The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-18
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An act to amend the act entitled a
further supplement to an act entitled
An act to enable the owners of tide
the same. and the owners of meadows
already banked IN n held by differ
ent persons to keep the same. In repair
thousand seven hundred and eighty,
eight" which supplement was, passed
January twenty-second, one thousand
/. Be It enacted by the Senate and
General Assembly of the state of New
Jersey. That SECTION one one of the act
entitled "A further supplement to an act
entitled AN act to enable the owners of
tide swaInps n marshes to improve
the same. and the owners of meadows
emit persons to keep the same in good
repair, passed November twenty-eighth,
one thousand seven hundred and eighty
es:ghrpt which supplement was passed
eight hundred and twenty-nine, shall be
and is hereby amended to read as fol-
lows:
General Assembly Of the stat of Nv
Jersey. That when any tract OF MARSH
Or swamp as i eSpo sema to m 5he e aSapit W o. !
separate parts, it shall be lawful for
the owners OF mere mere .w yhan on man IL q iu nm
separated from the rest by a c~rossDank,
to apply to the court of omrno pleas
Ct Sa the COUNTY Srse IN w Whif en- s4 3irat m section a0f 81
rhe act to which this IS a supplement-:
upon which said court IS required TO
appoint three or more oud1clous ana ais alg,
banking and improving tide eadoW
as commissionerds, who shall view the
fay out the c~rossbanks, slu.ces and food
gates and works requisite for sesuring
the marh or swamp frann he overflow OF
direction as may appear reasonable and
most safeand beneficial to the owners OF
such part of the marsh and swamp
which Is proposed p pc ed to t,d DE s seGerfo TO ar the
Ike rules and regulations and proceed
ings as required by the act supple
ment to which this is a further supple
3. And be it enacted, That section three
of the said act be amended to read as
follows:
the owners and possessors of more than
one-half of the marsh, meadow GROUND
and swamp lying within the bounds Oh
to a revaluation and assessment OF the
several lots and parcels of such marsh,
swAm and meadow ground it shall and
may. be lawful for the owners and pos
SCISSORS of the same company at a spe-
cial meeting to be held for such purpose,
notice of which said meeting shall pc
given by the managers or clerk Of the
company, by puttinsup advertisements
thereof in three or more public. places
near the premises, setting forth the time
dIiQ pave III llCCtlll6, SAioOoC ~ 80
or otherwise, three or more Indifferent
and disinterested men to revalue all the
marsh, swamp and meadow ground Sc
cured by the bank or dams from the
overflow of the tide: and the managers
of the said company are hereby required
TO make all subsequent duplicates and
assessments a~greeably to UGH reyalua--
ton.
8. And be it enacted, That section four
IF the said act be amended to read as
follows:
4. And be it enacted. That IT shall and
nay be lawful for the owners and pos
SCISSORS Ct any tract Of marsh. swami
bounds of any meadow bank company,
organized or to be organized under the
provisions of the act to which this is
a supplement, to cause the same to b
subjected to the Overlooking of the tide
ii such manner and for such time or
lines as the same company shall. at
their annual meeting, direct and appoint:
provided always, that the owners of
more than one-half of such marsh,
swamp or meadow ground shall vote or
agree to such overflow.
4. And be 1t enacted, That this act shall
lake effect Immediately.
Approved March Z. 1895.