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25-817: Opened in 1968 as the Ocean County Air-Park, the airport is named after Ocean County Freeholder Robert J. Miller, who worked to expand the airport while in office. Miller died in 1969 in an accident that occurred at the airport; it was named after him in 1970. This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation airport. The airport covers an area of 822 acres (333 ha ) at an elevation of 86 feet (26 m) above mean sea level . It has two asphalt runways designated 6/24 (measuring 5,950 by 100 feet or 1,814 x 30 m) and 14/32 (measuring 3,599 by 75 feet or 1,097 x 23 m). It also has

50-529: A Board of County Commissioners (until 2020 named the Board of Chosen Freeholders ) is the elected county-wide government board in each of the state's 21 counties . In the five counties that have an elected county executive, the board of county commissioners serves as the county legislature. In the remaining counties, the board of county commissioners exercises both executive and legislative functions, often with an appointed county administrator or manager overseeing

75-554: A helipad designated H1 (measuring 100 by 100 feet or 30 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending October 31, 2022, the airport had 38,550 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 106 per day. At that time there were 64 aircraft based at this airport: 53 single- engine , 8 multi-engine, 1 jet, and 2 helicopter. This article about an airport in New Jersey is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Board of Chosen Freeholders In New Jersey ,

100-411: A resolution at its August 20 meeting. On August 21, 2020, "amid a national reckoning to reexamine vestiges of structural racism ," Governor Murphy signed Senate Bill 855, which changed the name of county governing bodies and mandates updates to website, letterhead, stationery, and other materials. Lt. Governor Sheila Oliver , an African-American woman who was once a freeholder herself, said that

125-416: Is a directly elected county executive who performs the executive functions while the board of county commissioner retains a legislative and oversight role. In counties without an executive, a county administrator (or county manager ) may be hired to perform the day-to-day administration of county functions. All of the above attributes may be changed by act of the board, and referendum, or explicit change of

150-529: Is a government-run (usually by a county or municipality ) facility to support and provide housing for the dependent or needy. In England , Wales and Ireland (but not in Scotland ), " workhouse " has been the more common term. Before the introduction of the Poor Laws , each parish would maintain its own workhouse; often these would be simple farms with the occupants dividing their time between working

175-488: Is officially used. Depending on the county, the executive and legislative functions may be performed by the board, or split between commissioners and other county officials. In some counties, members of the board of county commissioner perform both legislative and executive functions on a commission basis, with each county commissioner assigned responsibility for a department or group of departments. In other counties ( Atlantic , Bergen , Essex , Hudson , and Mercer ), there

200-634: The Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 : The United Kingdom passed this act to attempt to cut expenditure on those in poverty, reduce the number of beggars on the street, and inspire lower-class people to work harder in order to better provide for themselves. In the United States , poorhouses were most common during the 19th and early 20th centuries. They were often situated on the grounds of a poor farm on which able-bodied residents were required to work. A poorhouse could even be part of

225-813: The Benefit of the Indigent Insane by Franklin Pierce , the federal government did not participate in social welfare for over 70 years. The poor farms declined in the U.S. after the Social Security Act took effect in 1935, with most disappearing completely by about 1950. Since the 1970s, funding for the care, well-being and safety of the poor and indigent is now split among county, state and federal resources. Poor farms have been replaced by subsidized housing such as public housing projects , Section 8 housing and homeless shelters . In Canada ,

250-775: The Majority of Voices, choose two Freeholders for every such Town and Precinct for the ensuing Year ; which county commissioners so chosen, or the major Part of them, together with all the Justices of Peace of each respective County, or any three of them (one whereof being of the Quorum) shall meet together… [for the purpose of taking actions related to the construction and maintenance of county courthouses and jails]. The term "freeholder" as originally used in "Board of Chosen Freeholders" originally referred to individuals who owned land (as opposed to leasing it) in an amount set by law, and

275-441: The chosen freeholders together were now performed by the freeholders alone. These included the authority to build and maintain jails, court houses, and bridges. The Chosen freeholders were also now given the authority to build and operate poor houses . Current state law specifies that the boards may contain from three to nine seats. Due to the small sizes of the boards and the possibility of electing an exactly split legislature with

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300-410: The county courthouse, jail, and other public buildings. These bodies were styled as the "Board of Justices and chosen Freeholders" of each respective county. A law that was passed on February 13, 1798, reincorporated the chosen freeholders into bodies that were named "The Board of Chosen Freeholders" of their respective counties. Under the new law, the functions previously performed by the justices and

325-468: The county in which they claim a vote for twelve months immediately preceding the election, shall be entitled to vote for Representatives in Council and Assembly; and also for all other public officers, that shall be elected by the people of the county at large. On March 3, 1786, a law was passed that incorporated the justices and chosen freeholders of each county as a body politic for the purpose of owning

350-580: The day-to-day operations of county government. As of 2024 , 18 of the 21 county commissions are held exclusively by one party; Atlantic, Gloucester, and Passaic counties are the only ones with both parties represented. Since 2000, 12 counties have only elected members from a single party; Camden, Essex, Hudson, Mercer, Middlesex, and Union counties have chosen only Democrats, and Cape May, Hunterdon, Morris, Ocean, Sussex, and Warren counties have chosen only Republicans. New Jersey's former system of naming its county legislative bodies "boards of chosen freeholders"

375-452: The extent that their health would allow, both in the fields and in providing housekeeping and care for other residents. Rules were strict and accommodations minimal. Poor farms were based on the U.S. tradition of county governments (rather than cities, townships, or state or federal governments) providing social services for the needy within their borders. Following the 1854 veto of the Bill for

400-645: The farm and being employed on maintaining local roads and other parish works. An example of one such is Strand House in East Sussex. In the early Victorian era (see Poor Law ), poverty was seen as a dishonourable state. As depicted by Charles Dickens , a workhouse could resemble a reformatory , often housing whole families, or a penal labour regime giving manual work to the indigent and subjecting them to physical punishment . At many workhouses, men and women were split up with no communication between them. Furthermore, these workhouse systems were instituted under

425-435: The inevitably resulting deadlock , an odd-numbered board is required under the same law. The means of election of the county commissioners vary, from all elected in districts, to all elected at large, to various systems in between. Elections are first past the post for single-member districts, as well as at-large elections when only one seat is at stake. For at-large elections with more than one seat, plurality-at-large voting

450-605: The poorhouse, with an attached farm, was the favoured model. According to a 2009 report by the Toronto Star , "pauperism was considered a moral failing that could be erased through order and hard work". The oldest government-supported facility of this type that is still standing (now a museum), is located in the Southwestern-Ontarian hamlet of Aboyne between the larger, nearby communities of Fergus and Elora . The Wellington County House of Industry and Refuge

475-561: The relevant laws by the New Jersey Legislature . The term "freeholder," which is used in no other state, had been criticized as a archaic remitment of the time when only property owners could be elected, which led to white men controlling political power at a time when women and black people were unable to own property on their own. In early July 2020, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy reached an agreement with Democratic leaders in both state legislative chambers under which

500-539: The same economic complex as a prison farm and other penal or charitable public institutions. Poor farms were county - or town-run residences where paupers (mainly elderly and disabled people) were supported at public expense. They were generally under the direction of one or more elected or appointed "Superintendent[s] of the Poor." Most were working farms that produced at least some of the produce, grain, and livestock they consumed. Residents were expected to provide labor to

525-446: The term "freeholder" would be eliminated and replaced with "county commissioner". On July 14, 2020, Burlington County Freeholder Director Felicia Hopson called for "eliminating an antiquated title from an era when slavery and racism was tolerated" and announced plans for Burlington County to stop using the "freeholder" title on official communications and materials. The board planned to replace the title with "county commissioner" by passing

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550-552: The term "refers to a time when only white male landowners could hold public office." The legislation took effect on January 1, 2021, and requires compliance within "one year of the bill’s effective date" or January 1, 2022. All county commissioners are elected to three-year terms, while the Atlantic/Bergen/Essex/Hudson/Mercer County Executives are elected to four-year terms. Poor houses A poorhouse or workhouse

575-413: Was derived from the term freehold . "Chosen" means elected . The New Jersey State Constitution of 1776, contained the following voter qualification provisions applicable to those voting in New Jersey elections, including county freeholder elections: That all inhabitants of this Colony, of full age , who are worth fifty pounds proclamation money, clear estate in the same , and have resided within

600-507: Was opened in 1877 and, over the years, housed approximately 1500 deserving poor, including those who were destitute, old and infirm, or disabled. The 60-bed house for inmates was surrounded by a 30-acre industrial farm with a barn for livestock that produced some of the food for the 70 residents and the staff and also provided work for them. Others worked in the House itself. A hospital was added in 1892. The nearby cemetery has 271 plots. In 1947,

625-710: Was unique in the United States. The origin of the name can be traced back to a law passed by the General Assembly of the Province of New Jersey on February 28, 1713/14, which stated: That the Inhabitants of each Town and Precinct, within each County, shall assemble and meet together on the second Tuesday in March yearly and every Year, at the most publick Place of each respective Town and Precinct, and, by

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