The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-22
LAWS OF NEW JERSEY.
HAPPIER OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Spection of the parties Interested anu
notice of the completion of said assess
ment and of the place where the same
shall be so deposited, shall be given IN
at least two newspapers circulating. IN
the vicinity of said lands, and published
at least once a week for six weeks,
which notice shall designate a time and
| place when and where the said commits
sioners will meet to hear objections TO
said assessments; and the commissioners,
having heard and decided upon such OBJ
~jections as shall be made to them, they
shall proceed to complete their assess
ments and shall file the same in the
clerks office of the supreme court, and
a copy thereof, or of so much or the
same as shall be made on lands IN any
one county, shall be filed in the clerks
office of said county, and notice of the
filing thereof shall be given in at least
two newspapers, circulating as before
mentioned, once a week for at least TOUR
weeks, after which, if no objections be
made to said assessment, the same SnaI
be confirmed and made absolute by the
supreme court; if any objections TO sala
assessments be filed in the SAID perlod
of four weeks, the supreme court shall
hear and determine said objections IN
q summary manner and with as little
delay as possible; but they shall not re-
verse said assessment, or any part ther-
of, except for some error in the law,
or in the principles of assessment maze
or committed by said commissioners
If for any such cause the said assess
ment, or any part thereof, shall be re-
versed, it shall be again referred to the
said commissioners to be corrected IN
| accordance with the decision of the
court in that behalf, and when corrected
and filed as before, four weeks notlce
as aforesaid shall be given thereof, after
which, If no further objections are mace;
the said assessment as corrected, shal
be confirmed; but if any further oplee>
tons be made, the same h from tlne
to time, be considered ana determined
as before, until the court shall hnally
confirm the assessment as duly modlHeo
and corrected; and when said assessment
shall be finally confirmed, the SAID com
missionerS shall forthwith make, under
their hands and seals, a copy of so much
thereof as shall have been levied on
lands within the boundaries OF any town.
shipship or townships, respectively, ana
deliver the same to the township commit
tee wherein such lands are situate; and
as soon as any such township
shall receive such copy of said report, or
publication in two or more newspaper
circulating in the vicinity of said lands,
such notice to be published at least once
in a week for four weeks. requiring the
several owners, or other parties inter
ested in the lands SO assessed, TO pay the,
assessments thereon to the collector OF
the township, in ten equal annual instaH,
ments, at such times and places in said
township as shall be designated by said
township committee.
2. And be it enacted that section three of
an act entitled IAN act to provide for the
drainage of lands approved March eighth,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one
be and the same is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
8. And be it enacted, That if any istall-
ment of such assessment on any lot or parcel
of land in any such township shall not be paid
within thirty days after the time mentioned
in the said notice calling for payment thereof,
the collector of the township is hereby author
ICED and to advertise such lot or
parcel of landfor sale by advertisement. signed
by him and published in twoor more news
papers circulating in the vicinity thereof, for
the period of four weeks next next before the
time fixed for such sale. and by posting tve
or more similar notices in different public places
in the township; and at the time and place
liked in said notice, or at a subsequent time to
be fixed by adjournment, thesaid collector shall
offer to sell such lot or parcel of land for
the least number of years that any person
will take the same and pay the whole assess
ment thereon with interest at the rate OF ten
per centum per annum from and after the
time fixed by said notice for the payment
thereof, together with the costs and expenses
OF the sale, and on receiving from the purchas-
er the amount of the whole assessment with
interest, costs and expenses of sale the col
lector shall give him or her a deed of convey
ance for said land for the period or term
for which the same was struck off, and there
upon such purchaser shall be entitled to i'm
mediate possession of said land, and to take
rents, issues and profits thereof and profits
thereof for the period or term for which the
same wassold; and if at the time when said
collector shall shall offer such lot or parcel of
lnnd for sale as aforesaid no person shall
agree to take the same for any term of years
and nav any such assessment, interests, COSTS
and expenses, the said collector shallector
shall forthwith offer such lot or parcel of lano
for sale in ~feesimple absolute for the highest
price that any person shall bid the same, and
upon receiving the amount so bid the said
collector shall execute. under his hand and
and deliver to such purchaser a dee for said
lot or parcel Of land, and such purchaser, his
heirs and assigns, shall thereby acquire ana
take a good and sufficient title to the same in
fee simple absolute, free of all ineumberances
Except taxes, assessments or water rates
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port). of which the said deed shall be presump-
tive evidence in all courts and places; and in
any proceedings or actions by the said pur-
chaser, his legal representative or assigns,
taken, prosecuted or defended for the recovery
of possession of the propertyso sold or In the
establishment or defense of his title thereto,
the said title shall not fail or be defeated by
reason of any irregularity or formal defect
in any proceeding had or taken under this
act; provided, it does not appear that any
substantial injury was done to the owner or the
property by reason of any such irregularlty
or formal defect; the township wherein any
such lot of land may be situate may be a pur-
chaser at any sale of such lands, and thereby
obtain the same title and estate therein as any
other purchaser and the deed therefore shall
be delivered by such collector to the township
committee for the benefit of the township;
and if possession of any such lot or parcel OF
land sold in pursuance of this act. either for
a term of years or in fee, be denied or resisted
by any person or persons, the supreme court OF
this state, on application made thereto, and
the fact of such sale being shown by affidavit
and a copy of the deed, shall make an order
directing the sheriff of the county in which said
land may be situate to put such purchaser IN
possession: and within one year from and after
the time when such copy of said report or
part thereof shall have been served on the town
shipcommittee of any township, such town
ship shall pay to said commissioners the
whole amount of the assessment levied on
land therein as shown by such copy, with
interest collected or collectible thereon
less thee per centun thereof, which
may be retained by such collector for ser
vices in making collections, together with a
charge of five dollars, which shall be nfM to
cover costs and expenses of advrtising or - TX
ing sale of each lot or parcel of land sold; and
-uchsakgarcgre dchatofin case any lot or par
eel of land Shall be sold for a greater sum than
the amount of the assessment thereon with IN
terests and costs, and any question or doubt
shall arise as to the person entitled to such sur
plus, the sam shallbe forthwith paid into the
supreme court to be paid out to the person or
distributed among the persons or parties en-
titled thereto, in pursuance of an order or
orders to be made by said court for that pur-
pose, upon application and notice to all par
ties interested
8. And be it enacted, That the word town
Ship as used in this supplement-. shall be
construed to include town, village, borough or
such iother municipal division of any county
in which such lands SO assessed may be stu
ate, and that the legislative or governing body
of any such town, village, borough or such
other municipal subdivision, shall perform the
duties in respect to such assessment and pro-
esedings thereon within their respective NUM-
picipalities as are hereby required of the town
ship committee, in case such land lies in a town
ship: and the treasurer of any town, village
borough or other municipal subdivision, or such
other officer as shallbe charged with the duty
of collecting therein, shall perform the duties
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