CHAPTER CCXCIII.

A Further Supplement to the act entitled "An Act to revise and amend the charter of the City of Newark," approved March eleventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven.

WHEREAS, in order to carry out a contemplated public im Preamble. provement in the city of Newark, it is desirable that certain streets should be opened and graded without delay, therefore

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1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Commissionthe State of New Jersey, That Joseph C. Young, Henry N. powers and Parkhurst, Jerome B. Ward, James F. Bond, Timothy W. duties. Lord, shall be and are hereby constituted a board of commissioners with authority and power to appropriate and take so much land as may be necessary to lay out, open, widen and extend a street called South street, in the city of Newark, which shall be one hundred feet in width from Dawson street in said city to the Newark bay, the centre line of said street to be fifty feet southerly from the northerly line of said street as now laid out upon the commissioners' map of said city, and also that the said commissioners are further empowered to appropriate and take so much land as may be necessary to lay out and open a street to be called " Bay avenue," which shall be one hundred feet in width from avenue C in said city to the Newark bay, the centre line of said street to begin at a point on the easterly side of said avenue C, seven hundred and fifty feet southerly from the northerly line of South street before mentioned.

notice of intention to

2. And be it enacted, That the above named commission- Must give ers shall give at least twenty days notice in two of the newspapers published in said city, of their intention to take said take lands. lands for public streets as authorized under the previous section of this act, and shall proceed in the same manner as is now done by commisioners when appointed by the common council to estimate and appraise the value of lands taken for said public streets, and shall award damages and assess benefits to property owners in all respects the same as if thus ap

Mayor and

issue bonds.

pointed, and whenever said commissioners shall have filed in the office of the city treasurer their report and map of said streets, it shall then be lawful for the common council of the city of Newark, and the New York and Newark Bay Ship Canal Company, without further proceedings, to make mutual contracts and engagements to grade, curb and work the said streets, on conditions to be agreed upon.

3. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the mayor council may and common council of the city of Newark, to issue bonds under their corporate seal and the signature of the mayor of the said city to be designated "Street Improvement Bond Number Two," for an amount not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars, bearing interest paying seven per centum per annum, with coupons attached, and payable at such time or times as may be agreed upon, not more than ten years from the date thereof, pledging the credit and whole property of the city for the payment of the same, which bonds it shall be lawful for the mayor and common council to sell at public or private sale as the proceeds may be needed.

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4. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the shall be ap- mayor and common council of the city of Newark, to use and appropriate the said bonds, or the proceeds thereof, if sold, for the payment of the costs and expenses incurred in the opening, grading and curbing of said streets, and for no other purpose whatever; the whole amount of costs and expenses incurred in the opening and in the prosecution and completion of the grading and curbing the said streets, shall be duly assessed, according to the provisions of the act to which this a supplement, and of supplements thereto; except, and provided, however, that one tenth only of the whole amount of the costs and expenses incurred shall be considered due and payable within one year after the work is completed, with interest on the whole amount, and one tenth of the whole amount with interest on nine-tenths within one year from date of last payment becoming due, and so on, one tenth of the whole amount with interest on balance due every year until the whole amount be paid; and it is further provided, that all the property lying between the streets to be graded under this act, and to the extent of one hundred feet north and south of said streets shall be subject to a lien in favor of the city for the whole amount of costs and expenses incurred by the opening, grading and curbing of said streets until the whole amount be paid or secured to be paid to the city; and in case of

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failure of the owners of property, fronting the said streets to pay their pro rata proportion of assessments made against their property in due time, as herein provided, then the common council shall proceed to sell the same, in the same manner as prescribed by the charter of the city of Newark for the collection of unpaid taxes and assessments.

5. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately.

Approved March 17, 1870.

CHAPTER CCXCIV.

An Act concerning taxes, and to facilitate the collection thereof in the township of Landis, in the county of Cumberland.

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1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Township colthe State of New Jersey, That the township collector of the have power to township of Landis, in the county of Cumberland, shall have enforce pay power to enforce the collection of all delinquent taxes as-quent taxes. sessed on any real estate in said township during the year eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and thereafter, by exposing the same for sale, to pay said tax and the costs thereon, at public vendue, to the person or persons who will take the said land on which said delinquent taxes are claimed to be due; and in case where the committee of said township may deem it for the interest of the township, they may authorize the clerk of said township to appear at and bid on such lands. as are offered for sale as aforesaid in the name of the township, the lands so sold to him, if any, to be the property of said township.

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2. And be it enacted, That no land shall be sold by virtue Collector to of this act until the township collector shall have made a re-maked turn to the township committtee that the taxes assessed on taxes. said lands are unpaid and have by him been returned as delinquents, and shall verify the same by his affidavit attached thereto, and the collector neglecting or refusing to make such return and affidavit on or before the annual township meet

Copy of re

turn to be recorded and

posted.

be made for

six weeks

ing for the election of officers shall be liable to the township for all of said unpaid and delinquent taxes not so returned. 3. And be it enacted, That within ten days after the said return by the collector of the township, the township committee shall cause a copy of said return to be recorded in the clerk's office of said township, and a copy thereof to be posted in at least three of the most public places in said township, the same to be certified to and signed by the clerk of said township.

Publication to 4. And be it enacted, That if any of said delinquents at any time before the expiration of twenty days after the prior to sale. posting of said notices, shall pay or cause to be paid to the collector of said township, said delinquent taxes and the costs together with the additional sum of fifty cents as registry fee for said clerk, then in such case the collector shall receive the same and receipt therefor, but in case such delinquents do not make the said payments within the said twenty days, the collector shall publish in one or more newspapers published in said county a copy of the return made by said township collector, at least six weeks, specifying the time and place where the same will be sold at public vendue as aforesaid, for the collection of said returned and delinquent taxes.

Sale to be at

5. And be it enacted, That on the day mentioned in said public vendue notice, or on some adjourned day thereof, the collector shall at the hour named in said notice proceed to sell the several tracts or parcels of land returned and unpaid, and in the order so returned, at public vendue as aforesaid, to the person or persons who will take said lands so offered, or the least quantity thereof, and pay the amount of the said delinquent taxes with costs, and cost of advertising and sale.

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sale.

6. And be it enacted, That immediately after such sale certificate of the township collector shall execute and deliver to such person or persons who may become the purchasers of said lands, a certificate of such sale, describing the piece or several pieces sold, as the case may be, together with the amount paid for the same, entitling the holder thereof to a deed of the premises so sold; provided, that the owner or owners of the said land or lands do not within twelve months from the date of said certificate, appear before the said collector and deposit with him for the purchase of said land, the amount so paid by him, together with twelve per centum interest, in which case the said certificate shall be deemed to be cancelled,

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and the amount so received shall on demand be paid to the party holding and owning such certificate.

deed in case of

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7. And be it enacted, That if at the expiration of two Delivery of years from the time of said sale, the owner or owners of any non-redempland so sold does not appear to redeem said land as aforesaid then the said collector shall execute to the holder and owners of said certificate a deed of the premises described therein, the party receiving said deed to be at the expense of the same, and on the delivery of said deed the sale shall be final, and the title of such lands pass irrevocably to the holders thereof, their heirs and assigns forever, in fee simple in as full a manner as if the owner thereof had executed a deed for the same.

ceived from

owned by

8. And be it enacted, That in case the township shall be- Funds recome the owner of any lands, as authorized in section one of sale of lands this act, the township committee shall have full power to dis- township. pose of the same, making a deed therefor in the corporate name of the inhabitants of the township of Landis, the funds arising therefrom to be paid over to the township collector, and by him kept and paid out as other funds belonging to said township are kept and paid out.

9. And be it enacted, That every inhabitant in said town. Tax on dogs. ship who shall keep or harbor a dog or bitch shall be taxed yearly and every year, for said dog so kept or harbored the sum of two dollars, and for every bitch so kept or harbored, the sum of four dollars, which tax shall be assessed and collected as other taxes are assessed and collected.

strap to be

10. And be it enacted, That every inhabitant of said town- Collar or ship who shall keep or harbor a dog or bitch, shall keep a placed on dogs strap or collar around the neck of said dog or bitch so harbored or kept with his or her name marked thereon, and it shall be lawful for any person to kill any dog or bitch found running at large without such collar on as aforesaid.

11. And be it enacted, That any funds arising from taxes Funds from on dogs or bitches as aforesaid shall be paid into the school taxes on dogs, fund of said township for the use of the schools thereof.

how applied.

deemed legal.

12. And be it enacted, That the notice required to be Notice to be given in the eleventh section of "An Act concerning taxes, approved April fourteenth, one thousand eight hundred and

forty-six shall be deemed legal and effective in law.

13. And be it enacted, That a'l acts inconsistent with this Repeater. act be and the same are hereby repealed, so far as the township of Landis is concerned.