The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-08-03
CHAPTER CLxxXvL


An Amendment to an act entitled "An
amendment to an act entitled An act
to enable boards of chosen freeholders
to acquire, improve and maintain pub
lie roads, approved March nineteenth,
one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-nine,n which amendment was
approved March eighteenth, one thou
sand eight hundred and ninety.
/. Be it enacted by the Senate and Cen
eral Assembly Of the State of New Jersey,
That the second section of an act entitled
An amendment to an act entitled AN
act to enable boards of chosen freehold
ers to acquire, improve and maintain
public roads, approved March nine
teenth, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-nine," which amendment was APP
proved March eighteenth, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety, be and the
same is hereby amended so as to read as
follows:-
2 And be it enacted, That the third
section of the act, entitled "An act to en-
able boards of chosen freeholders to ac-
quire, improve and maintain public
roads, approved March nineteenth, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty nine,
be and the same is hereby amended so as
TO read as follows, viz:
3. And be it enacted. That it shall be
lawful Tor the board of chosen freeholders
to cause special tax to be levied, viii CHI
shall not, in any one year, exceed the
SUM III tWGut1-lfG IHOuSdN0 QOIAIS.
and to issue bonds of the county !,
bearing interest at not more than
five per centum per annum, to be
known as county road bonds.
for the purpose of raising money TO pay
the cost, or any part of the cost, of paw
ing. macadamizing or otherwise impro "
ing the said county roads, or any part
thereof. in tho manner aforesaid, but
prior TO the issuing of any such bonds
the said board snail make an application
TO the circuit court OF the county, in writ
ing, setting forth the assessed value of
the real estate therein for the purpose of
taxation in the next year preceding, to-
gether with a statement of the entire
debt of the county for all purposes. and
OF the amount of county road bonds
which they propose at that time to issue:
whereupon the said court shall fix time
to hear such application, whereof such
notice by publication shall be given as
the court shall direct, and at the time
and place so fixed the said court shall
proceed in q summary manner to inves-
tigate the accuracy of the statements
contained in the said application. and
shall make certificate setting forth the
assessed value of the real estate in the
county for the purpose aforesaid in the
year next preceding, and the total amount
of the debt of the county for all purposes
as found by such investigation, which
certificate shall be entered at length
on the minutes of the court and
filed in the Office of the clerk of the
county; and no county road bonds shall
be issued to such an amount as, in adj
dition TO existing debt, shall raise the
debt OF the county Tor all purposes above
three per centum of the assessed value of
the real estate therein, as such uebt and
assessed value of real estate are shown by
such certificate; and in case any such
bonds shall be issued in excess of the
limit aforesaid, all such bonds so issued
in excess shall be void in the hands of
any person or party. notwithstanding any
recitals therein or any representations
that may be made concerning the same;
such application must be repeated in case
of every other proposed issue of such
bonds, but IN no case shall any such board
issue bonds under this act so that the
amount of sucn bonds outstanding at any
one time shall exceed the sum of three
hundred thousand dollars.
?. And be 1t enacted, That all acts, and
parts of acts inconsistent with this act,
be and the same are hereby repealed,
and that this act shall take effect immed-
lately.
Passed May 8, 1890