The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-06-17
CHAPTER LXI.


Approved March 10. 1892.
CHAPTER LXI.
A Supplement to an act entitled IAN act
to authorize the board of chosen free
holders of any of the several countie;
of this state to lay ont, open, construct,
improve and maintain n public road
therein" approved April seventh, one
thousand eight hundred aud eigdty-
eight.
1. Be it enacted by the Senate and Gen
eral Assembly Of the State of New Jer-
Ssy. That whenever u public roa1 shall
nave been laid out or opened in any
county III this state under the provisions
of the net to which this Is a supplement-.
and said public real shall IN the course
ina location thereof. IN whole or in part,
extend into. along or through any city,
towI, township or other like or s mllar
municipality Or part thereof in such
county, which municipality may have o.
shall hereafter acquire authority or
owe to construct saves therein, the
chief or other engineer or officer having
charge in the opening, laying out or con-
struction of said public road, Shall, when
1t may be practicable. report to the Board
OF Chosen Freehglders of said county, a
plan whereby any premises or buildings
fronting upon such new public read may
be PROVIDED By such mupto pality WITH
sewer connection or connections beneath
the surface of any part Of said public road
witt the sewerage system of such NUM-
tipulity; provided that the said engineer
or uficer aft resaid, In preparing and par
fectiug "a d plan, shal adhere therein as
near rs mayaue 10 ahy riau OF or for sew
trage or sewer connections which may
have been or NAV hereaft .r be adopted by
such municipality. in the territory in
which the sal public road may be To-
Gated; upon such plan being reported, rs
aforesaid, 10 said Board of Chosen Free
holders of the said county, 1t shall be law
fui for snch Board to consider thu same,
and either approve or disapprore thereof,
or such Board may change or order such
changes to be made in The plans as may
seem t the Beard to be proper ANA neces-
sery, when changes shall be submitted
to said engineer II officer for ~iucorporn-
ton in the said plans; upon such plans
or any of them being finally adopted by
said board, the same shall be filed In the
office of the clerk of the board OF chosen
f~reeholders Of the said county, and u copy
of said plan, duly atteste1 by said clerk,
shall be filed in the offire OF the body hay
ing control of the cen true ion OF sewers
in such municipality; and all sewers and
sewer connections intended for houses or
house drainage or sewerage connection,
which may lie necessary to build beneath
the surface of said public road shall be
constructed in conformity with said plan
and not otherwise.
Q. And be it enacted, That whenever
any owner or owners uf any promises or
property fronting on said public O
shall deem 1t necessary and require that
such sewer or sewer connection or branch
sewer beneath the surface of said public
road shall be constructed or made, in or
der that such premises may obtain and
have house drainage or sewerage rs atcrr-
said, such Owner or owners shall, in writ
ing, petition the proper municipal body
for The construction of said sewer or
done in the same manner, or as
near thereto as practicable, rs any
property owner having property fronting
on any other street in such municipality
may lawfully petition for and obtain tho
construction of Il sewer or sewers therein,
and all the proceedings and steps as to
petition, contract for the making or coli
struction Of such last mentioned sewer or
sewer connection, and other things nee
essary, as we'll as the assessment for or
or cost of and collection of the same,
shall be done and provided for in the
same way or as near thereto as may be to
that provided, by law, in and for said
municipality, for the petition and other
things requisite to be done or followed
relative 10 n nece sary for the making,
constru .tion aud defraying of the
eXpenSeI9fthe sewers or sewer system or
cOuneciiOhS inst ffleFIe 10, ana in4 OoQy
having oSntGoi byolgw of the making or
constr uction Observers in such municipal
lty shall notify the board of chosen free
holders of the said county in writing ten
days previous t. the time designated for
the OF breaking or the opening of tho sur
face of said new public o for the con-
etruction of such sewer or W connec-
sions, and said ever or sewer connections
sh III be constructed to the satisfaction of
the said board of chosen freeholders, and
Ia accordance with the said plans for sad
In or connected with said public
road, and the work in and about the con-
or making OF such sewer and
connections shall not be deemed
finally accepted by such municipality un-
Til the said engineer or officer in charge
of the public road as aforesaid
have examined the same and
reported to said board that the work IS
va OF such system until examined by
the engineer or officer in charge of said
road as aforesaid, and he shall certify to
the board of chosen freeho,ders of The
satisfactory completion of the said work
aud the same shall be approved by said
board.
4. And be it enacted, That whenever
any person or corporation having or which
may hereafter Obtain any franchise 10
supply Illuminating gas TO the inhabi-
tants Of any municipality into which or
through which all or any part of q public
road Is laid out or opener under the pro.
visions of nu act to which this IS q supple
uHent, shell desire to extend the pipe or
gas system thereof beneath the surface of
the S aid public roHd for the purpose of
furnishing Uos to any premises fronting
on said public road, said person or ear-
poration shall, before BREAKING or open
Ing the surface of SAID road, in order to
such extension. deposit with the
clerk OF the board OF chosen freehotdefs 4
OF said county such good and sufficient
BOND as such board shall demand. in such 4
SUM or amount MS 1t shall named. to be
approved as to form by the counsel of
sci Of said hoard. conditioned for and
made to insure and guarantee hat the
of said public D shall. i'll such
time as said boar may allow therefor. be
restored In good condition and to the sat
Isfaction of said board OF chosen freehold
ers, and the said pipes shall pe laid in
such places and to such depth and sub