Bayard Hilton Faulkner (July 19, 1894 – November 1983) was

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, and chairman of the 1950 Commission on Municipal Government. The legislation crafted by this commission to update and reform New Jersey's municipal law is commonly called the Faulkner Act, named in his honor.

Biography

He was born on July 19, 1894, in

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, to Hilton S. Faulkner and Nellie L. Herreman. After moving in 1900 to

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, with his family, he graduated from William L. Dickinson High School in 1911 and then from

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."Former Mayor Faulkner Dies"
''The Montclair Times'', November 17, 1983. Accessed February 26, 2023, via

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. "Mr. Faulkner was born July 19, 1894 in Bucklin, Mo., but his family moved in 1900 to Jersey City. He was graduated from Dickinson High School in Jersey City in 1911 and from New York University, where he received a bachelor of commercial science degree, cum laude." As chairman of the 1950 Commission on Municipal Government, he was responsible for drafting what became the Optional Municipal Charter Law, which provides New Jersey

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with a variety of additional models of local government, beyond the traditional forms (

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and

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), and the two reform-era forms (

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and the

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). He died in November 1983. Faulkner was buried in Mount Hebron Cemetery, Montclair, New Jersey.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Faulkner, Bayard H. 1894 births 1983 deaths 20th-century mayors of places in New Jersey Mayors of Montclair, New Jersey New York University alumni Politicians from Jersey City, New Jersey People from Linn County, Missouri William L. Dickinson High School alumni Burials at Mount Hebron Cemetery (Montclair, New Jersey)