The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-28

Received and referred to the Committee of
the Whole.
From the City Collector:
Notifying this Board that he has received
in his office for collection the assessment
map, amounting to $3.50. 70, for the
sewer in Ocean avenue, from SeavieW avenue
to Gates avenue, etc.
Received and placed on file.
The following opinions wcie received
from the Corporation Counsel end ordered
filed.
On petition of the Board Of Police Com
missioners TO have transferred one tlousand
Isl 900 00) dollars from the appropriation
for gas for lighting stations fiscal year, 1892
and 1893, to the credit Of the appropriation
for building station houses of the Board of
Street and Water Commissioners. advising
that this Board has the power to make the
t~ransfer; that while the police station houses
must be erected by the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners, they are for the use
Of the Police Department, therefore this
fund of one thousand Isl, 000. o0) dollars
will not be diverted from the department for
which it was originally appropriated.
On petition of Edgar H. Congdon, to
have issued to him a warrant for SOL. 70 in
place OF a certificate of sale lost or mislaid,
advising that a warrant be ordered drawn
for the amount named and due upon the
certificate of sale to Edgar II. Congdon,
but now lost.
The bond of indemnity accompanying the
petition to be filed with the City Comp
troller.
On the petition of Anna Reuthlinger to
have certain taxes, etc., apportioned and an
equitable amount of such apportionment re-
turned to her, the Corporation Counsel gives
the following opinion:
JERSEY CITY, Sept. 1, 1893.
Hon. Board of Finance:
Sirs,--I herewith return the petition of
Anna Reuthlinger referred TO me, with my
opinion thereon. She has paid for a number
of years the taxes upon the whole of lot IA,
block 934, Zabriskie street; this lot is shown
on the city map as about 81 feet in width.
1t now appears that Henry Prigge owns or
claims to own about twelve feet of this
frontage. while the balance is owned by the
petitioner.
She asks the city to apportion these taxes
and return to her the proportion found paid
against the part she does not own. The
petition should be denied. The only power
to apportion taxes is vested in the Board of
Tax Commissioners; chapter 40. avs 1891,
page 81. Moreover, this power exists as
TO unpaid liens only; see chapter 181, laws
of 1876.
The City looks to the land and not to the
owners thereof for taxes; all payments of
taxes are voluntary in their nature and are
at the risk of the payer.
Under section 5 of chapter 425, of the
laws of 1874, which is an amendment to the
City Charter, Mrs. Reuthlinger can sue for
and recover from Henry Prigge his propor-
ton of said taxes. This is not a Ease com
ing under chapter 205 of the laws of 1891.
Yours respectfully,
VIM. d. EDWARDS,
Corporation Counsel.
The following resolutions, adopted by the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners,
were presented, received and referred to the
Committee on Concurrent Resolutions:
1. Ordering paid certain claims passed
March IA, June s and 10, 1922
2. Ordering paid certain claims, passed
September II, 1881
3. Ordering paid certain claims passed
August 30, 1881
4. Ordering paid certain claims passed
September 7, 1899
S. Fixing salary of Jacob Eller, general
clerk in the Water Department, at S70.OO
per month passed September 7, 1887
6. Authorizing the construction of a sewer
in Seventh (7th) street from Brunswick
street to within one hundred Q0O feet of
Newark avenue.
7. Ordering paid the salaries of laborers
on meters for August. 1898, amounting to
1928. 80 (passed August %, 1899
8. Ordering paid salaries of Water Regis
trar. ETC., for the month of August, 1898,
amounting to So 56 65 passed August 20,
1881
9. Ordering paid salaries of General Su-
perintendent, ETC., for the month of August
1898, amounting to 81 ,666 90 passed
August 90, 1899
10. Ordering paid salaries of re-assessors
for month of August, 1898, amounting to
$500. 90 passed August 80, 1887
II. Ordering paid salaries of laborers lay
ing and repairing water pipe for the month
of August. 1898, amounting to $3.50.
Passed September II, 1882
PETITIONS n COMMUNICATIONS.
The following petitions were presented,
received and disposed of as follows:
Of T.. A. Lewis & Son, agent for Jacob
Van Wrinkle:
TO have returned $40. 45. being a dupli-
cate payment of water rents of 1898 on
block 143, lot K3, 81 Tuers avenue.
Of Christian Helms:
For return of $11 40, being a duplicate
payment of water rents of 1899 OH block
1877, lot 157, 1856 New York avenue.
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