The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1892-07-13

A Supplement to the act entitled "AE act con-
corning roads approved March twenty
seventh one Thousand eight hundred and
seventy-four.
/. Whereas, under and by virtue of certain
acts of the legislature of this state, commits
sioners have from time to time been APP
pointed to lay out streets and avenues
through lands lying In certain townships
of this state. which commissioners have
proceeded in pursuance of the said acts to
lay out said streets and avenues, and to de-
lineate them on maps which have been filed
In accordance with the directions of the
said acts so as to become public records;
and whereas many OF the SAID streets and
avenues SO laid out as aforesaid have never
been opened OF used but are merely streets
on paper which have been disregarded by
the public and by The township authorities
of the townships through which the said
streets and avenues have been laid. and are
not now, and are not likely to be. required
for the use of the public; and whereas, said
streets and avenues, so laid out as afore-
said and delneated on said maps, constitute
cloud upon the title of the owners of the
lands through which the said streets and
avenues are laid out which should be re-
moved, now therefore
1. Be it enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly of the State of New jersey, That
any street or avenue wiieh has been laid out
through lands in any township or townships
of this state by commissioners appointed by
virtue of the provisions of any act or acts II
the legislature of this state and which street
or avenue has not been opened. used or
worked for period of fifteen years next be-
tore Iue GATE OF the passage OF TINS ACT, ehali
be and hereby is declared to be- vacated, and
all the proceedings of the said commissioners
had and taken by them in laying out such
street or avenue shall be, and hereby are de-
clared to be- null and void provided, that
all owners of the lands fronting on or boun-
ded by such street or avenue, and oyer which
the same has been laid, shall file, In the Office
of the clerk of the county in which the said
street or avenue has been laid as aforesaid,
their assent. in writing to the said vacation,
proven or acknowledged before some officer
authorized to take proof and acknowledge
ment of deeds in this state, and endorsed by
said officer with his certificate thereof.
2. And be 1t enacted, That it shall be the
duty of said clerk upon receiving said assent
In writing to endorse upon 1t the date OF its
receipt in said office, and to file it therein
and also to hisrecord the same with thecertif-
cate of the proof or acknowledgment thereon
endorsed in the book in which are recorded
the returns made by the surveyors of the
highways of roads laid out or vacatad by
them, and at the foot of such record to make
a note OF the time when such assent in writ
ing was received for record in his said Office
and the said clerk, for said services by him to
be rendered, shall be entitled to receive the
same fees that he may at the time be by law
entitled to receive for filing and recording
such returns as aforesaid.
g. And be ii enacted, That this act shall
take effect Immediately.
Approved March 26 1892,