Harrington Township Road Commission v. Collector of Harrington Township

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dixon, J.

This is an application on behalf of the Harrington township road commission for a mandamus directing the collector of Harrington township, in the county of Bergen, to pay over to the president of said commission, according to :an act concerning roads in said township, approved April 6th, 1871 (Pamph. L., p. 1459), the taxes voted, assessed and collected in the several districts of said township for making, maintaining and repairing the public highways therein, pursuant to said act.

This act of 1871 created a road commission for the township and…