Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-06-18
a n ORDNANCE to provide for the apo

A ORDINANCE to provide for the appor-
N tonment Of assessments for local improve
mentS
BE it ordained by the Mayor and City Council of
the city OF Elizabeth:
Section l. That the City Surveyor is hereby
thorzed and directed, upon the request OF any per-
son Interested in any lot OF land, or i'll any part
thereof, laid down on any map made Tor the pur-
pose of making any assessment of the costs, dam
ages and expenses of any local improvement, to
divide such lot into two more subdivisions upon
the said map in such manner that such subdivi-
sons. and also the original lot, shall distinctly ap-
pear the said map and to designate such subdi-
visions by suitable figures, letters other char
acters; and thereupon to apportlon the amount of
the assessment which is lien upon the said orig
inal lot TO, among and upon the said several subdi-
visions thereof in such proportion shall to him
seem just and proper; and upon making such divi-
sion and apportionment, it shall be his duty to
certify the same to the City Treasurer.
Section .. That the City Treasurer is hereby
authorized and directed, upon receiving from the
City Surveyor the apportionment made as afore-
said, to enter the same, or proper and sufficient
abstract thereof i'll the record of such assessment
in his Office, in such manner that sucN subdivis-
ions and the amount apportioned to each thereof
shall distinctly appear in such record.
Section 3. Thatupon such apportionment having
been made as aforesaid, the amount apportioned to
each of the said subdivisions respectively, with all
interest thereon, shall continue and remain lien
upon such subdivisions respectively until the said
amount with the interest and all costs and eXpen-
ses thereon shah be fully paid, or until the said
subdivisions shall be sold for the non-payment
thereof and in case the amount so apportoned to
any such subdivision, with the interest costs and
expenses thereon shall not be paid, it shall be law
full for the City Treasurer to sell the said subdivi
sion in the manner provided by the city charter
and ordinances, separately and apart from the
other subdivisions of the said original lot to collect
the amount apportioned to such subdivision with
the interest, costs and expenses as aforesaid and
that upon the amount so apportioned to and upon
any subdivision being paid with the interest, costs
and expenses aforesaid, the City Treasurer shall
alter memorandum of such payment in the re-
cord of assessments opposite the entry of such APP
portionment, and shall give to the person paying
the proper receipt, specifying the amount
paid, the nature of the improvement for which
the assessment was made, the number or other de-
signation of the subdivision upon which such
amount was lien, and such other matters as shall
be proper: and upon such payment being made,
the said subdivision shall be freed and discharged
from all lien and claim for account of the
said assessment.
Section L. That nothing contained in this ordi-
nance shall be construed to discharge the person
persons, assessed as the owner owners of such
original lot at the time such assessment was made
from any personal liability, or from any personal
action against him, for the amount of the said az
sessment, upon the whole of such original lot
much thereof as shall remain unpaid.
Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect imme-
mediately.
Passed June g. 1859.
J. T. WILEY, President OF City Council.
J. SEIPIE. City Clerk.
Approved juno g. 1869
i15'2w PHI II. GRIER Mayor.