The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-30

supplement thereto approved March
twenty-ninth, one thousand eight hum
hereby amended to read as follows:
A.. And be 1T enacted, That one-tnira OF
the cost of all roads constructed IN TINS
state under this act shall be paid for out
of the state treasury; provided that the
amount so paid shall not in any one year
exceed the sum of seyenty-fiye thousand
coed said sum-, the said s~eventy-fiye thou
sand dollars shall be apportioned by the
governor and the state commissioner OF
public roads mongs the counties Of the
state in proportion to the cost of roads
constructed therein for such year. as
shown by the statements OF costs filed
in the office of the state commissioner o.
public roads; the, governor and said state
commissioner of public roads shall, be-
tween December fifteenth and thirty
first in each year, certify to the state
each county for such year, and the state
comptroller shall t~hereupon draw his
warrants in favor of the respective
county collectors for the sums certified
as aforesaid upon the state treasurer.
who shall pay the same out of the
moneys in the state treasury not other
wise appropriated.
s. And be it enacted, That the seventh
section of said act, as amended by the
supplement thereto approved March
twenty-ninth- one thousand eight hun
dred and ninety-tWo, be and the same
is hereby amended to read as follows:-
I. And be it enacted, That whenever
there shall be presented to the board OF
chosen freeholders of any count a petit
ton signed by the owners of at least two
thirds of he lands and real estate 'front.'
ing or bordering on any public road or
section of road in such county, not being
less than one mile in length, praying the
board to cause such road or section to he
improved under this act, and setting forth
that they are willing that the peculiar
benefits conferred on the lands fronting
or bordering on said road or section shall
be assessed thereon in proportion to the
benefits conferred, to an amount not eX-
ceeding ten per centEn of the entire cost
of the improvement, it shall be the duty
of the board to cause such Improvement
to be made; provided that the estimated
cost of all improvements made under this
act in any county in any one year shall
not exceed one-half of one per centum
of the ratables of such county for the
last preceding year; it shall not be neces-
Sary for the board in such case to declare
by resolution their intention to cause.
such Improvement to be made, but they
shall forthwith cause all necessary sur
veys of such road or section to be. made,
and specifications for a macadam, telford
or other equally good stone road. to be
prepared, and shall then proceed in the
same manner as is hereinbefore required
in cases where such intention has been
declared; if the specifications shall not
be approved by the board, or by the state
commissioner of public roads, or if all
the bids for the work shall be rejected, it
shall be the duty of the board to cause
other specifications to be prepared, or re-
advertisements for bids to be. made, as
often as nay be necessary, and until q
contract shall be awarded, to the end that
the improvement prayed for may be COM
pleted with reasonable speed; provided,
however, that no advertisement need
be made wherethe lowest bid submitted
shows that the Improvement prayed for
cannot be made within the limit of eX-
penditure hereinafter mentioned; in every
case where a contract shall be awarded
after the presentation of such petition as
aforesaid the board of chosen f~reeholders,
instead of certifying to the county board
of assessors tWo-thirds of the estimated
cost of the work, as prescribed by the
fifth section of this act, shall certify two
thirds of said estimated cost, less one
tenth of said estimated cost, which sum
the county board of assessors shall in
clude in their assessment of county taxes.
6. And be it enacted, That the sixth sec
ton of the aforesaid supplement APPROX
ed March t~wenty-nine, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-two, be and the same
is hereby repealed.
Z. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect Immediately.
Approved May, II, 1894.