Documentary History of American Water-works

New Jersey

New Jersey became a state in 1787. 

New Jersey Water Association | New Jersey Section, American Water Works Association

References
1876 An act for the construction, maintenance and operation of water works for the purpose of supplying cities, towns and villages of this state with water.  April 21, 1876.  The act applied to any city, town or village in this state having a population of not more than fifteen thousand, and not less than two thousand inhabitants.

1876 An act to enable cities to supply the inhabitants thereof with pure and wholesome water.  April 21, 1876.

1878 "Water supply of the state of New Jersey," by Albert R. Leeds, Journal of the Franklin Institute 105(3):193-199 (March 1878)

1880 Supplement to an act entitled "An act for the construction, maintenance and operation of water works for the purpose of supplying cities, towns and villages of this state with water."  March 12, 1880.  Applied to any city, town, village or sea-side resort in this state, having a population of not more than fifteen thousand and not less than five hundred inhabitants.

1889 A supplement to an act entitled "An act concerning corporations," approved April seventh, one thousand eight hundred and seventy five.  May 9, 1889.

1889 An act to authorize cities in this state to purchase pumps, where those in use are not sufficient for the necessary and proper distribution of water for public uses in said cities.  April 2, 1889.

1891 An Act to authorize corporations formed for the purpose of constructing or repairing either railroads, water, gas, or electric works, tunnels, bridges, viaducts, canals, hotels, wharves, piers, or any or all such works of internal improvement or public use or utility, to subscribe for, take, pay for in property, materials or services, hold, use and dispose of stock or bonds in any corporation formed for the purpose of constructing, maintaining and operating any such public works.  April 6, 1891

1911 Corporations of New Jersey, list of certificates of December 31, 1911

1916 An Act to create two water supply districts in the State of New Jersey, to be known respectively as the North Jersey Water Supply District and the South Jersey Water Supply District.  March 16, 1916.

1916 An Act authorizing the appointment of district boards of water supply commissioners in the water supply districts created by an act entitled "An act to create two water supply districts in the State of New Jersey, to be known respectively as the North Jersey Water Supply District and the South Jersey Water Supply District," and defining the powers, duties, terms of office, and compensation of such commissioners ; and providing for the obtaining, maintenance and operation of water supplies or new or additional water supplies by said commissioners as agents of and by contract with municipal and other corporations in their respective water districts, and further providing for the raising, collecting and expenditure of the moneys necessary therefor.  March 16, 1916.

1919 An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to create two water supply districts in the State of New Jersey, to be known respectively as the North Jersey Water Supply District and the South Jersey Water Supply District," approved March sixteenth, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.  April 2, 1919.

1971 "The Politics of Water Supply in Northern New Jersey:  Regional and Institutional Cleavages in a Metropolitan Area," Joseph Anthony Miri, Political Science doctoral dissertation, Rutgers University.

1989 "New Jersey Corporate Chartermongering, 1875-1929," by Christopher Grandy, The Journal of Economic History 49(3):677-692 (September, 1989)

2007 "The Historical Race Competition for Corporate Charters and the Rise and Decline of New Jersey: 1880-1910," by Charles N. Yanblon, Journal of Corporation Law 32(2):323-380 (Winter, 2007)

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