The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1892-06-08
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An Act providing for the yacating in cties;ot this
state, Of public parks.wbich have been laid out by
an act of the legislature, the land for which has
not been actually appropriated and taken possess
sion of for the purposes of such park, but has,
from the time of the passage of any such act, re-
NAMED in the possession and enjoyment and
under the control of the owner or owners thereof.
l. Be it enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly Of the State of New Jersey, That
in any city of this state any public park which has
heretofore been laid out as such by an act of the
legislature, designating or describing the plot or
tract Of land so laid out, which land has not been
actually appropriated and taken possessi ion OF for
the purposes of such park by the municipal author-
ties of any such city but has remained in the pos
session and enjoyment or under the control of the
owner owners thereof from the time of the pass
age of any such act TO the time OF the passage of
this act, shall be aud the is hereby vacated
provided, however, that award of damages to the
owner or owners of any such land has been made
tor account of the taking of the same for the
purposes aforesaid.
2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect Immediately.
Approved April 7, 1892
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mistakes in the tax and assessment records of
any public road board or other public body or
municipality, in this state, and in the payment
OF any tax assessment, made by error or mis-
take by any person upon the property of another
1. Be it enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That
whenever any tax assessment shall have been
levied made or imposed upon any lot tract or par
eel of land, by authority of any public road board
ether public body or municipality in this state
and it shall thereafter appear to the satisfaction of
the said board other public body or municipality
that by or through any error mistake such lot,
tract or parcel of land has been wrongly in
correctly or improperly described numbered or
designated, whereby any such tax or assessment
would appear by any map or record of the to
have been levied, made imposed upon any lot,
tract or parcel of land not intended to have been
taxed assessed and in fact not so assessed, il
shall be lawful for such board or other pubic body
municipality, under authority of which any
such tax assessment was levied, made or inn
posed to any and all such mistakes and errors
to be corrected and any and all such lots tracts or
parcels of land be rightly correctly and properly
described, numbered aud designated in such man
ner that lot tract parcel of land and property
erly described, numbered or designated, or shall
any such error or mistake and any such board or
other public body or municipality, may adjust and
apporton any such tax assessment in such man.
ner in its judgment may be necessary aud proper
for the correction OF any such error or mistake.
2. And be it enacted, That whenever in any case
any person by reason of any such error or mistake
as aforesaid has paid any tax or assessment upon
any lot tract parcel of land and property of any
other person, intending at the time to have paid
such tax assessment upon any lot tract or parcel
of land aud property of which he was the owner or
in which he had any interest justifyng the same at
the time of making such payment, in every such
case II shall be lawful for any such board or other
public body OF municipality. to cause any such tax
or assessment so paid by mistake upon the
property Of another, TO be renstated and charged
and properly entered upon the records aud maps OF
such board, or other public body municipality,
against the properly upon which any such payment
was made by error mistake. aud the said tax or
assessment shall thereupon be and remain lien
upon the land upon which 1t was intended to be and
was levied, made imposed, and shall thereupon be
colectible by any such hoard, other public body
or municipality, by authority Of which any such
tax assessment levied, made or imposed, and
thereupon the said board other public body OF
municipality, shall have power to discharge the
property intended TO have been discharged by any
such payment, from the lien of any such tax or
assessment thereon which It was the Intention of
the parties making and receiving such payment to
have discharged from any such lien at the time of
making any such payment by error mistake.
g. And be 1t enacted. That this act shall be taken
and deemed to be public act and shall take effect
Immediately.
Approved April 7, 1892