{"id":4213,"date":"2020-02-13T18:06:12","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T18:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teanecktoday.com\/blog\/?p=4213"},"modified":"2020-02-13T18:08:04","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T18:08:04","slug":"otd-in-1895-secession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teanecktoday.com\/blog\/teaneck\/otd-in-1895-secession\/","title":{"rendered":"OTD in 1895: Secession"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>125 years ago today, on February 13, 1895, <a href=\"https:\/\/teanecklibrary.org\/historical-sketch-of-teaneck\/\">&#8220;Teaneck, dissatisfied with an administration which permitted \u201ctaxation without benefit\u201d took advantage of an Act of Legislature to \u201csecede.\u201d&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The first officers were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Township Clerk, Frank S. De Ronde, 1895-98, John Ackerman, 1898-1901<\/li>\n<li>Township Committee, William Bennett, 1895-98, Peter I. Ackerman, 1895-97, Henry J. Brinkerhoff, 1895-96<\/li>\n<li>Freeholder, John J. 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Most of the Township was then part of Englewood and &#8220;Englewood,&#8221; says an old account, &#8220;had a drainage problem.&#8221;\u00a0 The people of the Teaneck section, mostly farmers and such wealthy landowners as the Phelps, sympathized with the Englewood city Fathers, but they couldn&#8217;t see their tax dollars going where they were receiving no benefit, so they decided to separate.\u00a0 <strong>The act of secession was finally passed by the Legislature on February 13, 1895 <\/strong>(emphasis added).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<!-- Generated using Document Gallery. 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