thence through lands on the boundary line of the estate of
Brooks Sayre and Anthony Sayre to the corner of land now
or late of Benjamin Sturgis and estate of Brooks Sayre
on the east side of the road leading from the red school-
house to Westfield village; thence on the boundary line
of land now or late of Benjamin Sturgis, William H.
Bryant and others, to the head of Green brook, which is
the corner of the boundary line of the townships of
Springfield, Westfield and New Providence, and thence in
a southwesterly direction along the boundary line of the
townships of New Providence and Westfield, to the cen-
ter of David Felt's, now or late S. P. Townsend's, dam,
which is across said brook; thence in a northwesterly direc-
tion along said dam and across the ridge following the divid-
ing line of lands now or late of Frederick Curtis, Israel
Dotty, Edward Hedges, S. Dotty and J. Fish, to the south
side of the road leading from Summit to Union village,
being the corner of land now or late of said J. Fish; thence
along the south side of said road to the place of beginning,
be and the same is hereby constituted a city of this state;
and all the inhabitants of the state residing within the limits
aforesaid be and they are hereby ordained, constituted and
declared to be from time to time and forever hereafter, one
body politic and corporate, in fact and in name, by the
name of city of Summit.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
Approved March 8, 1899.
Certain ordinances validated.
An Act validating certain ordinances for the extension of the territorial boundaries of boroughs.
BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. All ordinances for the extension of the territorial boundaries of boroughs which were regularly adopted and published prior to the twenty-fourth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, are hereby declared valid
and effectual for the purpose of annexing to such boroughs
the territory described in such ordinances, notwithstanding
copies of such ordinances were not filed with the clerk of the
county in which such boroughs are situate and with the
secretary of state, and the territory described in such ordi-
nances shall form a part of such boroughs and become sub-
ject to all the laws and ordinances regulating and governing
the same; provided, such ordinances are valid in all other re- Proviso.
spects; and provided further, that copies of such ordinances Proviso.
shall be filed with the clerk of the county in which such
boroughs are situate and with the secretary of state within
three months from the approval of this act.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
Approved March 8, 1899.
An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to provide for the
regulation and incorporation of insurance companies
[Revision], approved April ninth, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy five.
BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the
State of New Jersey:
1. Section one of the act of which this is amendatory Section is hereby amended to read as follows:
be filed; contents thereof.
1. All insurance companies organized under the laws Statement must of other states or foreign governments and transacting insurance in this state, shall during the month of January of each year furnish to the commissioner of banking and insurance a statement, signed and sworn to by their president and secretary, specifying the name of the company, where located, the amount of paid-up capital and assets of which they are possessed, showing the manner of investments, whether in bonds, mortgages, real estate, public stocks or other securities, and particularizing the amount of each class of investment; also the amount of income for the year past, the amount of losses for the same time, the amount of
claims unpaid, the amount necessary for re-insurance, the
whole number of policies issued in this state for the
preceding year, the gross amount of cash premiums
received therefor for the same period, the name and
residence of each agent in this state, and the amount of
premiums received by each during the preceding year; and
it shall be the duty of the commissioner of banking and
insurance to prepare a form of statement to be filled up by
such insurance companies or associations, establishing agencies
or transacting the business of insurance in this state, which
shall conform to the above requirements; provided, however,
that mutual or assessment accident or casualty companies or
associations incorporated and organized under the laws of
other states may be admitted to transact in this state the
business of personal accident insurance solely, or insurance
against loss or damage to banks, bankers or trust companies
resulting from burglary or robbery, or the loss of money or
securities in transportation when shipped by registered mail;
provided, that such companies or associations shall be pos-
sessed of and maintain assets invested in securities to be
approved by the commissioner of banking and insurance of
this state to the amount of at least fifty thousand dollars.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
Approved March 8, 1899.
An Act relating to police departments in cities and regulating the tenure and terms of office of persons employed in such departments.
BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and Generat Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The officers and men employed in the police department of every city shall severally hold their respective offices and continue in their respective employment during good behavior, efficiency and residence in the city where employed, and no person shall be removed from office or
employment in the police department of any city for political
reasons, or for any other cause than incapacity, misconduct,
non-residence or disobedience of just rules and regulations
heretofore established, or which may be established, for the
government of the police force or police department of the
city; provided, that any member of the police force of any Proviso.
city who shall be absent from duty without just cause for
the term of five days shall, at the expiration of that time,
cease to be a member of such police force; each member
and officer of the police force in the cities of this state shall
be a citizen of the United States and a resident for two
years of the city in which he is appointed next preceding
his appointment; he must be of good moral character,
sound in body and in good health, and able to read and
write the English language intelligently; and provided Proviso.
further, that it shall be lawful for the board, body or person
in the respective cities of this state having authority to
employ members of the police department therein, to employ
officers or men temporarily in cases of emergency or for
parts of years in cases where their services are not needed
throughout the entire year, and discharge them at the
expiration of such temporary employment.
2. No person shall be appointed an officer or member of Limitation in the police force of any city who has been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude, or who is less than twentyone nor more than fifty-five years of age at the time of his appointment.
3. No person, whether officer or employe in the police department of any city, shall be removed from office or employment therein except for just cause as provided by the first section of this act, and then only after a written charge or charges, stating the cause of complaint, shall have been preferred against such officer or employe, signed by the person or persons making such charge or charges and filed in the office of the municipal officer, officers or board having charge of the department in which the complaint arises, and after the said charge or charges have been publicly examined into by the appropriate municipal board, officer or authority upon such reasonable notice to the person charged, and in such manner of examination as the rules and regulations governing the same may prescribe, it being the intent of this act to give every person against whom a charge for any cause may be preferred under this act a fair trial
Removal from written charge.
office must be by
Establish rules and regulations.
upon such charge, and every reasonable opportunity to make
his defense, if any he has or chooses to make, and the officer,
board or body having power to try such charges shall have
power to issue writs of subpoena to compel the attendance
of witnesses, which writs shall be served in the same man-
ner as subpoenas issued out of the court for the trial of
small causes, and every person who neglects or refuses to
obey the command of such writ shall be liable to a penalty
of twenty-five dollars, to be sued for in the corporate name
of the city in any court of competent jurisdiction, and the
penalty, when collected, shall be paid into the poor fund of
such city.
4. For the better government and discipline of police
departments in the cities of this state it shall be lawful for
the board or body whose duty it is or may become to provide
for, regulate or manage a police department in such city
from time to time, to prescribe and establish just rules and
regulations respecting such department.
5. All acts and parts of acts, general, local or special, inconsistent with the provisions of this act be and the same are hereby repealed, and that this act shall take effect immediately.
Description of boundaries.
An Act to incorporate the borough of Florham Park, in the
county of Morris.
BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the
State of New Jersey:
1. All that portion of the township of Chatham, in
the county of Morris, described as follows: Beginning at the
point of intersection of the boundary lines of the townships of
Chatham, Hanover and Morris, in the county of Morris and
state of New Jersey,and thence running (1) in a southerly direc-
tion along the boundary line between the townships of Chat-
ham and Morris, to the junction thereof with the line of the
Morris and Essex railroad at the beginning corner of the bor-
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