New Jersey § acts:saved-27 - (52)

§ acts:saved-27. (52)

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.