State v. Inhabitants of Bloomfield

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Van Syckel, J.

The question in this case is whether the assessment of taxes for the year 1884 in the township of' Bloomfield against the prosecutor, for gas and water purposes, is valid.

In 1873 the legislature passed an act authorizing the township committee of the township of Bloomfield, in the county of Essex, to establish within the limits of said township one or more lamp districts, and to assess upon the persons and property within such lamp districts the cost of lighting the streets.

In 1877, in State ,Baldwin, pros., v. Fuller, 10 Vroom 576, this…