Repealer. formity with the requirements of this act relating to annual 67. And be it enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in- Approved April 4, 1872. Preamble. purchase bridge. CHAPTER DXII. An Act to provide for a free bridge across the Raritan river WHEREAS, in consequence of the increasing population of 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Commission- the State of New Jersey, That James Bishop, Azariah D. tour Newell, Henry L. Janeway, Abraham V. Schenck and Henry Weston, Peter S. Duryea, Alfred L. Dennis, J. Russell Howell, Isaac W. Scudder and Ezekiel M. Patterson, as commissioners, or a majority of them, be hereby appointed commissioners with full power and authority, by contract with the proprietors of the bridge over the Raritan river, to purchase and acquire for the public use of the county of Middle 4 sex the toll bridge now erected across the Raritan river at the foot of Albany street, in the city of New Brunswick, together with the exclusive franchise enjoyed by the said proprietors to establish and maintain the bridge across the said Raritan river, for the lowest price for which the same can be obtained, to the end that no obstruction may hereafter exist to the erection of such free bridges as may at any time be built across the said Raritan river at the said city of New Brunswick, in pursuance of law. ers to estimate the value of no agreement 2. And be it enacted, That in case no agreement for such Commissionpurchase can be made with the said corporation, the said and determine commissioners shall thereupon proceed to estimate and deter- bridge when mine the fair and just value of the said bridge and franchise, can be made. having first given at least twenty days' notice in writing of the time and place, when and where, the said commissioners will meet to hear any representations on behalf of the said corporation or of the board of freeholders of the said county of Middlesex, in relation to the matter, which notice shall be served upon the president of said corporation, and also upon the director of the board of chosen freeholders of the said county of Middlesex, and shall also be published in the daily newspapers of the city of New Brunswick for the space of ten. days prior to said meeting; and the said meeting may be adjourned from time to time, at the discretion of the said commissioners; and so soon as they shall have determined upon the said valuation, they shall prepare and sign a certificate thereof, and file the same in the office of the clerk of the county of Middlesex; and immediately upon the payment to the proprietors of the bridge over the Raritan river, at the foot of Albany street, in the said city of New Brunswick, of the amount of the said valuation, or, in case they will not receive the same, upon the deposit of the same in such trust company or savings institution as any justice of the supreme Title and pos court shall direct, the title to and right of possession of the brige vested said bridge shall become vested in the board of chosen free- freeholders. holders of the said county, for public use, in the same manner as if the same had been erected by the said board in pursuance of law, and it shall thereafter be lawful to erect and maintain bridges over the said Raritan river, in the said county of Middlesex, in such mode as may be provided by law, as freely as if no exclusive privilege had been granted to said corporation concerning the same. 3. And be it enacted, That in case said corporation, or the session of in board of peal. Proceedings board of chosen freebolders of the county of Middlesex, shall In case of ap conceive themselves aggrieved by the action of said commissioners, they may appeal therefrom to the supreme court of this state, at any time within sixty days after the filing of the said certificate, as aforesaid, and the said court shall order a jury, which jury shall by the order of said court be selected from any other county than the county of Middlesex; and said court shall have the power to designate that said jury can be a jury of view and that they shall be selected and summoned in like manner as struck juries are now selected and summoned, which jury shall assess the value of the said bridge and franchise, the trial whereof shall be conducted as in other cases of trial by jury, and the final judgment of said court shall be conclusive as to the said valuation, and the amount already paid or deposited as said valuation shall be increased or diminished accordingly; provided, that in case of appeal by said board, and also by said corporation, but one issue shall be framed and one jury ordered for the trial thereof, and that the place of the trial of such appeal, whether taken by the said board of chosen freeholders or by the said corporation, shall be in the county of Middlesex. Proviso. Award and expenises to be of freeholders May borrow issue bonds. money and 4. And be it enacted, That the amount agreed upon or pad by board finally awarded, as aforesaid, for the purchase of said bridge and franchise, with the expenses incident thereto, shall be paid by the board of chosen freeholders of the county of Middlesex, and the said board of chosen freeholders is hereby authorized, empowered, and required to borrow, from time to time, in the name of said board, by the issue of bonds, to be signed by the director, and countersigned by the collector of said county, and payable at any time not exceeding ten years, and bearing interest at seven per centum per annum, all such sums of money as may be necessary to pay the valuation and expenses aforesaid; which sums of money shall be paid over to said commissioners, to be applied by them to the purposes provided for in this act, and the moneys necessary for the redemption of the said bonds, with the interest to accrue thereon, shall be raised by county taxes, from time to time, in the same manner as other taxes are raised in said county. Commission. ers to take oath. 5. And be it enacted, That before entering upon the duties hereinbefore specified, the said commissioners shall take and subscribe an oath, before some person having authority to administer the same, that they will faithfully and impartially perform the duties required of them by this act; and the said commissioners shall be entitled to receive five dollars per day Compensation for the time necessarily employed by them in the duties im posed by this act. 6. And be it enacted, That this act shall be deemed and taken to be a public act, and shall take effect immediately. Approved April 4, 1872. CHAPTER DXIII. A Supplement to the act entitled "An Act relating to the assessment and revision of taxes in the city of Newark," approved March fifteenth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six. sued declared 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the warrants issued for arrears Warrants isof taxes against or upon personal estate in the city of New- valid. ark, directed to the receiver of taxes as collector of arrears, shall be valid until the first day of November after their date, and the said receiver as collector of arrears shall make his final return and statement to the common council, at their Final return first meeting in the month of December following in each made." and every year, and that the sixteenth and seventeenth sections of the act entitled "A Further Supplement to the act entitled 'An Act concerning taxes,"" approved April eleventh, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, are hereby declared to be in full force and effect, so far as relates to the city of Newark. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved April 4, 1872. when to be Act extended money and erect a school house. CHAPTER DXIV. An Act to authorize the Trustees of Preakness School District, Number Fifteen, in Passaic county, to borrow money and issue bonds to purchase land and build a school house thereon. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Trustees max, the State of New Jersey, That the trustees of Preakness School District, Number Fifteen, in the township of Wayne, in the county of Passaic and state of New Jersey, be and they are hereby authorized to borrow any sum or sums of money, not greater than twenty-five hundred dollars in all, that they may find necessary for the purpose of purchasing a lot and erecting a school house thereon and furnishing the same, with the privilege of using the material of the old house within said school district. May issue bonds. Legal voters may assess a special tax. 2. And be it enacted, That for the purpose of securing the repayment of said loan, the said trustees may issue bonds in their corporate name to the lenders of said moneys in amounts not less than fifty dollars each, payable at such times and in such amounts as the board of trustees shall direct, with lawful interest, payable annually, which bonds shall be registered in a book kept by said trustees for that purpose, and shall be assignable in law, and shall be a first lien against said school house when it shall be erected. 3. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the legal voters of said school district, at their annual district meetings hereafter, to assess such a special tax upon the inhabitants of said school district and their estates, in addition to all other taxes raised at such meetings and required by law, as will be sufficient to pay the annual interest accruing on said bonds, and also to provide for their ultimate redemption when due, which taxes shall be collected by the Tax, by whom officer now or hereafter provided by law for the collection of other township taxes, and shall be separately accounted for by him and appropriated, first, so far as required, to the payment of said interest annually as it falls due, through orders drawn on him by the clerk of the said trustees, as collected and how used. |