The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-07-29
CHAPTER CXCII-

An Act providing for changing, altering
sFand relocating the lines, boundaries
and location Of unopened streets and
avenues, and authorizing the accept
ance of dedications of streets and ave-
nues in certain cases, in towns, bor-
oughs and townships having IN official
map Or map or plan establishing the
boundaries or streets and venues
l. Be it enacted by the Senate and Gen
eral Assembly of the State of New Jersey,
That where in any town. borough or
township of his state power and author
ity is vested In the council or township
committee to lay out and open streets or
IL in conformity to any official mao
thereof, or map or plan establishing the
boundaries Of street, and there
in, it shall be lawful for the council or
township committee of any such town.
borough or township, and they are here
by authorized and empowered, by ordi-
n adopted by the votes of two-thirds
of all the members thereof. to amend
any such map or plan by changing, alter.
ing and relocating the lines, boundaries
and location of any unopened street or
avenue, or section of street or avenue
shown or designated thereon.
2. And be it enacted. That 40 ordinance
shall be passed or adopted unless q petit
tlon for the same signed by the owners Of
at least one-half the land fronting on the
street or avenue or section thereof nro-
posed to be changed or altered, setting
forth particularly the changes and altera-
lions of lines. boundaries and locations
desired to be made be presented to the
council or township committee: upon re-
ceiving such petition the council OF town
ship committee may upon consideration
thereof dismiss the same or may order
the same to be published for two weeks
successfully, at least once in each week,
in two newspapers published in the
county and circulating in the town. Dor
ough or township. together with q notice
designating the time and place Ito be
fiXeL by the council or township commit
tee), when aud where the council or town
ship committee will meet to further con-
slider n hear all objections That may be
made to SUCH petition, and at the time and
place mentioned in such notice the coun-
Gil or township committee shall meet and
shall hear all persons who shal desire to
be heard In favor of or against such petit
tion; and at any time thereafter the said
council or township committee may either
dismiss said petition or pass the ordinance
pr ,yed for therein; upon the passage of
any such ordinance the changes aud alter
ations in the lines, boundaries, and loca-
ton OF any street or avenue OF section of
street or avenue therein made or author
izt shall be deliueated on said official
map or plan. II when such street or
avenue or section thereof shall be there
after laid out and opened, it shall conform
TO the changes aud alterations made in
and by such ordinance.
8. And be it enacted. That where in any
such town, borough or township as afore-
said the owner or owners of any tract or
tracts of land shall have laid out the
same into blocks. streets and avenues
which do not conform 10 or correspond
with the blocks. streets and avenues laid
down on n such official map, map or
plan, and have dedicated or shall
hereafter dedicate such streets and
avenues to public use, it shall be
lawful for the council or town
ship committee thereof by resolution
adopted by the votes of a majority of all
the members. to accept such dedication,
and thereafter the streets and avenues so
laid out, dedicated and accepted, shall be
esal streats and avenues, and may be
graded, tagged, paved, severed and
otherwise improved or repaired in the
MARINER prescribed by law for the i'm
proving aud repairing of streets and ave-
nueS in such Town or townships.
4. And be it enacted, Thai all acts and
parts OF acts, general. special. local, pub
lie or private, inconsistent with the pro.
visions of this act, be and the same are
hereby repealed.
5. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect Immediately.
Approved March %, 1892.