238 SHADE-TREES IN TOWNS AND CITIES 



of shade-trees on the highways of the municipalities of the 

 State. Massachusetts, in 1899, passed an act providing that 

 every town must elect a tree warden, and defined the duties 

 and powers of the office. In 1907, Pennsylvania passed a 

 shade-tree law, modeled after the New Jersey Act of 1893 

 and its amendments. The texts of these model laws are 

 given in Chapter XIII. 



New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The laws of New Jersey 

 and Pennsylvania which provide for the establishment of 

 shade-tree commissions are not of general application to all 

 municipalities, but are of local option. They become opera- 

 tive in a town or city only after its adoption by the town or 

 city council. Up to date, thirty-one towns and cities in New 

 Jersey have established shade-tree commissions. These are 

 Allendale, Arlington, Bloomfield, Caldwell, Camden, Chat- 

 ham, East Orange, East Rutherford, Elizabeth, Jersey City, 

 Kearny, Madison, Metuchen, Montclair, Morristown, New- 

 ark, New Brunswick, Nutley, Passaic, Perth Amboy, Plain- 

 field, Point Pleasant, Rahway, Ridgefield, Ridgewood, Roselle, 

 Rutherford, South Orange, Summit, Westfield and Wood- 

 bury. The Pennsylvania statute has been adopted by Am- 

 bridge, Pittsburgh, and Wilkes-Barre. 



The New Jersey act of 1893 was amended in the years 

 of 1905 and 1906. The law of Pennsylvania of 1907 com- 

 bines the act of 1893 of New Jersey and its amendments. 

 Briefly, the provisions of these acts may be summarized as 

 follows : 



When by resolution of the city council it is decided that 

 the law shall become operative in a city, then from that time 

 all matters pertaining to shade-trees are placed in the hands 

 of the respective commissions. All work is carried on in a 

 systematic way and the trees are planted, pruned, sprayed, 



