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p. <e , TH.eHer.u.nJ'mMiBWii muiwuay, upBiiiwui. iww Sludgr Plant Hearing Dec. 2 Mue Law Loophole Qosed |»y Voters ^thr^^Droomfd ^TV heariiw li on lhr OCEAN CITY - Voters week) was 3J53 for the on Sunday and donaUng The matter became sludge treatment plant permit applicaUon of the here by a W margin ap- question, 2,«6I opposed. profit toeharlty. issue after a lo north of the .lersey Cape county Municipal utilities proved a local referendum THE l,AW supposedly Harquei dub wtiTbe held Authority for design of the to do away with charitable While the effect of the won t have any effect on by thestate Department of sewage Ireatment plant. It exceptions to the Sunday referendum is'somewhat acts of charity customarily Environmental Protection is being held by the Blue luiw The vote (which uncertain, it s intent was conducted on Sundays such at II a m Dec 2 In the Division of Coastal was unavailable to the clear-to preclude mer- as church baiaare and courtroom al City Hall Resources of the DEP Herald at press time last chants from doing business door-todoor collections

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iir* maucr urcame an issue after a local businessman Joseph Harris who is challenging the local Blue Law, opened his miniature golf course over the summer, reportedly donating $10,000 to the N. J. Foundation for the

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tedly donating $10,000 to the N. J. Foundation for the Blind and absorbing the coats of operation. Since then, other business people were reportedly preparing to follow suit - with the nvrasritinn n t u/ilhKnlrlinrr

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to follow suit - with the exception of withholding some income for charitable

donation.

MR. HARRIS successfully litigated in state court, and the city council responded to the Superior Court ruling by putting the proposed amendment to the Blue Law to block the charitable exceptions loophole up for public referendum in last week’s election. Harris has another suit pending in federal court challenging the blue law as

discriminatory.

Most sales, with exceptions such as prepa fowl and real est

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ceptions such as prepared food and real estate transactions and the customary charities, are

transactions and th customary charities, ar prohibited by Ocean City’

blue Law.

WHETHER PASSAGE of . the amendment will effectively prohibit the use for-fee of municipal facilities on Sunday, such as the tennis courts, is questionable, although some have said such municipal activities and events are unaffected. The amended Blue Law prohibits acts of charity i normally conducted

Sunday.

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