238 SHADE-TREES IN TOWNS AND CITIES 



of shade-trees on the highways of the municipaHties 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, 



