In re Report of Commissioners of Elizabeth
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On case certified from the Union Circuit Court. This certificate brings up for the advisory opinion of this court certain questions arising under an act passed March 30th, 1886 (Pamph.
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On case certified from the Union Circuit Court. This certificate brings up for the advisory opinion of this court certain questions arising under an act passed March 30th, 1886 (Pamph. L., p. 149), entitled “An act concerning the settlement and collection of arrearages of unpaid taxes, assessments and water rates, or water rents, in cities of this state, and imposing and levying a tax, assessment and lien in lieu and instead of such arrearages, and to enforce the payment thereof, and to provide for the sale of lands subjected to future taxation and assessment.” The preamble recites that…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Depue, J.
This case was certified to this court for its advisory opinion on certain questions set out in the certificate.
First, whether the act of March 30th, 1886, complied with those constitutional requirements'which are essential to a valid act of legislation on this subject.
The act is special in one sense. It applies only to cities. It has been finally settled by the Court of Errors that for the purpose of legislation, cities constitute a class, and that a law applicable to cities only is not in contravention of paragraph *49511 of article 4 of section 7…
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