EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 3

WHEREAS, Executive Order No.2, bearing date of the fourtenth of March, 1947, and signed by me, did direct the Commissioner of Labor of the State of New Jersey, Harry C. Harper, to take possession of the plant, equipment and facilities of the County Gas Company, Lincoln Avenue, Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, and such part or parts of such plant and facilities as may be necessary for the purpose of continuing the operation of said plant so as to continue the manufacture and distribution of commercial gas to the public without interruption; and

WHEREAS, the said Executive Order,as aforesaid, was issued by me because a strike had been called at the above mentioned plant by the employees thereof, acting through their duly elected representtaives, chosen for the purpose of collective bargaining, which representatives had petitioned me to excerise the power granted to me by law to seize and operate said plant, and

WHEREAS, the employees and the employer engaged in the operation of this utility have as a result of collective bargaining arrived at an understanding satisfactory to both prties and have agreed to the same in writing, as a result of which the labor dispute which caused said strike has been and is now settled.