The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-05-12

10 De faiStu UY them. ana TO issue proper
certifcates OF Indebtedness therefor. to
be signed by the president OF said board
and attested by the clerk under the cor
porate seal.
"a Aud be It enacted, That in case ans
owner OF lands iu front Of which any
sidewalk IS required. by ordinance of the
trustees Of any village, to be graded. laid,
tagged. repaired, curoed or improved,
snail neglect or refuse to cause such
work TO be done within thirty days after
notice OF such ordinance, such board of
trustees may have such WORK done at Oh c
expense Of the owner OF such land, aud
either ecove from said owner the amount
OF the cost and expense thereof. by suit
In any court of competent jurisdiction In
an action upon contract, or may assess
said cost and expense upon the lot or
tract OF land Ia front, or IL such lands lie
on the corner OF any street on the side of
which the work may be done, and certify
said assessment, together with a short de-
scription OF said lands to the collector
who collects other taxes within said VII
lage limits, n cause a oDy of such GER
tificate to be fled in the ONCE Of the clerk
OF the county wherein the land Is situate.
and recorded in a book Of returns OF I'M
paid taxes for the township wherein said
lands are situate, and the amount OF such
costs and expenses shall, from the date OF
the filing of said certificate, be and re-
main a first and paramou Mt lien on said
lands until paid.
"A. Aud be it enacted, That the said
collector snail forthwith, upon receiving
said certificate. serve notice of such as
sessment upon the owner Of said lands.
demanding payment thereof. together
with interest at the rate OF one per centum
each month until paid: and in case said
owner shall fan or neglect 70 make such
payment on demand, the amount of said
assessment shall be added to the annual
tax assessed on said land and shall be
part of the same, aud shall be collected by
said collector, with interest as Aforesaid,
In the manner as said other taxes are col
lected, and a part thereof, at the time Of
the annual collection of taxes succeeding
the receipt of said certificate. and pay
ment thereof may be enforced by sale OF
the lands described in said certificate In
the same manner IS payment Of other
taxes Is enforced.
IS. Be it enacted, That notice of the or
dinance mentioned In the forty-third sec
ton OF this act, and also notice by the
collector and demaud of payment of such
assessment, may be gwen either by per-
or of such notice and demand, as the case
NAV be, or by leaving such copy thereof
at the residence of said land owner, If re-
siding within the limits of the said viii
laze, or, If a nonresident. by mailing
SUCH CODY TO his post-ofice address. IL
kuOWu, auu Dy puDllCdbiOu OuCe q week
for three weeks in one of the newspapers
published within said village limits. the
cost Of such publication TO be added to
said assessment and collected there with.
46. And be it enacted. That upon pay
ment of said assessment ii shall be the
duty Of the CLERK or register in whose
office any such certificate as Is mentioned
in the forty third section of this act may
be filed. to discharge the same from the
record of taxed returns In his office, upon
Ming with him the receipt of the payment
Of said assessment made by salt village
treasurer or by the collector by whom the
same may have been collected, for which
service said clerk or register shall be paid
the sum Of twenty-five cents.
AZ. And be IL enacted, That IL shall be
lawful for any such board Of trustees to
employ one or more police officers for the
village, aud to fix and determine the
amount to be expended for the services
of such police officer or officers, whose
duty IL shall be, without warrant, to APP
prehend and arrest all persons commit
ting breaches of the peace in said village
or violating any ordinance OF such board
of trustees, and In like manner TO appre-
hend and arrest all disorderly persons in
said village aud bring them before a jus
tice of the peace in said township, to be
dealt with according TO law.
As And be it enacted, Thatsuch police
Officer or officers shall be appointed and
discharged or dismissed at such times as
such board Of trustees shall. from time to
time in each case see fit and determine,
and shall receive such pay n com 3ensa-
ton for their services respectively as shall
be fixed and agreed upon by such board
of trustees.
AZ. And be 1t enacted, That the said
board of trustees shall have power TO form
such and SO many fire engine, hose and
hook and ladder companies as they may
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the direction, authority and control of
said trustees ct all times; aud said trustees
are hereby invested with full power 10 pro-
cure, build, repair. maintain and preserve
engines, engine houses, cisterns and reser-
voirs of water, ladders, buckets. and all
necessary implements and machines, and
to purchase the real estate necessary, and
to incur such other expenses as to said
trustees shall appear best calculated TO
protect property within the village limits
from injury or destruction by fire; but the
whole amount expended under this sec
ton shall not in any year exceed such
sum as shall be authorized for fire pur-
poses by majority vote at the annual cleo
tion; the monies needed aud SO voted for
the aforesaid purpose shall be certified TO
the assessor OF the township wherein said
village shall be located, and shall there
upon be assessed, levied and collected By
the assessor aud collector of said town
SHIPS, upon lnc SAINT property anu III inc
same manner, n at the same times
other village taxes are, within the same
limits; and said trustees shall have power
to borrow said monies or any part there
of, in anticipation OF taxation.
so. Aud be it enacted, That every per-
son while an actual member of a COM
pany organized under this act shall be
exempt from all jury duty and all militia
duty and military tax IN time OF peace;
aud every person who shall have been a
member of such company for seven years,
and shall have a certificate of such fact
from said trustees, shall be forever ex-
empt from such duty aud such tax.
81. And be it enacted, That it shall De
lawful in any village in this state which
has been incorporated under this act. for
the board of trustees OF any such village
to order and cause. by contract or other
wise, sewers and drains to be constructed
In any part of such village, n to pro-
vide, maintain and alter a general system
of sewage and drainage for such village
or any part thereof, conformably to which
all sewers and drains shall be constructed,
and To establish and maintain n or more
outlets or places OF deposits within or with
out such village, for sewage and drainage
from such village, and to repair and
cleanse such sewers and drains.
50. And be IL enacted, That whenever a
petition in writing of any owners OF
property Interested, not less than ten,
shall DE presented TO the board of trustees,
asking for the construction of a sewer or
drain in the whole or any particular
part or section of such village. it h be
lawful for such board, in their discretion,
il they consider such sewer or drain nee
essary or proper, to adopt a resolution de-