The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1885-05-24

-.,.si rate or taxation Tor county Enc fnunlcipal
purposes as soon the same shall be determ ined,
and such other information obtained In the course
of the performance of the duties of their Office as
the said board shall require of them; and for the
services mentioned in this section the said local
assessors shall receive three dollars per day for
each day actually engaged in such service, to be
paid on the warrant Of the comptroller on an aft
davit of such service being filed in the Office Of
said comptroller"
g. And be it enacted, That section two of the
act to which this is a supplement be and the same
is hereby amended to read as follows:
az. And be It enacted That all property Of any
railroad and of any canal company used for rail-
road or canal purposes shall be assessed by state
board of assessors, which shall consist of four
members, and shall be appointed by the governor,
by and with the advice and consent of the senate;
not more than two shall be members of the same
political party; and no person shall be qualified
or authorized to act as member of said board
unless his appointment shall have been confirmed
by the senate; their term of Office shall com
mence on the first Monday of May; the assessors
first appointed shall be appointed to hold office
respectively for one, two, three and four years,
and until the appointment of a SUCCESSOR all SUBJ
sequent appointments shall be for term of four
years and until the appointment of successor;
vacancies shall be filed by the governor subject
to the approval of the senate; the said assessors
shall be citizens of this state and shall not dur
ing their term of Office, be interested in any rail-
road or canal company; each assessor shall, be-
fore entering his duties, file with the secretary
of state an oath taken before justice of the SUI
preme court that he will faithfully discharge the
any railroad or canal company; they shall each
receive an annual salary of twenty-five hundred
dollars; three members shall constitute quorum
and any official act shall be valid which has the
sanction of three members; they may employ a
secretary. who shall receive such yearly compen-
Bation as the board of assessors may determine
not to exceed eighteen hundred dollars; they
shall keep record of their proceedings and shall
annually report to the legislature; the office of
railroad commissioner is hereby abolished"
A. And be it enacted, That If any corporation
fUh0ea and franchises have bann 0r hal
be valued aud assessed under the provisions of the
act to which this is q supplement, by the state
board of assessors shall pay or cause to be paid to
the treasurer of the state the tax assessed upon
its property nd It's franchises at the times and in
the manner provided by law. or within fifteen days
after the state board of assessors shall have made
and declared their final revision of their valua-
tons and assessments. that neither such payment
nor the lapse of time in making application for
writ of ceriorari shall be considered by any court
Or judge thereof as reason why such corporation
should not be entitled to such writ of certiorari
upon any question adjudicated in favor of any
sessed against it. and that shall bring it's writ Of
eertiorar to review the valuations and assess
ments within the time limited by the act to which
this is a supplement; provided, application for
such question has been finally adjudicated, and
no other questions shall be considered on said
writ
s. And be it enacted, That all corporations who
shall pay the assessed for the use of the state
under the act to which this is supplement- may
pay the same IN equal payments on the hrst days
of February, May, August and fifteenth of Octo-
Der in each year. and if any corporation is in de-
fault as to said payments for ten days. the unpaid
portion of said taxes shall thenceforth bear in
terest at the rate of one per centum for each
month, until paid: provided the privilege of pay
ment by nstallments granted by this section shall
not apply TO any payment required by the court to
be made on granting writ of eertiorari.
g. And be it enacted, That this act shall be SUBJ
ject to amendments. alterations or appeal at the
will of the legislature.
q And be It enacted, That this act shall take
| effect Immediately. aHsfaf
Approved February g. 1885. s.ii vt