line of lands of David V. Brower, lying on the east side of the Bergen turnpike, if prolonged westerly, would intersect the same; thence running easterly along such prolonged line and the northerly line of lands of David V. Brower and Elizabeth Martling, to the centre of the Dallytown road; thence northerly along the centre of said road to the centre of the Fort Lee road; thence easterly along the centre of the Fort Lee road to the centre of Jones' road; thence northerly along the centre of the Jones' road to the centre of Palisade avenue; thence continuing northerly along the centre of Brayton street to the centre of Chestnut street; thence westerly along the centre of Chestnut street to the centre of Lydecker street; thence northerly along the centre of Lydecker street to the centre of Hamilton avenue; thence westerly along the centre of Hamilton avenue to the brook, the source of the Overpeck creek; thence southerly along the easterly line of said brook and creek, following the various courses thereof, to the centre of the Bergen turnpike; thence easterly along the centre of said turnpike to the easterly line of the Northern Railroad of New Jersey, and thence southerly along said easterly line to the point of Manner of as- beginning; and the said commissioners shall make the said assessment on said lands in proportion to the benefit received in their judgment by the owners thereof, and they shall make a map showing the boundaries of the land so assessed, and the course, length and location of the road or avenue on account whereof the assessment is made, and in any assessment for the extending, altering, widening or straightening of said roads; also, showing the manner in which they are to be extended, altered, widened, straightened or vacated, and shall make a certificate of the whole amount of the assessment, and the assessment to the owner or owners of each plot or parcel of land assessed, with a short description of such plot or parcel, such as the said commissioners shall deem sufficient to ascertain the location and extent thereof, and annex the same to said map; whereupon the said commissioners shall give two weeks previous notice, in a newspaper published in the county of Bergen, and by notice posted in three of the most public places along the line of the improvement, that they will meet at a convenient time and place, to be named in said notice, to hear and weigh all objections to said assessments and to correct and fianlly confirm the same, and notwithstanding any error in said certificate in not naming sessment. Meeting to hear objections to assessments. impair notice the true owner or owners of any plot or parcel, the assess- Errors not to ment shall remain valid and effectual against such plot or of assessment. parcel, and be collected in the manner hereinafter prescribed, and if any error of assessment be made in such certificate in not dividing any plot or parcel according to its actual ownership, it shall not defeat or impair the assessment, but the commissioners shall, on application to them, divide said assessment and apportion it to such parts. map and cer titicate filed in when it shall lands, &c. Collector of taxes shall collect assess to treasurer. 7. And be it enacted, That the map and certificate men- Map and certioned in the last section, or the certificate only, when no the office of map is necessary, when completed according to such final county clerk, correction and conformation of the assessment, shall be filed be a lien on in the office of the clerk of the county of Bergen; from which time the said assessment shall be a lien on the lands on which it is laid, and from said time when the assessment shall be made on account of the extending, altering, widening or straightening the said roads, the same shall be considered extended, altered, widened, straightened and vacated according to said map, and the said commissioners may proceed to open and control the same under this act; and the said commissioners shall make a copy of said tificate, which they shall place in the hands of the collector ments and pay of taxes for the time being of the township of Hackensack, and thereupon it shall be the duty of the collector to directly collect the said assessment in sixty days from the time of placing such copy in his hands, and to pay the same over to one of the said commissioners who shall have been chosen by them as their treasurer; and the said collector shall, in the collection of the said assessment, be liable to the same pains and penalties, and entitled to the same fees as in the collection of the annual township taxes, the raid fees being reserved by him out of the amount so collected; provided, that the Proviso. said collector, before proceeding under this act, shall enter into bonds to the said commissioners, with such sureties, and in such sum as the said commissioners shall approve, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties under this act; and the said treasurer, before receiving any moneys from said collector, shall enter inte bond to the inhabitants of the township of Hackensack, in their corporate name, with such sureties and in such sum, as the township committee shall approve, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties as such treasurer. 8. And be it enacted, That in case any owner or owners of sold for as sessments. Land may be lands so assessed as aforesaid, shall fail to pay the assessment laid thereon, within one year from the time of placing the copy of the map and certificate in the hands of the collector, then the land upon which the said assessment is a lien shall be sold in the same manner that land is now authorized by law to be sold for unpaid taxes in said township of Hackensack, so to raise a sufficient sum to pay the said assessment and the interest, at the rate of twelve per centum per annum, from the expiration of sixty days from the time of placing such copy in the hands of the collector, and the lawful costs and fees of collection and sale. Exempt from township tax for ten years. 9. And be it enacted, That any lands assessed for the es for roads altering, widening or improvement, of said public roads and avenue, as herein before provided for, shall be exempt from all township taxes for the improvement or repairs of highways for the term of ten years from the time of the passage of this act. Terms of of fice. Repealer. 10. And be it enacted, That the term of office of the said commissioners shall expire at the end of three years from the passage of this act; and in case of the death, disability, resignation or removal, from the said township of any of the said commissioners, the vacancy so caused shall be refilled by the remaining commissioners, at a meeting called for that purpose, by the election of a new commissioner for the unexpired term, the said new commissioner to be an owner of land liable to be assessed for the widening or the improvement of the roads and avenue aforesaid, under this act; and the said commissioners shall each have the sum of three dollars per day for each day of actual service performed by them under the provisions of this act. 11. And be it enacted, That the act entitled "An Act to widen and improve a road and avenue from Ridgefield to Englewood, in the township of Hackensack, in the county of Bergen," approved the first day of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, be, and the same is hereby repealed. 12. And be it enacted, That this act shall be a public act, and shall take effect immediately. Approved February 16, 1870. CHAPTER LXXVIII. A Supplement to an act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Paterson Fire Insurance Company," approved February twentyeighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight. WHEREAS, "The Paterson Fire Insurance Compay," by an Preamble. act of the legislature of this state, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Paterson Fire Insurance Company," approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty eight, was ordained, constituted and declared to be a body politic and corporate in law and in name, with certain rights, privileges and franchises, and subject to certain duties, limitations and restrictions; and whereas, the said company, through inadvertance, have omitted to pay the tax and assessments imposed upon their said act of incorporation, by the act entitled "An Act to increase the revenues of the State of New Jersey," approved March sixth, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, therefore, assessment. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Revival of act the State of New Jersey, That the act entitled "An Act to on payment of incorporate the Paterson Fire Insurance Company," approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, shall stand revived, and shall have the same force and effect as if the said tax and assessment had been paid on or before the first day of July next, after the passage of the said last mentioned act; provided, that the said tax and assessment, imposed by the act entitled "An Act to increase the revenues of the State of New Jersey," shall be duly paid on or before the first day of July next, after the passage of this act. 2. And be it enacted, That the privilege to increase the capital stock of said company, given by the second section of the said act to which this is a supplement, be and the same is hereby restricted and limited to five hundred thousand dollars. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved February 16, 1870. Restriction on capital stoc increase of capital stock. May consolidate capital Proviso. CHAPTER LXXX. A Supplement to an act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Long Branch and Sea Shore Railroad Company," approved March twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly stock, subject of the State of New Jersey, That the said Long Branch and to conditions. Sea Shore Railroad Company, and New Jersey Southern Railroad Company, by and with the consent of two-thirds of the stockholders of said railroads respectively, may consolidate the capital stock of the said companies; subject always to the provisions, reservations and conditions in the acts incorporating the said companies and the supplements thereto; and that the stock of the said companies subscribed and authorized to be subscribed under the said acts shall be deemed and considered, and is hereby declared to be joint stock, and the profits arising from the railroads of the said companies shall be divided among all the stockholders of the two companies aforesaid, share and share alike, and that the number of directors of the said consolidated companies shall, after the said consolidation be thirteen; provided always, that before this act shall take effect, the assent of the stockholders holding two-thirds of all the stock of the said Long Branch and Sea Shore Railroad Company, and of said New Jersey Southern Railroad Company, to the provisions of this act, shall be certified to the satisfaction of the governor of this state, and the same shall be filed in the office of the secretary of this state; and provided further, that if any stockholder or stockholders shall refuse his, her, or their assent, or if by reason of absence or legal disability such assent cannot be obtained, application may be made by such stockholder or stockholders, within three months from the time that the purchase or consolidation shall take effect, to one of the justices of the supreme court of this state, for the pointment of three disinterested and impartial persons, well acquainted with the value of railroad property, as commissioners, to appraise the value of the shares held by said stockholder or stockholders; whereupon such proceedings shall be Proviso. |