The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-08-01
cHAprER CLxxvIrI.

An Act to enable boards of commissioners and
Improvement commissions in towns and vii
lagos, or within townships IN this state, TO
enforce their ordinances respecting the laying
and repairing of sidewalks, and to collect assess
rnents for the cost and expenses thereof
/. Be it enacted by the Senate and General As
sembly of the State of New Jersey, That in case
any owner of lands in front of which any side
walk is required by ordinance of any such beard
of commissioners or improvement commission to
be graded, laid, tagged, repaired. curbed or i'm
proved shall neglect refuse to cause said work to
be done within thirty days from notice of such
dinance, such board Of commissioners or IMPROVE
inent commission May have said work done at
the expense OF the owner OF SAID land, and In
addition to any powers now possessed for enforc-
ing such ordinance may either recover from said
owner the amount OF the cost and expenses there
of by suit in any court of competent Jurisdiction
in an action of debt or upon contract. or may
assess said cost and expenses upon the lot tract
of land in front, if such lands lie in corner of
any street, in the side thereof, of which the work
may be done, and certify said assessment to-
gether with a short description of said land, to
the collector who collects the other taxes within
said commission limits, and cause q copy OF said
certificate to be filed in the office of the clerk
register OF the county, and recorded in the book
of returns of unpaid taxes for the township where
in said lands are situate; and the amount Of said
costs and expenses shall, from the date OF the IL
ing of said certificate, be first and paramount
lien on said lands for the space of two years
2 And be it enacted, That said collector shall
forthwith, upon receiving such certificate, serve
notice OF said assessment upon the owner of the
said land, and demand payment thereof, together
with interest at the rate of one per centum per
month till paid; and in case the said owner shall
fail or neglect to make such payment on demand,
the amount of said assessment shall be added to
the annual taxes assessed on said lands, and shall
be part of the same, and be collected by said col
lector, with interest as aforesaid, in the same
manner as said other taxes are collected and as
part thereof at the time of the annual collection
Of taxes succeeding the receipt of said certificate
and payment thereof may be enforced by sale Of
the lands described in such certificate in the sams
manner as payment Of other taxes is enforced
s. And be it enacted, That notice Of the osdh
nance mentioned in the first section OF this act
and also notice By the collector and demsnd.ok
payment of such assessment, may he givsn either
BY personal service OF copy of Sid ordinance or
Of said notice and demand, rs the case may b.
or by leaving such copy thereof at the residence
of the jurisdiction Of said commissioners q ~ q
nonresident, by mailing said copy to his Posi-
Office address, IL known and by publication onoe
a week for three weeks in one of the newHrzsp6zz
published within said commission limits. the cost
Of such publication to be added 70 said azeeemeni
and collected herewith.
& And be- Il enacted that upen yaEmorSs12ezAd
nxReesAASnt shan be the duky Of tss esdI o.
register ia whose eEglee any sisa certihcats rs y
mentioned in the fiFst session 81 this aO4 ny y
Aled 70 discharge the same nom tss record al the
him he receipt of the payment Of sead assseaent
made by said commission. or BY the oolleeox RT
whom the same may have been eollanted Gf
which service said clerk or register shall be paid
thR sum of twenty cents
3 And be it enacted. That this act shall take
eAscs Immediately
Passed. April Is, 1886.