The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1892-06-08

among the owners and occupants of all the |
lands tenements and real estate benefited
thereby in proportion to the advantages each
shall be deemed to acquire and in case the
council or other similar municipal body shall
agree with every owner of land necessary to
be taken respecting the same, then such COM
missioners shall be appointed for the purpose |
of assessing said damages and expenses
among the owners of land benefited thereby |
in the manner aforesaid.
2. And be it enacted, That the said common
council or other similar municipal body shall |
appoint time and place within the said city
for the said commissioners to meet, notice
whereof shall be given by advertising the
same in two newspapers printed in the city,
if so many there be, two weeks before the
time of meeting, which notice shall specify
the street, road, highway or alley proposed to
be laid out, opened, altered or widened the
alterations proposed to be made and the lands
or real estate intended to be taken for such
purposes; and the said commissioners. or ma
jority of them when met, shall have power to
swear and examine witnesses, and shall view
the premises, if necessary, and make just and
true estimates and assessments and report
their proceedings to the common council or
other similar municipal body sufficiently in
similar municipal body to determine the prln
ciple upon which such estimates and assess
ments were made; such report shall be filed
with the city clerk and be open to the inspec-
ton of the public for ten days previous to its
presentation to the common council or other
similar municipal body. and notice of such
filing shall be published In two newspapers
if there shall be SO many printed in said city,
at least ten days previous to such presenta-
ton; parties interested may file with the city
clerk written objections to said report, stat
ing the nature and extent of their interests
and the grounds of their objections to it; all
such objections shall be filed within ten days
after the first publication of the notice of the
filing of the report; the said commissioners
shall have full power to reconsider and
change their report If objected to or If they
refuse SO to do, either in whole or in part,
they shall deliver such objections with their
report to the common council or other SINH
lar municipal body, and the common council
or other similar municipal body may ratify
the action and report of the commissioners,
or alter said report in respect to the matter
specified in the objections or the said com
mon council or other similar municipal body
may recommit the report to the commission
crs fer further consideration in respect to
such matters, or any other matter connected
Herewith and in the event of a recommit-
ment the said commissioner shall. as far as
may be necessary comply with all the re
quirements of this section; when the COM
mon council or other similar municipal body
shall have taken final action upon said re-
port, 1t shall be binding and conclusive upon
the owner or owners of any lands or real
estate affected thereby, subject only to the
appeal hereinafter given; and upon payment
of the damages so awarded, or upon tender
and refusal thereof, it shall be lawful for the
common council or other municipal body to
cause the said land or real estate necessary
to be taken as aforesaid, to be entered upon
and used for the purpose of the contemplate
ed Improvement; provided, however, that
any person whose lands may be so taken,may
appeal from the proceedings of said com
mon council or other similar municipal body
to the circuit court of the county within
thirty days from the time of making the final
order of the common council or other similar
municipal body. and within the same period
shall notify the city clerk of such intended
appeal; the said circuit court shall order n
trial by jury to assess the damages sustain
ed by the party aggrieved, such trial to be
conducted as are other trials by jury.
~ a,na,,.t -. ~ 4aI,o,, tha aeon
4, ,,a,,,, ,,a,,, +ai,a, sbsli he
..,4,,,a - sesa,,a e,,r, sa,d cit,, within
80 ,,.l,,,,,. Az ,,al
- 5on,.oas
~, ,.,t, ,ntoest
a.. 49, :, aa,a A., o,.i,ar ana nov
-, - 10 sa,.a $40 :,
o l -. s.a,s a.. -,
~ -,
ino coyniyance thereof and the said prooeed-
ings OF the said com,niss,opesa ..s-s..s.-.
the award Of the said i,,rv. as the case ma,
be aball be conclus,ve evidence against IN,
defendanta
A And he n enacted That I'm case the com
mon council or other similar municipal bod,
and the owner of any sucb land or rea
estate shall a0roe unon fine sum 10 he maid
therefor mch spm shall constitute n mart q,
tho whole amoupt Of damages and exnense,
IN be asaessed under and In nurauanoe of IN,
nrovis,ons ~ section one of this net.
4 And ha ~ enacted That auv asaeasp, ont
made nv virtue of this not shall hear Interest
AZ Tho roto ~ 20, nor cant,,r after tbtr,,
DAVIS from the dav the same "a ratit,ed Inv tn,
eno, ,.do, 90 tho citv co,nc,, or other s,mi
l.r mppic,naI bodv and not before. and
sbau continue and remain n lien unon tb,
lands and real estate so assessed until tn,
said assessment with the Interest and en-
nenses shall he Maid or the amount thereo,
discbaryed nv sale of said lands and rea
estate Inv the cItv. and n shall he the duty Of
the citv clerk IN sepd nv mail written notice.
Of the ratification of any assessment made h,
the proylsions OF this act TO each person as
sessed thereby within Ave davs after s,,cl
RATIFICATION n, anal order
u nnu 70 ~ o"eN 10 Nv $50 " 80
os'a'e s,'an 20 a'sossou "a ".y s",a So
roau Vi a,snmay la'u o'', oponou' "''o.ea =
"iuoneu " VI e "o. ',s
amount onai sum ,"iu Vi io", os'e'e ',''. v
pehen''eu Ny sun" mp Vo''ou.' INV ~ O'''
'ao "uo'o % pvlsee '. Wy i,N
snaii eNoeeu INC ",nv''e "ssess"D,e ~ .n'
penen'S ',ien .no D"i'', ,. VI 'uoi eNpe"''
shai' w paiu o"V VI '"e e ~, .'o"ss.
=. Anu pc ~ enao'eu' iua' ~, assessment
wh'oh snaii NC 'nnue Vi "seoeeou " 'iiouo "
.ne proNisions " 'nis nv. upon n"s 'anus "
tenctutHts Wttuth boiu eity phah NC anu ic