May issue bonds to defray cost and expense.

2. And be it enacted, That to defray the cost and expense of any building or buildings, structure or structures, to be erected under and in pursuance of the first section of this act, such corporation may issue bonds in the corpor ate name of such corporation in sums of not more than one thousand dollars and not less than one hundred dollars each, to be signed by the mayor or other chief officer, and countersigned by the clerk and sealed with the corporate seal of such corporation, and to have written or printed thereon the words "construction bonds," and one thousand dollars in amount of said bonds shall be made payable each and every year from the date thereof, until each and every thereof be paid and discharged, said bonds to be disposed of at not less than their par value, and to draw interest at a rate not exceeding five per centum per annum, payable semi-annually; and the common council or other governing body of such municipal corporation shall have power to raise the money to pay the principal and interest of said construction 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 such municipal corporations.

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

Approved April 10, 1889.

CHAPTER CL.

A Supplement to an act entitled "An act to provide for sewerage and drainage by incorporated camp-meeting associations or seaside resorts," approved March fifth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That section one of the act to Section to be which this is a supplement, and which reads as follows:

amended.

"1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That when it becomes necessary, in the opinion of the board of trustees, directors, commissioners or other corporate authorities of any incorporated camp-meeting association or seaside resort, to provide a system of sewerage and drainage for such corporation, or any part thereof, it shall be the duty of such board of trustees, directors, commissioners, or other corporate authorities, to devise and form, or cause to be devised and formed, a plan for sewerage and drainage for the whole of the premises of such corporation, or such part thereof as may be designated by them; provided, the Proviso. consent in writing of the majority of the lot-owners on the line of the proposed improvement be first obtained, said owners to have one vote for each lot owned by them," be amended so as to read as follows:

amended.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That when it becomes necessary, Section as in the opinion of the board of trustees, directors, commissioners, or other corporate authorities of any incorporated camp-meeting association or seaside resort, or borough commission, to provide a system of sewerage and drainage for such corporation, or any part thereof, it shall be the duty of such board of trustees, directors, commissioners, or other corporate authorities, to devise and form, or cause to be devised and formed, a plan for sewerage and drainage for the whole of the premises of

Proviso.

such corporation, or such part thereof as may be desig nated by them; provided, the consent, in writing, of the majority of the lot owners on the line of the proposed improvement be first obtained; said owners to have one vote for each lot owned by them.

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

Approved April 10, 1889.

Mayor to appoint assessors.

Appointment to be made annually

Repealer.

CHAPTER CLI.

An Act to provide for the appointment of an assessor in boroughs of the first class.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That hereafter the assessor of taxes in and for boroughs of the first class shall be appointed by the mayor and common council of said boroughs.

2. And be it enacted, That the appointment of such assessors shall be made annually at the first regular council meeting after the annual borough election.

3. And be it enacted, That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act, be and the same are hereby repealed, and that this act shall take effect immediately.

Approved April 10, 1889.

CHAPTER CLII.

Supplement to an act entitled "An act to authorize the construction and maintenance of bridges and approaches thereto over navigable streams which mark the dividing line between counties in this state," approved March eighth, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight.

not agree as to price for land.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That in case it shall be necessary Proceedings in to acquire land for the approach or approaches mentioned and owners canin the fifth section of the act to which this act is a supplement, and the municipal authorities and the owner or owners of the said land cannot agree upon the price to be paid therefor, it shall and may be lawful for any justice of the supreme court, and the said justice is hereby directed, upon application by the common council, board of aldermen, township committee or other governing body of the town, township or municipality through which such approach or approaches shall lie, upon two weeks' previous notice, served in person, or by leaving a copy thereof at the dwelling-house or usual place of abode of the owner or owners of said lands and the tenants, if any there be, or in case of the absence from the state or legal disability of the owner or owners or tenants, then the said notice shall be published in a newspaper published in the county where said lands are situate, for two weeks prior to the time fixed for such application, to appoint three disinterested persons commissioners, which Commissioners said commissioners shall be residents of the county where said lands are situate, to condemn and assess and ascertain the value of the lands necessary for such approach or approaches, which commissioners shall appoint a time and place at which they shall meet and execute the duties of this appointment, and shall cause two weeks' notice thereof to be given to the owner or owners and tenant or tenants thereof, either by personal service or by leaving a copy

to be appointed.

thereof at the dwelling-house or usual place of abode of said owner or owners and tenant or tenants, or in case of the absence from the state or legal disability of said owner or owners or tenant or tenants, then said notice shall be published in a newspaper printed in the county where said lands are situate, for two weeks prior to the time of such meeting; at which time and place the said commissioners, or any two of them, shall meet and view the premises and lands, and hear all the parties interested, and take evidence, if any shall be offered, and for that purpose shall have power to administer oaths and affirmations, and to adjourn from time to time; and the said common council, board of aldermen, township committee or other governing body shall make and exhibit to the said commissioners, at their meeting aforesaid, a description of said lands required for such approach or approaches as aforesaid, either in writing or by maps or Commissioners drawings, or both; and the said commissioners, or any to ascertain and two of them, shall thereupon ascertain and assess the value of said lands and shall execute under their hands and seals, or the hands and seals of any two of them, an award to said common council, board of aldermen, township committee or other governing body in the description aforesaid, stating therein the compensation therefor by them assessed, in favor of said owner or owners, tenant or tenants, if any there be, and a description of the said lands, which said award shall be acknowledged by the commissioners making the same and filed in the register's office of the county where said lands are situate, and recorded by the said register in the same manner and in the same books that deeds for real estate are now recorded.

assess value of

lands, &c.

Award and assessment to be paid owners on

commissioners.

2. And be it enacted, That when the said commissioners, or any two of them, shall make their award and assess filing award of the value of the lands aforesaid, that it shall be the duty of the common council, board of aldermen, township committee or other governing body to pay to the owner or owners of said land and to the tenant or tenants, if any there be, the amount so assessed by the said commissioners, and in case the said owner or owners, tenant or tenants refuse to receive the same, or reside out of this state, or are legally disqualified or cannot be found,