The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-07-10
LAWS OF NEW JERSEY.
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provide that the entire expense of any such improve
ment shall be borne by the city at large, and sha
have power. within the limitations herein imposed,
provide therefor by taxation.
So And be it enacted That it shall be the duty c
the common council to establish. by ordinance. tn
grades of the several street and alley which now q
may hereafter be opened in such city. snd il shall
be lawful after the shall have been established
to alter the grade of any street or aey except by
dinance nor shall any such ordinance be passed unit
common council shall have caused notice of sucl
contemplated alteration TO be served upon the own
ers of lots fronting or bordering upon that part o
said street alley the grade of which is proposed &c
be altered. TO be published for two weeks in two
the daily papers of such city which notice shall stat
the time when the common council Will proceed t
! consider SAID matter which time shall not be les
than weeks from the time of serving first pub
| LEGATION of said notice; at the time said matter shall
up for consideration of the common council al
persons interested may appear and be heard by them
selves their counsel for against the alteration
proposed all changes which such alteration or grade
may render necessary in cutters, sidewalks, front
fences other property of any landowner shall be
made by the common council at the time of altering
such grade and said common council shall have the
right to recover of any landowner who was appli-
for such alteration the expense of making suc
change in his her gutter sidewalk front fences
other property, together with costs of suit by
ton of debt in any court OF competent iursdicton
in the of such city. against such landowner
for much money laid out and expended by them
for the of such owner and declare generally and
give the special matter in evidence.
81. And be it enacted, That the common council
| are hereby authorized and empowered to pass and
adopt such ordinances, rules and regulations as to
said council may seem proper. for regulating. con
trolling and prescribing the manner in which any
or drain constructed by order of said council
shall be used, and the manner in which connections
Herewith from any house building. yard or other
place shall be made and for the keeping of the same
in proper repair and providing for the costs thereof;
and and drains constructed under the provis
ions of this act shall be constructed in accordance
with the maps and surveys made or hereafter to be
made for that purpose.
g. And be it enacted That all assessments upon
lot owners in said CITY which may be made for any
MN oqrfhn rfzp1h Inv 10 af he
by law, shall be made upon the lots subdivisions
of lots they stand recorded the city atlas and
in advertising the for ouch assessments Cor
taxes. or in entering liens thereon, it shall be su
cent to describe said lots subdivisions of lots by
the letters and numbers and streets by which they
distinguished on the city atlas together with the
names of the owner owners thereof, as the
appears in the register by the city surveyor; if
in any case the name of the owner or owners is
known and cannot be ascertained such assessments
may be made against the lots designated, with
the declaration that the owners name is unknown.
60. And be it enacted That whenever. by the judg-
ment of any court wherin any cerorari has been is
or may be brought or any assessment made under
the provisions of this act has been is set aside OF
reversed for rreguartY informalty in such assess
ment. it shall be lawful for the common council to
a assessment to be made of so much of the
amount of the original assessment may be so sci
aside, of the amount thereof still remaining IN
paid. tn become lien of the date of the confrna
ton of the original assessment and to be proceeded
with in all respects in conformity with the provisions
of this act and the laws relating thereto.
| Ga And be it enacted. That whenever by reason
of any iDformality of ilegaty in any proceedings OF
the said common council or Of the board of city as
SCISSORS surveyor other agent of the common conn
ell or official of the city in laying out. opening alter
ing widening or closing Streets avenues or public
squares, or in grading. altering the grade paving
| curbing gutterng and tagging the sidewalks of any
street avenue, constructing any sewer or drain
any shall be set aside by judicial author
ty, it shall be lawful for the common council to re-
institute the proceedings set aside upon the same
basis upon which the original proceedings were based
or otherwise if they see fit so to do and lawfully pro
coed therein the same as though the former proceed
/ ings had not been had the said common council
| may reinstitute said proceedings from the pont
where such nformality iegality msy have been &c
decreed and whenever the common council shall dis
cover that any such proceedings liable to be sci
aside by judicial authority they may reinsttute said
proceedings from the point where such informaty Of
| illegality commences. and no assessment shall be
deemed invald in con equence thereof, but no writ
Of cerOrari shall be allowed issue to remove any
assessments made upon the owner owners of lands
and real estate for any work Improvement made o.
to made unless the same may be applied for within
sixty days after the confirmation of such assessment
by the common council OF such city.
65. And be it enacted, That whenever any pub
lie improvement shall be made ordered to be made
and the expense thereof ordered to be assessed by
the board Of city shall be interested in said
improvement other as an owner of property to be
taken assessed or in any other way except merely
taxpayer in said city such assessor shall not be
deemed competent to assist in making the assessment
connected with such Improvement, but the common
council shall by majority vote of al its members.
elect dsinterested resident in said city to act
with the remaining members of the board of assess
entering upon his said duties shall take and subscribe
oath affirmation before the city clerk to be
fled by him, faithfully and honestly to perform said
duties; report of assessment shall be considered
Illegal in consequences of the incompetency of any of
the persons making such report. if the majority of
the persons mai ing such assessments competent
and disinterested and it shall be lawful for the
mon council to make reasonable compensation for the
services of any person appointed to I'LL such vacancy
as il may determined.
Co. And be it enacted. That it shall be lawful.
whenever the common council shall deem it neces-
sary and for the public good, to purchase or con-
denim the plant. property and franchise of any per
corporation used for the purpose of supplying
any city the inhabitants thereof with gas. cleo
trio other light, with water, for the removal
and disposton of the sewage thereof; and IT, under
the authority conferred in this section any pantpro
perty franchise used for any either of the pur
poses herein specified shall be condemned the method
Of procedure for this purpose shall conform to and be
regulated by the provisions of any (ac entitled IAN
act to enable cities to supply the inhabitants thereof
with pure and wholesome water approved April
twenty first. thousand eight hundred and seven
ty six, and the supplements thereto.
BUILDINGS.
CT. And be 1t enacted That if in any city of this
state there not public buildings the property of
the city, suitable and proper to accommodate the
different officers and departments of the municipal
government, and for public and municipal uses. 1t
shall and may be lawful for the common council of
such city by ordinance to provide for the erection
and construction of any and all such buildings and
to purchase appropriate and condemn suitable lands
and real estate therefor and to suitably furnish and
equip the same.
IS. And be it enacted That 1t shall be found prop
and necessary to condemn lands for of the
purposes mentioned in the foregoing section author
ty ia hereby given to the common council of such
city do; and the method of procedure in every
such shall conform to and be the provided
for in the act entitled "An act to empower cities to
acquire land for public by condemnation ap-
proved March seventeenth, one thousand eight hun
dred and ninety one constituting chaper hundred
and four of the session laws of thousand eish
hundred and ninety-one.
BONDS
And be it enacted That it shall be lawful for the
common council in the name of the city to Issue its
corporate bonds for any sum not exceeding twelve
per centum of the taxable value of the property rated
for assessment: and such obligations shall be issued
in the name of the city and under It's corporate seal
and shall be signed by the mayor and atested by the
city clerk and countersigned by the city treasurer
they shall be of such denomination and bear interest
at such rate not exceeding five per centum per annum
and be payable at such times and place. not exceeding
thrty-ive years from the date of ISSUE as the com
mon council may determine; they shall be disposed
of at not less than their par vae the proceedings
such securities may be used for the purpose Of make
ing any of the improvements authorized by this act
and for other lawful purposes provided that no issue
of bonds exceeding the of ten thousand dollars
at any one time shall be made without the concur
renee of two-thirds Of all the members of counc
every instance the issue of bonds shall be authorized
by ordinance and the purpose for which the bonds
to be used shall be expressed therein, and the
proceeds thereof shall be used for no other purpose
whenever bonds are issued to provide funds for any
of the purposes authorized by this act any OF
the cost and expenses of which Ia authorized TO be
assessed upon the property benefited the assessment
TO benefit in every such sha be exclusively ap-
proprated for the redemption Of the bonds issued
and shall be kept separate from the other funds of
such city and devoted exclusively to this use and it
shall be the duty of the common council to provide
by taxation in the annual tax levy Of such city such
sum- in addition to the benefits so assessed will
be sufficient in every to provide for the annual
interest of the bonds so issued and sinking fund for
the redemption Thereof, which shall not be than
two per centum of the amount so issued
10. And be it enacted That the mayor, comptrol-
Ter and the city treasurer and the city solicitor ok
abs Of
whose duty Il shall be 10 take charge OF the sinking
fund of such city, and shall have power to make in
vcstmeDts thereof from time to time and pay there
from the obligations OF the said city for which such
fund is provided, as they may mature and the inter
est thereon it falls due, they shall annually report
10 the common council the condition Of the funds
under their charge and the Investment thereof aud
the common council shall have power to direct tn
mannersinswhich such Investments shall be made
H. And be Il enacted, Thai It shall be lawful for
the common council Of such city 10 make temporary
loans for period not exceeding, with any renewals
thereof, two years which loans shall only be in an
tcpatioD Of city taxes and of assessments for laying
out and opening, strengthening altering widening
any street road. highway or alley. and for the
struction of sewers and drains and the regulating,
grading and paving Of streets and sidewalks and
fees imposed for licenses and shall not exceed the
amount of such anticipated assessments taxes and
license fees and all such temporary loans shall be
retired and paid when the revenues anticipated
received and II shall be lawful 20 appropriate and
use the moneys no obtained on temporary loans in
anticipation Of revenues for city PURPOSES and all
moneys appropriated and used shall be provided
for in the annual tax levy
Y. And be It enacted That whenever any bonds
shall be issued under the authority of this act II shall
be the duty Of the city clerk and the city treasurer
under the direction of the common council and sub
ject 90 such regulations may be made by the
mon council in relation thereto, TO keep account
of all such bonds in proper books with the numbers
dates and amounts thereof, when redeemable, the
place Of redemption the place whore interest shall be
paid and when payable with the title of the ordinance
authorizing the and The names of the person or
persons 10 whom the same shall be issued and they
shall supervise the negotiation thereof, and shall
make report thereof to the common council from
time 10 time aud whenever required do; and II
shall be the duty Of the city clerk TO furnish to the
commissioners Of tho sinking fund statement show
ing the amount OF every such Issue and all the partio
ulars herein required 10 be recorded the
bonds authorized in any shall have been dis