The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-11

and collected in such manner as the
common council shall by ~Eordinanee di-
be lawful for the camm9n council to
raise by ~taxation in ian8,ioneH year, in
the general assessment fofcity purposes
an amount of money that shall. cause
a greater rate than 1--WE hundred cents
on one hundred dollars of the valuation
of the real and personal valuation or the
for taxation therein as shown by the
duplicate of assessment for the current
year.
3S. And be 1t. enacted, That the board
of city assessors shall meet on the sec
ond Monday in May, in each and every
year, and At SUCH meeting they shall Sc
who shall hold his office, one year or
during the pleasure of said board of as
SCISSORS; a majority Of s sda th assessors tTsoss
! action of business. and they shall nave
power to adjourn from time TO time, and
Finake such rules and regulations for
their own proceedings as are not incon-
~ssistent with this act and the laws OF
this state relating thereto.
A. And be it enacted, That the board
of city assessors shall possess powers of
the like officers of any township of this
state, and having duly organized,
porceed to make a full and fair valuation
enumeration and assessment of all the
| real and personal property In sad clty
according to law; and all statements.
returns and assessments shall be as OF
I the twentieth day of May of each year,
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commence; the assessors shall tabulate
and arrange such valuation, enumeration
\ and assessments in lists which shall also
| exhibit, in alphabetical order the names
Of all persons, firms, or cor
porationS liable to be, assessed to pay any
tax designating the lands, and
real estate. as laid down IN the maps
prepared q to be PREPARED for ina pg ar
to, each lot, and each subdivision thereoI,
as the same stands recorded on said at
las, distinguishing the same py theH
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each lot or subdivision, together with the
value, enumeration and assessment OF
| the objects liable to taxation, for which
such person, firm, company or corpora
ton is liable at the time of making these
valuations, enumerations and assess
ments: the assessors shall also make out
lists, showing the name and residence of
each male inhabitant of said city OF the
age of tw~enty-one years and upwards;
| Upon whom they shall assess SUCH poii
tax as. required by law, or by any ordl-
nance of the common council passed IN
conformity with any statute in force az
, the date of the passage of this act; that
when the board of assessors of said city
shall have made the valuation of per-
sonal property and real estate ana the
| improvements thereon, they they shall
give one weeks notice in two of the
| daily newspapers published in said city,
setting forth the time or times ana
place when and where they will at
| tend to hear and consider all complaints
| touching such valuations, under such
rules and regulations as they may pre-
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modify such valuations as to them may
appear just and equitable, after hearing
such complaints and making such chang
es as they may deem proper
IS. And be it enacted, That the said
| board of assessors, or snch of the NUM-
| Der as they designate for that purpose
shall attend all the meetings OF the
I county board of assessors which sinai
be convened according to law, and in
| the proceedings of said county board
assessors, shallbe entitled to as many
votes as there are wards In the city that
they represent which votes shall be cast
them shall direct.
So. And be it enacted, That it shall be
the duty of the common ~councilto cause
| to be made and revised, from time TO
time, acity map or atlas, therein delineat-
ing and describing the lots, plots ana
tracts oof land and real estate situate
within such city and subdivisions thereor
the said city MAJ or atlas and all re
visions thereof ,shal be deemed pupnc
records of, the said city. ss
81. And be it enacted, That the city en-
gineer or surveyor shall a Keep,
cfty mai or atlas; he shall keep an in
dex or register Of the lots shown there,
on andthe several owners thereof; ana
it shall be his duty to make his offlee
an abstrat of each and every deed
or transfer affecting lands situate IN
such city,. EACH abstract shall ps pro-
| perly indexed- and entered upon the
I city atlas ;eits shballcbe. the duty OF the
| common council to fix by ordinance the
| Compensation of the city engineer or
| supervisor. for the above. and all other
duties appertaining to his office.
IS. And be it enacted, That it shall be
theduty of the board of assessors to pre-
pare fun lists of taxes and have them
ready for examination, revision and cor
rection before the common council on or
before the third Monday in August in
each wear; and the co 1nin9oa COZ council cor,
~rection, when satisfied that the taxes
have been justly and legally assessed,
shall direct duplicates to be made m
the hands of the collector of taxes,
| whose duty it shall be to make out bills
and serve said bills as required by law;
said bills. shall contain a printed notice
when and where the commissioners OF
| appeal will meet for the purpose of hear
ing any appeals from parties considering
themselves aggrfeved:
SO. And be it enacted, That the as
SCISSORS of the said city shall SO arrange
their duplicates as to specify therein
byletters and numbers as shown on the
! OF lots assessed, with the valuation
thereof, as shown by the register kept
by the city engineer or surveyor, to the
end that each lot and subdivisio, as they
shall be liable for the whole tax as
sessed thereon; but if any lot shall have
been sold and such transfer not entered
on said atlas and register as aforesaid.
the person who shall have paid the tax
as assessed theron shall have the right
to recover from the other parties inter-
ested their proportions of said tax, In
| proportion to the value of the several
| parts thereof. III 85s&
40. And be it enacted. That the ASSESS
ors of every city in this state shall ass
| ess in the respective. divisions and wards
of such city, IN one and the same dupli-
cate, all the state, county and city taxes
to be levied in such city in each year,
and the assessors shall assess the said
/ "a vac and COLLECTOR of taxes shall de-
mand payment at all such times as tho.
taxes are now payable in the townships,
of this state in case the common council,
| shall fix a different time, at the time so
fixed of the tax or sums assessed on
leach individual named in the assess
books, In person or by justice left
at his or her place of residence, Sor if
mot resident in said city, by notice mailed
to his or her last known post office adj
| dress, and also give notice of the time
and place ofsthe meeting of the commits
sioners Of appeal; and the. said assessors
and collector of taxes shall, for perform
ing the duties required ofsthem by law
| and the city ordinances, be entitled to-
l~3receive such compensation as the COM
mon counc may by ordinance direct, in
Elieu of such fees as now provided by law.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Al. And be it enacted, That the board
Of education shall be a body polite in
fact and in law; they and their success
sors forever hall and may ave per-
in law cpable of suing and being sued,
pleading and being implicated,
ing and being answered unto, defending
/ petual succession and shall be persons
I and being defended IN any court of
law or equity: and that they and their