Law Reports," the first volume of which shall be called and numbered as volume twenty-nine, and subsequent volumes shall be numbered thence consecutively in order. ports. 2. And be it enacted, That the reports of cases required Equity reby law to be published by the chancery reporter of this state, shall henceforth be designated by the name of "New Jersey Equity Reports," the first volume of which shall be called and numbered as volume thirteen, and subsequent volumes shall be numbered thence consecutively in order. and lettered. 3. And be it enacted, That in binding said reports, the How bound backs thereof shall be divided into five spaces, in such manner as to make the volumes uniform in size and appearance, as near as may be; that the second space from the top shall be covered with morocco or other proper leather, colored red, and thereon shall be printed in gilt letters the names aforesaid, respectively; that on the next lower space shall be stamped or imprinted, in black, the number of the volume, in figures; and that the next shall be covered with morocco or other proper leather, colored black, and thereon shall be printed, in gilt letters, the name of the respective reporter, and also the figures indicating the number of each volume. of his reports. 4. And be it enacted, That on a fly-leaf of each volume of List of reports law and equity reports hereafter to be published, shall be printed a list of all the previous reports published in this state, designating which are equity and which are law re ports. 5. And be it enacted, That the act of the same title as this, Repealer. approved February tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, be and the same is hereby repealed. 6. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 6, 1863. Preamble. Acts of town CHAPTER XCIX. AN ACT to legalize certain acts of the inhabitants of the township of Clinton, in the county of Hunterdon, and also of the assessor and collector of said township. WHEREAS, the inhabitants of the township of Clinton, in the county of Hunterdon, did, on the twenty-third day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, upon extensive and general notice, assemble and organize themselves into a town meeting, and the said meeting thus assembled did unanimously vote to assess a tax to pay to each volunteer which said township was liable to raise for the nine months' service, a bounty of one hundred dollars; and whereas, the assessor of said township, in accordance with said vote, did assess a tax of eleven thousand dollars, which sum was paid before being assessed to one hundred and ten volunteers from said township; and whereas, the collector of taxes of said township has collected said tax, along with and in the same manner as he collected the other taxes in said township; therefore, 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of ship ratined. the State of New Jersey, That the doings and proceedings of the said town meeting, of the said assessor and of the said collector, in voting, assessing and collecting said tax for said bounties, be and the same are hereby ratified, confirmed, and in all respects made valid and binding. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 6, 1863. CHAPTER C. A further supplement to the act entitled "An act to authorize the inhabitants of the township of Pompton, in the county of Passaic, to vote by ballot at their annual town meeting," approved March seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty. ports. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Annual rethe State of New Jersey, That the township committee of the township of Pompton, in the county of Passaic, shall make out their annual report, and set up a copy of the same, together with a copy of the annual report of the overseer of the poor, and an abstract of the annual report of the superintendent of public schools of said township, in three public places of said township, at least five days before the annual town meeting; and the said overseer and superintendent shall file their respective reports with the clerk of the township committee at least ten days before such town meeting. to elect over 2. And be it enacted, That the legal voters of the several Road districts road districts in the said township of Pompton shall elect seers. overseers of the highways in their respective districts, at two o'clock in the afternoon on the Saturday immediately preceding the annual town meeting in each year. held. 3. And be it enacted, That the overseer of each road dis- How election trict in said township shall give ten days' notice of the time and place of holding every such election, by notice set up in three public places in said district; the place of holding the first election after the passage of this act shall be fixed by the overseer of each district, and at the first and every subsequent election the place for holding the next succeeding annual election for such overseer shall be fixed by the voters of said district. 4. And be it enacted, That when assembled at the time Proceedings regulated. and place of meeting for such election, the legal voters of each road district shall, by viva voce, by show of hands, or by count on a division, choose a chairman to preside at such election, and in the same manner proceed to elect the overseer of said district; and such chairman shall certify the result of such election in writing to the township clerk of said township, at the next annual town meeting. Vacancies. Repealer. 5. And be it enacted, That if any road district shall neglect or refuse to elect an overseer of the highways for said district, as required by this act, or if an overseer shall remove or die, or become unable to discharge his duties, or in case of a vacancy from any other cause, it shall be the duty of the township committee of said township to appoint an overseer of said district from among the legal voters thereof, to serve during the unexpired term. 6. And be it enacted, That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. 7. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 6, 1863. Preamble. Acts confirmed. CHAPTER CI. AN ACT to confirm certain debts and liabilities incurred by the townships of the county of Camden, in raising money for purposes incident to the war. WHEREAS, the inhabitants of the several townships of the county of Camden, or some of them, either at town meetings therein or by their township committees, or in some other mode, have contracted certain debts and liabilities. in raising money to pay bounties to volunteers who have enlisted in the present war of the United States of America, and for other purposes incident to said war, and doubts have arisen as to the validity of such debts and liabilities, and the securities that have or may be given therefor; now for the confirming of such debts, liabilities and securities, 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That any such debts or liabilities as are mentioned in the preamble to this act, contracted or incurred, by the inhabitants of any township in the county of Camden, either at a town meeting held in such township, or by their township committee, or other officer or officers, or in any other mode, and any security that hath been or may be given by such township to secure the payment of such debt, or discharge of such liability, shall be as valid and effectual as if the contracting of such debt or liability, or the making of such security, had been expressly authorized by law, prior to the making of such contract or security. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 6, 1863. CHAPTER CII. A supplement to the act entitled "An act to suspend the penalties of the non-redemption in specie of bank notes," approved March twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. tended, 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Time exthe State of New Jersey, That the act to which this is a supplement shall continue in force until the repeal of the same, unless the same shall be sooner suspended by the proclamation of the governor, in the manner provided in the second section of the said act. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 6, 1863. CHAPTER CIII. AN ACT to raise money to pay Volunteers in the township of 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of May assess and the State of New Jersey, That there shall be assessed and raise $3,700. raised by tax, in the present year, in the said township of Milburn, at the same time and in the same manner as the other township taxes shall be assessed and raised, on the taxable inhabitants of said township, the sum of thirty-seven hundred |