Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-05-17
CHAPTER CxLyu.

An Act relating to reassessments In cases where
a former assessment is or has been vacated, not
whole, but as TO one or several prosecutors
only.
sembly of the State OF New Jersey, That in all
cases where an assessment of benefits for local i'm
provement in any city of this state shall have been
or shall be set aside by the supreme court OF the
state not as whole, but only as to the persons
prosecuting such suit, the common council or other
legislative body of such city may appoint three
commissioners, being freeholders and residents
therein whose duty it shall be to ascertain and de-
termne, TO the best of their judgment, the acsual
and peculiar benefit which the property affected by
said suit has received from the said improvement
for which it was originally assessed; and the said
commissioners are hereby authorized and en-
powered to reassess upon the said property an
amount equal to the said benefit; in making such
reassessment the said commissioners shall assess
upon the said property no more than the proper
tionate amount of the costs Of said Improvement
which said property shonld bear in comparison
with other property benefited thereby, and they
shall so in their report but shall not be neces-
sary for said commissioners to set out at length in
said report the amount Of the benefits to any other
properly than that which is affected by their said
2. And Be it enacted, That each of the said COM
missioners, before they enter upon the execution
of the duties required of them, shall severay take
and subscribe oath or affirmation before an Off
Ger authorized TO administer oaths and atiirma-
tons, make the said assessment fairly. legally
and eautably according to the best Of their skill
and understanding; and the said commissioners
shall receive such compensation for their services
as may be nXeQ OY Jhe common Council OF Otner
legislative body.
s. And be it enacted, That before completing
their said assessment, the said commissioners shall
cause notice to be given in the manner now re-
qnred by law in such cases, of the time and place
Of hearing any objections that may be made thereto
and after hearing the same they shall make re-
port of their said assessment to the said common
council or other legislative body; upon the coming
in of any such report, signed by the said commits
sioners, any two of them, the said common coun-
clI or other legislative body may confirm, modify
oNreject the same, in case Of rejection appoint
other commissioners to make said assessment, who
shall proceed in the same manner as herein provided
for commissioners first appointed, and so, from
time to time, until report shall be made or re-
turned which the said common council or other
legislative body shall confirm; the said report,
when so confirmed, shall be final and conclusive as
well upon the said city as upon the owners Of any
land and real estate affected thereby, and the said
assessment shall be first lien upon the property
SO nssessed, and shall be collected and enforced in
all respects as now authorized by law in the city
wherein said assessment is made.
l. And be it enacted, That all acts rparts of acts
inconsistent herewith, are hereby repealed, and
this aet shall be public act, and go into effect i'm
mediately.
Approved March %, 1883.