Costs and expenses to be paid out of school fund.

Comptroller to draw warrant.

Repealer.

school district or board of education in which the schools are located, and received by him as the property of the district or boards and for the use of the school.

3. And be it enacted, That the said reports and maps shall be furnished at the cost of publication, and the cost and expenses thereof shall be paid out of the income or revenue of the fund for the support of the public free schools of this state, on the presentation of the bills therefor, audited by the said board of managers, and approved by the state superintendent of schools.

4. And be it enacted, That the comptroller is hereby directed to draw his warrants upon the treasurer of the school fund for the above-mentioned appropriations and expenditures when they shall severally become due and payable; and the said treasurer is directed to pay the same out of any moneys now in his hands, or which may come to his hands, as income or revenue from the investments of the school fund.

5. And be it enacted, That all acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed, and that this act shall take effect immediately.

Approved April 9, 1889.

CHAPTER CXXXIX.

A Further Supplement to an act entitled "An act to establish and regulate pilots for the ports of Jersey City, Newark and Perth Amboy, by way of Sandy Hook," approved April seventeenth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That section one of the act to which this is a further supplement be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows, to wit:

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Section as the State of New Jersey, That the governor, by and with amended. the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint five commissioners of pilotage, who shall hold their offices, respectively, for three years; and in case any commissioner of pilotage so appointed shall die or resign, or in any other way become disqualified to act, it shall be the duty of the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, forthwith to fill such vacancy; and the person so appointed to fill such vacancy shall hold his office for the like term of three years; and the commissioners of pilotage, or a majority of them, shall be authorized, and full power and authority are hereby given to them, to permit, at their discretion, any person to act as a branch pilot off the bar at Sandy Hook, or of the river Raritan, or of the harbors of Jersey City, Newark or Perth Amboy, they having examined the said person in the manner hereinafter mentioned, and made such inquiries respecting him and his qualifications, as to them, the said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall appear necessary and expedient.

commissioners,

2. And be it enacted, That the terms of all the several Terms of present commissioners of pilotage now in office under the act to when to cease. which this is a supplement, and the various supplements thereto, shall cease and determine upon the appointment and confirmation of the commissioners of pilotage above provided for.

3. And be it enacted, That section twenty-four of the act to which this is a supplement be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows, to wit:

amended.

24. And be it enacted, That the pilots shall, once in each Section as month, account to the said commissioners for the fees received by them for pilotage; and the said commissioners shall be entitled to receive one and one-half per centum from the said fees, as a compensation for their services under this act, to be divided among the commissioners according to the days they may have, respectively, attended at any meeting; provided, that said commissioners shall not be entitled to receive said commissions on extra pilotage for boarding off shore, or for fees received for what is called transportation or harbor pilotage.

Apprentices,

how many to a boat and how long to serve.

4. And be it enacted, That hereafter every boat belonging to the pilots licensed by the laws of this state shall have but one indentured apprentice, who shall be attached to said boat, and indentured to its master, and serve as said apprentice, under the laws of this state, at least four years, and at least three consecutive years of said apprenticeship as a boat-keeper on said boat, and shall be subject to all the laws now in force for the government of Examinations, pilots of this state, and shall be examined as now directed by law, and, after said examination, shall be licensed as a deputy pilot, at and under the discretion of the pilot commissioners of this state, and no person shall be appointed a pilot of this state, by way of Sandy Hook, except as herein provided.

&c.

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

Approved April 9, 1889.

award damages

and make assessments.

CHAPTER CXL.

An Act relating to the opening of streets and avenues in townships.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Authorized to the State of New Jersey, That where any township in this for lands taken state has power by special charter to open, grade, curb, flag and macadamize streets and avenues in such township, and to take land therefor, it shall be lawful for the corporate authorities of such township to make or cause to be made the proper award for damages for the necessary lands taken and appropriated for the opening of any such streets or avenues, and to make or cause to be made the proper assessments for the costs and expenses of such opening upon the lands and real estate benefited thereby, and to collect or cause to be collected the amount or

amounts so assessed, before proceeding to carry out the other improvements that the said township authorities may have determined to carry out on such street or

avenue.

2. And be it enacted, That all acts or parts of acts, Repealer. whether general or public, local or special, inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be and they are hereby repealed.

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

Approved April 9, 1889.

CHAPTER CXLI.

An Act in relation to the repairing of sidewalks in the cities of this state.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That whenever it shall be deter- Sidewalks, how mined by the common council of any city, by resolution, repaired. that it is necessary to repair, as hereinafter provided, any sidewalk, or any part or parts of the same, including the curb and gutter stones thereof, in any public street of said city, specifying in said resolution how and in what manner the said sidewalk or such part or parts thereof, and the said curb and gutter stones, shall be so repaired, it shall be the duty of the street commissioner, or other Duty of street duly appointed agent of said city, to serve upon each commissioner. landowner whose lands adjoin or front upon the said sidewalk, or said part or parts thereof, in case he or she shall reside in said city, a certified copy of such resolution, together with a notice that if said sidewalk adjoining said lands, including said curb and gutter stones, shall not be so repaired by said owner within fourteen days next thereafter, the said repairs shall be made by said

Repairs, how made.

Cost to be ascertained and remain a lien until paid.

city at the expense of said owner; and that if such owner shall be unknown or non-resident, the said copy of said resolution and the said notice shall be posted conspicuously upon the front part of his or her said lands for fourteen days as aforesaid, and shall also be advertised for fourteen days in a newspaper printed and circulating in said city; and that due proof shall be made of the manner of such service and publication, by oath or affirmation, to be filed in the office of the city clerk; and that when such repairs shall be made by the said owner, they shall be made under the direction and control of the said street commissioner or other duly appointed agent of the said city, and shall be subject in all things to his approval; and that when such repairs shall be made by said city, at any time after the expiration of said fourteen days, the actual cost thereof to each owner shall be ascertained and determined by said common council, and shall be duly entered upon their minutes, and shall be certified by the city clerk to the collector of taxes (by whatever name he may be known) of the said city; and that the said cost of the same shall then become and thenceforward be a lien upon the said lands of the said owner until the same shall be paid and discharged, with legal interest thereon; and that the amount of the same shall be added to and included in the next annual tax bill for city, county and state taxes against said owner, and shall be collected and enforced therewith, and in the same manner; and that said repairs to said sidewalk, including said curb and gutter stones, shall embrace the leveling of the same, in accordance with the established grade, and the resetting, relaying, renewing and replacing of all flag, curb and gutter stones, or any part or parts thereof, in such manner as shall conform to the said resolution, and to any ordinance or ordinances of said common council, and as shall be approved by said street commissioner, or said other duly appointed agent of said city.

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

Approved April 9, 1889.