The officer, board or commissioners charged with the duty of making assessments for benefits for the improvement shall, when notified of its completion, examine the work and view all lands and real estate upon the line and in the vicinity thereof benefited thereby and shall thereupon fix a time and place for hearing all persons interested. Notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be mailed to the owners of all real estate affected directed to their last known post-office addresses, and shall be published at least once in a newspaper circulating in the municipality at least ten days before the hearing. The notices shall be mailed and published by the clerk of the municipality, or by such clerk or official as the governing body may designate. Failure to mail any such notice shall not invalidate any proceeding or assessment.
N.J.S. § 40:56-25