The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-21
LAWS OF NEW JERSEY.
BY AUTHORITY.
CHAPTER CLdX.AContinued.

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the duty of the town collector of each
town, on or before the first day of Feb
ruary OF each year, to make return in
writing tot he clerk of the county in
which such town is situate, of all I'M
paid taxes and assessments, assessed
the preceding year on real setate sit
uate in hos town, setting forth against
whom assessed, the date, description of
property, the amount of tax and assess
ment thereon, if any assessment there
shall be, to which he shall afix an oath
that the same Is just, true, full and conf
plete in every particular, as shown by
his tax duplicate, and the book wherein
assessments are recorded, if any, and in
case the said collector shall neglect or
refuse to make such return, he shall for
felt and pay to the board of commits
%sioners of such town the sum Of one
hundred dollars to be recovered in an
action on contract in any court of conf
petent jurisdiction, either in the cor
porate name of such board, or in the
name of the town treasurer.
8. And be it enacted, That the county
clerk, upon the receipt of such returns,
shall record the same at length in the
same books that are provided for the
recording of other taxes against real
estate, and the clerk shall receive for
such services the sum of five cents
for each name in such return, to be paid
by the town returning the same.
8. And be it enacted, That in ease such
tax return shall not have been made at
the time herin provided, or in case q
lItt o. UdIilG HSIIdlk AdNS DCCh O1ltilhCN
from sueh return, hten in that case such
tax shall cease to be a lien upon such
real estae as against a purchaser or
MORTGAGE in good faith.
10. And be it enacted, That the fees,
charges and expenses incurred for SER
vices rendered under sections seven,
eight and nine of this act shall be IN
elrded in the amount to be paid by the
delinquent, and that upon the payment
of such taxes, costs and expenses, the
collector who shall receive, the same
shall give a receipt for the amount
paid in satisfaction thereof to the
person paying the same, which receipt
shall be sufficient evidence OF ate pay
ment Of such tax, and that upon pres
shall satisfy such tax record in the same
manner as the record OF mortgages IS
now by law satisfied, and shall ME
such receipt in his office.
II. And be it enacted, That any, tax
now. due on any lands, tenements, here.
ditaments or real estate in any town Of
this state may be collected under This
act in the manner prescribed herein.
II. And be it enacted, That whenever
ten or more persons, being freeholders,
shall think any public road or street
or any part of any public road or street
in any such town which hath been or
shall be laid out unnecessary, it shall be
unlawful for such persons to make APP
plication in writing to the board of TOW
commissioners of such town, glVlng
previous notice for ia least ten days OF
such application and of the netting az
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by advertisement under their hands ana
set up in at least three of the most pub
lie places in such towns; such board oti
commissioners. u tNn receiving Proof
Of the proper setting up of such adVef~
tisements, shall ~thereuDon consider the
sarne, and if a majority OF such comnllS-
sicners shall favor such application, teE
same shall be referred to the commission
ers of assessment, who shall rpori
thereon in writing within thirty days
thereafter whether or not III their judy
nient such application should be gf&nsca,
stating the reasons why such appltcs-
ton should or should not be granted.
upon the coming in of such report, II :
majority OF such board of commissioner:
shall Still favor such application, they
shall appoint a meeting, at which the;
will consider any and all objections &c
the granting of such application thet
may be presented to them in writing,
and shall cause at least ten days notice
of such meeting to be served upon all
owners of lands in front of which such
road or street or part of road or street
proposed to be vacated shall run. or
upon the occuDan or occupants of such
lands; and If any of such lands shall be
unoccupied and the owner or owners
thereof not resident in such town, then
such notice may be mailed to the post
office address of any and every such
owner, If the same can be ascertained,
ten days before such meeting; II the post,
office address of any such owner shall
be unknown then such notice shall be
published in a newspaper published in
auch town for the space of two weeks
next prior to such. meeting; copies of
such ten days notice shall be put up
along the line of such road or street
or part Thereof proposed to be vacated
apart; after giving opportunity for the
hearing of objections to such proposed
vacation, if two-thirds Of the members
Of such board of town commissioners
dinance to that effect. and upon the
taking effect of such ordinance such
roads or street or part of road or street
shall therupon become vacated and cease
to be a public highway.
Is. And be it tenacted, That in addit-
ion to the powers conferred upon such
boards of town commissioners by the fifth
section of the act to which this is a sup
plement, they shall have power to pass
adopt, alter, modify and repeal ordinan-
ances for the following purposes; to
comisioners and to prescribe and limit
their terms to a less term than five years;
to provide for and regulate the sprink-
ling of the STREETS of the town and the col
lection of the expense thereof of the
landowners in front of whose lands the
same is done, as they may determine;
as other taxes are collected, or payment
of the same out of the town treasury,
as they MAJ determine; to provide for
and regulate the trimming of any and all
trees whose ranch may o%verhang any
street or alley of the town, the trimming
or cutting down of n tree or trees that
may stand within the limits of any street
or alley of the town., and the cutting down
of any trees or trees standing IN private
property outside of the limits of any
street or alley, which may overhang or
in any way be deemed dangerous to
passer-by; but the enumeration of pow
ers in this section shall not be construed
as repeating or in anywise limiting the
powers heretofore conferred upon such
boards of commissioners, by any act
whatsoever, unless the same ehall be
in direct conflict Herewith.
Ia. And be it enactd, That any pro-
ceedings heretofore or hereafter insti-
tuted under the provisions OF section
fifteen of the act to which this is, a sup
plement, at any time pryor to the pas
sage of the resolution mentioned in said
section, and any proceedings under the
provisions of section seventeen of said
into of any contract under said section in
relation thereto, may be recalled, discon-
tinued, cancelled and holden for naught;
the passage of an ordinance repeal
ing the ordinance ordering the improve
ilment asked for in such procedigs, if
nance shall have. been passed, then up
on5the passage of a resolution declaring
hat such preceding shall from thence
forward be recalled, discontinued, an
9celled and holden for naught.
tl5. And be it enacted, That this act
shall take. effect Immediately.
Approved Nays, 1884. Ii
as8 l.foy CHAPTER CLXT.
An act to allow receivers, a~ssignees,
guardians, committees, trustees, execu-
tors and administrators to include inthe
lawful expense of executing their trusts
such reasonable sum paid a ompany
so to do, for becoming their surety, as
may be by the court allowed, not eX-