CHAPTER XVIII 



THE COLONY INCORPORATES 



/ TpHE matter of taxation and of the control of the 

 * schools was the one nearest to the hearts of the 

 people of Woodbine, and it was deemed necessary to 

 face it firmly. My husband knew that Dennis Town- 

 ship was not treating Woodbine fairly in regard to 

 these two important questions. He therefore felt that 

 the Legislature might be induced to grant Woodbine a 

 charter of incorporation on an appeal for justice in 

 these two matters. 



We wished to enlarge our schools as we had over 

 three hundred children at the time but representa- 

 tives of the School Board of Dennis Township, the 

 section which would have to share the expense of the 

 buildings and upkeep of the schools, raised an outcry. 

 They would not share the expenses, and the dark 

 forces of Woodbine joined with them. Besides this, 

 my husband showed the Legislature that Woodbine did 

 not have an active voice on the Board of Assessors, 

 and that they were taxed out of proportion to other 

 places in the Township. The legislators were rightly 

 impressed by the petition, and a bill, giving Woodbine 

 a separate political identity, was passed on March 3, 



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