The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1913-10-09

or if sufficient goods and chattels to
make the said tax can not be found,
then to take the body of the delinquent
and deliver the same to the Sheriff or
jailer of the County to be kept in Gus
tody until payment be made; and it is
further provided by law that where
items of tax upon real estate are not
paid on or before the date fixed for
payment of the same, it shall be the
duty of the Receiver of Taxes to adj
vertise and sell said real estate for the
purpose of making said tax;
And whereas, the said Harry K.
Kramer, Receiver of Taxes, has not
pursued the remedies thus provided for
the collection of delinquent taxes, but
has wholly neglected or refused so to
do, and has suffered and permitted said
taxes to remain unpaid, to the great
harm and detriment of the city.
And whereas, by the Tax Law of this
State, approved April 8, 1903, and now
in force, it is provided among other
things, as follows: Qatter part of sect
ion 64)
Every collector who shall wilfully
neglect or refuse to perform any SER
vice or duty required of him by this
act shall be guilty of misdemeanor;
for each neglect or refusal to perform
any service or duty required of him by
this act the collector shall forfeit and
pay thirty-two dollars, to be recovered
by the taxing district in an action on
contract in any court of competent
jurisdiction, which penalty shall be ad-
ditional to that for misdemeanor.
And whereas it is further provided
by said Tax Law, (Section p that the
term 3'collector" wherever used in the
Act, shall apply to all officers charged
with the collections of taxes, and said
term therefore includes the Receiver
of Taxes of the City of Lambertville.
Now, be it resolved, by the Common
Council of the City of Lambertville,
that the City Solicitor be, and he is
hereby instructed to proceed forthwith
by action at law against the said Harry
K. Kramer to recover judgment for
said penalty of thirty-two dollars for
his neglect or refusal to take the mea-
sures provided by law for the collection
of unpaid taxes in each and every of
the several cases of delinquency for
the years 1909, 1910 and 1911 above re-
ferred to. as
And be it further resolved, that the
said Harry K. Kramer, Receiver of
Taxes, be and he is hereby instructed
to report to common Council forthwith,
the number of items of real estate tax,
personal property tax, poll tax and dog
tax assessed for the year 1912 which
are at this date unpaid; with the names
of the persons from whom such taxes
are due, and statement of the efforts,
if any, which said Receiver of Taxes
has made to collect said unpaid taxes,
and the steps which he has taken under
the law, if any, to enforce payment of
the same.
On motion of Mr.. HolcOmbe it was
received and referred to city solicitor
to report at next meeting of council.
Mr.. Mongon presented a petition to
have lights placed at Wilson and Swan
streets. 1t was signed by many resi-
dents of that locality. On motion of
Mr.. Mongon it was received and re-
ferred to Hight committee with power
to act.
A petition was also received from
residents of the Quarry street section
asking for lights in that locality. On
motion of Mr.. Mongon it took the
same course as the one above.
On motion of Mr.. Holcombe the
street light committee was ordered to
put light at the corner of LILLY and
Franklin streets.
The street light committee made a
report on street lights and giving
prices on improved street lights from
Manager f. STANLEY North.