The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1895-04-16
nnAPrER XIV

An Act to authorize borough commissioners
TO order and regulate the construction OF
sidewalks, and to provide for the payment
of the expenses OF the same. - s-,...
L. Be it enacted by the Senate ana General
Assembly of the State of New Jersey, mat
the incorporated borough commissions OF this
state shall have power, through their several
legislative bodies, to pass an ordinance for
the regulation, construction ana repalr 10, ol
the method in which sidewalks IN such DOR
ough commissions shall be constructed, re-
nafred and maintained from materials out
of which the same shall be constructed also
to provide for the payment OF the cost OF
such construction, re pair ana maintenance
provided however, that the properly owners
NAV construct, at their own expense, sloe-
walks of any material that may pc ailo"eu py
general ordinance of such borough.
q And be it enacted, That any such Dor.
ough commission may prescr1be, by general
ordinance, IN what cases such Sidewalks shall
be constructed, repaired ana mainsaimso q.
whenever in any borough commission IL shal
hereafter become the duty OF any owner "
abutting lands, under the ordinance OF Z
repair any sidewalk or section tneIeoI, tne
authorities of such borough, commission nay.
ing charge OF the street aniifs OF tse noruug
com mission may cause q notice In writing 70
be served upon the owner or occupant Oh saiI
lands, requiring the specihed work TO sala
sidewpIks to be done by said owner OF occu
nant within a period OF not less than twenty
days from the date of service OF such nouce
whenever any lands are oe9upl s anu IN, tns
commission, the same may be mailed, postage
nrenaid TO his or her post office address, y
| The same can be ascertained; IN case sucI
owner is a nonresident of the borough com
mission and his or her post once ADDRESS can
not be asceruained, then the notice may pc IN
serted for four weeks, once a week, IN some
newspaper of such borough commission, or IL
some newspaper printed in the toWnshll
wherein said borough commission Is situate
In case the owner or occupant OF sald land'
| shall not comply with the requirements o.
/ such notice, it shall be lawful for the stree
department of the borough commission Z
| cause the REQUIRED work TO be done ana pal(
| for out of the moneys of the borough com
mission to the credit of the street depart
luent; the cost of such Work shall be cerune'
bv the person or persons having charg'
| thereof to the person having charge OF th'
I collection of taxes and assessments IN Sucl
| borough commission upon Ming SAID corfu
ficate with the collector OF taxes OIL said Dol
ough commission the amount OF the cost O
| such WORK shall be ana become lien upoi
the said abutting lands in the 'front.' OF or OF
the side OF which such work was done AM
it shall and may be lawful for the authort1e
in such borough commission 10 place the as
easements made against any property I'm
moved in the manner specified in this act fl
the annual tax bill rendered to the owner
4 owners of such property, and the same ma,
be collected in the same manner ana Dy IN
same officers as taxes are or may be collecIe'
in such borough commission; IN aunltlol
thereto the borough commission may nave "
action upon contract to recover the SAT-
amount against the owner of SAID lands II
anV court having obtained jurisdiction there
Of: the certified copy of the aforesaid cert1n
cate shall in such an action be pr1ma iaci
evidence of the existence OF debt due iron
the said owner to the borough.
g. And be it enacted That all moneys ne
overedlor paid to the borough commission
C nder the provisions of the last preceding sec