CHAPTER CLXVI. AN ACT to confirm the acknowledgments and proofs of deeds, mortgages and other instruments in writing, taken by Adrian Van Sinderen. WHEREAS, it appears to the legislature that Adrian Van Sin- Preamble. deren, of the city of New York, was on the twenty-second day of February, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, duly appointed by the governor of this state a commissioner for the state of New York, to take the acknowledgment or proof of deeds or mortgages of lands lying in this state, or of any other instrument of writing under hand and seal, required by the laws of this state to be acknowledged or proved, and that the said Adrian Van Sinderen proceeded under the said appointment to take acknowledgments and proofs of deeds, mortgages and other written instruments, and from ignorance of the laws of this state continued to take them longer than said laws authorized him to do, by reason of which defective acknowledgments and proofs innocent persons may be subjected to great loss-therefore, for remedy of the same, 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Acts valid. the State of New Jersey, That no acknowledgment or proof of any deed, mortgage or other instrument of writing heretofore taken and certified by the said Adrian Van Sinderen, shall be deemed defective by reason of such acknowledgment or proof having been taken and certified after his term of office had expired; but all such acknowledgments and proofs shall have the same vitality and effect as if the said Adrian Van Sinderen had been at the time of taking and certifying such acknowledgments or proofs duly authorized by law to take and certify the same. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 18, 1863. Overseers, how elected. CHAPTER CLXVII. AN ACT to regulate the election of Overseers of Highways in the township of Greenwich, in the county of Warren, and the township of Princeton, in the county of Mercer. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the overseers of the highway of the several road districts in the township of Greenwich, in the county of Warren, and in the township of Princeton, in the county of Mercer, shall be elected by the legal voters of the several districts, as they may be arranged from time to time by the township committee in said townships; and for the purpose of carrying this provision into effect, it shall be the duty of the clerks of said townships to give public notice of the time and place of holding the first district road meetings under this act, and which meetings shall be held on the Saturday next previous to the annual town meetings in said townships, and shall cause notice thereof to be posted up in some conspicuous place in such district, at least ten days before the time of holding any such meeting, which shall be some convenient place in the district, when and where the legal voters of the townships, residing in such road district, shall assemble for the purpose of such election, and at which time and place such legal voters assembled, having been called to order by any legal voter in the road district, shall proceed, viva voce, by the holding up of hands or by count, to elect a moderator of such meeting by a plurality of votes; and being so organized, the meeting shall proceed by ballot, or viva voce, to elect an overseer of the highway for such road district; and the moderator of each district shall notify the clerk at the annual town meeting after such election, in writing, of the election of such overseer; and in case of the failure of any district to elect an overseer, or the person so elected to accept of the appointment, the township committee shall fill such vacancy, and furnish a list of the names of such overseers of the highways so elected or appointed to the clerk of the township, and it shall be his duty to publish the same, with the names of the officers and pro ceedings of said first town meeting after the election of said overseers. when held. 2. And be it enacted, That all subsequent district road Meetings. meetings in said townships shall be called by the overseers of the respective road districts, upon notice posted up in some conspicuous place in such road district, at least ten days before the time of holding such meeting, and such subsequent district road meetings shall be held on Saturday preceding the annual town meetings in said townships, and should the overseers of any district fail to call such meeting, or the individual elected refuse to accept such appointment, or in case of a vacancy arising from any other cause, the township committee shall fill such vacancy, and cause the names of the person so elected or appointed to be published as aforesaid. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 18, 1863. CHAPTER CLXVIII. A further supplement to an act entitled "An act revising and amending an act to incorporate the city of Paterson, passed March fourteenth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Vacancies. the State of New Jersey, That any person who has been or shall be appointed by the board of education of the city of Paterson, in the county of Passaic, to fill a vacancy in said board, shall hold and exercise such office until the next annual charter election in said city, succeeding such appointment, and no longer; and at such charter election every such vacancy shall be filled by the election of a school commissioner for the unexpired term, in the ward from which such vacancy occurred. act repealed. 2. And be it enacted, That all acts and parts of acts, so Part of former far as the same are inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 18, 1863. Names of cor porators. Amount of capital stock. Proviso. Election of directors. CHAPTER CLXIX. AN ACT to incorporate the Ocean Glass Manufacturing Company at Marshallville, in the county of Cumberland. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That Thomas Van Gilder, Randolph Marshall, Edmond L. B. Wales, Anthony Steelman and Thaddeus Van Gilder, and such other persons as may be hereafter associated with them, shall be and they are hereby constituted and declared a body corporate and politic in fact and law, by the name of "Ocean Glass Manufacturing Company," and by that name shall have continued succession, and shall be capable of purchasing, leasing, mortgaging and conveying any lands, tenements, goods and chattels necessary or proper for the objects of the said corporation hereby created. 2. And be it enacted, That the capital stock of said company shall be fifty thousand dollars, with the privilege, from time to time, of increasing the same to any sum not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars, divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, each stockholder being entitled, in person or by proxy, to as many votes as he holds shares of said stock, which shares shall be deemed personal property, and transferable in such manner as the said company by its by-laws may direct; that ten dollars on each share of stock shall be paid at the time of subscribing; said stock to be subscribed for and further paid in at such times and in such installments as the directors may from time to time appoint and direct; provided, that no installment shall be for more than ten dollars on each share, or called in at intervals of less than one month, and that notice be given thereof in one newspaper published in the county of Cape May at least three weeks, once in each next preceding the time of pay ment. 3. And be it enacted, That the property and affairs of the said company shall be managed and conducted by a board of directors, not less than three or more than five in number, stockholders in said company, who shall be chosen annually, at such time and place in the county of Cape May, in such manner and upon such notice as the by-laws of said company shall direct, who shall serve for one year and until others are chosen in their stead; and that Thomas Van Gilder, Anthony Steelman and Thaddeus Van Gilder shall be the first directors of this company under this charter, to continue in office until others are elected or appointed in their stead; that the directors of said company shall choose one of their number to be president, and may appoint such other officers and agents as they may deem expedient, fill vacancies in their own board until the next annual election, collect installments on stock when called for, or declare the stock forfeited, and all previous payments made thereon, in case of non-payment when duly called for, if they deem it expedient. count to be kept. 4. And be it enacted, That the directors shall at all times Books of ackeep, or cause to be kept, proper books of account, in which shall be regularly entered all the transactions and accounts of said company, and also books for the transfer of the stock of the company, which shall at all times, at reasonable hours, be open for the inspection of the said company; that the directors shall make an annual report to the stockholders of the affairs of the company, of the amount of stock actually paid in, and of the assets and debts of the company, and no dividends shall be declared except from the actual profits of the company. solved. 5. And be it enacted, That the said company may be dis- May be dis solved at a general meeting of the stockholders, specially called for that purpose; provided, that at least three-fourths Proviso. in value of the stockholders shall concur therein; and upon such dissolution, the directors for the time being, and the survivors and survivor of them, or such persons as the said stockholders shall appoint, shall be trustees for settling all the affairs of the company, collecting and disposing of its property and assets, paying its debts and dividing the surplus among the stockholders, in proportion to their respective interests in the stock. 6. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the legis- Act may be lature of this state, at any time hereafter, to amend, alter and repeal this act. 7. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 18, 1863. amended. |