Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1886-08-19

with the same q statement Of his reasons for
so refusing, for the information Of the court;
said report, upon being so confirmed, shall be
final and conclusive upon the said city, and
upon all persons owning or having any in
terest in or lien upon the said lands, and
against all persons whomsoever, and the
amount so fixed, determined, certified and con-
firmed in each case, shall thereupon become
and be valid and binding tax, assessment
and lien on the lands so designated, in
lieu and instead of all outstanding claims
of the city for arrearages of taxes, assess
ments or water-rates levied or confirmed, or
attempted to be levied or confirmed, prior to
the making of the said report, and shall be a
valid lien on said lands, having priority over
all other iens claims OF demands whatsoeper,
except taxes, assessments or water-rates
levied after the making of the said report,
shall be applied to the payment of the ex
penses OF carrying out the provisions of this
act, and any indebtedness to which the orig
inal tax assessment or waterantes was spe
cifcaily pledged, and to the payment Of other
debts Of the city, if any, bat ne application to-
any other use shall be made=while any bonds
of the city remain unpaid; it shall be compe-
tent for the said commissioners to include in
any one report their several determinations
respecting as many lots or tracts of land as
may seem to them convenient and it shall be
their duty to indicate in their report how
much of the new lien imposed by them on
each lot or tract of land was made on account
of taxes, assessments and water-rates, respec-
lively, to the end that the money to be de
rived from the sale of the lands, as hereinafter
provided, may be applied in due proportion
to the purchase or payment of any bonds or
that may have been issued on ac-
count of taxes, assessments and water-rates,
or for the payment of which the
same may have been pledged; it shall be the
duty of the corporation, attorney or council
for the city to assist the said commission by
advice preparation of report and otherwise in
the discharge of their duties when requested,
and the city surveyor or engineering depart
ment Of the city shall make all necessary sur
vevs and maps required; and the said com
missioners shall have the power to appoint
clerk whose compensation shall be fixed by
the board or body having charge or control of
the finances of the city at a rate not to exceed
one thousand dollars year.
4 And be it enacted, That upon the confir
nation of the said report a certified copy OF
the same, with the assessment map filed there
with, shall be transmitted to the comptroller
of the city, or other officer for collecting as
to be filed by him in his Office, and
thereupon the amount of said tax, assessment
and lien so fixed and certified in respect of
each and every lot or parcel of land included
therein shall Immediately become due and
payable, and shall be collected by the said
terest, if the same be paid within sixty days
after the filing of such certified copy of the
report with him, and if not so paid, then with
interest from the date of such fling at the
rate of six per centum per annum. and If not
paid within six months from the date of such
filing, with interest at the rate of seven per
centum per annum, from the date of such
fling; the comptroller or said other officer
shall not be required to make any demand
for the payment of said tax, assessment and
lien, and il after the expiration of six months
from the filing of said certified copy of any
report and assessment map, the amount there
in certified in respect of any lot or parcel OF
land shall not haYe been collected or paid, the
said comptroller or said other officer, after
giving notice by advertisement as hereinafter
required, shall sell the said lot or parcel of
land at public auction to the highest bidder,
but not for less than the amount due from the
same as appears by the said report, with in
terest and costs, said advertisement shall in
clude designation of the time and place of
sale, and of the ward or wards in which the
property then and there to be sold Is situates
and the lot and block numbers Of the same on
the said assessment maps, and shall state that
further particulars of the property to be sold
may be obtained at the Office Of the comp
troller OF said other collecting officer, and it
shall not be necessary IN said advertisement to
include any further particulars Of the prop
erty to be sold; said advertisement shall be
published once in each week for four weeks
prior to said sale in two newspapers printed
and circulating in the city; it shall be the
duty of said comptroller or other collecting
officer from and after the first publication of
said advertisement, to deliver to any appli-
cant at his office, within office hours, q writ
ten or printed list Of all the parcels of prop
erty intended to be included in said sale, but
it shall not in any wise be an objection to the
validity of any sale that any person has failed
for any reason to receive such list; it shall not
be necessary in the said list, or in the reports
of the said commissioners hereinbefore men
toned, or in any notice required to be given
or published by any of the provisions OF this
act to state the name of the owner of the
premises affected, nor to describe the prem
ises affected otherwise than by the said block
and lot numbers on the said assessment maps;
the sale may be adjourned or continued from
time to time by the said comptroller or other
officer, but it shall not be necessary
to publish any notice of such adjournment or
Of the continuation of the sale; affidayits of
the publication of the notice of sale, in the
manner above provided, and of all other no
tices required by the provisions OF this act to
be published, made by one Of the respective
publishers Of said newspapers, or by some per-
son in the employ Of such publisher having
cognizance of the publication, shall be filed in
the Office Of the clerk of the city, and shall
thereupon become public records, and shall be
prima facie evidence in all courts and places
of the matters stated therein.
s. And be it enacted, That the comptroller
or other collecting officer shall, on the receipt
bonds in lieu thereof, as provided by this act,
execute and deliver to the purchaser a GER
tificate Of such sale, which shall contain a
conyenant on the part Of the city to refund
the amount paid for such lands in cash, where
cash was received, and to return the bonds or
obligations, where bonds or obligations were
received, without interest, in case the title
upon surrender Of the said certificate Of sale
and proof of service Of the notice thereof, as
hereinafter provided, upon the owners and
mortgages Of the said lands and premises. the
comptroller or other collecting officer shall,
after the expiration of six months from date
OF such service, execute and deliver to the
purchaser at such sale, his heirs, devlsees, or
assigns, deed for said lands and premises,
which shall be sealed and attested by the
clerk of the city and proved in the usual man
ner; and such purchaser, his heirs, legal
representatives or assigns, shall take good.
and sufficient title to the property sold in fee
simple absolute, free of all membranes lex
cept taxes, assessments and water-rates levied
after the confirmation Of the said report, of
which the said deed shall be presdmptive evil
dence in all courts and places, and in any pro-
ceedings or actions to be by such purchaser,
his heirs, legal representatives or assigns,
taken, prosecuted or defended for the recovery
Of the possession of the property SO sold as
aforesaid, or in the establishment or defense
Of his or their title, shown as aforesaid
by such deed, the title shall not fail or be de-
feated by reason Of any irregularity or formal
defect in the procedure taken under this act,
upon which the sale shall have been made or
the title conveyed as aforesaid, or by reason
of any illegality in fixing and adjusting the
tax assessment and lien. to enforce which
collecting the same; provided, the property
sold was liable, at the time such tax, assess
ment and lien was fixed and adjusted, to the
imposition of a tax, assessment or lien in re-
spect of the purposes for which such tax, as
sessment and lien was fixed and imposed, and
it does not appear that any substantial injury
was done to the owner OF the property by rea-
son of the irregular or Illegal manner or
o.