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NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-217 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-217 - Benefits assessed deducted from damages awarded

40:37-217. Benefits assessed deducted from damages awarded  Whenever damages are awarded under the provisions of section 40:37-213 of this title to an owner of real estate, and benefits are assessed against the same owner, the county park commissioners may, when both the award of damages and the assessment of benefits have been finally confirmed, deduct the amount of the benefits assessed from the damages awarded, and set off the benefits against the damages by proper charges and credit, in order that only the excess of damages, if any, shall be paid, and only the excess of benefits, if any, collected.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-218 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-218 - Award collected by suit

40:37-218. Award collected by suit  Any person to whom an award shall be made may, subject to the deductions for benefits assessed, sue for and collect the award after it shall have been confirmed, in an action at law against the county park commissioners in any court of competent jurisdiction, and a certified copy of the award so made shall be presumptive evidence of the claim sued upon.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-219 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-219 - Assessments a lien; collection; action at law

40:37-219. Assessments a lien; collection; action at law  The county park commissioners may collect the assessments for benefits either by an action at law in the name of the commission against the person from whom it is due, together with the costs of making the same and interest at the rate of six per cent per annum from the date of confirmation, or by a sale of the property benefited, or by both of these remedies, which are to be cumulative. Every assessment shall be a first lien upon the property benefited as ascertained by the commissioners, to the amount of the assessment, with the interest and costs from the date of the confirmation thereof.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-220 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-220 - Assessments for benefits; disposition of funds; payment of bonds

40:37-220. Assessments for benefits; disposition of funds; payment of bonds  All sums of money received from assessments for benefits shall be set apart by the county park commission and devoted exclusively to the payment of bonds or obligations issued on its requisition, for the purpose of providing a fund to meet the expenditures of the commission and to the payment of the interest thereon.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-221 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-221 - Assessments a lien until paid

40:37-221. Assessments a lien until paid  All assessments for benefits made under sections 40:37-195 to 40:37-247 of this title shall remain liens upon the real estate benefited, from the confirmation thereof until fully paid.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-222 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-222 - Sale of lands for unpaid assessments; notice and publication

40:37-222. Sale of lands for unpaid assessments; notice and publication  If any assessment shall remain in arrears for more than six months after confirmation, suit may be brought for its collection with interest and costs, and the commission may proceed to advertise the real estate upon which the assessment may be a lien to be sold at public auction at the courthouse of the county, on a day not less than two months distant, between two and five o'clock in the afternoon. Such advertisement shall be published at least once each week for a period of at least three weeks next preceding the sale, in two of the newspapers published and circulating in the county, and shall be the only notice required. It shall contain the names of the owners of real estate in default, if the same be known, and if not known shall state the names of owners to be unknown, and shall give the amounts due from them respectively, with a short description of the real estate to be sold.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-223 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-223 - Sale for term of years

40:37-223. Sale for term of years  At the sale, the real estate shall be publicly sold to the person who will take the same for the shortest period of time, not exceeding fifty years from the date of sale, and pay to the commission before the close of the sale the full amount due upon the unpaid assessments, with interest thereon from the time when the same was confirmed at the rate of six per cent per annum, together with such sum as the commission may fix and determine to be a fair proportion of the expenses of advertising, conducting and making the sale. If any purchaser fails to make such payment, he shall forfeit all claim to the real estate, and the same shall be resold by the commission after advertisement in the manner provided in section 40:37-222 of this title.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-224 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-224 - Adjournment of sale; notice

40:37-224. Adjournment of sale; notice  The commission may adjourn a sale from time to time by making proclamation thereof, and may proceed therewith on the adjourned day.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-225 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-225 - Certificate of sale; issuance; assignability; recording

40:37-225. Certificate of sale; issuance; assignability; recording  The commission shall make and deliver to a purchaser at such sale, who shall have made payment, a certificate of sale, signed by its officers thereunto duly authorized, sealed with its seal and acknowledged or proved according to law. The certificate shall set forth as concisely as possible, the facts of the assessment, advertisement and sale, together with a short description of the real estate sold, the amount actually paid therefor by the purchaser and the length of time for which he shall have purchased the same. Every such certificate shall, before its delivery, be recorded in one of the books to be kept by the commission for that purpose. It may be assigned by deed of assignment under seal, duly acknowledged, and every such assignment may be recorded in the books of the commission upon the payment of a fee of one dollar.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-226 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-226 - Redemption of property sold

40:37-226. Redemption of property sold  The owner of any real estate so sold, his legal representatives, or any mortgagee or judgment creditor having a legal or equitable interest therein, may within the time prescribed by section 40:37-227 of this title redeem the property from the lien so imposed by paying to the commission, for the benefit of the purchaser, his heirs or assigns, the amount originally paid by the purchaser plus any tax or assessment paid by him and of which he may have given written notice to the commission, together with interest on all such payments at the rate of ten per cent per annum.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-227 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-227 - Time for redemption; declaration of sale; contents; filing

40:37-227. Time for redemption; declaration of sale; contents; filing  If at the expiration of three years no such redemption as is provided for in section 40:37-226 of this title is made, the commission shall, upon the surrender of the certificate of sale, execute and deliver to the purchaser, his legal representatives or assigns, a declaration of sale executed in the same manner as the certificate of sale. The declaration shall be duly proved or acknowledged and shall state briefly the facts of the assessment, advertisement and sale, giving a short description of the real estate sold, and the term for which it was sold. The declaration of sale shall be recorded in the books of the commission and also in the record of deeds in the office of the proper recording officer of the county, upon the payment of a fee of one dollar in each case. Until the recording of the declaration the time for redeeming such real estate shall remain open, notwithstanding the expiration of the said term.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-228 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-228 - Effect of declaration of sale; liability for waste

40:37-228. Effect of declaration of sale; liability for waste  The declaration of sale shall be presumptive evidence in all courts and places that the sale and proceedings were regular and according to law, and the purchaser or his legal representatives shall, by virtue thereof, lawfully hold and enjoy such real estate, with the rents, issues and profits thereof, for his own proper use against the owner thereof and all persons claiming under him, until the end of the term mentioned in the declaration. The purchaser so holding shall be liable for any injury or waste done or committed in the same manner and to the same extent as a tenant for years.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-229 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-229 - Redemption by mortgagee; notice to mortgagee; rights after redemption

40:37-229. Redemption by mortgagee; notice to mortgagee; rights after redemption  No mortgagee whose mortgage shall have been recorded or registered before the sale, shall be divested of his rights in and to the real estate unless, after written notice shall have been given to him by the purchaser for a period of six months, he shall neglect to redeem the real estate by paying the amount actually paid by the purchaser, including taxes and assessments subsequently made, together with interest at the rate of six per cent from the date of payment and all costs or charges which the purchaser may have been by law obliged to pay. Notice to every mortgagee who is a resident of the county shall be served personally. If he is not a resident it shall be addressed to him by mail at his place of residence as stated in the mortgage or any assignment thereof. Any mortgagee who shall redeem the property as hereinbefore provided may collect the amount paid as a part of the debt due, and shall be entitled to receive and hold by assignment the declaration of sale, as evidence of such payment and as further security for the repayment of the sum so paid, with interest.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-230 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-230 - Unsold lands struck off to board

40:37-230. Unsold lands struck off to board  Real estate which is not bid off and sold when offered for sale or resale, according to the provisions of sections 40:37-195 to 40:37-247 of this title shall be struck off to the commission by its corporate name, for the longest term for which a sale is authorized to be made, and it may hold the property and sell, assign and dispose thereof and use the proceeds in the same manner as directed in the case of moneys paid for benefits assessed. The commission shall, in relation to the real estate so struck off to it, have all the rights and privileges of a purchaser at such sale.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-231 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-231 - Freeholders to borrow money upon requisition of park commission; bonds; limitation

40:37-231. Freeholders to borrow money upon requisition of park commission; bonds; limitation  To meet the expenses incurred under the provisions of sections 40:37-195 to 40:37-247 of this title, in addition to the money received from benefit assessments as herein provided and otherwise, the board of chosen freeholders of the county shall from time to time, on the requisition of the park commissioners, borrow money in the name and on the credit of the county by issuing bonds of the county to a sum in the aggregate not exceeding two million dollars. All such bonds shall be issued as hereinafter in section 40:37-235 of this title provided.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-232 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-232 - Additional bond issues

40:37-232. Additional bond issues  The following supplements to the act entitled "An act to establish public parks in certain counties in this state and to regulate the same," approved April first, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, providing for additional bond issues, and approved on the following dates, are hereby saved from repeal: April 18, 1930. (L.1930, c. 233, p. 1037.) April 8, 1931. (L.1931, c. 73, p. 129.) [These acts provide the authority for the issuance of bonds in addition to the amounts authorized by the original act.]
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-233 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-233 - Appropriations; action by freeholders

40:37-233. Appropriations; action by freeholders  On requisition of the park commission the board of chosen freeholders may appropriate for the park commission such sums as the board of chosen freeholders may deem advisable subject to the limitation provided in section 40:37-231 of this title.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-234 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-234 - Appropriations for current expenses included in county budget

40:37-234. Appropriations for current expenses included in county budget  Appropriations for current expenses of the park commission and any other expenses which the board of chosen freeholders may deem proper, shall from time to time be included in the county budget.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-235 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-235 - Bond issues; law applicable; deductions from debt statement

40:37-235. Bond issues; law applicable; deductions from debt statement  Appropriations for other than current expenses, including, however, all expenses of the board of park commissioners incurred prior to the establishment of a park, may be provided for by the issuance of bonds or other obligations of the county in pursuance of article 1 of chapter 1 of this title (s. 40:1-1 et seq.). The chief financial officer of the county may deduct such bonds or other obligations, including the bonds or other obligations referred to in section 40:37-236 of this title, from any annual or supplemental debt statement, equal in amount to one per cent of the average assessed valuation of the county for the three preceding years.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-236 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-236 - Certain expenses replaced by bond issue; limitation

40:37-236. Certain expenses replaced by bond issue; limitation  In the discretion of the board of chosen freeholders, budget appropriations not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars in aggregate amount for the expenses of the park commission made prior to the establishment of a park, may be replaced by the issuance of bonds or other obligations for park purposes, as provided in section 40:37-235 of this title, and the proceeds of the bonds or other obligations used for that purpose, may be reappropriated for any county purpose.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-237 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-237 - Amount collected from benefit assessments applied to payment of bonds

40:37-237. Amount collected from benefit assessments applied to payment of bonds  Upon the receipt of moneys collected from benefit assessments the park commissioners shall turn over the sum so collected to the officer, board or body charged by law with the care, custody and control of the fund for the payment of the bonds issued for the improvement in connection with which the assessment was levied.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-238 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-238 - Lands used only for park purposes; railroads excluded; exceptions

40:37-238. Lands used only for park purposes; railroads excluded; exceptions  Except as hereinafter in section 40:37-239 of this title provided, all real estate taken or held under the provisions of sections 40:37-195 to 40:37-247 of this title for the purpose of public parks shall be forever kept open and maintained as such, and no steam or other railroad shall be laid out on, or maintained or operated in or on any portion of the parks, open spaces, boulevards, parkways or roadways laid out and located under said sections 40:37-195 to 40:37-247, except at such places and in such manner as the commission shall by resolution approve.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-239 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-239 - Sale of real estate in certain cases; vacation of roadways

40:37-239. Sale of real estate in certain cases; vacation of roadways  If the commission shall by resolution determine that any real estate, or part thereof, acquired under sections 40:37-195 to 40:37-247 of this title, is no longer required for park purposes, it may sell and convey the same or exchange it for other real estate. Whenever any real estate was conveyed to the commission for park or boulevard purposes only the commission may reconvey the same to the grantor or his heirs, successors or assigns. The commission may also, by resolution, vacate or surrender any roadway, parkway or boulevard, within its jurisdiction or control. All such conveyances heretofore or hereafter made by the commission shall be valid and effectual in law, and shall convey all the right, title and interest of the commission and of the county in which the real estate is situate, and of the public, in and to such real estate.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-240 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-240 - Rules and regulations; notice; penalties; disposition of

40:37-240. Rules and regulations; notice; penalties; disposition of  The commission may make rules and regulations for the government and use of the parks, open spaces, boulevards, parkways and roadways, and enforce the same by prescribing and fixing for the violation thereof suitable penalties, not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00) for each offense. All rules and regulations shall be plainly printed and posted within the parks and public places or on the boulevards and other highways. The commission may sue for and collect the penalties prescribed and fixed for any violation of the rules and regulations so made in a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction. All fines and penalties recovered shall be used by the commission for the same purposes and in the same manner as its other funds. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 663, s. 96, eff. March 19, 1953.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-241 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-241 - Transfer of municipal parks and streets to county park commission

40:37-241. Transfer of municipal parks and streets to county park commission  Any municipality within the county and any board in such municipality, having control of the parks or streets therein may, with the consent of the park commission, transfer the care, custody and control of any park, public place or street under its care or control to the commission for the purpose of sections 40:37-195 to 40:37-247 of this title.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-242 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-242 - Referendum; submission at general election; notice

40:37-242. Referendum; submission at general election; notice  The question of the adoption of sections 40:37-195 to 40:37-247 of this title shall be submitted to the voters of any county having the necessary population at the next general election. The county clerk shall, at least ten days before the election, give public notice by publication in two or more newspapers published and circulating in the county, that the submission will be made at the ensuing election. The notice shall state briefly the question to be submitted.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-243 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-243 - Ballot, form and content

40:37-243. Ballot, form and content  The county clerk shall cause the question to be printed upon the sample and official ballots for the general election in substantially the following form:  "To vote upon the public question printed below if in favor thereof, mark a cross (X) or a plus (+) in the square at the left of the word YES, and if opposed thereto mark a cross (X) or plus (+) in the square at the left of the word NO.  "Shall a county park commission be appointed in [ ] YES ................. county pursuant to sections 40:37-195 to 40:37-247 of the title Municipalities [ ] NO and Counties of the Revised Statutes?"
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-244 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-244 - Vote required for adoption

40:37-244. Vote required for adoption  All ballots so cast for or against the question shall be counted and the result thereof returned by the election officers, and the acceptance or rejection thereof shall be determined by the result thereof. If upon the canvass of all the votes cast for or against the question, it shall appear that a majority of them were in favor thereof, the provisions of sections 40:37-195 to 40:37-247 of this title shall become operative in that county.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-245 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-245 - Results returned and certified; record of

40:37-245. Results returned and certified; record of  The votes cast for and against the adoption of sections 40:37-195 to 40:37-247 of this title shall be counted, returned, certified and canvassed in the manner provided by the laws relating to elections, and the county clerk shall file a tabulated statement of the number of votes so cast together with his certificate thereon, in his office, there to remain of record.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-246 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-246 - Clerk to deliver copy to freeholders; appointment of commissioners

40:37-246. Clerk to deliver copy to freeholders; appointment of commissioners  If the provisions of sections 40:37-195 to 40:37-247 of this title shall have been adopted at such election the county clerk shall, within five days after the filing of his tabulated statement and certificate, deliver a certified copy thereof to the clerk of the board of chosen freeholders, and within ten days thereafter the board shall at a regular or special meeting appoint the park commissioners herein provided for.
NJ Rev Stat § 40:37-247 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Municipalities and Counties|Section 40:37-247 - Election expenses; payment by county

40:37-247. Election expenses; payment by county  All expenses incident to the election, properly certified by the county judge or if there are two or more county judges by all or a majority of them, of the county shall be paid by the county wherein the election is held in the same manner as other election expenses therein are paid. Amended by L.1953, c. 37, p. 664, s. 97, eff. March 19, 1953.