The Penn's Grove record., 1892-07-01

A Supplement- to the act entitled AN act
concerning roads" approved March twenty
seventh. one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-four.
1. 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 pro-
ceeded In pursuance of the said acts to lay
out said streets and avenues and to define
ate them on maps which nave 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 ave
nues 20 laid out as aforesaid have never
been opened or 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 delineated on said maps, consti-
tute a cloud upon the title of the owners of
the lands through which the said streets
and avenues are laid out, which should be
removed, now therefore.
1. BE 1t enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly of the State of New Jersey. That
any street or avenue which has been laid out
out through lands in any township or town
ships OF this state by commissioners appointed
by virtue of the provisions of any actor acts
of the legislature of this state. and which
street or avenue has not been opened. used or
worked for a period OF fifteen years next be-
fore the date of the passage of this act. shall
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 aveisue shall be, and hereby are de-
clared to be, null and void; provided, that all
owners of the lands fronting on or bounded
by such street or avenue. and over 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 as
sent. in writing, to the said vacation. proven
or acknowledged before some officer author
lied to take proof and acknowledgment OF
deeds in this state. and endorsed by said Off
Ger with his certificate thereof.
?. And be it 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 his said Office, and to file IL therein,
and also to record the same, with the certifi-
cate of the proof or acknowledgment thereon
endorsed, in the book in which are recorded
the returns mad by the surveyors Of the high
ways of roads laid out or vacated by them,
and at the foot of such record to makea note
of the time when such assent in writing wa
received for record in his said office, and the
said clerk. for said services by him to be rem
dered. shall be entitled to receive the same
fees that he may at the TIM be by law entitled
to receive for filing and recording such re-
turns as aforesaid.
4. And be it enacted. That this act shall
take effect Immediately.
Approved March q, 1892.