Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 5:5-86

  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
The Legislature finds and declares that measures are required to improve the breeding of horses and the development of the horse industry in this State and for that purpose to provide additional funds from which purses payable to the owners of winning horses may be increased so that New Jersey tracks may attract the better grade of horses and have available through New Jersey breeding an adequate number of high-quality horses for their race meetings, and to encourage the retention in this State of contending horses to meet the growing demand for horses at race tracks.

L.1967, c. 40, s. 1, eff. April 28, 1967.