majority of the directors and the president thereof shall be citizens of this state, and the treasurer thereof shall be a citizen of this state and a resident of Monmouth county. tioned. 4. And be it enacted, That the said directors of each of Stock apporthe said companies, and before the election for nine directors, shall apportion the stock of the consolidated company among the respective holders of stock in each of said companies, in proportion and according to their respective interests therein, so that they shall severally hold in the consolidated company an amount of the stock thereof equal to their respective interests in each of said companies, and the holders of the stock of each of said companies shall be entitled to as much of the stock of the consolidated company as will equal the amount of their stock or interest, respectively, in the said companies. duties. 5. And be it enacted, That the said consolidated company Powers and shall have and exercise all the rights, powers and privileges, and be subject to all the duties, liabilities and restrictions contained in the charters of the said companies, respectively, and all the provisions thereof shall apply to said consolidated company, except only as may be inconsistent with this act. Approved March 24, 1863. CHAPTER CCXLII. Supplement to an act entitled "An act relative to oaths and affirmations." taken by mas cery. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Oaths may be the State of New Jersey, That all oaths, affirmations and affi- ter in chandavits, required to be made or taken by any statute of this state before any surrogate of any county in this state, or necessary or proper to be made, taken or used before any such surrogate, shall and may be made and taken, in the absence of such surrogate, by and before any master in chancery of this state. 2. And be it enacted, That if any person shall wilfully and swearing corruptly swear or affirm falsely, in or by any oath, affirma- falsely. tion or affidavit made or taken in pursuance of this act, such person shall be deemed guilty of perjury and punished accordingly. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 24, 1863. Consolidation CHAPTER CCXLIII. A supplement to the act entitled "An act to incorporate the Orange and Newark Horse Car Railroad Company," approved March fifteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of of companies the State of New Jersey, That any incorporated railroad company authorized to construct a horse railroad in or to the city of Newark, in the county of Essex, may be consolidated and merged in the Orange and Newark Horse Car Railroad Company, and the capital stock of the Orange and Newark Horse Car Railroad Company may be increased to the amount of the capital stock authorized by the companies so merged; provided nevertheless, that the Orange and Newark Horse Car Railroad Company shall be liable to all the responsibilities of the companies so merged. Proviso. Certificate to be filed in of fice of secretary of state. May build railroad in New 2. And be it enacted, That any company, on filing in the office of the secretary of state a certificate signed by their president and secretary, under the seal of said company, that said company has been merged in the Orange and Newark Horse Car Railroad Company, such company so filing said certificate shall be deemed and taken as consolidated and merged in the Orange and Newark Horse Car Railroad Company, and the Orange and Newark Horse Car Railroad Company, on filing a certificate signed by their president and secretary, under their corporate seal, of their assent to such consolidation and merger, shall be liable to all the responsibilities of such company, and be entitled to and invested with all and every the property, rights and franchises of the company so merged. 3. And be it enacted, That the Orange and Newark Horse ark. Car Railroad Company is hereby authorized and empowered to build and construct a railroad in any of the streets of the city of Newark, whenever the common council of the city of Newark, by ordinance, shall consent to the same, subject, nevertheless, to the provisions of the act requiring the permission or consent of a majority of the owners of land in front of any such railroad and along which the same may be intended to run or be constructed. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 24, 1863. CHAPTER CCXLIV. Supplement to the act entitled "An act to incorporate The People's Fire Insurance Company,'" approved February twenty-fifth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. WHEREAS, The parties interested in The People's Fire Insu- Preamble. rance Company have paid the sum assessed and declared to be payable on the same, by the act entitled "An act to increase the revenue of the state of New Jersey," approved March sixth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, though not within the time limited by the supplement to said act, approved March eighteenth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine-therefore, 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Acts legalized. the State of New Jersey, That the several sections of the act entitled "An act to incorporate The People's Fire Insurance Company," approved February twenty-fifth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, and all acts and proceedings in pursuance thereof, are hereby declared to be, and shall be taken, construed and held to be valid and operative, and of the same force and effect as if the said assessment had been duly paid before the first day of July next ensuing the passage of said act creating said Fire Insurance Company. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 24, 1863. Who may elect committee to have care of green. Penalty for in trees, &c. CHAPTER CCXLV. A supplement to the act entitled "An act to authorize the . inhabitants of Hackensack to enclose the public green in said village," approved March tenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-three. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That such of the inhabitants of the village of Hackensack, in the county of Bergen, and others as have paid or shall hereafter pay not less than five dollars for and towards enclosing and embellishing the public green in said village, are hereby authorized to meet yearly and every year, at such place and on such day as a majority of such persons may appoint, and elect by ballot three persons to be a committee, to have the charge, management and control of the said green, with power to raise subscriptions, collect funds, procure materials and employ workmen to adorn said grounds, and maintain and amend the enclosure and sidewalks around the same, and at the said election such persons shall be entitled to one vote for every five dollars paid to said fund. 2. And be it enacted, That if any person or persons shall jury to fence, wilfully break down, injure, deface, remove or destroy any portion of said enclosure, or injure or destroy any of the trees, shrubbery or other embellishments growing or being within or around said enclosure, or shall put or place any horses, cattle or other animal within the said enclosure, or upon the sidewalks around the same, such person or persons shall for each offence be subject to a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than twenty dollars, upon conviction, on complaint made, before one of the justices of the peace of said county, which justice shall have power to issue his warrant, under his hand and seal, to any constable of said county, to make the said fine of the personal goods and chattels of the offender, or in default of goods and chattels, to imprison the offender in the county jail of said county for a period not exceeding thirty days, besides being liable to pay to said committee the full amount of all damage done to the said premises, to be sued for and recovered by action of trespass in the names of said committee, or such of them as may be then acting, be fore any court of competent jurisdiction, with costs of suit; and it shall be lawful for said committee to declare in any such action as for an injury to their own close possessions and property. 3. And be it enacted, That so much of the act entitled Repealer. "An act to authorize the inhabitants of Hackensack to enclose the public green in said village," approved March tenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, as is inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be and the same is hereby repealed. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall be deemed a public act, and shall take effect immediately. Approved March 24, 1863. CHAPTER CCXLVI. A further supplement to the act entitled "An act concerning taxes," approved April fourteenth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six. be fund. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Balance of the State of New Jersey, That so much of the fourth section appropria of the supplement to the aforesaid act, approved March ted to sinking twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, as provides that whatever balance of the sum of four hundred and fifty thousand dollars shall remain in the treasury of this state after the full payment of said quota, and of the debt or debts contracted under this section, shall be and hereby is appropriated to the war fund of this state, be and the same is hereby repealed, and the said balance shall be and is hereby appropriated to the sinking fund. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 24, 1863. |