The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-06-26
LAWSON NEW JERSEY.
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CHAPTER CcL

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and place rs the court shall desigDats
said court shall without unnecessary de-
lay. appoint three commissioners, vino
shall be freeholders and residents OF the
county 10 which the application Is made,
TO estimate aud assess the benefits afore-
said. the said court shall have power to
remove any commissioner and appoint
another IN his place, aud also TO al any
vacancy that may occur In the Office OF
any commissioner from n cause.
O. And be It enacted, n said COM
missioners, before entering upon the
duties required Of them by this act, shall
take and subscribe before some person
duly authorized TO administer the same,
an oath or affirmation hat they will make
all assessments and estimates required OF
them fairly, legally and equitaoly. ac-
cording to the best of their skill aud IN
d~erstanding. which OATH or affirmation
shall be attached TO the eport thar they
are hereinafter required to make.
10. And be Il enacted. That the said
commissioners, having thus qualified,
shall give notice, under the direction OF
said court, OF tae time and place when
and where they viii hear any persons in
interest or VINO may present themselves
to be heard, aud at such time and place,
Int at such other times and places to
which they may adjourn for that pur-
pose, the said commissioners shall attend
and hall give n pubifce hearing to those
persons in interest who may desire TO be
heard; the said commissioners shall
have power to examine witnesses
under oath, TO be administered by
any one OF them, and to enter upon and
view the lands and real estate fronting or
bordering on the road or section thereof
improved. aud to adjourn from time to
| time 10 their discretion, or as directed by
said court: they shall use diligent efforts
to ascertain the names OF the owners OF
the lands fronting or bordering on the
road or section thereof improved, and
shall state the same IN the report herein
after mentioned; but the failure to ascer-
tain the name Of any owner, or to state
the same correctly, or the omission OF any
such lame from the report shall not
i~nvalidate said assessment nor be a bar TO
the collection Of the same.
IL. And be IL enacted, That after hGv-
ing given opportunity as aforesaid for a
public hearing OF the parsons in interest
and having viewed tae lands fronting or
bordering on the road or section thereof
improved as Aforesaid, tue said commits
sioners snail make a report In writing or
their estimates aud assessments to the
said court, accompanied by a survey q
maps prepared under their direction,
showing the several tracts or par
cells Of lands and real estate front
ing OF bordeting on snid road or section
thereof; the said report shall state the
cost OF the whole work, which may be
furnished to the commissioners by the
board Of chosen freeholders from the re-
bort OF the supervisor OF construction
filed with said board under the require
ments Of the third section of this act, and
shall give the names, so far as ascer-
tanned, of the owners OF the tracts or par
cells Of lands and real estate fronting or
bordering or said road or section there
Of, the township in which each tract or
parcel Of land is situate, aud the amount
| If tho aeaaGgmanf fn the nxvDnr mr. n ~ DaF4
OF each OF said tracts or parcels of land
and real estate for the said benefits, which
several assessments nall be in proper
ton, as near as may oe.to the peculiar ben
efits deemed to havebeen conferred by. said
Improvement upon the respective tracts
of lands and real estate Aforesaid; IL any
tract OF land shall be located in more
than one township it shall be stated
in said report as being in
the township in which there is tine great
est frontage on the road or section
thereof improved; Ia no case shall any
tact or parcel of land and real STATE or
any owner thereof be assessed beyond
The amount of benefit actually derived
from said improvement, nor shall the ag-
gregate amount of assessments imposed
upon the tracts or parcel OF land front
ing or bordering on such road or section
thereof exceed ten per centum OF the
total cost Of the improvement.
IL. And be it enacted. That upon the
coming In of any such report, signed by
the said commissioners, or any two of
them, said court shall cause such notice
to be given as it shall deem proper, of the
time aud place of hearing any objections
that may be made to such assessment,
and after hearing any matter That may
be alleged against the same, the said
court, either by rule or order, shall con-
firm the said report, or shall refer
the sane TO the same commission
ers for revision n correction, or TO new
| commissioners to be appointed by the said
court forthwith, to reconsider the sub
iect matter thereof. and the said commits
sioners TO whom such report shall be so
referred by the court, shall return the
same corrected AMI revised. or a new re-
port TO be made by them in the premises,
TO the said court, without unnecessary
delay, and the same being so returned
shall be confirmed or again referred by
the said court In the manner aforesaid.
as right and Justice shall require, aud so
from time to lime until a report shall be
made or returned in the premises, which
said court shall confirm; such report,
when SO confirmed, shall be final and
conclusive as well upon the said board OF
chosen freaholders and the townships In
which said lands may be situate, as upon
the owners Of any lands and real estate
affected thereby: said court shall there
upon cause said report TO be nled with the
county clerk n certified copies thereof
and of the accompanying map and of the
rule or order confirming the report to be
delivered to the county collector, one for
said county collector and one for each
township in which the assessed lands may
lie; the county collector shall retain one
of said copies for his own use aud shall
give one to the collector Of taxes In Zach
of the townships in which the assessed
lands may lie; each township whose col
lector of taxes shall receive such certified
copy shall pay, by its proper discussing
officer, within six months after said col
lector OF taxes shall receive such certified
CODY. the amount of assessments appear
ing by said report to have been assessed
upon the lands situate in such township.
IL. And be It enacted. That no certio-
rari shall be allowed by any court TO re-
view any of the proceedings in relation TO
such improvement. nor TO In any way
affect any assessment made by such COM
missIoners, after the lapse of thirty days
from the making OF the order OF the court
confirming such assessment; the court
shall designate what notice, II any, shall
be given by publication or otherwise. Of
the confirmation of the report OF said
commissioners.
IA. Anu be it enacted, That the assess
ment made by said commissioners shal
be and remain a lien upon the lands as
sessed from the time said report shall
nave beer delivered to the collector OF
said township, in the same manner n
to the same extent that taxes are liens
u pom lots or tracts of land in SAID town
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