This Day in History: 1949-11-26
A petition was filed with Clerk Ray Dator for a referendum on the purchase of the Mahwah Water Company by the TWP. This has been approved by the Board on October 20th and the filing just met the 30 day deadline for such an application. The petition reputed to contain 181 signatures, was presented by John S. Ralston. A spokesperson for the petitioners said they presented the petition not because they opposed the purchase, but because they believed that the board had not given a full enough explanation of the issues to the public. The request was passed on to the Bergen County Board of Elections with a request for the earliest possible date for the voting. It would merely indicate, whether voters approved of the resolution passed on October 20th. before the vote took place Township Attorney John J. Warhol Jr. promised, that a complete report of the status and finances of the company and the complete text of the ordinance would be distributed to voters. (Bristow)