The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-25
ACT
CHANGES GO
TO TRENTON
Amendments Provide for
New Way of Paying
for the Work.

Frank j. Book, of the local Board oil
Works. has gone to Trenton today to
have introduced amendments to sec
tons one and three of the act of 1895
for the paving and repaving Of streets
in irst-class cities. The act is known
as the Jersey City paving act. ana
provides that the work be paid by
certificates which is complicated fmd
would require a special issuance oil
bonds for each separate job.
The act as it stands provides that 20
per cent. of the amount shall be paid
in current funds from the capltal
funds and the other 70 per cent. py
temporary loan bonds.
The amendments to section 3 oil the
act provides that the difference be-
tween the amount assessed for prop
ertv benefited and the total cost OF the
work be raised by general tax OF the
city at large, and all the funds so
raised TO go to the payment of the tenn
porary loan bonds issued for the work
assessed.
The amendment follows:
An. act TO amend an act respecting the
paving and repaying OF sIaeet a9 nv arsf
class in this State, and proVidlng loE ~
payment Of assessments Tor especlai pe.e
Ats to property benehted tnelepy u yorly
payment of contractors supplying the WolS
and material therefor approved niat,s
ii 1895 being chapter 30 of the laws OF
1886. ''''
Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
l. Tint section 1. OF the act to which tnlS
is an amendment. be amended so as -
read MS follows: That when the poaru ~
49, - ....f,nI If fhR streets nlttt
highwa of any city Of the first class OF
this state, shall, by ordinance, provide Tor
the paving or repaving OF any street, n.y..
nue. or public highway In such eny; hluen
the provisions Of this act, ana shall enter
into n contract for the work ana ma7elih
or my pnrt thereof necessary or convent
ent for carrying ont the provisions OF sue
ordinance, and for the performance ol ne
work therein provided for, 1t shall be the
duty of such city to pay Tor sech
work and material in the manner fol-
lowing: from the sale OF tempofas.
lnan bonds to be issued by the
Common Council or other body having
charge of the finances OF such city, ana
which bonds shall upon their face Indicate
that they are issued for street paving anu
r%epaving: and it shall be the duty OF the
proper officers of such city to keep q record
OF all temporary loan bonds issued under
the authority of this act and the tlpe anG
place of payment. both OF principal ana
interest. and make proper provisions Tor
the payment of the same as herein pro-
Vided; said bonds shall bear interest at d
ratio nnt exceeding : per centum per an
mum. and shall be payable at the eXplra-
fion of not more than five years from date
OF issue; provided. that not more than
$500 GOO. shall he spent b. the board or
body having control Of the streets and
highways OF any city of the frFt-class IN
this State, IN any ore year, under the au-
IL -rit-- >e fli- ~@t 1or pnving or repAV,ng
OF ~.-oe.s in such citv.
? That seetion 'hree. Ct tie act to which
this Is mn ~p,rendment. be- amended so as
to raad as fellows;
=. That when the commissioners OF as
kess-1ents. or other body charged with
makin@ an assessment up0n the property
esneoiallv benefited by such raVing or re-
paving, shall have made It's assessment. and
the same shall have been c~onflrned. the
amount remaining and unassessed nnon
property esnecia1lv benefited and thereby
charged to the city Mt large shnll be In
corporated IN and raised by the annual
INK lew for the then next succeeding year,
ard raised by general taY for such year.
ard the r1oneys received froT the asse3a-
me1ts and the money so raised by general
tax. for the purpose aforesaid. shall BE-
reserved aud exclusively applied to the
payment of the Temporary loan bonds is
sued under and by the virtue of the pro-
visions of this act.
Temporary loan bonds issued under the
provisions of This act may be renewed
from time to time until the whole OF the
assessments for the Improvement for which
they issued are paid and collected.