Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-05-12
CHAPTER ccxx111.

supplement to an act entitled :" An act con-
corning bridges and turnpikes,D approved
March twelfth, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-eight.
/. Be it enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That
whenever any turnpike OF other public road or
any part thereof, in any county of this state,
shall have been purchased and acquired, the
same SO far as it lies in any township of said
county, SHALL at the cost and expense of the
said township, and not at the cost and expense
of the said county, be graded, regulated, work
ed, repaired, maintained and kept up, and if
deemed necessary or proper by the Inhabitants
Of said township, the same or some portion
thereof shall be macadamized, and such grad
ing, regulating working, repairing, maintain
ing keeping up and macadamizing shall be
done bv such person or persons as may for that
purpose be employed by the town committee of
said township, and in such manner as said town
committee shall order and direct; and the
amount of money necessary for paying the cost
and defraying the expense aforesaid shall be de-
termined by the inhabitants of said township in
the same manner in which they now are or
hereafter may be authorized by law to deter
mine the amounts to be expended for township
purp scs, and shall be raised by taxation in
the same manner as other township taxes.
2. And be it enacted, That if such road, or
any part thereof, SO as aforesaid purchased and
acquired shall form the division line between
two OF more townships in any county of this
state, and if specific portions thereof shall have
been allotted or assigned, in such manner as
may be authorized by law, to the said townships
respectively, to be by them graded, regulated,
worked, repaired, maintained, kept up and ma
cadamized, the amount SO as aforesaid to be
raised in any township shall be wholly expended
on that portion of said road so as aforesaid al
lotted or assigned to said township; and the in
habitants of said township shall in no case be
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working, repairing, keeping up or macadamiz-
ing, any portion of said road not allotted or as
signed to said township as aforesaid, although
some part thereof may lie within the boundary
line Of said township; but therefor, the inhabi-
tants of the township to which any portion of
said road shall have been allotted or assigned
as aforesaid, shall alone be responsible, al
though some part thereof may lie within the
boundary line of said township.
8. And be it enacted, That at every annual
election of township officers, in any township
required by the provisions of this act to grade,
regulate, work, repair, maintain, keep up or
macadanize such road or any part thereof -
as aforesaid purchased and acquired, tie
amount of money so as aforesaid to be exDend-
ed thereon, and also that portion OF said
amount to be expended in macadamizing the
same, if any, shall be specified on the ballots
and be voted for and be determined on a can
vass of the votes, as other amounts to be raised
for township purposes are by law determined.
A. And be it enacted, That if, for any reason
the amount so to be expended on such road as
aforesaid by such township, shall not have been
voted for and determined at such annual cleo
ton, the town committee of such township NAV
at their discretion resolve that town meeting
be held for the purpose of determining the
amount to be raised for expenditure on said
road, and the portions thereof to be expended
in macadamizing the same and notice thereof
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thereof, shall be giyen and the same shall be
held and conducted in the manner required by
law in other cases of special town meetings
5. And be it enacted, That said amount to be
expended on said road by said township, shall
be assess a and collected by the assessor and
collector, or other proper officer or officers Of
said township, in the manner and at the time
prescribed by law for the assessment and col
lection of other township taxes, and for assess
ing and collecting the same such officers shall
each receive, as additional compensation, fees
equal to the one-half part of such fees as they
may by law be authorized to receive for the as
sessment and collection of state and county
taxes.
6. And be it enacted, That the act entitled
A supplement to an act entitled An act con
cerning bridges and turnpikes, . approved
March twelfth, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-eight, which supplement was approved
March fourteenth, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-nine and the act entitled 60 A SUD-
plement to an act entitled Supplement to an act
concerning bridges and turnpikes, 2 approved
March fourteenth, one Thousand eight hundred
and seventy-nine, which supplement was ap-
proved March fourth, one thousand eight hun
dred and eighty, be and the same are hereby
repealed.
4. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect Immediately.
Approved March rs, 1881.