Said certificates shall be called "certificates as to liability for assessment for municipal improvements." The governing body of the municipality shall, by the resolution aforesaid, designate the municipal clerk or municipal engineer as the person who shall make such certificates. The official so designated shall issue such a certificate within fifteen days after receipt of the fees hereinafter provided and of a written application from any person containing a diagram showing the location and dimensions of the tract of land to be covered by the certificate and the name of the owner of the tract.
N.J.S. § 54:5-18.3