The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-28

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/. BE 1t enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly of the State of New Jersey. That
/ it shall be lawful to appoint five commission
ers of deeds for each Of the wards in the sew
eral cities of the second class of this state.
2. And be it enacted, That all acts and
parts of acts inconsistent herewith be anu
the same are hereby repealed, and that this
act shall take effect Immediately.
Approved May 16, 1894.
CHAPTER CCLVI.
A Further Supplement to an act entitled
A act for the formation of borough gov
ernments," approved April fifth, one thou
sand eight hundred and seyenty-eight.
l. Be it enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That
it shall be lawful for the mayor and council
OF boroughs organized under the act TO
which this is a supplement to issue improve
ment certificates for the payment OF the cost
and expense incurred by them for the con
struction and repair to sidewalks within the
borough, such certificates to draw interest
not to exceed the legal rate OF SIX per centrum
per annum, and shall be made payable at
such time, not exceeding three years from
date of issue, as the mayor and council may
determine, and may provide for redemption
prior to the date liked for payment thereof.
2. And be 1t enacted, That it shall be law
full for the mayor and council to Xix DEFINITE
period for the payment of any certificates of
! Indebtedness, OUlSG Uudu OuOSo GU w IL
the foregoing section, authorized by law to
be issued by them, not exceeding five years,
and may in their discretion provide that
such certificates 30 issued shall be redeem
able after a date therein named, and payable
at a more remote period not beyond said i've
years.
5. And be it enacted, That in case the
mayor and council shall deem it for the pub
lie good to cause any unaccepted dedicated
street, road or highway to be graded, either
in whole or in part, they may, OF their own
motion and without petition, proceed to grade
same; provided, that at least Two weeks no.
tice of the intended work be first given, and
fixing a time and place of hearing, by pub
lisning the same twice, before such hearing,
in one or more newspapers printed or pub
lished or circulated within the borough and
mailing a o thereof to the owner or own
ers Of lands affected thereby, if their post
office address be known or can be ascertain
ed, and cause a copy of such notice to be
posted in the post office of the borough, at
least ten days before the hearing; provided,
that if the owners OF one-haiE OF the llneat
feet frontage on the street SO to be Improved
shall object thereto in writing, then the pro-
posed work sball be abandoned and shall not
be renewed until a petition be presented as
now provided by law for that purpose. If no
such written objection be presented, and no
cause shall appear to the contrary, then the
mayor and council shall proceed with the
work in the same manner as though the
aforesaid petition had first been presented to
him.
4. And be it enacted, That it shall be law
full for the mayor and council to enter into a
contract OF contracts for the lighting of the
streets of the borough for any period OF
time of five years or less, and that any and
all such contracts heretofore entered into.
for a term not exceeding five years. be and
the same are hereby ratified and confirmed.
5. And be it enacted, That it shall be the
duty of the newly lnaugurated mayor to pre-
side at the annual meeting of the council,
which shall be held ond on the the first Mon
day following the annual election, and con-
tinue to preside until the president of the
council is elected as hereinafter provided,
and thereafter it shall be in the discretion of
the mayor whether or not he shall preside
at any of the other meetings of the council
during his term: provided in case the coun-
, Gil, after three ballots, fail to elect a presi-
dent, then the mayor shall appoint the presl-
dent from the candidates.
6. And be it enacted, That the council
shall, at the first regular council meeting
after this Nct goes into effect and at the
annual council meetings thereafter, elect
from their number a president OF the coun-
Gil, who shall preside at all the meetings of
the council when the mayor does not SO pre-
side. that he shall hold his office for the
term of one year and until the next annual
council meeting; he shall have the right OF
debate and a vote on all questions before
the council: that upon his election, and be-
fore taking his office, he shall take and sub
scribe an onth to well and faithfully perform
the duties of his said office according to his
best ability and understanding, and file the
same with with the borough clerk.
7. And be it enacted, That in case of the
MAYORS absence for a period exceeding three
DAYS, OF in case the mayors inability to act
by reason of sickness or other cause, the
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sence or inability be and become acting
mayor of the borough; and shall perform all
the duties OF the mayor during such absence
or inability; provided, however, that it shall
be the duty of the mayor, IN case OF his in
tended continued absence from the borough
! for more than three days at any one time, to
notify said president in writing of such in
tended absence, whereupon the said presi-
dent shall be and become acting mayor from
the receipt of such notice, and shall con-
tinue to act until the mayors return.
s. And be it enacted, That all vacancies
occurring by reason OF resignation, death or
otherwise in any of the elective offices of the
| borough shall be filed by the mayor and
| council until the fir st Monday succeeding the
! then next annual election, and until the cleo
ton and qualification of his successor
o. And be it enacted. That each and every
ordinance passed by the council, and also all
resolutions of the council, excepting only
| such as merely refer to or regulate matters
| of procedure by or before the council, shall
be submit ted to the mayor within the time
and for the purpose of his approval or veto,
as prescribed in and by section four of chap
ter seventy-fve of the laws of one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-five, being a sup
Element to the act to which this act is a sup
plement.
10. And be it enacted, That any assess
ments made for grading or otherwise i'm
proving streets, roads, avenues or public
places, and for curling and guttering, and
! for the construction of tlagstone sidewalks,
may, at the option of the owner or owners of
the lands affected thereby, be paid in three
| equal installlnents, the first within ninety
DAYS after the assessment has been perfected,
the second in one year thereafter, and the
third in two years thereafter, together with
| interest thereon at and after at six per
centum per annim, and said assessment, or
such part thereof as may remain unpaid,
| shall be and remain a first and paramount
lien upon the lands affected thereby until
paid: that such owner or owners shall not
| have the benefit of the provisions of this sec
ton unless and until such owner or owners
shall execute and deliver to the mayor and
council an instrument in writing, under his,
her or their hand and seal duly acknowledged
or proven as mortgages are by law required
to be, setting forth the nature and amount
of such assessment, and the dates when the
instalments are due and payable, and a des-
cription of the lands and premises against
| which said assessment is levied. and which
coid Instrument shall he recorded and in