Manner of collecting the other township papers as aforesaid; and the said township clerk, within ten days after the receipt by him of said certified copy of the surveyor's return and assessment, shall give notice in writing to each of the said owners of land upon whom any sum shall have been assessed for benefits as aforesaid, stating the amount so assessed; the date and the time of filing with him of the said certified copy, to the end that said land owners may examine the same and appeal therefrom as hereafter provided, if they or either of them shall desire so to do. 17. And be it enacted, That the township committee of assessments. the township in which said road or highway is situated shall thereupon cause the amount of said damages to be collected from the person or persons upon whom the same have been assessed, at the same time and in the same manner as the ordinary township taxes are now collected, and shall pay the same when collected to the person or persons to whom said damages have been awarded and are entitled to receive them; after which the said road shall be opened for public use. Parties dissatisfied ment may appeal. 18. And be it enacted, That any owner who shall be diswith assess satisfied with the amount of damages so assessed upon him or her for benefits as aforesaid, may at any time within. thirty days from the time of the notice given to him or her by said township clerk as aforesaid of such assessment, apply to any judge of the court of common pleas of said county to appoint three competent and disinterested freeholders to review the said assessment, in the manner prescribed in the fifth and eighth sections of the herein before mentioned supplement; and said freeholders, in making such review, shall consider the whole of said assessment, and if any portion thereof shall be changed or varied by them, the remaining parts or portions thereof shall be so adjusted that the whole sum assessed for damages shall be assessed for benefits. Part of assessment may be made to township. 19. And be it enacted, That in case the said surveyors, at the time of the laying out of any road as aforesaid, shall be of opinion that said road is a general benefit to the township at large in which the same is situated, they shall have power to assess upon said township such part or portion of the damages awarded by them as they shall deem equitable and just, the remaining part of said damages to be assessed as hereinbefore provided; and in that case said township shall be bound to pay the amount so assessed against it at the same time with the land owners, who may also have been assessed therefor. persons or reason of pairs to persons or reason of 20. And be it enacted, That if any damage shall happen Damages to to any person or persons, his, her or their team, carriage, property by or other property, by means of the insufficiency or want want of reof repairs of any public road in any of the townships of road. this state, the person or persons sustaining such damage shall have the right to recover the same, with costs, in an action on the case in any court of competent jurisdiction. in this state, to be instituted by the said person or persons, his, her or their executors or administrators against such township by its corporate name, and any judgment in such action shall be collectable in the manner and from the same property as is now by law provided for the collection of judgments against the several townships of this state. 21. And be it enacted, That if any damage shall happen to Damages to any person or persons, his her or their team, carriage, or property by other property, by means of the insufficiency or want of want of rerepair of any bridge upon any public road, in any town- bridges. ship of this state, which such township or the county in which the same shall be situate is or shall be liable to make or repair, the person or persons so sustaining such damage shall have the right to recover the same, with costs, in an action on the case in any court of competent jurisdiction in this state, to be instituted by such person or persons, his, her or their executors or administrator against the board of chosen freeholders of such county, and any judgment in such action shall be collectable in the manner and from the same property as is now provided by law for the collection of judgments against such board of chosen freeholders, or against any of the counties of this state; pro- Proviso. vided, that in case such bridge shall be in more than one pairs to Part of former acts amended. Proviso. of the counties of this state, such action may be instituted against the board of chosen freeholders of either of such counties, at the option of the person or persons so injured, his, her or their executors or administrators in the manner herein provided; and any judgment recovered in such action shall and may be collected from such county against whose board of freeholders such action was instituted, and in payment thereof, the county paying the same shall be entitled to demand, sue for, have and receive of and from the other county or counties in which such bridge was situate, a ratable proportion of the sum so paid, with lawful interest thereon. 22. And be it enacted, That all acts and parts of acts repug nant hereto shall be, and the same are hereby, repealed; provided nevertheless, that nothing in this act contained shall apply to the counties of Burlington, Morris, Salem, Sussex, Warren, Monmouth, Cumberland, Hunterdon, Gloucester, and Mercer. Approved March 23, 1859. Fourth sec tion of former act amended. CHAPTER CCXX. A SUPPLEMENT to the act entitled "An act to fund the floating debt of the county of Camden, and to provide for the payment of the same," approved March eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That so much of the fourth section of the act to which this act is a supplement as requires to be raised the sum of seven thousand dollars annually, in addition to the other moneys raised by taxes in said county of Camden, be and the same is hereby so amended and changed that the sum to be raised as provided in said. section shall be four thousand dollars annually, in addition to the other moneys raised by taxes in said county of Camden. former act 2. And be it enacted, That so much of the said fourth sec- Part of tion as is inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be repealed. and the same is hereby repealed. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall go into effect im mediately. Approved March 23, 1859. CHAPTER CCXXI. A SUPPLEMENT to an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Haddonfield and Camden Turnpike Company." former act 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Part of the State of New Jersey, That so much of the fifth section of repealed. the said act whereof this is a supplement, as provides that no stockholder shall have more than ten votes, although he or she may have a greater number of shares, be and the same is hereby repealed. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall go into effect im mediately. Approved March 23, 1859. Game not to be killed times. CHAPTER CCXXII. A SUPPLEMENT to the act entitled "An act for the preservation of deer and other game, and to prevent trespassing with guns," approved April sixteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of after certain the State of New Jersey, That from and after the passage of this act, it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to kill, capture or hunt in or about the waters of Barnegat bay, or Mannasquan river, any geese, brant, or ducks at night, that is to say, after sunset or before daylight, nor shall it be lawful at any time to kill, capture or hunt any geese, brant, or ducks in or about the waters aforesaid, except only between the fifteenth day of October and the fifteenth day of April, yearly and every year hereafter. Former acts repealed. 2. And be it enacted, That all acts and parts of acts heretofore passed, conflicting with this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved March 23, 1859. |