Part of form er act re pealed. the purchaser of a ticket; and that all penalties recovered under the act to which this is a supplement, shall be appropriated to the use of the county in which the action or actions for the recovery thereof shall have been prosecuted; Provided, that in every action instituted under the act to which this is a supplement, the inhabitants of the county where the same is instituted, shall be competent to serve as jurors, and admitted as witnesses in any such action, notwithstanding their liability to taxation or being interested. Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That so much of the third section of the act to which this is a supplement, as is not in accordance herewith, be, and the same is hereby repealed. Passed March 7, 1844. $60 per an num to be AN ACT for the relief of Mary Page, widow of Timothy Sec. I. BE IT ENACTED by the Council and General As sembly of this State and it is hereby enacted by the authori ty of the same, That the Treasurer of this state is hereby authorized and directed to pay to Mary Page, widow of Timothy Page, deceased, late of the county of Monmouth. a soldier of the Revolutionary war of the United States, or paid to Mary her order, the sum of forty dollars per annum, during her natural life, in half yearly payments; the first payment to be made on the fourth day of March next, and the receipt of the said Mary Page, or her order, shall be a sufficient voucher to the treasurer for the payment of the same in the settlement of his accounts. Page. Passed March 8, 1844. A SUPPLEMENT to the act entitled "An Act to set off the township of Van Vorst, in the county of Hudson," passed March 11, 1841. WHEREAS, the inhabitants of the township of Van Vorst, in the county of Hudson, have, by their petition, represented to this legislature, that by the act to which this is a supplement, the metes and bounds of their said township have not been so set forth, as definitely to include the territory designed to be set apart for said township, and have also represented that their taxation, as heretofore assessed upon Preamble. them under the existing laws of this state, is disproportionate and unequal, bearing lightly and nominally only, upon the few wealthy landholders, but oppressively upon the large portion of the people, and the owners of small freehold estates;-and whereas, it appears that the said township is composed of a small table of land adjoining Jersey City, the whole of which said township has been laid out into building lots and streets, and that the same is rapidly improving, and it manifestly appearing to be just and reasonable that all said building lots should be equally assessed according to their relative value, and not by the acre, in cases where there may be an owner of such lots amounting to twenty acres or more, as now assessed;-and whereas, the said petitioners have represented that it would conduce to their advantage to have a common grade or grades for said streets duly established and fixed, and also to have the side walks therein duly regulated and paved, but that they have no adequate power to effect the same, or to provide for the other necessary improvements which their common welfare and safety demand, and have prayed the aid of the legislature in this behalf; therefore- Boundaries Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED, by the Council and General Assembly of this State, and it is hereby enacted by the au thority of the same, That "the township of Van Vorst ia of Van Vorst. the county of Hudson," shall be designated and known as all that part or district, formerly a part of the township of Bergen, in said county, which lies within the following boundaries, viz: beginning in the middle of the Hudson river, thence northwesterly to the mouth of the creek or stream known as "the creek of the woods," or "mill creek;" thence running in a westerly course to the middle of the mouth of the said creek; thence following up the centre of said creck, till it Assessment of taxes. Proviso. Town com mittee authorized to grade and regulate streets. comes to the sprout of said creek, which runs into the Hoboken meadow; thence in a north-westerly direction till it meets. the Hoboken embankment; thence south-westerly along said embankment till it comes to the upland at the foot of the hill; thence southerly along the foot of the hill, in a straight line till it intersects the aforesaid "Creek of the Woods," or "Mill Creek;" thence following the middle of said creek to its entrance in the Communipaw-Cove, or York bay; thence down said cove or bay to the southwesterly corner of the Jersey City boundary line; thence northerly along the westerly line of said boundary line of Jersey city, to the middle of South eighth street, thence easterly along the middle of said street until it reaches Harmisus street, thence northerly and easterly along the boundary line of Jersey City, to the centre of the Hudson river; thence northerly along the said river to the place of beginning. Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the assessor or assessors of the township of Van Vorst, in the county of Hudson, here after in assessing all taxes authorized, or which may be authorized by law, for State, county and township purposes, shall assess and rate all tracts or lots of land, and all houses and lots of land within the said township according to the actual value thereof, to be rated and valued at the discretion of the said assessor or assessors, reserving the same appeal, and authorizing the collection of the same in the same way and manner, in all respects as is now or may hereafter be re served and prescribed by the laws of this state; Provide however, that the proportion or quota of tax to be levied and collected in said township, for state and county purposes, shall nevertheless, be adjusted and fixed from year to year, upon the same basis or ratio, as by the laws of this state, is or may be adjusted or fixed for other townships in this state. Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the town committee of said township, to pass by not less than three concurring votes, and to enforce ali such or ders as they shall from time to time judge proper, for establishing and fixing the grades of all the streets in said township, a proper chart or map whereof, with reference to the necessary monuments and plans, they shall cause to be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, of the county of Hudson, there to remain as evidence in all cases and matters relating to said grades;, and also, for regu lating and keeping the said streets and the side walks in repair, for abating or removing any nuisance, in any street or on any wharf, or in or upon any lot or lots, or enclosure or other place or places in said township-for paving, curbing, and guttering the side walks-for regulating and sinking wells and pumps; for providing water reservoirs and acque-. ducts; for extinguishing fires; for appointing and removing fire-wardens, fire-engineers and firemen, and for prescribing their duties; for erecting street lamps and lighting the same; for erecting and maintaining a town house and school houses, together with such other public buildings as may be necessary or convenient for the people of said township. ceive tax for Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said town committee of said township, to raise by tax, from Town Comyear to year, such sum or sums of money as they may deem mittee author necessary, for defraying the expenses of establishing and ized to refixing the grade or grades of the streets; for regulating and expenses of keeping the same in repair, as now are or may hereafter be township. opened; for abating or removing any nuisance; for procuring fire engines; for supporting a night watch, when necessary; for erecting and maintaining a town house and school houses, and for defraying the contingent expenses of said township, and for all other public purposes and objects, authorized by this act, to be assessed upon the persons and property of the residents of said township, as is by law now or may be authorized, and upon the real estate of residents and non-residents, as in and by the first section of this act is authorized; provided, the said town committee shall not raise a greater sum than two hundred and fifty dollars in one year, unless by consent of a majority of the voters of said township, in town meeting duly convened, which taxes shall be collected by the collector of said township, and paid inte the hands of the said town committe, or their Treasurca subject to the order and disposition of said town com mittee; and the said collector shall proceed in all things as by the laws of this state, township collectors are bound to proceed, and shall be liable to the same pains and penalties as prescribed in similar cases; and such further proceedings shall thereafter be had, in cases of any persons being delinquent in paying said taxes, as now is prescribed by the laws of this state, for the collection of State, county and township taxes. Provided. ment for im provements. Sec. 5. And be it enacle 1, That it shall and may be lawful for the said town committee, in each and every case Town comwhere improvements shall be prayed for, as hereinafter con- mittee to attemplated, and orders passed by the said town committee for thorize assess the purpose, to appoint three discreet, impartial and disinterested freeholders of said township, who shall be duly sworn or affirmed, to assess upon principles of equity, and according to the benefit which the owner or owners thereof may derive therefrom; the real estate in said township for the improvements so as aforesaid, to-be made in the streets or parts Proviso. Lands may be sold for of streets, and for paving, curbing and guttering the side walks or any part thereof; for regulating and sinking wells and pumps; for making reservoirs and acqueducts, for the purpose of extinguishing fires; for erecting street lamps, and lighting the same; which said assessment shall be collected under and by virtue of an order or orders for the purpose, to be awarded and issued by the said town committe, under their hands and seal, in the nature of a warrant, to distrain and sell the personal estate of the owner or owners of the said real estate so assessed, directed to one of the constables of said township, whose duty it shall be to return the said warrant to the said town committee, within thirty days thereaf ter, with the monies raised thereupon; and in case the monies therein required to be made, together with the costs or any part thereof, cannot be made on the said warrant, the said constable shall return the said warrant, with a certificate thereof, within the said thirty days, to the said town committee, after which time the said committee may proceed to en force the lien hereafter created, upon the said real estate: provided, that no assessment shall beceme final, until after notice thereof shall have been published by the said three assessors, by notice in writing, set in five of the most public places in the township, for the space of thirty days at least and until the same shall have been confirmed by the said town committee, of the meeting of which said committee, like public notice shall be given, and to whom any person aggrieved may at that time appeal for relief; and provided also, that no such assessment shall be made, unless upon peti tion of the owners of the lots, interested in such improve ment.. Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That the taxes and assessments, which shall be assessed or made upon any real estate in said township by virtue of this act, shall be and remain a arrears of tax lien thereon, for the space of two years, from and after the time when the same shall be assessed, notwithstanding any subsequent descent, devise, alteration, mortgage, or other en cumbrance thereof; and that if the full amount of any such tax or assessment shall not be paid and satisfied within the time limited and appointed for the payment thereof, it shall and may be lawful for the town committee of said township to cause such lands, tenements or real estate, to be sold at public auction, for the shortest time for which any person will agree to take the same, and pay such tax or assessment, or the balance thereof, remaining unpaid, with the interest thereon, and all costs, charges and expenses, and to execute under their hands and seals, a declaration of such sale, and deliver the same to the purchaser; and such purchaser, his executors, administrators or assigns, shall by virtue thereof, |