The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-06-17
LAWS OF NEW JERSEY
[BY A%UTHoBITY.l
CHAPTER Tx,

1. BE 1t enacted by the Senate and Gen
eral Assembly of The State of New Jer-
sey. That where power and authority to
provide by ordinance or otherwise for
laying out. opening, widening and eX-
tending streets and highways has been
heretofore conferred by charter or other
special act of the legislature upon the
town committee or council of any
town or township and cannot be
exercised because no legal or suffi-
cient method of procedure therefor
has heen provided. streets and highways
may be laid out, opened, widened or ex-
tended III any such town or township in
the hereinafter provided. ard Tue
proceedings for laying out, opening,
widening or extending any street Or high
why therein shall be as follows: alt az
pl cntioil writing signed by enc or mDie
owners of lands whicn tionts on or is
bounded Icy the line OF the street OF high
way or section thereof proposed TO be
tended, shall he pre.euted to the
town committee or council at q
STATED meeting thereof, which application
shall describe toe location and courses of
the street or highway or section thereof
proposed TO be laid out, opened, wldened
or extended; provided, however, that
wherein any such town or township
there shall be an official map showing the
location and boundaries of all streets aud
avenues opened and to be laid out and
opened therein. a description according to
such map shDll be sufficient; or receiving
any such application The town committee
or council shall consider the same aud If
they approve it. shall direct the town
clerk to publish such application together
with a notice specifying the time and
place when and where the town commit
tee or council will meet to receive and
consider objections in writing to the
same, in at least one newspaper pub
| lished in the county and circulat-
ing in such town or township for
the period of two weeks successfully
at least once in each week next preceding
The tint designated for receiving Oh
jec1ions, and to post printed copies of
such application and notice in hve pub
lie places in such town or township at
least ten days before the time designated
for receiving objections, and the said
town clerk shall file In his office afii-
davits showing o such application and
notice bave been published and posted;
the owner or owners OF any lands front
ing on the lines of the street or avenue
or section thereof proposed TO be- laid
out, opened, widened or extended, shall
bpve the right to present objections in
writing thereto at the time and place
specified in such notice; at the said time
and place the town committee or council
shall meet and shall hear all persons WAC
ma desire to DE heard OH such matter,
aud shall receive and consider all OH
j~ections in writing thereto that may be
presented; il it appears that the owners
of a maj r.ty of the lands ftonting on
the lines OF the street or highway pro-
posed to lie opened, laid put.
widened or extended W objected
thereto. then no further Proceedings
shall be had or AIKEN Under such applici-
ton and the same hall be dismiss ed, but
If it appears hat the owners OF a maj,r-
ity OF such lands have not objected there
to, theu the town committee or couLcl
may by the votes of a majority Of the
members there VI adopt an ordnance to
lay out, open, wi len or extend the street
or highway or section theie 1 designated
in such application.
2. And be it enacted, That ut any time
after the adoption of such ordinance the
town committee or council may aL-
point three disiuterested f~reeholders,
residents of such town or township,
as commissioners to ascertain, deter
mine and make the awards for lands and
Improvements requirer to be taHen and
for damages sustained. and the assess
ment benefits hereinafter provided for;
said commissioners before entering on the
discharge of their duties shall make and
file with the town clerk an oath or aft
davit. in which they shall swear that ther
are not Interested in the matter CON-
mitt ed to them. and that they will faith
fully and impRrtially perform the duties
of their offices; said commissioners shall
publish IL notice in one or more news
papers, published in the county, for at
least two weeks successfully, at least once
In eech week, specifying the time and
place when and where the first meeting
of the commissioners will be held; the
town committee or council snail appoint
q com petent surveyor to assist said COM
mlSslOners.
3. And be it enacted. That the said
commissioners shall ascertain as far MS
practicable the names and estates of all
the owners of lands and improvements
required to be taken; they snail view and
examine the lands and improvements re-
quired to be taken and shall make q just
and equitably appraisement of the com
pensatlon and Gamages each owner Will
su itain by reason of such taking, and
where the estates in any land ur real es-
tate are not known they shall appraise
the compensation to be made for and
damage done to the fee simple; said COM
missioners shall ascertain and determine
the whole cost of the laying out, opening,
widening or extending OF such street or
highway, and Shall determine what lands
are specially benefited by the same, and
snail asses; such cost, as far as practicable
upon the lands so specially benefited; they
shall assess each lot or parcel of land
specially benefited thereby in proportion
to the benefit received and no lot or par
eel Of land shall be assessed more than
it is specially benefited, and in case the
said cost shall exceed the aggregate
amount OF special benefits the excess shall
be assessed upon and shall be borne by
the town or township ut large, the said
commissioners shall make q map
showing the lands and improvements
euuired to be taken and each lot or
purcell OF land specially benefited; they
Shall under their hands make u report in
writing OF the facts ascertained and of
the appraisemements, estimates. deter
limitations and assessments made by
them, aud shall pre- e { their report and
man 10 the town committee or council Mt
q stated meeting thereof, who shall direct
the town clerk TO publish for five weeks
successive y, at least once in each week.
IN a newspaper, published in the county.
and to post for len days in five public
places in the t WA Il twnshjp motto 5
seltiug forth that such report and map
have been fl ell with him, AID spec flying
where and wher they can be seen ana eX-
amined, and designating the line and
place when and wh"re the Town committee
or council will me, t 10 CO.'S der and adlu-
dicate upon all objections TO such report.
maps. awards, determinations and assess
ments that may be presented in writing,
and all objections at sucn tine and place
presented in writing the town committee
or council shall consider Il adJudicute
upon, and the awards or assessments
made in said report may be corrected &C
cordingly, a copy Of which corrections,
signed by the chairman of the town com
mittee or council, shall be filed with said