bonds was delayed for several monthss A technical question had arisen as to the legality of the referendum feature of the new law. Able lawyers differed upon the question. The freeholders declined to issue the bonds "until directed to do so by a court of competent jurisdiction." The question was taken into the courts by the friendly suit method. On July 8 the new act and the proposed bond issue was, by the Court of Errors and Appeals, declared valid. An instalment of $500,000 of the bonds was then, in August, 1898, sold. They were four per cent, gold bonds, similar as to form and time of maturity to those last issued. The sale was made under the sealed proposal method, as be...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781231984635
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 96
  • Spine Width: 5 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1231984635
  • Publisher Date: 01 May 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 186 gr

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