40:67-12 - Municipality to make improvements on refusal of owner; costs
40:67-12. Municipality to make improvements on refusal of owner; costs
All owners of real estate upon the line of the proposed improvement when ordered to make such connections shall do so within the time prescribed. If the owner or owners of any real estate for which connections shall be so ordered, shall fail to comply with the ordinance ordering the same within the time limited therein, the body having charge of the work of the improvement shall make the connections and pay the expense and costs thereof, and such expense and costs shall be assessed upon the real estate benefited.