Scott v. Town of Bloomfield

The opinion of the court was delivered

The Town of Bloomfield leased certain municipal property to the Boys’ Club of Bloomfield for 99 years at a rental of one dollar per year. The action was taken in reliance upon N. J. S. A. 40:60 — 45.3. Plaintiffs, taxpayers of the Town, attacked the validity of the lease and the trial court entered summary judgment in their favor on the ground, among others, that the statute was a special law and unconstitutional because the appropriate preenactment public notification (R. S. 1:6-1) required by Art. IV, § 7, par. 8 of our State Constitution was not given.…