New Jersey § acts:saved-54 - (4)

§ acts:saved-54. (4)

4. That upon the confirmation of the said report, the same or a certified copy thereof

with the assessment map or maps filed therewith shall be transmitted to the clerk

of the said town, township, borough or other municipality to be filed by him in his

office, and a copy of said report shall be transmitted to the collector of taxes of

the said town, township, borough or other municipality, who shall mark thereupon the

date of his reception of the same, and thereupon the amount of said tax, assessment,

search-cost and lien so fixed and certified in respect to each and every lot or parcel

of land included therein shall immediately become due and payable, with interest at

the rate of six per cent per annum; and if the same or any part thereof as to any

lot or parcel of land included in said report shall remain unpaid for the space of

three months after the delivery of the said copy of said report to the said collector

of taxes, the said collector of taxes shall present to the said circuit court of the

county a statement of the amount or amounts remaining due thereon, as assessed upon

each lot or parcel of land, and the interest at the aforementioned rate, with proof

as to the amount, if any, which has been paid thereon, and thereupon, if no sufficient

cause appears to the contrary, the said court shall order the said collector of taxes

of the said town, township, borough or other municipality to sell said lands at public

auction to the highest bidder, in fee simple, as hereinafter provided, to raise the

amount of tax, assessments, cost and interest shown to be due by the said statement

of the said collector of taxes.