The news., 1882-03-09


each of said assessments, they shall set
down in writing the name of the person
or persons to be assessed; also such a de-
scription of the property on account of
which said assessment shall be made as
will be sufficient to identify it; they shall
likewise set down the amount of the ben
eft in their judgment done such property,
being the amount for which the owner or
ners.thereofshall be assessed; provided,
that the said town meeting of said town
ship, or any subsequent town meeting,
may resolve that no property owner on
the street or streets, road or roads, or part
or parts thereof to be paved or macadam-
lied. shIll pay more, in any event, than
certain proportion of the actual cost of
the pavement laid in front of the prop
erty of said owner and extending into the
street or road as far as the middle of the
same; in which case the action of the
township committee, in making said as
sessment, shall be controlled by said res
olution in all cases where the amount of
aatual benefit conferred would, in their
judgment. exceed the proportion estab-
.'ished by said resolution; and provided,
further, that in no case shall an assess
ment for bene Cts accruing to any proper
ty owner on said street or streets, road or
roads, or part or paris thereof exceed one
half Of the net expenses If paving or ma
cadamizing said street or streets, road or
roads, or part or parts thereof, before the
property on account of which said as
sessInent shall be made.
s. And be IL enacted, That the town
ship committee shall be entitled 10 receive
the sum of twenty-five cents for everv
separate property on account of which
they shall make an assessment for paving
in accordance with the term of this act.
9. And be it enacted, That said township
committee shall have power to cause the
said street or streets, road or roads, or
part or parts thereof, to be curbed, or
70 cause the curb which may already be
laid TO be relaid in accordance with the
provisions of this act, and to make all
contracts which shall be advisable in the
discretion of said committee for said pur-
pose; and all such contracts made in
accordance with said terms, and none
others, shall be binding on the township
OF which the members of the said COM
mittee shall be officers.
10. And be IL enacted, That the said
committee shall assess the amount of the
expenses of laying or relaying the said
curbing, against the same persons and in
the same manner as is hereinbefore pro-
vided in the case of paving; provided,
always, that said township committee
shall receive the sum of fifteen cents for
every separate property on account of
which they shall make an assessment for
curbing in accordance with the terms of
this act; provided, always, that the whole
Of the amount Of the expenses of laying
or relaying said curbing in front of the
property of raid adjacent property owners,
shall be assessed against said owner or
owners, without any reference to the
amount of benefit which shall or NAV
accrue to said owner or owners by reason
thereof
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H. And be 1t enacted, That at the ex-
piration of two weeks after completing
said assessments for curbing and paving as
aforesaid, and declaring the same COM
pleted by notice to that effect, inserted in
at least one newspaper published in SAID
township, the said township committee
shall make copies Of such assessments az
shall then remain unpaid, under their
hands and seal of said township, and file
the same, fastened together, in the Office
of the clerk Of the county in which said
township shall be situated. e
IL, And be It enacted, That the amounts
assessed in accordance With this act
against the owner or owners of the prem
ises, described in said copies, shall be and
remain full, complete and paramount
lien on said premises. except as herein
after provided. w
IL. And BE- IL enacted, That the clerk
of the said county shall file said copies in
his Office, to be and remain matter Of
public record; and further, that said clerk
shall indorse thereon, and on the outside
copy when the same shall be folded face
in, that the same are copies Of unpaid
assessments for improvements made in
the township from which said copies shall
be sent.
"A. And Be it1snactsd, That the said
ccfpmittee shall be entitled to receive for
said copies the sum Of ten cents each fer
every copy of an assessment made on
account Of paving, and q like sum for
every copy Of an assessment made on
account Of curbing, which they shall file.
in accordance with the provisions of this
act; and that the clerk of said county
shall be entitled to receive the sum Of
twenty-five cents, upon the ding of said
copies with him and his endorsement Of
the same.
10. And Be it enacted, That any ASSESS
ment made under this act, which shall
become lien upon any property BY
virtue of the foregoing provisions, may
be collected In the manner in which un-
paid taxes assessed upon real estate may
be collected, under the act ofone thousand
eight hundred and seventy-nine Pam
phiet Laws 1879, page s4O).
16. And be IL enacted, That the amount
of all assessments collected under this act