The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-05-23
CHAPTER XCVI.

An act to authorize the Improvement of
roads, streets and highways, in towns,
boroughs, villages aud municipalities
governed by boards of commissioners or
improvement commissions, and to pro-
vide for the issuing of bonds for the
payment of the expenses thereof.
l. Be in enacted by the Senate and GEN
eral Assembly of the State of New Jersey,
That it shall be lawful for the governing
body Of any town, borough or village or
of any municipality governed By q board
of commissioner or improvement COM
mission within this state, whenever au-
thorized by a majority of the votes cast at
an election he'd for the purpose as herein
provided, to expeud such sum as may be
authorized by such vote; not exceeding
sixty thousand dollars for the purpose OF
paying the cost aud expenses OF improV
ing the roads, streets and highways within
such municipality, either in whole or in
part, in such as they may deem
advisable, and to issue bonds therefor in
the corporate name of such municipality,
in the name hereinafter provided.
2. Aud be it enacted, whenever in
the Judgment of the governing body of
such town, borough. village or other
municipality, it shall be deemed advis-
able to make any expenditure authorized
by this act and TO issue bonds therefor,
the said governing body may order an
election to determine whether bonds
shall be issued to procure money for the
payment of the cost and expenses of the
proposed Improvement, and shall desig-
nate the time and place for holding such
election and appoint judges and inspec-
tors thereof, which election may be at the
time and place fixed by law for
the election of municipal officers,
or NAV be a special election
called for the purpose; provided that
when a special election shall have been
ordered nude the provisions of this act.
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any order for another such special cleo
tion shall be issued; the polls shall be
open Mt least from two O'Clock until seven
O'Clock in the afternoon; notice of said
election and of the amount of bonds pro-
posed TO be issued, which amount shall
not exceed sixty thousand dollars, shall
be given by advertisements, set up in at
least five public places in said municipal
lty for at least ten days previous to said
election and published once IA week for
two successive weeks in three news
papers circulating therein; on the ballots
used at such election shall be printed or
written 'for the issue of bonds" or
against the issue of bonds" and said
election officers shall return to the gov
erning body of said municipality a true
and correct statement in writing under
their hands of the result OF such cleo
tIoa.
8. And be it enacted, That if at such
election a majority OF all the ballots cast
shall be ''for the issue of bonds" il shall
then be lawful for the concerning body of
such municipality to proceed with the i'm
proVemeut of said roads. streets and
said work TO be done by eon-
tract, and TO incur an expense therefore
not exceeding the amount mentioned
in the notice of such election, and TO
issue registered or coupon bonds
of such municipality for the purpose of
providing funds to pay the costs and
OF such improvements such
bonds to be issued from time TO time as
may require, but not to exceed
in the aggregate the amount mentioned
in the notice of such election; the bonds
be made payable at times to be
therein specified. not more han twenty
years after issuing the same. and shall be
so issued that m equal portion of the
same shall e made payable in each year
rom and after five years from the date of
faid bonds, or may be nude payable al