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

or that this act shall not become aIaw before the
annual election to be held in March. eighteen
hunfTed and eighty five, or for any other reason
sna pe Iawni i4r the mayor and council
at sum not exceeding three-fifths of one per
centum OF the valuation of the real and personal
ceding year; and provided, further, that no town.
snip or other road tax shall be assessed or collected
within the borough.
A. And be it enacted That every ordinance
passed by the council and every resolution of such
council spproPriatng or tending in any way to
tons auditing or directing the payment of bills
or demands together with such bills shall, before
the same or either Of them take effect and within
five days after the passage thereof Sundays ex-
ceptedl, be presented to the mayor if he approves
1t he shall sign IT, If not he shall return the same
within seven days Sundays excepted) after its re-
ceipt by him to The borough clerk with his objec-
tons thereto in writing and the council shall at
their next regular meeting cause the objections TO
be entered at length on their minutes and proceed
to reconsider the same and if two-thirds OF all the
members of the council shall vote to pass the same
II shall take effect; If such ordinance, or resoiu
ton, shall not be so returned by the mayor within
seven days Sundays excepted after he receives it.
then it shall take effect the same as if he shall
nave signed it; provided, that if any resolution or
Dill snail contain more than one distinct section,
clause or item the mayor may approve one or
more thereof and veto the rest.
b. And be 1t enacted. That 1t shall be lawful for
the mayor and council, at any sale of lands for
unpaid taxes or assessments to cause the same to
be purchased lin case of no bidders) in the cor
porate name OF the borough for the use and benefit
OF the borough, and to hold possess and enjoy the
same and the rents and profits thereof, as provided
by law
6. And be it enacted, That when the election for
borough officers falls on the same day as the an-
nual township election, within which such bor-
ough is situate. the polls for the borough election
shall open and close at the same time as the polls
OF such township election.
2. And be it enacted, That the mayor and coun-
Gil Shall have power and authority to provide by
ordinance for the curbing and guttering of any
street, road, avenue or public place, or any part
thereof, within the borough and assess the cost
and expense thereof upon the several lots or
parcels of land and real estate within the borough
specially benefited thereby, and in proportion to
the benefits received by each one of said lots or
parcels OF land and real estate and no lot or parcel
OF land shall be assessed more than benefited,
ana II there be any surplus of such cost and ex-
pense after making the said assessments, then
such surplus shall be borne by the borough at
large and shall be assessed and collected at same
time and in same manner as borough taxes are
assessed and collected and that all such assess
ments made as herein directed, shall be, become
and remain from date of such assessment until
paid, first and paramount lien upon the lands
and real estate so assessed, and that in case any
such assessment shall remain unpaid for the space
of sixty days after the same shall have been SO
assessed, then the mayor and council shall pro-
coed to collect the same, together with interest
from date of assessment, at and after the rate of
ten per cent. per annum. and all costs and ex-
parcels Of land so assessed, in the same manner
and form and to like effect in all things as pre-
scrbed for the sale of lands for unpaid taxes under
and by virtue of an act entitled "A further act
concerning taxes, making the same first lien on
real estate and to authorize sales for the payment
of the same" approved March fourteenth one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine
s. And be it enacted, That the borough clerk
shall have power and authority to take and ad-
minister Oaths affirnations and affidavits in all
borough matters required. with like force and eff
feet in all things as if taken by justice of the
peace and to charge therefor fee Of ten cents for
his own use. r4r -r-+1 s.FF ri r4sr
9. And be it enacted That such warrants or
other process as the mayor may lawfully issue
may be legally served or executed throughout the
county within which the borough is situate and
may be served or executed in other counties in
like manner as warrants of justices of the peace
now are. Isl 1854 llfl -a l-fai4
TO- And be it enacted, That the assessor shall
assess all taxes to be by him levied and assessed
within the borough in q separate and distinct tax
duplicate from township taxes, the same to be
provided as other duplicates now are.
H. And be it enacted, That the election of the
first officers of boroughs incorporated under the
act to which this is further supplement may be
held on any Tuesday after two weeks from the
date of filing of the certificate of the result of the
election referred to in section three of said act
H. And be it enacted, That all acts and parts
of acts, both general and special inconsistent
with the provisions of this act be and the same
are hereby repealed.
-. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect Immediately.
Passed March II, 1885.