New Jersey § acts:saved-15 - (6)

§ acts:saved-15. (6)

6. That the treasurer, on receipt of the 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 each owner and possessor, twenty days before the time of payment, the sum

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

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

time, and no longer, as will be requisite, so much of the meadow ground within said

bank belonging to, or in possession of such 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 the said meadow lies, or may be sold.