The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-07-10

pointed by the common council snail possess the |
powers and be subject to the obligations conferred
and imposed upon them by law, or by the 0rdI- |
nances, bylaws, rules and regulations OF the com
mon council and on application for that purpose
the secretary Of state OF this state shall allow and
assist the said sealer OF weights and measures to
compare and adjust the standard Of weights and
measures for said city and shall certify and seal
the same in the manner required by law.
ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF TAXES
80 And be il enacted. That the common coun-
ell shall have power to raise by tax in each year
pedent for the following purpose;
l. For lighting the streets OF the city
ii. For the maintenance and support OF the
poor
III For regulating, cleaning and keeping in re-
pair the streets and highways and the construction
Of crosswaks
w For regulating, improving and protecting
the public grounds and parks
V. For the support Of public schools and for
erecting and maintaining public school houses;
VI For the support of the police department,
armOry purposes and to support OF national
VII For the support of the fire department;
VIII. For supplying the city with water for the
extingushment OF fires and other purposes
TX. For the payment OF interest upon the CITY
debt, and upon temporary loans, and such part Of
The principal thereof a. may De due and payable
and to provide sinking fund therefor;
X For purchasing necessary real estate;
XII. For the contingent expenses OF the CITY ana
for All other objects and purposes authorized by
law, to be assessed and collected in such manner
as the common council shall by ordinance dlrecU )
provided, always, that it shall not be lawful Tor
one year, in the general assessment Tor city pu-
poses an amount OF money that shall cause
greater rate than two hundred cents on one nun
bred dollars OF the valuation Of the real anu per
sonal property rated and returned FOR taxation
therein as shown by the duplicate of assessment
for the current year.
a. And be it enacted That the board Of city
assessors shall meet on the second Monday in May,
III each and every year, and at such meeting tuey
shall select one of their number as chairman, who
shall hold his Office one year or during the pleasure
OF said board OF assessors majority OF sad
assessors shall constitute quorum for the trans
action of business, and they shall have power 70
adjourn from time to time, and make such rules
and regulations for their own proceedings as are
not inconsistent with this act ana tne laws OF ths
state relating thereto. -
assessors shall possess the powers Of the IKE Of
fcers of any township OF this state, and having
duly organized, shall proceed to make IuH anu
fair valuation, enumeration and assessment OF an
the real and personal property IN SAID city accord
ing to laws and all statements returns ana ASSESS
ments shall be as of the twentieth day OF May OIL
each year, the day ON which the assessment 10 10
commence the assessors shall tabuate and ar
range such valuation, enumeratioDs ana assess
mens in lists which shall also exhibit, in alpha
betica order, the names of all persons, firms, COM
panies or corporations liable to be assessed to pay
any tax designating the lands, tenements and real
estate, as laid down the maps prepared or TO De
prepared for that purpose, or ON the city atlas,
and aix to each iot and each subdivision there
I OF as the STANDS recorded on said atlas dis
tinguishing the same by their marks OF numbers,
the true value of each lot OF subdivision, together
with tie value, enumeration and assessment OF the
objects liable 10 taxation, for which such person,
firm, company corporation is liable At the time
OF making these valuations, enumerations and
assessments the shall also make out lists
showing the name and residence of each male IN
habitant of said city OF the age OF tWenty-one
years and upwards, upon whom they snail assess
such poll tax required by law, or by any Ordln-
ance of the common council passed in conformity
with any statute IN force at the oate OF the passage
OF this act that when the board of assessors OF
said city shall have made the valuation of personal
] property and real estate and the Improvements
+ thereon, they shall give weeks notice in two
of the daily newspapers published IN sald CITY
setting forth the time or times and place when ano
! where they will attend to hear and consider all
complaints touching such valuations, under sucl
rules and regulations they may prescribe, anc
to increase, reduce alter or modify such valuations
as TO them may appear just and equitable, aftel
hearing such complaints and making such changes
as they may deem proper
3d. And be it enacted, That the said board o.
+ assessors, or such of their number as they MAJ
designate for that purpose, shall attend all thu
meetings of the county board of assessors which
shall be convened according 20 law. and in thu
proceedings of said county board of assessors, shall
be entitled to as many votes as there are wards II
the city that they represent, which votes shall b.
cast as said city assessors, or majority OF them
Sc. And be it enacted. That it shall be the dut.
/ OF the common council to cause to be made am
revised, from time to time, a city map or atlas
therein delineating and describing The iots, plot
and tracts of land and real estate situate WITHIN
such city ana subdivisions thereof; the said cit.
map atlas, and all revisions thereof, shall b
deemed public records of the said city.
/
surveyor shall prepare, keep, renew and nave TN
custody of the city map or atlas he shall Keep al
index register of the lots shown thereon ana TN
everal owners thereof; and il shall be his duty U
make and keep in his Office abstract of eacl
and every deed or transfer affecting lands sltuat
in such city each abstract shall be properly IN
dexed ana entered upon the city atlas II snail d.
the duty of the common council to Tx by ORDINANCES
the compensation Of the city engineer or surveyor
for the above and all other duties appertalnlFg u
49, And be it enacted, That it shall be the dut.
of the board of assessors to prepare full lists
taxes and have them ready for examination, revision
and correction before the common council on
before the third Monday in August IN each year
and the common council, after such examination
/ revision and correction when satisfied that TN
taxes have been justly and legally assessed, shall
direct duplicates to be made in the shortest posi-
Bile time and placed in the hands of the collector
of taxes, whose duty it shall be to make OUT Dill
and serve said bills required by law SAID BILL
shall contain a printed DO ice when ana where TN
commissioners of appeal VIII meet for the purpos
of hearing any appeals from parties considerlhl
themselves aggrieved
49, And be It enacted, That the assessors of tn
said city shall so arrange their duplicates as Il
specify therein, by letters and numbers as shoWl
the city atlas, the several lots or subdivision
lots assessed, with the yaluaton thereof as show
by the register kept by the city engineer OF sur
veyor to the end that each lot and subdivision, a
they appear at the time upon the city atlas, shai
be liable for the whole tax assessed thereon, ou
I if any lot shall have been sold and such transie
entered said atlas and register as aforesaid
the person who shall have paid the tax as assessed
/ thereon shall have the right TO recover from tn
other parties interested their proportions OF salt
tax in proportion to the value OF the several part
\ thereof,
city tbs state shall in the respective divis
/ ions and wards of such city, in one and the SAINT
duplicate, all the state, county and city taxes Il
/ be levied in such city in each year, and the as
SCISSORS shall assess the said taxes and the collector
I of taxes shall demand payment at such times a.
the taxes are now payable in the townships OF TIM
state in case the common council snail TX ulHer
ent time at the time so fixed, of the tax or sum
assessed on each individual named in the assess
ment books, in person or by notice left at his O
her place of residence, or if not resident in sat(
city, by notice mailed to his OF her last know
post office address, and also give notice Of the tint
and place of the meeting OF the commissioners o
appeal and the said assessors and collector o
taxes shall for performing the duties required O
the bylaw and the city ordinances, be entitled t
receive such compensation as the common councl
may by ordinance direct in lieu OF such fees as art
now provided by law.
PUBLIC SCHOOL.
A. And be it enacted That the board of educa-
ton sh all be body polite in fact and in law they
and their successors forever shall and may have
perpetual succession and shall be persons in Law
capable of suing and being sued, pleading ano
beng i'm pleaded, answering and being answered
unto, defending and being defended in any court
of law equity and that they an their success
0rs may have a common seal and alter the same at
their pleasure; that the SAID board OF education
shall annually elect president from It's own body
and IN his absence president pro tempore, ap-
point its time and place OF meeting and determine
the rules of its own proceedings and such board
of education shall have power to choose city SUI
perintendent, define his duties and fix his compen-
sation, not to exceed one thousand five hundred
dollars per annnm, and his term of office shall not
exceed three years. it shall also appoint secreta-
ry, who shall keep journal Of its proceedings and
perform such other duties as the board may pre-
scribe a majority of the whole number of mem-
be shall constitute quorum tor the transaction
OF business, and no resolution or order shall be
adopted without the consent of majority of the
whole number OF said members; the presi-
dent of the board shall have power to call special
la.ag hall
AZ And be it enacted, That the board OF educa-
ton shall prepare and transmit to the common
council ON or before the first day of July in each
year. an estimate of the amount OF the moneys
necessary for the support OF public schools in such
city during the year, which estimate shall specify
particularly under the several heads OF erection
and repairs of school houses, salaries of teachers
and officers of the board, school books, school fur
nture and school libraries, heating and fuel and
Incidental expenses, as nearly as may be, the sew
era sums required for each branch of expenditure,
and the said common council of any such city
shall determine by ordinance or resolution the
amount of moneys to be appropriated 70 tie pub
lie schools during the year, including therein the
quota Of any such city of the annual appropriation
made by the State for the support OF pubic schools
and the said common council are hereby empow-
cred to raise by tax such sum or sums of money
for the support of public schools, required by
the law of the state, of such sums in addition
thereto as said council may deem expedient or
necessary and all moneys so raised and appro-
priated shall be expended by said board of eduea-
ton for the support of public schools in such city
or school district according to the provisions of
their act OF incorporation ana the state law IN re-
laton to public schools.
As. And be it enacted, That the board of educa-
ton shall take charge of the public school houses
i'm any such city school district and shall cause
all necessary repairs to be made to the same, and
also empowered to establish public schools of
different grades, adapted to the age and progress
Of the pupils including evening schools for APP
prentices minors and adult persons to select and
employ teachers; to provide school books, school
furniture and school libraries, Tor the schools to
purchase heating apparatus and fuel or otherwise
provide for the he atng and lighting Of such school
houses, and incur such incidental expenses for the
maintenance OF the schools as may be necessary
and to adopt rules and regulations for the admis-
sion of pupils, the investigation and inspection OF