ACTS PASSED BY THE One Hundred and Twenty-third Legislature. CHAPTER 1. Supplement to an act entitled "An act to provide for the division of the assets and liabilities of townships between such townships and any borough or boroughs set off from the same," approved April sixteenth, one thousand eight hundred and ninety six. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1. In case said township committee and mayor and council shall be unable to agree upon a division of the property and an apportionment of the indebtedness and liabilities of such township, or in case either of them desire to have such division and apportionment made by commissioners, it shall be lawful for either the said township committee or the said mayor and council to apply to the court of common pleas of the county wherein such township is situate for the appointment of three disinterested persons as commissioners, who shall divide such property and apportion such indebtedness and liabilities, and their determination in writing, signed by any two of them, shall be binding and conclusive upon such township and such borough, for which services said commissioners shall receive such compensation as said court shall think proper, to be paid by such township and such borough equally. Property divided; basis of division 2. Said division and apportionment shall be made of all the divisible property, including moneys and assets on hand, and indebtedness and liabilities of such township at the time sach borough was set off, and shall be made, as nearly as may be, in proportion to the assessed value of the real and personal property within the respective limits of such township and the portion of such borough taken from such township on the basis of the last assessment preceding the formation of such borough. 3. This act shall take effect immediately. FOSTER M. VOORHEES, Governor. CHARLES A. REED, President of the Senate. DAVID O. WATKINS, Speaker of the House of Assembly. Appropriation. Method of payment. CHAPTER 2. A Supplement to "An act making appropriations for the support of the state government and for several public purposes for the fiscal year ending October thirty-first, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine," approved June thirteenth, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1. Two thousand four hundred and fifty-six dollars and eighty-six cents is hereby appropriated to defray the incidental expenses incurred by the joint committee of the legislature on the inauguration of the governor. 2. All bills for expenses shall be approved by the committee or a majority thereof, and when audited by the comptroller, he shall draw his warrants for the amounts on the state treasurer, who is hereby authorized to pay the same. 3. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAPTER 3. An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to regulate elections [Revision of one thousand eight hundred and ninetyeight], approved April fourth, one thousand eight hundred and ninety eight." BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: amended. 1. Section one hundred and seventy-eight of the act enti- Section tled "An act to regulate elections [Revision of one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight]," be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: of boards of 178. The compensation of each member of the boards of Compensation registry and election for all services performed by them registry and under the provisions of this act shall be as follows: In election. cities having a population exceeding forty thousand, for each registry day five dollars, and for the election day, including the counting of the votes and the delivery of the returns and ballot-box with contents to the municipal clerk, ten dollars; which compensation shall be the same for both the general election and the municipal election; and in all other cities, townships and other municipalities, the compensation of each member for all such services in connection with any local or charter election shall be for each registry day three dollars, and for the election day, including the counting of the votes and the delivery of the returns and the ballot-box, seven dollars, and for all such services in connection with the general election or any special election held in and for the whole county, such compensation shall be fifteen dollars in districts where the number of registered voters is not more than one hundred and fifty; twenty dollars in districts where the number of registered voters is more than one huudred and fifty and not more than three hundred; and twenty-five dollars in districts where the number of registered voters is more than three hundred; said sums to be |