New Jersey § acts:saved-15 - (3)

§ acts:saved-15. (3)

3. That the treasurer, on receipt of said duplicate, shall in person, or by notice in

writing left at the usual place of abode of each owner or possessor, demand of and

from such owner or possessor, twenty days before the time of payment, the sums assessed

as aforesaid; and if any of the said owners or possessors shall neglect or refuse

to pay the sum assessed as aforesaid, for the space of twenty days after the time

fixed for the payment thereof, it shall be lawful to and for the said treasurer to

seize and rent out by public vendue, to the highest bidder, for so long a time, and

no longer, as will be requisite, so much of the said marsh belonging to, or in possession

of said delinquent owner or possessor, as may suffice to discharge such assessment

and all expenses attending the recovery thereof, having first advertised the same

for the space of three weeks, in three of the most public places in the neighborhood

where said marsh lies, may be sold.