New Jersey § acts:saved-54 - (1)

§ acts:saved-54. (1)

1. That it shall be lawful for the board of aldermen, common council, or other legislative

body of any town, township, borough or other municipality in this state, with the

concurrence of the board or body having charge or control of the finances of the said

town, township, borough or other municipality, if there be any separate such board

or body therein, in which any arrearages of taxes, assessments or water rates may

exist, to make application to the circuit court of the county in which such town,

township, borough or other municipality is situate for the appointment of three freeholders

and residents of this state as commissioners of adjustment, at least one of whom shall

be a resident of the said town, township, borough or other municipality, for the purpose

of performing the duties and executing the powers conferred by the following sections

of this act; at least two weeks' notice of such intended application shall be given

by public advertisement, signed by the clerk of said town, township, borough or other

municipality, and published at least once each week in one newspaper printed or circulating

therein; such notice shall state the time and place when and where said application

is intended to be made, and all persons interested therein, either as taxpayers, owners

of delinquent lands or otherwise, shall be entitled to appear and be heard before

the court on said application; after such hearing, and upon due proof that notice

has been given as aforesaid, on which the judgment of the court shall be final and

conclusive, it shall be the duty of the court to appoint three disinterested freeholders

and residents, as aforesaid, as commissioners of adjustment for said town, township,

borough or other municipality for the purposes aforesaid; said commissioners of adjustment

shall, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, take and file with the

said clerk the oath of office required to be taken by officers of the town, township,

borough or other municipality for which they are appointed, and they shall receive

for their services such compensation as the said court shall determine; vacancies

in the board of commissioners, caused by death or otherwise, shall be filled in the

same manner as original appointments are herein required to be made.