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cers of the said municipalities for the year one thousand nine hundred and seven.

Assessors'

books open

for inspec

Provided, however, that all taxable property, real and Proviso. personal, for this purpose, be assessed at its true value, and it shall be the duty of each assessor, taxing board and taxing officer, for the several municipalities so contracting, for this purpose to examine, compute and determine, and certify to the said sewerage board on or before the first day of October, one thousand nine hundred and seven, the amount of taxable property, real and personal, assessed for the year one thousand nine hundred and seven, to and upon person and property within so much of the several municipalities so contracting as lie within the said sewerage district; and the books of each of said assessors, taxing boards and taxing officers shall at all times be open for examination to the Board of Sewerage Commissioners and to the contracting municipalities, its and their officers and agents, for the purpose of examining, checking and verifying said certificates. In case any contracting municipality shall request Increase of sewage capacity in excess of what would be allotted to it capacity. for sewage, including ten per centum of factory waste, provision may in said contract be made for the enlargement of said sewer or sewers, plant and works, in order to accommodate, take care and dispose of a larger quantity of factory waste, such increase in accommodation to be made at the expense of the municipality making requisition therefor.

The cost of maintenance, repair and operation of said sewer or sewers, plant and works shall, by the terms of said contract, be apportioned annually to the respective municipalities entering into said contract, according to the amount of sewage by them respectively delivered or discharged into any sewer or sewers or other receptacle provided or constructed by the said sewerage commissioners for the reception of the same.

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sewage

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portionment

of operation

expenses.

sewers.

The said contract shall provide for the construction Intercepting by the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners of an intercepting sewer or sewers, plant and works, reasonably sufficient in size and capacity to intercept and dispose of sewage and other polluting matter of the con

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Absolute discretion vested in commission

ers.

Contract to include lands, etc.

Expenses of commissioners included in cost.

Sundry expenses included.

tracting municipalities for the present, and, so far as can be estimated and foreseen, for the future, and said. sewer or sewers, plant and works may differ substantially in details from the preliminary maps, plans, specifications and estimates submitted to the municipalities as hereinbefore directed.

And the several contracting municipalities and the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners are hereby vested with absolute discretion in the determination of the size and capacity of such intercepting sewer or sewers, plant and works.

Any contract made or entered into pursuant to the provisions of this act shall provide for the building, repairing, operating, maintaining and cleaning of any such intercepting sewer or sewers, plant and works, and for the purchase of the necessary lands, rights in land. and other property by the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners, and for the payment of the cost and expense thereof by the several contracting municipalities to the said commissioners.

The total cost and expense of constructing said intercepting sewer or sewers, plant and works, shall include as a part thereof the expenses of the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners heretofore incurred and not otherwise provided for, not exceeding the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), also the cost of preliminary maps, plans, specifications and estimates herein referred to; also, the salary or other compensation of the said commissioners up to the completion of said intercepting sewer or sewers, plant and works, together with all incidental expenses of maintaining their corporate organization and clerical and engineering services, and the reasonable compensation of counsel which they are hereby authorized to employ.

The cost and expense of maintaining, repairing and operating said intercepting sewer or sewers, works and plant, shall include as a part thereof the salaries or other compensation of the said commissioners, also charges for clerical and engineering services, compensation of counsel and incidental expenses of maintaining their corporate organization.

In all the contracts to be made between the municipalities and the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners, pursuant to the terms of this act, the several municipalities so contracting shall undertake and agree, upon the request of the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners, to exercise and put in operation all their powers of eminent domain for the condemnation of lands, rights in lands and other property for the benefit of such joint enterprise, either within or outside the territory of such contracting municipalities.

Power of eminent do

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exercised.

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to acquire

porate name.

5. Upon the making of the contract hereby authorized the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners shall have full power in their own corporate name to purchase and acquire all lands, rights and interest in lands, either within or outside the territory of the joint contracting municipalities, which may be necessary for the construction of such intercepting sewer or sewers, and its appurtenances, and for this purpose are authorized to condemn the same in the manner provided by the Condemnation. general laws of this State relating to the condemnation of lands for public use.

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Upon the making of such contract the Passaic Valley Upon making Sewerage Commissioners are further authorized and to begin. empowered to erect, construct, maintain and operate such intercepting sewer or sewers and appurtenances, together with all works, machinery, appliances and other things requisite or useful for the purposes to be accomplished by the same.

Right to

build sewer

in other

municipality.

It shall be lawful for the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners, in the execution of said works, to build and construct said intercepting sewer or sewers and the necessary appurtenances thereto, to the point or points. of discharge and disposal determined by said contract, and for this purpose to pass through or partly through territory situated within the bounds of any other municipality than those contracting with it for the construction of said work, and they shall have full power to con- Right of way. struct such intercepting sewer or sewers, and its appurtenances, along, under and over any water course, or under or over or along or across any street, turnpike, road, railroad, highway or other way, or public park or

Not to obstruct business unduly.

When work done by contract.

Proposals invited.

Proposals publicly opened.

Temporary

meet ex

penses.

grounds, and in or upon private or public land under water; in such way and manner, however, as not necessarily to obstruct or impede travel or navigation, and may enter upon and dig up any street, highway or private or public land, for the purpose of constructing said work and appurtenances and for repairing and maintaining the same, and in a general way to do all other acts and things necessary, convenient and proper in connection with the making and maintaining of the improvement contemplated by the provisions of this act. The highways dug up and disturbed shall be restored to their former condition as near as may be.

Whenever any work to be performed or material to be furnished shall involve an expenditure of any sum of money exceeding the sum of two thousand dollars. ($2,000) the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners shall designate the time when they will meet at their usual place of meeting to receive proposals in writing for doing the work and furnishing the material; and said commissioners shall order its clerk to give notice by advertisement, inserted in at least two newspapers printed and circulating, respectively, in two of the counties of said district, at least ten days before the time of such meeting, of the work to be done and material to be furnished, of which at the time of such order they shall cause to be filed in their office particular specifications.

All proposals received shall be publicly opened by the said commissioners and the commissioners shall award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder; all contractors shall be required to give bond satisfactory in amount and security to the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners.

6. For the purpose of defraying the cost and expense obligations to of the construction of such intercepting sewer or sewers, plant and works, and appurtenances, and of making the payments which shall be designated and required to be made by such joint contract, the governing body or board in charge of the finances of each contracting municipality is hereby authorized and empowered to borrow the money necessary to make such payments upon the notes or other temporary obligations of such municipality,

which notes or obligations may be renewed from time to time until permanent bonds shall have been issued by such municipality to take up and pay for the same.

And each contracting municipality shall have the Bond issue. power and is hereby authorized, from time to time, to issue its bonds for the purpose of raising money necessay to pay its notes or other temporary obligations, including interest, issued and outstanding for the purpose hereinbefore stated, or to make any of the payments required by the said contract, which said bonds shall be in Amount and such amounts and bear interest at such rate, not exceeding six per centum per annum, and shall be payable at such time and place as the governing body or board having charge of the finances of such municipality shall by resolution, duly adopted, determine.

rate.

debtedness.

The total amount of indebtedness incurred and of Limit of inbonds issued by any municipality under the authority of this act shall not exceed five per centum of the tax ratables within such municipality, as shown by its official books of the last assessment for taxes therein, but said indebtedness and bond shall be held to be authorized in addition to the amount of indebtedness and bonds fixed by the charter or general act as a limitation beyond which such municipality may not incur indebtedness or issue bonds, and said indebtedness and bonds authorized by this act shall not be taken to be included within or governed by any such limitation.

may borrow

7. Upon the making of any such contract as is herein Commissioners provided for the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission- money. ers are authorized and empowered to borrow upon their corporate notes, or other temporary obligations, any moneys which may be required by them in the performance of the said contract, for the payment of which moneys so borrowed said contract with the several municipalities executing the same shall be security.

8. Any time after the making of a contract in accordance with the provisions hereof, the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners may, with the consent of the municipalities which have contracted with them, enter into further contract or contracts, with any other municipality, or person or corporation, for the use of the said intercepting sewer or sewers and appurtenances,

May contract sewers by palities.

for use of

other munici

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