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

Further Supplement to an act entitled IAN act
for the formation of borough governments"
approved April fifth, one thousand eight hun
bred and seventy-eight. .e ~
l. Be it enacted by the Senate and General AS
sembly Of the State of New Jersey, That section
three of a supplement to the act entitled can act
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thousand eight hundred and eighty three, be
amended so as to read as follows: -.
g. And be 1t enacted, That the mayor and
council of boroughs organized under the act to
which this Is o supplement, shall have power and
authority to provide by ordinance (either general
SPeca G1 rssyng repairing
streets roads, avenues or public places in general
use within the borough, or which are or may be
laid out upon any map of lands therein, at the
cost and expense Of the owner or owners of the
lands in front of which the same may be so con-
structed relaid or repaired provided that all such
or owners at least thirty days time Within which
to perform the work required thereby, and that
written notice of the required work be sent to
such owners by mail. if their post Office address
be known If not known, then by posting srch
notice on the premises affected thereby. or leaving
the same with any occupant thereo, or by personal
service If resident of borough"
2. And be it enacted That the mayor and coun.
Gil shall keep an itemized account of the cost and
expense of the work performed by them as con-
templated in the last preceding section of this
act in front of each lot or tract Of land and shall
either assess the same upon the lands in front of
which such work was done, or may sue for the
action of debt, certify the said cost and expense
together with short description of the lot, or
tract of land in front of which the work was
done. on or before August first in each year, to the
assessor of taxes within the borough. who shall
assess the same upon the lands so described under
name Of Sidewalk assessments" at the same time
and in same manner as general taxes for that year
which when so assessed shall be and become q
first lien on such lands, and be collected at same
time and in same manner as such other tax
8. And be it enacted That the legal voters of
boroughs incorporated under the act to which
this Is a further supplement shall annually by
vote upon the same ballot used In voting for
mayor and councilmen, designate an amount of
money to be raised by taxation upon the real and
personal property within the borough for the pur-
pose of working permanently improving. macad-
amiztng, repairing and keeping In repair the
accepted streets, roads avenues and public places
therein and the laying. repairing and keeping in
repair all necessary street crossings In the borough
and the sum of money receiving the greatest num-
Der of votes at any such election shall be the sum
of money to be raised for the Aforesaid purposes
within the borough, and the result shall be certi-
fed upon the returns of said election and the sum
of money so voted shall be assessed and collected
at same time and in same manner as other borough
tax under the name of road tax, " and the money
so raised and collected shall be held by the colec-
tor thereof subject only to the warrant of the
council signed by the mayor and attested by the
borough clerk under the corporate seal; provided
however that in case of failure OF the legal voters
of the borough TO 30 designate the amont Of money
to be raiseosas road tax" BIZ reason Of tie vote