[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Tuckerton 10-11-1912
by Ord. No. 29. Amendments noted where applicable.]
There shall be a local Board of Health established in the Borough of
Tuckerton which shall be composed of five members and which shall be vested
with the powers and shall perform the duties prescribed in the act of the
legislature of this state entitled "An Act to Establish in this State Boards
of Health and a Bureau of Vital Statistics, and to Define their Respective
Powers and Duties," approved March 31, 1887, and amendments and supplements
thereto.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 26:3-1 et seq..
The Mayor shall, at the next regular meeting after the adoption and
approval of this chapter, send to the Council, as his nominations for confirmation,
the names of five persons as members of said Board of Health to hold office
as follows: two for one year, two for two years and one for three years; provided,
however, that if any person nominated by the Mayor should not be confirmed
by Council, the Mayor shall, at the next meeting of Council and at every succeeding
meeting, nominate a person until confirmation is made by the Council. Any
vacancy shall be filled by the nomination of the Mayor and the approval of
the Council for the unexpired term only; provided, also, that at the expiration
of the terms above mentioned the person who shall then be appointed shall
hold his office for a period of three years.
The members of the said local Board shall take and hold their offices
subject to removal for cause by Council, in the same manner as other Borough
officers may be removed.
In lieu of salary, the Registrar of Vital Statistics is hereby authorized
to receive and accept, as compensation for the discharge of his or her duties,
all fees collected by the Registrar for the issuance of such permits and licenses
as are legally issued by the Registrar, and all fees collected for the preparation
and execution of certified copies of any such permits and licenses.
