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

4 supplement to an act entitled can act fol
the Improvement of the sanitary condition Of
cities, !" approved March fourteenth, one thou
sand eight hundred and seventy
l. Be it enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That sec
ion one Of the act to which this is a supple
'ment be and the same is hereby amended to
read as follows:
That whenever petition signed by at least
twenty-five freeholders, residents of any par
ticular city in any county having a county
board of health, stating that any particular
detrimental to the public health by reason Of
insufficient drainage, shall be presented to
such board of health, it shall be the duty OF
such board to forthwith appoint time and
place when and where they will meet to con-
slder said petition; at which time and place
said board shall 80 meet and shall proceed to
the place or district designated in such petit
lion, and carefully inspect and examine the
samc.
g. And be it enacted, That section five Of
the act to which this is a supplement be amend
cd to read as follows:
That the corporate authorities of such city,
in case they shall decide to do the work, shall
advertise for proposals therefor, as in cases OF
other Improvements mado under the charter Of
such city, and shall award the contract or con-
tracts therefor to the lowest responsible bidder
or bidders who will comply with all the require
merts of such authorities; provided, however,
that all bids may be rejected and the work re-
advertised if the public interests shall require.
8. And be it enacted, That section six of the
act to which this is supplement be amended
to read as follows: That the corporate authori-,
ties of such city shall have power to issue GER
tificates of Indebtedness or improvement certif-
Gates to the contractors for such works, or to
raise money to pay for said works, by issuing
and selling registered or coupon bonds, pledg-
ing the credit and property of such city for the
payment thereof, payable in not less than two
nor more than twenty years from the date
thereof, at the discretion of such city authori
ties, with interest not exceeding six per centum
per annum; which bonds shall be advertised
for sale in the official paper or papers of such
city, and such other papers as may be designat-
ed by the corporate authorities, and shall be
sold to the highest bidder; provided, no more
bonds shall be issued than shall be necessary
to raise sufficient money to pay for the works
provided for in this act and such lands as may
be purchased or taken under this act or the act
to which this is supplement- whereon to locate
and place such works; provided further, that
nothing in this act or the act to which this is
supplement shall authorize the incurring of any
bonded or other indebtedness of such city in ex-
cess of ten per cent of the average assessed
valuation OF property in such city for five years
next previous to the time of mourning such debt
or making such improvement.
4. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful
for the civil engineer or engineers appointed by
the corporate authorities of any city to make
plans and specifications for the sewers or other
works or structures mentioned Ill the third sec
ton of the act to which this is q supplement,
ms or their agents and assistants, or others in
their employ, to enter upon all lands or waters
within the place or district so requiring to be
drained as aforesaid thereto for the purpose of
exploring, surveying, leveling and laying out
t1,e and Of
bumps, dykes dams, tide banks, or such other
works as may be necessary to secure sufficient
and proper drainage of such place or district
doing no unnecessary injury to private or other
property, and when the route or routes, or loca-
tion or locations of such necessary works or
structures shall have been determined upon,
AMI survey of such route or routes location
or locations deposited in the Office of the clerk
of such city, then it shall be lawful for the cor
porate authorities of such city, by ordinance, to
authorize the construction of o sewer or sewers
!. the erection of pumps, dykes, dams, tide
banks, and such other works and structures as
may be necessary to secure sufficient and proper
drainage to the place or district requiring to be
drained
s. And be it enacted That it shall be lawful
for the corporate authorities of such city, by
their contractors, workmen and other persons
in their employ, to enter upon, take possession
Of have, hold, use, occupy and cxcayate any
such lands, and to erect such pumps, dykes
dams, tide banks and such other works and
structures and to do ailepther things which
may be suitable and necessary to secure the
sufficient and proper drainage of the place or
district requiring to be drained, subject to such
compensation as is hereinafter directed pro-
vided, always, that the payment, or the tender
of the payment of all damages for the occu-
pancy of the lands through or upon which said
pumps dykes, dams. tide-banks bitches,
eli md Qfh hpr rEe or ctr
lures may be laid out or located be made be-
fore the corporate authorities of such city, or
any person under their direction, or in their
employ, shall enter upon or break ground in
the premises except for the purpose of survey
ing and laying out said dykes, dams, tide
banks, sewers and other works or structures,
unless the consent of the owner or owners OF
such land be first had and. obtained.
6. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful
for the corporate authorities of such city, or
their officers or agents, to contract with the
owners of any land that may be required for
the purpose Of this net for the use and purchase
thereof; and in case they cannot agree with
such owner or owners, or if, by reason of the
absence or legal incapacity of such owner or
owners no such agreement can be made, par
ticular description of the land SO required for
the erection and construction of such pumps,
sewers, dykes, tide-banks and other works and
structures shall be given in writing, under the
oath OF affirmation of some engineer or proper
agent of such CITY. and also. the name or names
Of the occupant or occupants, if known, and
their residences, if the same can be ascertaned,
to anv Justice Of the supreme court. who shall
cause the said CITY authorities to give notice
thereof to the persons interested, if known, and
in this state, or if unknown, or out of this state
to make publication thereof, as he shall direct,
for any term not less than ono week, and not
more than one month"; ana to assign a particu-
4 10 tira,a and r,1aea of the
time and place, upon satisfactory evidence to
him of the service or publication Of such notice
aforesaid, he shall appoint three disinterested
commissioners, freeholders of said county, to
assess the price or value of said land and all