Proceedings to make a new assessment and award.

Justice may

upon

appointed shall proceed to make a new assessment and award the same principles and in the same manner as if they had been the original commissioners, and shall give such notice of a hearing before them, and of the time when they will present their report to such court or justice, when objections may be presented to such report, as the court or justice may direct, and said commissioners shall present their report in writing, signed by a majority of them, to such court or justice, and such court or justice, after hearing the parties to such certiorari, if they appear, and such other parties in interest as shall appear at the time fixed for the presentation of said report and hearing thereon, may modify modify and con- and confirm such report as to the court or justice shall seem just, and such report, when so confirmed, shall be final, both as to the assessments for benefits and awards for damages therein contained, and shall be in lieu of the original report; and all such assessments shall be collected and awards for damages paid in the manner provided in the statutes for collecting such assessments and payments of awards for such improvements, and such assessments shall be due from the date Report shall be of the confirmation of such report, which shall be filed, together with the other papers, with the person charged with the duty of the collection of such assessments in the respective cities.

firm report,

which shall be final.

filed.

Unpaid taxes

due city on lands taken shall be deducted from the award.

2. And be it enacted, That in all cases where awards and assessments for damages are made for land taken in the opening of any street in any city of this state, there shall be at the time of the making of such award unpaid taxes and assessments due to such city on the lands so taken, the amount so due for such unpaid taxes and assessments, with all interest, shall be deducted from the award at the time of payment or tender thereof by the officer charged with the payment thereof.

commissioners.

Compensation of 3. And be it enacted, That such commissioners shall receive such compensation for their services as such court or justice shall order, to be paid by such city.

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

Approved March 1, 1893.

CHAPTER XXXVIII.

A Further Supplement to an act entitled "An Act concerning evidence," approved March twenty-seventh, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four.

foreign countries

published re

dence in all

authenticity.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Public statutes the State of New Jersey, That the printed statute books or laws of and pamphlet session laws or other laws of any foreign authorized to be country or of any province or subdivision thereof, printed ceived as eviand published by the direction or authority of such foreign courts of this country, province or subdivision thereof shall be received state. as evidence of the public statutes or laws of such foreign country, province or subdivision thereof in any and all courts of this state, and the court may determine whether Court may deany such book or pamphlet offered in evidence was so termine as to printed or published, either from the inspection of such book, or the knowledge of the court, or from testimony in support thereof, and no error shall be assigned for the rejection of any such book or pimphlet so offered, unless it be proven on error that such book or pamphlet offered as such in evidence is what it purports to be; nor shall any error assigned for the admission of such book or pamphlet be sustained unless it be shown in support thereof that the statute or law offered in evidence or some material part thereof was not in force in such foreign country, province, or subdivision thereof at the time of the transaction or matter to which it was offered as pertinent or material.

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

Approved March 1, 1893.

Governing body of any village with three

thousand popu to purchase lot

lation authorized

and erect public hall.

Authorized to issue bonds denominated

bonds.'

Terin bonds shall run.

CHAPTER XXXIX.

An Act to enable villages in this state to acquire lands and erect buildings for municipal uses and purposes.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That it shall be lawful for the governing body of any village having a population of three thousand or over to purchase a suitable lot or tract of land within such village, and to erect thereon a building for a public hall for the use of the people thereof, to hold their public meetings and have their public offices located therein, and for such other purposes as the said governing body may deem for the interests of said village, the cost of which said lot and building shall not exceed the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars.

2. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the governing body of such village to raise money for the "public building purposes aforesaid by the issuing of the bonds of such village, which bonds shall be denominated "public building bonds," and shall state upon their face the purpose for which they were issued; and the term for which said bonds shall run shall not be longer than thirty years, and they shall be redeemable any time after the expiration of five years, at the option of the said village; and shall be of denomination of not less than five hundred dollars, and shall bear not exceeding the legal rate of interest, and shall not be sold at less than par.

Denomination of bonds.

Authorized to

lease, rent or

said building

not necessary for public uses exclusively.

3. And be it enacted, That for the purpose of paying the hire any part of principal and interest of said bonds as the same shall become due, and for the further purpose of maintaining such building and for the general improvement of the same, said village is hereby authorized to lease, rent or hire, for any specified time, any part of said building not necessary for public uses exclusively, as in the judgment of the governing body thereof may deem proper, for such sum or sums of money as they may deem for the best interests of such village; that the money received from

received from

such leases shall first be applied in payment of such How money necessary improvements and repairs as the governing such leases to be body of such village shall have made from time to time, applied. and the balance shall be applied to the payment of the interest and principal of said bonds as the same shall become due.

One-twentieth of

said bonds shall

be

raised each all taxable

year by tax on

property.

4. And be it enacted, That at least one-twentieth of the principal sum of said bonds shall be raised each year by principal sum of tax on all the taxable property in said village, and shall be applied in payment of the principal and interest of said bonds as the same shall fall due, and for no other purpose; that should no bonds or interest be due on which to apply said money as the same shall be raised, then in that case the governing body of such village shall appoint three responsible persons as sinking fund com- When sinking missioners, who shall give bonds for the faithful discharge finer shall be of their duties; that such commissioners shall have power appointed. and authority to invest said money in such manner and for such time as they shall deem for the best interests of such village, subject, however, to the approval of the governing body of such village.

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

Approved March 1, 1893.

fund commis

CHAPTER XL.

An Act in relation to assessments of taxes in cities.

cities having

make assess

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the Taxing officer State of New Jersey, That in all incorporated cities of this in incorporated state that now have or may hereafter have block maps, block maps shall it shall be the duty of the taxing officer or officers in all ments describcases, in making their assessments for taxes upon real block numbers. estate, to describe the same by block and lot numbers as shown upon the assessment maps of the city.

ing same by

New owners of property shall

on the books and

maps.

2. And be it enacted, That when any change occurs in have the change the ownership of property in any such city, it shall be properly noted the duty of the new owner to present his deed, or other evidence of title, to the officer, officers or department having charge of the assessment of taxes therein, that the change of ownership may be properly noted on the books and maps kept by the said taxing officer or officers.

Deeds shall not

be recorded unless it shall be duly certified

thereon that the

presented at the office of the officer having charge of the

assessment of taxes.

Proviso.

3. And be it enacted, That no register of deeds, county clerk or other officer whose duty it shall be to record deeds, shall record any deed which conveys any property same have been in cities of this state that now have or may hereafter have block maps, unless it shall be duly certified thereon that the same has been presented at the office of the officer, officers, or other department having charge of the assessment of taxes, for the purpose of recording or noting such changes as may have been made thereby in the property lines and ownership of the property; provided, that nothing in this act shall prevent the recording of such deed in case a fee of twenty cents is paid at the time any such deed is deposited for record to the register of deeds, county clerk, or other officer whose duty it is to record the same, upon which payment having been made it shall be the duty of said register of deeds, county clerk or other officer, within five days thereafter to present such deed or an abstract thereof to the officer, officers or department having in charge the assessment of taxes, for the purpose of having such changes in lines of ownership as may be made thereby recorded or noted.

Repealer.

4. And be it enacted, That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act be and the same are hereby repealed, and that this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 1, 1893.