[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Hillsborough
4-26-1977 by Ord. No. 77-7 (Ch. 19 of the 1977 Code). Amendments noted where
applicable.]
There is hereby created in the Township of Hillsborough one fire district
to be hereinafter known and designated as "Fire District of the Township of
Hillsborough, County of Somerset."
The geographic boundary of said Fire District shall be identical with
the geographic boundary of the Township of Hillsborough as now established
or hereafter changed.
Pursuant to the statutes of the State of New Jersey in such case made
and provided, the legal voters of the respective Fire District aforesaid shall
by ballot determine the amount of money to be raised for the ensuing year,
and elect in said Fire District a Board of Fire Commissioners to consist of
five persons in accordance with the provision of the said statutes.
The said Board of Fire Commissioners shall be responsible for the administration
of the Fire District pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40A:14-70 et seq.,
in such case made and provided.
The nomination of Commissioners by petition; the form and content of
the said petitions, the candidates' consent, the verification of each nominating
petition and the time for filing the said nominating petitions; the order
of names and content of the ballot and the printing thereof; the furnishing
of poll books; the advertisement of the notice of election; the appointment
of two tellers in each polling place; the canvassing of the votes cast and
any and all provisions of N.J.S.A. 40A:14-70 et seq.
On Saturday, June 18, 1977, between the hours of 2:00 p.m. and 9:00
p.m., the legal voters shall appear at the Municipal Building, the Hillsborough
School and Sunnymead School in the Township of Hillsborough at which time
they shall elect a Board of Fire Commissioners consisting of five persons
resident in such District.
