Local government in New Jersey
GPTKB entity
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:local_government
|
| gptkbp:county |
21
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| gptkbp:countyGovernmentIncludes |
gptkb:Board_of_County_Commissioners
Sheriff Clerk Surrogate Prosecutor County Executive (in some counties) |
| gptkbp:establishedIn |
colonial era
|
| gptkbp:existsIn |
gptkb:New_Jersey
|
| gptkbp:features |
large number of small municipalities
multiple forms of municipal government overlapping jurisdictions |
| gptkbp:governedBy |
New Jersey State Constitution
New Jersey statutes |
| gptkbp:governmentType |
gptkb:Faulkner_Act
gptkb:Walsh_Act Commission form Special Charter Traditional forms |
| gptkbp:hasElectedOfficial |
gptkb:Mayor
commissioners council members freeholders (now county commissioners) |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Local government in New Jersey
|
| gptkbp:includes |
municipalities
counties |
| gptkbp:municipalitiesMay |
adopt different forms of government
hold referenda to change government form |
| gptkbp:municipality |
564
|
| gptkbp:oversees |
gptkb:New_Jersey_Department_of_Community_Affairs
|
| gptkbp:reformed |
Faulkner Act of 1950
|
| gptkbp:responsibleFor |
public safety
public works tax collection zoning local ordinances education (in some cases) |
| gptkbp:subjectOf |
New Jersey Local Government Deskbook
New Jersey State League of Municipalities |
| gptkbp:typesOfMunicipalities |
gptkb:borough
gptkb:city gptkb:town gptkb:village Town |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Township_form_(New_Jersey)
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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