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points, and showing also where the profile or grade may be seen, and the time and place when said land owners can be heard before said committee respecting said proposed work; which notice shall be set up at least six days before such meeting of the township committee, and a similar notice shall also be served on each of said land owners living in said township, at least six days before such meeting, by delivering a copy thereof to him or her, in person or by leaving such copy at his or her residence; after said owners have been heard, or shall have failed to appear, the said committee shall vote again upon the resolution, so as aforesaid adopted, and when the same as originally made, or as revised, shall be adopted by a majority of said committee, it shall be lawful for said committee to cause said sidewalk to be graded and laid or paved in the manner described in said revised resolution; a copy of said resolution shall be served on each of said land owners living in said township, by the same being delivered in person or left at the dwelling house of such owners respectively; nothing shall be done towards carrying said resolution into effect till after ten days from the service thereof as aforesaid, and if within said ten days any land owner shall give written notice to the clerk of said township, or to the chairman of said township committee of his or her intention to do such work described in said resolution in front of his or her land at his or her own expense, such land owner shall have the right so to do according to the directions of said resolution and in conformity with the grade therein referred to; but if any land owner shall not give such notice, or shall fail to begin said work within fifteen days after giving such notice, or having begun the same shall not proceed therewith without delay, said committee shall cause the same to be done as they shall deem best, and when the expense of such grading, laying or paving shall have been ascertained, said committee shall proceed to assess the same upon the owners of the land on that side of the street and between the points where such work was done, as nearly as may be according to the actual cost of the work in front of the lot or land of each owner respectively, and shall reduce said assessment to writing and sign the same, and thereupon the like notice shall be set up and given and the like proceedings had as are set forth in section third of this act in regard to assessments for lighting streets; and when said assessment shall have been confirmed or altered after the

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hearing as provided for in said third section, the same shall be final and conclusive upon the parties, and the sums so assessed shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner with other township taxes.

6. And be it enacted, That said township committee shall have power to cause crosswalks to be laid and maintained across roads or streets in said township wherever they may deem proper, and the expense thereof shall be paid out of any moneys raised for that purpose or for the purposes of roads or highways in said township; and they shall also have power to pass by a majority of their number, such ordinances, by-laws and regulations as they may judge proper respecting the care and improvement of the public grounds, and to prevent the running at large of cattle therein, and to direct and regulate the planting, rearing and trimming of shade and ornamental trees, to abate and remove all nuisances in the streets and public places in said township, and to cause the snow to be removed from the sidewalks therein.

How road tax 7. And be it enacted, That out of the moneys raised and collected for purposes of roads and highways from the taxpayers residing along any street or road it shall be the duty of the township committee to expend upon such street or road at least two-thirds of the amount paid by such tax payers, and the remaining one-third whenever they may judge best; and the taxes collected for roads or highways from persons living on any turnpike or road of an incorporated company shall also be expended where said committee shall determine; the township committee shall deliver to the township collector a copy of the assessments made as aforesaid for lighting streets or for grading and laying or paving sidewalks, and the said collector shall include in the tax bills of the persons against whom such sums have been assessed by virtue of this act, the respective sums so assessed against them, to be collected from such persons at the same time and in the same manner as other township taxes; and the said township committee is hereby authorized on the credit of said township to negotiate for the use of such sums of money from time to time as it may be necessary for them to employ in carrying out the purposes of this act; and it shall be lawful for the inhabitants of said township at any annual town meeting to vote any sums of money that they may deem necessary, to be raised by taxes during any year ensuing such meeting for crosswalks and public grounds or either of such purposes, and

such moneys shall be assessed and collected as other township moneys shall be, and the moneys so raised for crosswalks or public grounds shall be expended by the township committee as they may deem best.

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8. And be it enacted, That the township committee shall Grades of also cause the grades of the streets and sidewalks of said sidewalks to township to be established and profiles thereof to be deposi- be filed with ted with the clerk of said township to be preserved by him clerk. and exhibited to such persons as may desire to examine them, and the sidewalks constructed under this act as well as all others in said township shall be laid so as to conform to such grades.

9. And be it enacted. That an act entitled "A Further Repealer. Supplement to an act entitled An Act to authorize the inhabitants of the Township of Bloomfield to vote by ballot at their town meetings,' approved March thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine," be and the same is hereby repealed, and this act shall be deemed a public act and take effect immediately.

Approved March 1, 1870.

CHAPTER CXLVII.

An Act for the Relief of Jesse P. Carll and William H. H. Carll,
Assignees of Charles M. Carll.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Act for relief. the State of New Jersey, That it shall be lawful for the orphans' court, in and for the county of Salem, or any two judges thereof, by their order, upon application to said court or judges, by Jesse P. Carll and William H. H. Carll, assignees of Charles M. Carll, to extend the time limited in the fifth and eleventh section of an act entitled "An Act to secure to creditors an equal and just division of the estates of debtors who convey to assignees for the benefit of creditors," approved April sixteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six (so far as the said act may apply to the assignment of said Charles

M. Carll,) for a period not exceeding three months from the date of this act, and the said order shall have the same effect as if the time limited therein had been fixed by said act.

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

Approved March 1, 1870.

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CHAPTER CXLVIII.

A Further Supplement to an act entitled "An Act to incorporate Morristown," approved April sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of provide by tax the State of New Jersey, That the corporation of Morristown for payment. be and is hereby authorized to issue bonds to an amount not

exceeding five thousand dollars, in sums of not more than one thousand dollars, and not less than one hundred dollars each, to be signed by the mayor and countersigned by the town clerk, and sealed with the corporate seal of said town, and to have written or printed thereon the words "Fire Bonds," and one thousand dollars in amount of said bonds shall be made payable each and every year from the date thereof, so that the whole amount of said bonds shall become due and payable in five years from the date thereof, with interest at seven per centum per annum, payable semi-annually, and the common council of Morristown shall have power to raise the money by tax to pay the principal and interest of the said fire bonds as the same mature, in addition to the tax they are now authorized to raise, and in the same manner as other taxes are assessed and raised by said corporation. Proceeds ap- 2. And be it enacted, That the proceeds of the sale of said tablishment of bonds shall be appropriated and used by said common council for the establishment and maintenance of the fire department; provided, that the common council of Morristown shall have power to sell and dispose of the bonds of the said corporation at market value.

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3. And be it enacted, That the eighth section of the "Sup- Amendment. plement to an act entitled 'A Supplement to an act to incorporate Morristown,"" approved April sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty five, which said supplement was approved March fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, shall be so amended that next after the words " greater sum than," in said section, the words "five thousand dollars" shall be stricken out and the words "ten thousand dollars" be inserted.

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4. And be it enacted, That the common council of Mor- May raise ristown shall have power to pledge the credit of said corpora- loans. tion by promissory note or notes of the mayor or otherwise, for the purpose of raising temporary loans; provided, that Proviso.

no such loan or loans shall be made or raised before the tenth day of March in any year, nor to a greater amount than eight thousand dollars in any one year, which amount so raised shall be first paid out of the taxes first thereafter raised by said corporation.

5. And be it enacted, That section two of the supplement RepealeTM. entitled "A Further Supplement to the act entitled "An Act to incorporate Morristown,'" approved April sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, which said supplement was approved April seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, be and the same is hereby repealed.

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6. And be it enacted, That the said mayor, recorder, alder- May vacate men and common councilmen of Morristown shall have power, by ordinance or resolution, to vacate any portion or strip of any street or road within the corporate limits of said town, and after the portion or strip so vacated shall have been taken possession of by the owner of the freehold therein, it shall not be lawful for the corporate authorities of said town to take or appropriate the same again for any public purpose without making compensation therefor according to law; provided, it shall not be lawful to vacate any part or portion Proviso. any of the streets or roads within said corporate limits after the same shall have been surveyed, adopted, fixed and established by the corporate authorities in accordance with the provisions of the charter of said corporation, and the several supplements thereto.

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7. And be it enacted, That the said mayor, recorder, May regulate aldermen and common councilmen of Morristown, shall have and alter the power by ordinance, to regulate and alter the grade of any road or street. road or street within the corporate limits; and whenever they shall desire so to do, they shall cause a profile map to

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