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Mud and earth upon the premises of any of the owners or possessors of meadow or swamp on the said creek, within the bank, to obtain mud, sand or loam where it will be most convenient and leastdetrimental to the owner or owners of the soil, in such cases of urgency only as will not, without serious loss, admit of the usual mode of obtaining materials outside of the bank; and the injury done to the said premises, under the circumstances aforesaid, is to be paid for or repaired by the manager or managers at the cost and expense of the owners and possessors of the said meadow and swamp as aforesaid; and if the manager or managers shall neglect to repair or pay as aforesaid, for the space of six months, then the owner of said meadow or swamp may do it, and deduct the amount from his or her assessment or assessments.

Commissioners to value.

9. And be it enacted, That in order to ascertain the quantity and value of meadow and swamp that each owner or possessor has on the said Rambo's Run, and which would be flooded if the said bank were not kept up, it shall and may be lawful for the said manager or managers, at any time hereafter when he or they may think it needful, to appoint three disinterested persons of the vicinity, who shall cause all the meadow and swamp to be measured if deemed by them to be necessary, and shall determine the quantity and value thereof belonging to each owner or possessor, and shall make out their statement in writing thereof, and deliver the same to the said manager or managers, which shall be inserted in the managers' book of minutes, and be binding on the parties concerned; and the first measurement and valuation as aforesaid, shall be made before the first annual meeting of the company, by John C. Smallwood, William R. Tatem and Thomas Gaskill, who are hereby appointed commissioners for that purpose; and the votes given at all times by the owners and possessors of meadow and swamp as aforesaid, shall be according to the quantity and value each shall own or possess, estimating one hundred dollars for each vote.

10. And be it enacted, That whereas the different portions of the said bank as heretofore maintained by individuals, are not in equally good condition, it shall be the duty of the said manager or managers to put in good repair, in such manner as they may think expedient, all the bank and water works designed to be embraced in this act, at the expense of the present owner or owners thereof respectively, within one year from the first of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and after that time to be maintained as prescribed in the sec

tions of this act; and the meadow and swamp of such owner or owners shall be security for the payment thereof as prescribed in section three of this act.

11. And be it enacted, That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed.

12. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately.

Approved March 6, 1863.

CHAPTER XCI.

AN ACT to incorporate the Paterson Horse Railroad Company.

porators.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Names of corthe State of New Jersey, That Jacob S. Rogers, William Gledhill, Patrick Curran, Jacob T. Blauvelt, Edwin T. Prall and Samuel Smith, and such other persons as may hereafter be associated with them, be and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, in fact and in law, by the name of "The Paterson Horse Railroad Company," with a capital of twenty- Capital stock five thousand dollars, which shall be divided into two thousand $25,000. five hundred shares, of ten dollars each, to be deemed personal property, and transferable in such manner as the corporation, by their by-laws, shall direct; and that said corporation shall be capable of buying, holding and conveying any lands, tenements, goods and chattels necessary or proper for the purposes of said corporation under this act.

2. And be it enacted, That the persons above named, or a majority of them, shall be commissioners to open books to receive subscriptions to the capital stock of the said corporation, at some public place in the city of Paterson, and elsewhere, at their discretion, giving twenty days' public notice in one or more of the newspapers printed and published in said city, at least twice in each week from the date of said notice and prior to the day fixed for the opening of such books; and that ten per centum of each subscription shall be paid by subscribers to said commissioners at the time of subscribing for the same; that as soon as ten thousand dollars of said stock shall have been subscribed, said commissioners

Directors and

shall give like notice of an election of five directors of said corporation by the subscribers to said capital stock, a majority of whom shall be residents of this state; which election shall be held at a time and place to be fixed by said commissioners, by such of the said subscribers as shall attend for that purpose, either in person or by proxy, each share subscribed for entitling the subscriber to one vote; and said commissioners, or any three of them, shall be inspectors of such election, and shall certify the result of the same, in writing, signed by them, and thereupon the subscription books and money paid in, less necessary incidental expenses paid out of the same, shall be delivered to the directors so chosen.

3. And be it enacted, That the directors shall meet for the other officers. first time at such time and place as said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall appoint, and may at that, or a subsequent meeting, appoint a president and such other subordinate officers and agents as they may deem necessary, and may establish the salaries of such officers and agents, adopt a common seal, ordain by-laws for the regulation of the business, property and works of the corporation, and for regulating elections, filling vacancies in office, and for the general management of the affairs of the corporation; that such president shall be a resident of this state, and shall, with the directors, hold office for one year from the time of election, and until successors are chosen; and subsequent elections may be held at such time and place as the by-laws shall from time to time designate and fix.

Stock to be called in.

May lay rails.

4. And be it enacted, That the directors so elected may call in the capital stock subscribed at such times and in such installments as they may deem proper, and in case of default in payment according to said call, may declare forfeited the shares subscribed for and all payments made thereon by the persons in default.

5. And be it enacted, That such corporation shall have power to construct and operate a main line of single track railroad, with necessary turnouts, from a point in Railroad Avenue, south of the passenger depot of the Erie Railway Company, in the city of Paterson, thence through said Avenue to either Grand street or Slater street, through Grand street or Slater street to Mill street or Jersey street, through Mill street or Jersey street to Congress street, and thence westerly through Congress street to Spruce street, and thence easterly through Oliver street to Mill street, and also, at their discretion, to construct and operate branches to said main

track, through Spruce street, through Mill street between Congress street and Boudinot street, and through Boudinot street, and to connect with the track of the Erie Railway Company at such places south of said depot and on such terms as said corporation and said company can agree upon.

6. And be it enacted, That the rails to be used by said Regulations. corporation shall be flat iron grooved rails, that the track shall not be more than six feet guage, and with the rails shall in all cases be laid level with the surface of the streets through which the same may pass, and in conformity with the grades. of such streets as now established in said city of Paterson, and so as to present no obstruction or interference with wagons or other vehicles passing through said streets, or turning into or crossing the same, and said corporation shall keep the surface of the streets inside the rails, and for two feet outside thereof, at their proper grades, and in good order and repair.

7. And be it enacted, That the said company may carry Freight and freight and passengers if they so elect, over their said rail- Passengers. road and branches, and may charge for carrying the same from one point to another on the line of said road and branches, a price not exceeding the following sums, to wit: for each passenger, a sum not exceeding five cents; for each locomomotive engine and tender, when together, a sum not exceeding twenty-five dollars; and when separate, a sum not exceeding twenty dollars for each locomotive, and ten dollars for each tender; and for other heavy articles, a su not exceeding twenty-five cents per ton; and for bulky light articles, a sum not exceeding twenty-five cents per ton of forty cubic feet; and for articles weighing less than one ton, a sum not exceeding two and one half cents for one hundred pounds; provided however, that no steam shall be used on said road Proviso. or its branches for motive or propelling power.

pletion.

8. And be it enacted, That if the main track hereby au- Time of comthorized shall not be finished and ready for use on or before the first day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, then and in that case this act shall become and be void.

money.

9. And be it enacted, That the said corporation may bor- May borrow row, from time to time, such sums of money as shall be necessary to build, construct, repair and equip said road, and secure payment thereof by bond and mortgage, or otherwise, on their said road, privileges, franchises, appurtenances, and

Limitation.

property, at a rate of interest not exceeding seven per centum per annum.

10. And be it enacted, That this act shall continue and be in force for and during the term of twenty years; and the same shall take effect immediately.

Approved March 6, 1863.

Prices to be paid.

CHAPTER XCII.

A supplement to an act entitled "An act to establish a uniform rate of charges for legal advertising in New Jersey," approved March twentieth, eighteen hundred and fifty

seven.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That hereafter the price for publishing in any newspaper the legal notices designated in the act to which this is a supplement, shall be sixty cents per folio of one hundred words, for the first insertion, and thirty cents per folio for each subsequent insertion after the first.

2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately.

Approved March 6, 1863.

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CHAPTER XCIII.

AN ACT to incorporate the Equitable Gas Light Company.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That Henry F. Cox, William R. Janeway, John H. Lyon, James S. Davenport, Ai Fitch, George McLaughlin, Theodore R. Varick, John Gereghty, and George V. Demott, and all and every person or persons who may become subscribers, according to the mode hereinafter prescribed, and their successors, are hereby created a body politic and corporate, in fact, by the name of "the

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