The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1895-06-04

4. And be it enacted, That the term ward
as used in this act. shall include all division
of cities known as aldermanic districts, an
that hereafter all snch aidermanie district
SHALL be known and designated rs wards.
5. And be it enacted, That all acts an
parts of acts inconsistent with the provision
of this act be and the same are hereby repeal
ed. Hr
s And be it enacted. That this act shall
take effect Immediately. ~
Approved March IA. 1895.
CHAPTER GILL
ever, that this act shall not apply TO any city
wherein a like officer is provided for in its act
OF Incorporation" be amended so that the
same shall read as follows
Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That
the common council or other legislative body
OF the several cities of the third class be and
they are hereby authorized to elect city at
torney, who shall be an attOrney-at-law of al
| least two years standing at the bar, and shall
hold his office for the term OF three years, and
until his successor shall be duly appointed
and qualified; he shall perform such service
and receive such compensation as the COM
mon council or other legislative body shall
Dy ordnance prescribe; provided, however,
that this act shall not apply to any city where
In like ofhcer is provided for in It's act of In
corporation, or L. elected by a vote OF the peo-
pie or appointed by the mayor subject to con-
nrmatton by the common council of said city.
2. And be 1t enacted, That all acts and parts
THIS act be and the same are hereby repealed,
and that this act shall ia Ike effect immediately
Approved March IA, 1895.
CHAPTER Civ.
Supplement to an act entitled IAN act to
secure to mechanics and others payment for
their labor and materials in erecting any
ty-seventh, one thousand eight hundred ana
seventy-four.
l. Be It enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That
section two OF the act to which this Is a sup
plem kss6e and the same hqEapy Is sa.pended
2. And be it enacted, That whenever any
building shall be erected in whole or in part
land whereon it stands shall be liable to the
contractor alone for work done or materials
furnished in pursuance of such contract; pro-
Yided, said contract or a duplicate thereof, to-
gether with the specifications accompanying
the same or copy or copies thereof, be filed
in the office of the CLERK OF the county in which
bodybuilding is situate before such work Is
done or materials furnished.
2. And be it enacted That section three of
the act to which this is a supplement be and
the same hereby is amended to read as fol-
lows:
8. And be it enacted, That whenever any
master-workman or contractor shall, upon de-
furnished materials used in the erection of
any such house or other building, or any jour
erecting or constructing any building, the
money or wages due to him, 1t shall be the
duty OF eucn journeyman or laborer or ma
ter1alman to give notice in writing to the own
er or owners OF such building of such refusal,
and OF the amount due to him or them and so
demanded, and the owner or owners of such
building shall thereupon be authorized to re
tain the amount so due and claimed by any
such journeyman. laborer or materialman out
OF the amount owing by him or them to such
master-workman or contractor, or that may
thereafter become due from him or them to
such master-workman or contractor for lab Dor
or materials used in the erection of such build
ing, giving him written notice of such notice
and demand and If the same be not paid or
settled by said master workman or contract
or, such owner or owners on being satisfied of
the correctness OF said demand shall pay the
same, and the receipt of such journeymAn
laborer or materialman for the same shall en-
Title such owner or owners to an allowance
therefor in the settlement of accounts between
MIN ana sucn master-Workman or contractor
as so much paid on account.
3. And be 1t enacted, That when notice or
notices shall be served upon such owner or
owners by any journeyman. laborer or mater
1alman, under the third section of the act to
which this is supplement, and notice hereof
shall have been given by such owner or own
ers TO the master-wOrkman or contractor as re-
quired by said section, and said master-work-
man or contractor shall within i've days after
receiving notice aforesaid, notify in writing
the JOurneyman, labOrer or person who has
furnished materials that he disputes his or
their claim and requests him or them to es-
tabltsh the same by Judgment, the owner shall
provided, the master-workman or contractor
shall notify him in writing that he has given
the aforesaid notice to said journeyman la
borer or materialman.
4. And be it enacted That section thirteen
OF the act to which this is a supplement be
ana the same hereby is amended TO read as
follows:
49, And be it enacted, That no debt shall
pc lien by virtue OF this act unless claim is
nled as hereinbefore provided within four
months from the date of the last work done or
materials furnished for which such debt Is
due; nor shall any lien be enforced by virtue
OF this act unless the summons in the suit for
that purpose shall be issued within ninety
days from the date OF the last work done or
materials furnished in such claim; and the
time OF issuing such summons shall be en-
dorsed on the claim by the clerk upon the seal
ing thereof and If no such entry be made
within four months from such last date or if
such claimant shall tail to prosecute his claim
diligently within one year from the date of
the issuing of such summons or such further
time as the court may by order direct such
Hen shall he discharged; provided that the
time In which such lien may be enforced by
summons may be extended for any further
period, not exceeding four months, by writ
ten agreement for that purpose, signed by said
land owner and said claimant and annexed to
ited therefor shall have expired, in which case
the county clerk shall enter the word eek
tended" on the margin of the lien docket OPP
poSlte such claim, and any claimant upon re-
ceiving written notice from the owner of the
lands or building requiring him TO commence
suit on such claim within thirty days from
such lien by suit to be commenced within
said thirty days.
5. And be it enacted. That If The owner or
owners OF any building or other property
which, by the act to which this is a supple
ment or the various supplements and amend
ments thereto, is made the subject of liens
tor or toward the construction, altering. re-
pair or Improvement of which labor or ser
vices have been performed or materials fur
nished by contract duly filed shall, for the
purpose OF avoiding the provisions Of the act
to which this is a supplement. or the various
supplements and amendments thereto, or in
advance of the terms of such contract, pay
any money or other valuable thing on such
contract, the amount still due to the con-
tractor, after such payment has been made.
served in conf )rmity with the provisions OF
the act to which this is a supplement, or the
various supplements or amendments thereto,
such owner or owners shall be liable in the
same manner as II no such payment had been
made.
upon lands in this state shall have priority
over any claim which may be filed in pursu-
ance of the act TO which this is a supplement
thereto, to the extent OF the money actually
advanced and paid by the mortgage and ar-
piled to the erection of any new building up
on the mortgaged lands or any alterations.
repairs or additions to any building on said
lands, provided such mortgage be recorded
or registered before the fling of any such
claim.
T. And be 1t enacted, That In all cases Jour
neymen or laborers shall have priority and
pfolcISuCc ON0T any employers OF ldDOr, con-
tractors or materialmen, for the payment OF
wages, without reference TO the date when
said jOurneymen or laborers shall have filed
the lien or served the notices provided for in
the act to which this act is supplement or
the several supplements or amendments
thereto.
g. And be it enacted, That chapter two hun.
dred and ninety-twO of the laws OF one thou
sand eight hundred and ninety, entitled "A
supplement- to an act entitled IAN act to Sc
cure to mechanics and others payment for
their labor and materials in erecting any
building approved March twenty-seVenth
in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy four" which supple
ment was approved June nineteenth, one
thousand eight hundred and ninety be and
the same is hereby repealed.
8. And be 1t enacted, That an act entitled
"An act to amend an act entitled "a supple
ment to an act entitled can act to secure to
mechanics and others payment for their la
Dor and materials in erecting any building"
approved March twenty-seventh, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-four.' which supplement was approx
ed June nineteenth, one thousand eight hun
dred and ninety" and which amendatory act
was approved March twenty-ninth, one thou
sand eight hundred and ninety-two be and
the same is hereby repealed.
3. And be 1t enacted, That all acts and parts
of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby
repealed, and that this act shall take effect
Immediately.
Approved March IA, 1895
CHAPTER XXXvIIL
An Act to establish a new township in the county
of Burlington and state of New jersey to be
known as the township of Riverside.
Rn an cd lrrfh a 70 a IA A.