Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1882-04-27

Supplement to an act entitled " An act exempting
hremen from taxation" approved March twenty
fourth, one thousand eight hundred and eighty
l. Be it enacted by the Senate and General As
se;nby Of the State of New Jersey, That the first
section of the act entitled An act exempting fire.
hen from taxation, approved March twenty-fourth
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, shall
be and is hereby amended that the said section
shsli read rs follows
!. Be it enacted by the Senate and General As
semby OF the State of New Jersey, That all mem
pers OF an organized volunteer other fire depart
lnent or salvage corps organized under the laws Of
this state, OF any town, city borough or township
OF THIS state, organized independent volunteer
sire Department. working under special or general
law of this state. incorporating said fire depart
ment, or organized under the control Of any town
committee, common council or municipal corpora
non, which are now or may hereafter be established,
shall be exempt from the payment Of taxes to said
town, township, city and borough, to the extent
and IN the manner following, to witt if the sum, at
any one time, assessed by any assessor upon any
member of said fire department, shall not exceed
the sum of five dollars, then such member shall be
exempt from the payment of taxes upon such as
sessment if the sum- at any time, exceeds the sum
OF 1--WE dollars assessed against any member, then
such member shall have credit for the sum of five
collars on the amount assessed against such mem-
Der, and the amount over and above the said five
dollars shall be paid by said member, or collected
IN the same way and manner as directed for the col
2 And be it enacted, That section two Of the act
to which this is supplement, be amended to read
as follows:
q And be it enacted, That each fire department
that is now organized that is hereafter organized,
shall cause to be established fire district, the
territorial boundaries of which shall be specified in
detailed description defining the aforesaid bound
ary line; provided that where fire departments are
within three t miles of each other they shall each
appoint two (2) commissioners, the said commits
sioners to appoint day Of meeting and at the
said meeting they shall determine on boundary
line between the aforesaid fire departments the de-
cIslon OF said commission shall be final and conclu-
sive the expenses of aforesaid commissioners to be
betrayed BY their respective fire departments, and
the aforesaid fire department shall forthwith file the
aforesaid descrptionsof the boundary lines Of their
fire district with the clerk of each town, township,
city or borough, in which the aforesaid boundary
lines shall exist, and on or before the first day Of
June Of each year hereafter following the passage of
this act, the aforesaid fire department shall
also file with the aforesaid clerk list Of the
ment residents of aforesaid fire district; and pro
vided. If the aforesaid boundary line Of aforesaid
fire district shall extend beyond the jurisdiction
OF the town, city, township or borough where the
aforesaid fire department is incorporated such
member or members residing within the limits of
said fire district and assessed therein shall be en-
titled to receive all the rights, privileges and benefits
heretofore mentioned, from the town, township
city or borough in which they shall reside and
assessed; and provided further, that no part or
parts of this act shall be construed as to impair or
in anywise affect the rights of any member of vol
.unteer fire department of receiving the full amount
of aforesaid exceptions, they having complied with
all the provisions Of this aforesaid act the certificate
of the PRESIDENT or N the absence or inability Of the
president, Of the vice-presdent, countersigned by
the secretary Of the fire department Of which the
aforesaid member is contributing member thereof
shall be sufficient voucher and authority for the
assessor collector of any town, township, city
borough to deduct the of five dollars from the
aforesaid assessment as heretofore mentioned In
section one % Of this act; and provided further,
that II the aforesaid certificate shall be recepted by
the aforesaid collector of taxes, when presented
tpshm as lakes paid by any of the aforesaid mem
bers as hereinbefore provided for.
3. And be it enacted Tint all acts parts Of acts,
inconsistent with provisions Of this act be and
the same are hereby repealed, and that this act
shall take effect Immediately.
Approved March 9. 1857.