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10. It shall be the duty of the officer charged by law with the duty of collecting assessments for street improvements in such municipality, upon the filing of a copy of said report and map in his office, to collect the said assessment upon all property assessed therefor within his said municipality, with all interest accruing thereon, to cancel the same upon his books when paid, to make out bills and receipts therefor, and to generally proceed therewith in the same manner as if said assessment had been imposed for said improvement by the authorities of said municipality, and the proper officer of such municipality shall also pay over monthly to the county collector, for the use of the county, the moneys so collected, with an itemized statement of the amounts paid upon each particular lot assessed; and the bond of such officer given for the faithful performance of his duties as such shall extend to and cover the faithful performance of the duties herein imposed, and the sureties on the bonds of such officers shall be liable accordingly; and whenever, in the opinion of the board of chosen freeholders of such county, the bond of such officer is insufficient, or there is doubt as to the bond of such officer covering the faithful performance of the duties herein imposed, then the said board of chosen freeholders may notify said clerk, in writing, not to file said report with such officer, and the said board shall require a bond from such officer and fix the amount and condition thereof, and upon approval and filing with said board of said bond, said clerk shall file said report with said officer, who shall thereupon proceed with the performance of the duties herein imposed; and for such performance the said board shall from time to time fix the compensation to be paid to such officer, or may fix a certain percentage of the amount collected by such officer as compensation, which may be retained by him out of the moneys collected from time to time, which compensation shall not exceed one per cent of the sum collected; and, in addition thereto, the said board may allow such officer for proper and necessary disbursements; provided, however, that no charge as a disbursement shall be allowed for the services of any person in collecting said assessments, it being intended hereby that the allowance to be made to such officer shall be in full for all compensation for personal services; and provided further, that such assessments may be paid directly to such county collector, and he is hereby authorized to receive and receipt for the same whenever the said report is not filed with the collecting officer as aforesaid and until the same be so filed, but he shall not be bound to receive the same where the report is filed as aforesaid; and the said board is authorized to make a reasonable allowance to said county collector out of the moneys coming to his hands from assessments for said improvement for his disbursements and clerk hire; and the bond of such county collector shall extend to and cover all moneys coming to his hands for assessments collected under this act, and his sureties shall be liable accordingly.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New Jersey Acts Saved from Repeal ACTS SAVED 27 § 17-1(52) - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nj/acts-saved-from-repeal/nj-st-sect-acts-saved-27-17-1-52/
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