CHAPTER XXXIV. AN ACT to legalize certain acts of the township committee and inhabitants of the township of Woodbridge, in the county of Middlesex, in raising money for nine months' volunteers for the war. WHEREAS, the inhabitants of the township of Woodbridge, Preamble. in the county of Middlesex, did, on the twenty-fifth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, assemble and organize themselves into a meeting, and the said meeting, thus assembled, did unanimously vote to borrow a sufficient sum of money to pay a bounty of sixty (60) dollars to each nine months' volunteer to the war; and whereas, the credit of the said township was pledged at said meeting, by vote, for the payment of said sum so directed to be borrowed, and to that end the amount required was directed to be assessed and collected from the taxable property of said township; and whereas, at a subsequent meeting of said inhabitants, after eight (8) days' notice being given by the township clerk, at the written request of the township committee, it was voted that six thousand (6,000) dollars, or as much thereof as may be required, be assessed and collected for the purposes aforesaid, and the said assessment having been made and partially collected, and doubts having arisen as to the legality of the said doings of the township committee and the inhabitants of the said township of Woodbridge-therefore, bridge con 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Acts of Woodthe State of New Jersey, That the acts and doings of the firmed. township committee and the inhabitants of the township of Woodbridge, in the county of Middlesex, mentioned in the preamble to this act, to raise money by assessment and collection, a sum sufficient to pay a bounty of sixty dollars to each nine months' volunteer for the war, to make up the quota of men from said township, are made valid in all respects, and binding upon the inhabitants and taxable property in said township. 2. And be it enacted, That the collector or special collector Collector to be of the township of Woodbridge have full power and authority to collect the said sum so assessed as aforesaid, in the man collector and pay over money. ner now prescribed by the act relative to the collection of taxes in said township, and to pay such sum already collected, or hereafter collected, to the township committee of said township, or upon their order, to the treasurer of the township bounty fund, to be appropriated to the payment of all sums borrowed by the said treasurer, and expended for bounties by him, and the remainder, if any there should be, to be appropriated to the payment of the bounty tax of all volunteers from said township. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately, and be taken and held as a public act. Approved February 11, 1863. Preamble. Purchaser upon tender within twelve months. CHAPTER XXXV. A supplement to the act entitled "An act revising and amending the act to incorporate the city of Paterson," approved February twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty two. WHEREAS, by virtue of said act, a large quantity of land in said city has been sold for taxes, and no adequate provision has been made for the cancellation of such tax title by other than expensive suits at law, frequently of greater expense than the value of the land sold; for remedy whereof, 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of must remove the State of New Jersey, That upon the tender of payment, of purchase by the owner, mortgage occupant, judgment creditor, or any person having a legal or equitable interest in any lands sold for taxes in the city of Paterson, his, her or their agent or attorney, or by any attorney of law in this state, acting in his, her or their behalf, under the act to which this is a supplement, of the sum of money and costs of sale at such tax sale, upon the lands sought to be redeemed, with the sum provided in said act for the deed, together with twelve per cent. interest thereon, it shall be the duty of the holder or purchaser of such tax title, his, her or their assignee or assignees, to execute to the owner, at his request, or upon the request of the mortgage occupant, judgment creditor, or any person having a legal or equitable interest in such land, his, her or their agent or attorney as aforesaid, in behalf of the person or persons having the legal title to such land, a good and sufficient deed, duly signed, sealed, acknowledged and delivered, and sufficient in law to pass real estate, of the term of years of the estate sought to be released from such tax sale; provided however, that the expense of drawing such Proviso. deed, and acknowledging the same, not exceeding two dollars, shall be paid by the party or parties applying for such release, their agent or attorney, together with twelve per cent. interest on the amount paid for such land at the tax sale; and also, that the tender of payment as aforesaid shall be made within twelve months from the date of the deed of such sale. in case pur. moves from 2. And be it enacted, That in case of the holder or holders Proceedings of any such tax title, his, her or their assignee or assignees, chaser reupon such tender as aforesaid, for three days thereafter upon the county. demand made and tender as aforesaid, shall neglect or refuse to execute such deed as aforesaid; or in case the owner or holder of such tax title, his, her or their assignee or assignees, shall have removed out of the county of Passaic, or cannot be found therein, then it shall be lawful, upon an affidavit duly filed in the clerk's office of said county, that such tender of payment had been made, and that the owner or owners of such tax title had neglected and refused to execute such release, or that upon diligent inquiry within said county, the owner or owners of such tax title could not be found in said county, and upon filing such affidavit with the clerk of said county, within one year from the date of such tax sale, such affidavit, and the sum of money paid for such tax title at the tax sale thereof, together with interest thereon, at twelve per cent. per annum, and the cost provided in said act for drawing the deed of sale, that the filing of such affidavit and depositing such money with the clerk of said county, shall effectually bar, defeat and set aside the tax title of the land thus sought to be redeemed. therein. 3. And be it enacted, That the clerk of said county shall, Proceedings upon the filing of such affidavit and deposit of money as aforesaid with him, write across the record of such tax deed, in the usual manner of cancelling mortgages, in the words following, to wit: "This tax title is defeated and cancelled of record and set aside, by deposit of dollars and cents," and shall be signed by the clerk of said county for the time; and that thereupon, any person so redeeming said Conditions. Fees of clerk. Sales when no bidder. Clerk to keep books. Repealer. land, his agent or attorney, or any person for him, her or them, may enter into, possess and enjoy the land so redeemed, as fully, to all intents and purposes, as though no such tax sale had been made. 4. And be it enacted, That when the owner or holder of any such tax title to land, his, her or their assignees, that before such sale may have been mapped, plotted and laid out as building lots, has inclosed different parcels of such land so sold for taxes by a fence, occupying any other line or lines than the survey of such lots would show, or has inclosed one or more parcels for agricultural purposes, such owner or owners, holder or holders, of the tax title to such lots, his, her or their assignees shall not be entitled to receive any compensation for the construction of such fence, nor claim that the same is a lien upon such land, or demand compensation therefor, but may remove the same. 5. And be it enacted, That the clerk of said county, for the services designated in this act, shall be entitled to receive the following fees and no more, to wit: For search for such sale and record thereof, Receiving and paying deposit tender, For entering cancellation, fifty cents. ten cents. fifty cents. twenty-five cents. And the same shall be deducted from the sum of money so deposited with him; and the remainder paid to the person or persons entitled to receive the same. 6. And be it enacted, That whenever any lands or real estate shall be offered for sale by virtue of the provisions of this act, or of any previous act in relation to the city of Paterson, and it shall happen that no person bids for the same, it shall be struck off to the city of Paterson, for the term of fifty years, and all the provisions of this act relating to such sale, shall apply to the said city, in the same manner as to any other purchaser. 7. And be it enacted, That the clerk of said city shall keep, in a book to be provided for that purpose, a record of all sales of land, which record shall contain an abstract of the declarations of such sales; such book shall be deposited in the office of the clerk of said city. 8. And be it enacted, That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act be and the same are hereby repealed. 9. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately, and shall be deemed and taken to be a public act. Approved February 11, 1863. CHAPTER XXXVI. A supplement to the act entitled "An act to incorporate the Perth Amboy and Woodbridge Railroad Company," approved March ninth, eighteen hundred and fifty-five. new survey. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of May make a the State of New Jersey, That the Perth Amboy and Woodbridge Railroad Company are hereby authorized to make a new survey for the railroad mentioned in the act to which this is a supplement, and to lay out and construct the said railroad according to the same; provided, a new survey be deposited in the office of the secretary of state, when the route of said railroad shall be determined; and the said company are also authorized to survey, lay out and construct a branch, from May make some point on their line south of the village of Woodbridge to Arthur Kull or Staten Island Sound; and for the purpose of constructing the said railroad and branch, the said company shall be and are hereby invested with all the powers, Privileges. rights and privileges, and subjected to all the duties and restrictions granted to them by their original act of incorporation. road. tended. 2. And be it enacted, That the periods mentioned in the Time exeighteenth section of the act to which this is a supplement, within which the said railroad shall be commenced and completed, are hereby extended to authorize and allow the said company to complete the said railroad at any time before the fourth day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved February 11, 1863. CHAPTER XXXVII. A supplement to the act entitled "An act to incorporate the 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Name the State of New Jersey, That the said Newark Firemens' In- changed. |