side of Alloways Creek, commencing at the creek at Quinton's bridge and running a due north course until it intersects the line of Mannington township; thence along said line of Mannington to the stone, a corner of the townships of Upper Alloways Creek, Mannington, Salem, Elsenborough and Lower Alloways Creek; thence along the line of the township of Lower Alloways Creek to Alloways Creek; thence up the creek the several courses thereof to the place of beginning. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 25, 1863. May re-survey a route for road. Proviso. CHAPTER CCLXVI. AN ACT in relation to the Belleville and Newark Horse Car 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That it shall be lawful for the Belleville and Newark Horse Car Railroad Company to re-survey and re-locate the route of their railroad between the village of Belleville and the eity of Newark, in the county of Essex; provided, a new survey be filed in the office of the secretary of state, and that the same be done in all respects in compliance with the charter of said company. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 25, 1863. CHAPTER CCLXVII. Supplement to an act entitled "An act to authorize the business of banking." 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Additional rethe State of New Jersey, That the treasurer of this state is gister. hereby authorized to appoint, with the advice and consent of the governor and attorney general, one or more additional registers for the purposes stated in the first section of the act to which this is a supplement. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 25, 1863. CHAPTER CCLXVIII. A supplement to an act entitled "An act to establish Public Schools." trustees. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Election of the State of New Jersey, That the inhabitants of the township of Greenville, in the county of Hudson, at their next and all future elections of trustees of their public schools, shall and may hold the said election on the same day, at the same place, during the same hours, and to be conducted in the same manner as are or may be the election of other township officers, in no otherwise altering the tenure of office of the said trustees. school com. 2. And be it enacted, That the inhabitants of the township Election of of Greenville be and they are hereby empowered, at their mittee. annual election for township officers, by their legal votes, to elect two persons, citizens of said township, to be denominated members of the school committee; they shall hold office for one year, or until their successors are elected; the two persons thus elected shall meet with the trustees, and they five shall organize by the election of one of their num Office of superintendent abolished. ber as chairman, and this organization shall be designated and known as the board of education for the township; and they shall have entire control of the public schools of the township, except as hereinafter provided; no member of the school committee, or trustee, or either of them, as a member or members of the board of education, shall receive any compensation for any service performed by or required of him in the discharge of his official duties, neither shall the board of education create any debt, obtain any credit, or otherwise involve the school or schools under their charge in any pecuniary obligation, except upon their own personal responsibility, unless the creation of such debt, or the incurring of such obligation, is made in anticipation of appropriations or receipts to the school fund of the township, based upon the operation of some existing law to that effect; on the board of education for the township of Greenville shall devolve, singly and collectively, all the duties heretofore imposed by law upon the school trustees of the district and the town superintendent of schools, except so far as the duties of the superintendent in reference to the receipt or the disbursement of any money or moneys belonging to or intended for school purposes is hereinafter vested in the treasurer of the township; it shall be their duty and privilege, by their chairman, or otherwise, as they may determine, to be represented in the board of examiners for the county, to transmit to the state superintendent the condition of their schools, and in all things to be governed by the existing laws of the state for the regulation and government of public schools, so far as the same may or can be made applicable to the school or schools over which the said board may have control by virtue of this act; three members of the board of education shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 3. And be it enacted, That the office of superintendent of public schools in and for the township of Greenville be and the same is hereby abolished; and that it shall be the duty of the treasurer of said township to collect, receive and keep an account, in a book provided for that purpose, of all money or moneys collected, appropriated or obtained from any source whatever, belonging to, appropriated for, or designated to be used for public school purposes within the said township, and to advise and inform the board of education, at their request, of the state and condition of the public school fund of the township, and shall pay to the order of a majority of the board of education all such amounts as may be drawn from them, for the purpose of liquidating or meeting the legitimate expenses of the public school or schools within said township; provided, that the treasurer of the township shall not be re- Proviso. quired to pay any greater amount than may remain unappropriated of the said school fund, in his hands at the time of the presentation of such order; the treasurer of the township shall not be entitled to, or receive any compensation for the services rendered by him in pursuance of this act. 4. And be it enacted, That all acts or parts of acts incon- Repealer. sistent with this act be and they are hereby repealed, and that this act shall take effect from and after the second Tuesday in April, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-three. Approved March 25, 1863. CHAPTER CCLXIX. AN ACT relative to Agricultural Societies. ply to fairs, 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Act not to apthe State of New Jersey, That the first section of the act en- &c. titled "An act to prevent horse racing," approved March nineteenth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, shall not apply to fairs or exhibitions held by and under the direction of any agricultural or other society incorporated or organized under and by virtue of any law of the state of New Jersey. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 25, 1863. Preamble. CHAPTER CCLXX. AN ACT to vest in the devisees under the will of Margaret WHEREAS, Thomas Curtis, late of Mount Holly, in the county of Burlington, deceased, by his last will and testament executed in due form of law to pass real estate, bearing date the twelfth day of November, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and twelve, did give and devise all his real estate after the death of his wife, to be divided between his three children, Margaret Curtis, Thomas Curtis, junior, and Isaac Antrim Curtis; and in case of the death of his son Isaac before his wife, his share to descend to his child, Emma Curtis; and whereas, the said Thomas Curtis, at the time of his death, was seized of a dwelling house and lot of land, situate on the southerly side of Water street, in Mount Holly aforesaid, whereon he resided at the time of his death; and the said Isaac Antrim Curtis having died before the wife of said Thomas, the house and lot, upon the death of his wife, in eighteen hundred and twentythree, became, under the will aforesaid, the property of his children, the said Thomas Curtis, junior, and Margaret Curtis, and his grandchild Emma Curtis, as tenants in common, share and share alike; and whereas, the said Thomas Curtis, junior, Margaret Curtis and Emma Curtis, having sold and conveyed a part of said lot, the said Thomas Curtis, by deed under his hand and seal, duly executed, bearing date the twenty-eighth day of November, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, did grant and convey his undivided one-third part of the remaining house and lot unto the said Margaret Curtis, who, by her last will and testament, bearing date the eighteenth day of December, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, did give and devise all her undivided two-third parts of said house and lot, as follows, viz: "I give and devise all my real estate unto Isaac Barton, of Philadelphia, and John R. Slack, of Mount Holly, and to the survivor of them, and to the heirs, executors and administrators of such survivor-in trust, nevertheless, and to and for the |