[Adopted 2-20-1950 (Ch. 13 of the 1966 Code)]
Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 3, Title 26, of the Revised
Statutes of New Jersey, and the amendments and supplements thereto,
there is hereby established a local Board of Health in the Borough
of Raritan, to be known as the "Board of Health of the Borough of
Raritan."
The said Board of Health so established shall be composed of
seven members appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by a majority vote
of the members of the Borough Council present at any legally constituted
meeting of the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Raritan.
The term of office for the members of the Board of Health, other
than those first appointed, shall be for three years, subject to the
proviso that the term of office shall in each instance expire on December
31, and following the adoption of this article, two members shall
be appointed until December 31, 1951, two members shall be appointed
until December 31, 1953, and three members shall be appointed until
December 31, 1954. All other succeeding appointments other than those
filling a vacancy shall be for a three-year term.
Any vacancy which shall occur on the Board of Health of the
Borough of Raritan shall be filled in the same manner in which an
original appointment is to be made, but only for the unexpired portion
of the term.
The Board of Health of the Borough of Raritan shall have such
powers and duties as are now conferred upon a local board of health
by the Revised Statutes of New Jersey, and amendments and supplements
thereto.
The Board of Health shall annually present to the Mayor and
Council of the Borough of Raritan an estimate of the appropriation
which it believes necessary for health purposes and shall not in any
year contract any debt or obligation of any kind in excess of the
amount appropriated in the budget of the Borough of Raritan, except
that, in case of an epidemic, the Mayor and Council shall make available
to the Board of Health additional moneys to meet the emergency caused
by such epidemic.
