Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1886-08-12


Assembly of the State Of New Jersey, That
in case any assessment for benefits for any inn
provement shall be made under the provisions
of the act to which this is a supplement, and
the supplement thereto, it shall be the duty of
the township committee Of the township in
which such Improvement shall have been
made, to cause a copy OF the report of the
commissioners making such assessment, duly
certified by the clerk Of the county in which
said township is situate, to be prepared and
delivered to the township collector or receiver
of taxes of such township. who shall enter the
same in a book to be kept in his Office for that
purpose, to be called the book Of assessments
for Improvements and said collector or le-
ceiver of taxes shall give notice for -four weeks
in some newspaper circulating in said town
ship that said report has been delivered to him
and requiring payment on the several sums
assessed against any owners of land and real
estate for such Improvement within sixty days
from and after the confirmation of said report
by the circuit court of said county; and in
case said assessment shall remain unpaid at
the expiration Of sixty days from and after the
first publication OF said notice, the said assess
ment shall draw interest thereupon from and
after that time at the rate Of one per centum
per month: and it shall be the duty of the
collector or receiver of taxes in said township
to proceed forthwith in the collection OF said
assessment by a sale Of the land in respect Of
which such assessment may have been made,
as hereinafter provided.
2. And be it enacted, That the said collector
or receiver of taxes shall thereupon give q
second notice by an advertisement in two
newspapers circulating in said township, that
unless such assessment with interest thereon
as aforesaid, and all costs and fees, shall be
paid to him at his Office within thirty days
after the first publication of the said second
notice, he shall proceed at a certain time and
place therein specifie and between the hours
of one and five o'clock in the afternoon, to
make sale in accordance with the provisions
of this act of the said lands and real estate
whereon the said assessments have been inn
posed or may be lien; and that said second
notice shall contain a brief abstract of said
assessment, showing the names OF the owner
or owners, when known, a brief description of
said lands and real estate and the amount OF
unpaid assessments due thereup0n, and that it
shall be lawful to incorporate more than one
assessment in said notice.
3. And be it enacted That at the time and
place. and between the hours mentioned IN
said notice, the said collector or receiver OF
taxes shall proceed to sell, by public auction,
the several parcels of land and real estate
upon which the said assessment shall remain
due and unpaid for the lowest term Of years
(but in no case exceeding fifty years. for which
any person will take the same and pay the
amount Of such assessment, with the interest
thereon as aforesaid, and all costs and fees,
including the expense of advertisement and
sale that such payment shall be made by the
purchaser before the close Of the sale, and If
not SO made, the said collector or receiver OF
taxes may resell the property or the township
may have its action against the purchaser for
the payment Of the whole amount due, with
the interest thereon aforesaid; that the sale
may be adjourned from time to time, at the
discretion of said collector OF receiver OF taxes
until all the said lands and real estate shall
have been disposed of, and that such parcels
as are not bid for when offered for sale or a
resale, as aforesaid, shall be struck off to the
township for a term of fifty years.
4. And be it enacted, That at or after the
close of the sale the said collector or receiver
of taxes shall make out, under his hand and
seal, and deliver to each purchaser certih-
cate of the sale Of each lot and parcel of said
lands and real estate so purchased by hun;
that such certificate shall contain q short de-
scription of the property, and shall state the
term of years for which it was sold, as well as
the time when the right to redeem the same
viii expire; that such certificate shall also
show the particular assessment under which
the sale was made, together with the amount
thereof, and the amount of interest, costs,
fees and expenses; that such certificate shall
be presumptive evidence of the facts therein
stated, and shall be recorded in the office Of
the township clerk in books to be kept for
the purpose, and that the said certificate may
be assigned, but that no such assignment shall
have any effect until the same shall be re-
corded as aforesaid in the Office of the town
ship clerk, and that no declaration of sale
shall be executed and delivered to such pur-
chaser or assignee, as hereinafter provided,
until the said certificate shall have been can
celed and filed with the township clerk, un-
less the loss or destruction thereof be estab-
ished by affidavit to the satisfaction of the
township committee.
5. And be it enacted, That the collector or
receiver Of taxes shall keep a full and accurate
record in his office Of all his proceedings upon
such sales including statement Of all certifi-
Gates granted and all redemptions of property
sold by him, to which record all persons
claiming to be interested shall have free ac-
cess at all reasonable times.
8. And be it enacted, That if the township
becomes the purchaser Of any lands and real
estate at any such sale, the certificate of sale
shall be assignabie as aforesaid, and all the
other provisions of the act in relation to the
sale shall apply to the township the same as
to any other chaser.
z And be It enacted, That no mortgage on
assignee of any mortgage, whose mortgage or
deed of assignment, as the case may be, shall
have been duly registered before any such
sale for unpaid assessment, shall be divested
of his rights in the property covered by such
mortgage, unless six months notice of such
sale shall have been given to him IN writing
by the purchaser, or by any person claiming
under him; that such notice shall be served
personally upon the said mortgage or assignee
II a resident of said county, or if he be not SO
resident, by being directed to him at his place
of residence, as stated in the mortgage or deed
of assignment and by being deposited in the
postoffice Of said township, and that in the
latter case said notice shall likewise be pub.
hShed for the space of two months in q news
paper published in said township, and that
within one month after such service, or service
and publication of said notice, it shall be the
duty of the person serving or causing the
same to be served, to place in the Office Of the
said collector or receiver of taxes copy Of
said notice, together with affidavit of some
person (yTho shall be certified by the officer
taking the affidavit to be a credible person. as
to the manner of service, or service and pub
hcation thereof
g. And be it enacted, That the owner,
Inortgagee, occupant or amy person having a
legal or equitable interest in any lands and
real estate sold as aforesaid, may redeem, the
same at any time within three years there
after, by paying to the collector or receiver of
taxes for the use Of the purchaser, his legal
representatives or assigns, the said purchase
money, together with any assessrnentfor taxes
or otherwise which the said purchaser may
have paid, and Of the payment Of which he
may have fled a written notice in the Office
of the said collector or receiver, with interes
at the rate Of one per ceiItum per month, or
such purcbase-money from the time of such
sale and upon such payment or payments
from the time Of fling such notice or notices
as aforesaid and that the certificate Of said
collector or receiver Of taxes stating the re-
ceipt of such moneys, and showing what
property the same was intended to re-
deem, shall be evidence of such re-
demption; and that upon the receipt Of
such moneys by the said collector or receiver,
he shall cause the same to be refunded to the
purchaser, his legal representatives or assigns
on demand, and that all proceedings in rela-
tion to said sale shall then cease and deter
mime and that If the person SO redeeming be
assignee Of q Judgment or mortgage, he shall
have a lien on the lands and real estate SO re-
deemed by him by virtue Of this act for the
amount SO paid by him to effect such redemp
ton, with lawful interest thereon, in the same
manner as If the same bad been included in
his mortgage Or Judgment, t,and he may euforce
The payment thereof in the same manner; and
that the said collector or receiver Of taxes