Proceedings when freeholder or surveyor is interested in applicant or applicants, their agents or attorneys to collect the same by action of debt, with costs of suit, in any court where the same may be cognizable. 4. And be it enacted, That when any surveyor of highways or chosen freeholder of any township, in or through which any ditch, drain or water-course is proposed to be improvement. laid out or renewed, repaired or lowered, shall be interested for or against the same, application shall be made to any surveyor of the highways or chosen freeholder of any adjacent township of the same county, in place of the surveyor of the highways or chosen freeholder so interested as aforesaid, who, in conjunction with such other surveyors and freeholder as may by law be authorized to act in the premises, shall exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred and enjoined by this act. 5. And be it enacted, That this act shall be deemed a public act, and shall take effect immediately. Approved March 23, 1883. Assignee who has not made final account within certain ceed as if time had not expired. CHAPTER CLXXXIX. A Further Supplement to the 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" [Revision], approved March twenty-seventh, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That in all cases where assigntime may pro- ment has heretofore been made for the benefit of creditors under the act to which this is a supplement, and the assignee, for any reason, has not sold the real estate, or has sold said real estate and has not made his final report within the time prescribed by the act to which this is a further supplement, it shall be lawful for such assignee to hereafter proceed in all things as he might have done if the time prescribed in said act had not expired; provided, he shall file his final Proviso. report and account within one year from the approval of this act. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 23, 1883. CHAPTER CXC. An Act to provide for the preservation of the public records of cities of this state. WHEREAS, In many cities of this state the public records of Preamble. such cities have accumulated to such an extent that, with the present accommodations therefor, there is not sufficient protection from fire or theft; therefore, finance author tion of records. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly Board of of the State of New Jersey, That it shall be lawful for that ized to provide board to which the general management and care of the for preservafinances of any city in this state is committed to take such steps as may, in the discretion of such board, be necessary for the proper care and preservation of the records of such city, and to provide for the raising of the money necessary for that purpose, either by general tax or by the issuing of the bonds of such city; provided, that if bonds are issued Proviso. they shall not be sold for less than their par value, and shall be made payable at such time as such board shall fix, and shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding five per centum per annum; and provided further, that in no case shall the Proviso. amount of money raised for such purpose exceed the sum of four thousand dollars. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall be deemed a public act, and shall take effect immediately. Approved March 23, 1883. Provisions of supplemental act to apply. CHAPTER CXCI. A Further Supplement to "An act relative to the publication of the minutes and proceedings of the several municipal boards of the cities of this state," approved February twenty-seventh, one thousand eight hundred and seventy nine. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the provisions of the act to which this is a supplement shall be held to apply only to the publications made prior to the approval of such act. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 23, 1883. Military prop general, accu- CHAPTER CXCII. An Act concerning the loan of military property. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly quartermaster of the State of New Jersey,That when any arms, equipments, ordnance, camp and garrison equipage, or other military stores, or any of the battle flags of New Jersey troops, are issued or loaned by the quartermaster general of this state, in accordance with any law of this state, to any veteran association, or to any independent military organization, it shall be the duty of the quartermaster general to keep an accurate account of the expenses of transportation and the other expenses incident to the carrying out the purposes of such law, and the comptroller is hereby authorized to draw his warrant upon the treasury for the payment of such expenses, upon the approval of the governor. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 23, 1883. CHAPTER CXCIII. An Act respecting assessments for local improvements in towns and townships. upon land to benefits 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly Costs and of the State of New Jersey, That hereafter in assessing the costs penses of and expenses of street, sewer and drainage improvements in to be assessed any town or township of this state, the commissioners or in proportion board of assessment, by whatever name they may be called, received. shall assess the said costs and expenses upon the land and real estate benefited by such improvement, and in proportion to the benefits therefrom received, and no lot or parcel shall be assessed more than it is benefited; and if the total cost and expenses of an improvement exceed the aggregate amount of the assessable benefits, such excess shall be borne and paid by the town or township at large. 2. And be it enacted, That all acts and parts of acts incon- Repealer. sistent with the provisions of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed; and this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 23, 1883. CHAPTER CXCIV. A Supplement to an act entitled "An act authorizing the issue of tax arrearage bonds in cities," approved April twenty-first, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly Section of the State of New Jersey, That section four of an act entitled amended. "An act authorizing the issue of tax arrearage bonds in cities," approved April twenty-first, one thousand eight Provisions of act not to extend to certain cities, &c. hundred and seventy-six, shall be amended so as to read as follows: 4. And be it enacted, That the provisions of this act shall not extend to cities that already under their charters or the supplements thereto have power to issue bonds for the purposes mentioned in this act, and for the length of the time herein provided, nor shall anything herein contained be construed to permit an increase of the indebtedness of any city whose debt is now limited by law; but in all cases where said bonds shall have been heretofore, or shall be hereafter issued by any municipality to take the place of a like amount of outstanding temporary obligations of said city, issued in conformity with law in anticipation of the collection of unpaid taxes, said bonds so issued for the purposes aforesaid, shall be, and they are hereby declared to be valid and binding obligations of said city, but the proceeds of the sale thereof shall be applied to the payment of said outstanding temporary obligations, and for no other purpose whatever. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 23, 1883. Section amended. CHAPTER CXCVI. A Further Supplement to an act entitled "A further supplement to an act entitled 'An act concerning corporations," approved April seventh, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, which supplement was approved March ninth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That section one of an act entitled "A further supplement to an act entitled 'An act concerning corporations,"" approved April seventh, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, which supplement was approved March ninth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: |