New Jersey § acts:saved-15 - (5)

§ acts:saved-15. (5)

5. That the managers, when appointed as aforesaid, or a majority of them, shall, as

soon as may be, cause all the lots and parcels of the marsh, meadow ground or swamp,

belonging to each owner, usually overflowed by the tide, and lying within the bounds

of the proposed bank or dam and waterworks, to be carefully and strictly measured,

and a draught or plot to be made, showing the quantity held by each owner; and cause

a valuation to be made, by the men appointed as aforesaid, of the meadow ground of

each owner, separately; and shall, thereupon, make an estimate of the sum or sums

of money which will be necessary to defray the expenses of the different services

required by this law, and also of making and erecting the bank, dam, and other works

necessary to keep the tide from overflowing the meadows within them until the said

meadows shall be laid dry, and put in a proper state for improvement; and shall assess

the same, ratably, on the said meadow agreeably to the valuation and quantity each

owner may have within the bank or dam; and shall state the said assessment in a regular

duplicate, containing the names of the owners or possessors, the number of acres and

parts of acres held by each, the sums assessed on them, severally, and the time or

times of payment; which duplicate shall be delivered by them to the treasurer chosen

as aforesaid.