The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-07-13
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An Act to amend an act entitled An
Act to establish the use of local indexes
for public records relating 10 land in
certain counties IN this state, Approved
March twenty-ainta. one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-eighu.
|. BE it enaeted by the SeEate and Gan
eral Assembly of the State Of New Jersey,
That the sixth section Of tue act eatitled
An act to establish the use Of local in
dexes for public records relating to land
in certain counties in this state APP
proved March twenty-ninth, one thous-
aud eight hundred ana eighty-eieht, be
anu the same hereby IS amended so as to
read as TolIoWs.--
o. And be II enacted, Thatthe said COM
missiuners shall cause to be prepared, IN
book form, indexes for indexing inslru-
meuts affecting land III said counties. re-
on and after the date hereinafter fixed
for the completion of the said maps and
indexes, which indexes shall be prepared
for use in accordance with the plan or
system known as that Of local indexing
by blocks, aud under the blocks and
block numbers shown on said map, and
the areas. numbers and descriptions of
the blocks shown on said map; said in
dexes SO to be prepared shall be both
nominal and local, and in form substan-
TALLY the same as the form OF the sehed-
ule hereto annexed, which schedule is to
Dc uc5Hlcd anu taken 10 De a part OF bAtS
act; there shall be appropriated in
each index to each block or parcel
Of land shown thereon not less than
eight blank pages, Including the heading
of such index, which pages shall be prop
erly ruled and prepared for future entries
therein according to the plans of said
schedule; the abbreviated description of
the land affected by the instrument TO be
entered in the space allotted therefore in
sucn index shall be as full as eau be en-
tered in such space. and serve 10 snow
the correctness of such entry under such
block or area; but no liability is attached
to any recording officer for any error in
making u9 such brief descriptions; the
said commissioners may cause separate
aud distinct local indexes to be made for
entering together mortgages, notices of
lis pandens and other liens, and all in
strunents relating thereto; and the regis
ter or county clerk of any such county, as
the case may be, may, whenever the local
indexes to be prepared by such commits
tinue the same separated as above; and
such officers are hereby required. in order
to fully utilize such local indexes, when
ever the entries uuder q block shall have
consumed the space appropriated there
to, and other block areas shall have com
paratiyely few entries credited there
to, to carry forward such entries from
the first named block. but proper foot
marks and references to the nearest of
the sparsely filed spaees, until such pro-
cess shall be no longer teasaDle, upon
which such officer shall make requisltlon
to the board of chosen freehoiders for
land the said board of such county shall
fhereupon pr6vide) such additional in
dexes of like character for the continue
ton of the same as may be necessary;
anu whenever said hereinbetofe mem
toned combination or analytieai nominal
index shall be required the same shall be
provided in ike manner.
3. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect Immediately.
Approved March 10, 1890.