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CHAPTER CCCLXXXVI.

A Further Supplement to the act entitled "An Act to facilitate judicial proceedings in the county of Essex.

stenographic

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of May employ the State of New Jersey, That it shall be lawful for the judge reporter. of the circuit court in and for the county of Essex, whenever in his discretion the public welfare shall require it, to employ a competent stenographic or phonographic reporter or reporters, whose duty it shall be to attend all trials held before said judge, whether of issues joined in civil causes, or of indictments tried in the oyer and terminer, and faithfully and truly to take notes, and record verbatim all the evidence and proceedings whatsoever, except the arguments of counsel had upon such trials, and, when requested, to make and furnish true reports thereof to the said judge, or to either party in such cause.

2. And be it enacted, That the compensation of said re- Compensation porters shall not exceed ten dollars per diem, which sum shall be paid by the board of freeholders of said county on certificate of said judge as to the number of days upon which he shall be employed; provided, that said reporters shall, for Proviso. reports of evidence by them furnished, be paid by the party requesting the same, at the rate of not to exceed ten cents per one hundred words; provided further, that said reports Proviso. shall be furnished within one day after making such request; provided further, that said reporter shall be duly sworn by Proviso. said judge faithfully to perform all the duties required by this act, and shall be subject to be removed by the judge of said court at his discretion.

shall be taxed

3. And be it enacted, That towards defraying the expense Fee which of carrying out the second section of this act, a fee of one in bill of costs. dollar shall be paid to the clerk of said county by the party noticing any cause for trial therein at every term the same shall be noticed, which fee shall be included in the taxed bill of costs, and be recovered by the successful party in such cause, and the clerk of such county shall pay such fees at the end of every term to the county collector of the said

county.

4. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the pre-Interpreter.

Shall try indictments.

Proviso,

siding judge of the said circuit court to appoint an interpreter, whose duty it shall be to attend the courts of the said county, and who shall be paid such compensation as shall be fixed by the said judge, not exceeding four dollars per diem for each day of actual attendance on said courts.

5. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the court of general quarter sessions of the peace of said county to try all indictments, except for murder and manslaughter, any law or statute to the contrary notwithstanding; provided, that said court shall not try any indictment for a crime which was felony at common law, except larceny, unless the presiding judge of the court of common pleas shall be present as one of said court of quarter sessions.

6. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately.

Approved April 8, 1868.

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poses.

CHAPTER CCCLXXXVII.

An Act to authorize the mayor and common council of the city of Newark to borrow a sum or sums of money, not exceeding in the whole two hundred thousand dollars, for the purchase of sites, erecting and furnishing public schools.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of bonds may be the State of New Jersey, That it shall be lawful for the mayor and common council of the city of Newark to issue bonds, under their corporate seal and the signature of the mayor of said city, for an amount not exceeding two hundred thousand dollars, to be designated and styled "Public School Bonds," bearing interest, payable semi-annually, at a rate not exceeding seven per centum per annum, with coupons attached, and payable at such time or times as may be agreed upon by the common council, not exceeding twenty years from the date thereof, pledging the credit and the whole property of the city for the payment of the same, which bonds it shall be lawful for the said the mayor and common council of the city of

Newark to sell for the best prices they can obtain for the same, as the proceeds of the same may be needed.

applied.

2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Proceeds, how mayor and common council to apply the net proceeds of said bonds, at such time or times as they may deem necessary, to the purchase of sites, the erection of public school buildings and the furnishing thereof, and to no other purpose whatever.

paid by taxa.

3. And be it enacted, That the said the mayor and common Interest to be council shall include in the tax ordinance of each year lon. the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, out of which amount shall be paid the interest on said bonds, and three per cent. of the principal thereof to constitute a sinking fund for the final payment of said bonds; the balance of the said sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) shall be expended for the same purposes for which the principal of the said bonds are herein directed to be expended, and in the same manner; the commissioners to take charge of said sinking fund shall be the same mentioned in the eleventh section of the act entitled "A Further Supplement to the act entitled 'An Act to revise and amend the charter of the city of Newark"" approved March tenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, and in addition thereto the president and the chairman of the finance committee, for the time being, of the board of education of said city; all the provisions of the thirteenth and fourteenth sections, and the last clause of the twelfth section thereof, are hereby declared to be a part of this act, so far as the same can be made applicable hereto.

to countersign

4. And be it enacted, That hereafter all bills and claims City auditor to be paid for school purposes shall be referred to the city warrants. auditor of accounts, and approved by the secretary of the board of education, and when ordered paid by the board, warrants for the same shall be issued by the said secretary, signed by the president of the board, and placed in the office of said auditor, with the vouchers for the same; and the said auditor shall countersign said warrants, and keep a record of claims, in the same manner and form as is prescribed for all other accounts of the city, and no warrant shall be paid by the city treasurer unless so countersigned; and it shall be the duty of said secretary, at the end of each quarter, to furnish the said auditor a report of the amount due to the several teachers of the public schools, and the said auditor shall take a proper receipt from all persons receiving money

on account of public schools in a book prepared for that purpose.

5. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately.

Approved April 8, 1868.

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Directors,how elected.

CHAPTER CCCLXXXVIII.

An Act to incorporate the New Jersey and New York Bridge
Company.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That Cornelius Lydecker, Nathan T. Johnson, John Hopper, J. Wyman Jones, John Y. Dater, Francis Howland, Henry G. Hering, John A. Lockwood, J. Smith Homans, George S. Coe and George P. Androus, and all such persons as shall be associated with them, their successors and assigns, be and hereby are constituted a body corporate and politic, in fact and in law, by the name and style of "The New Jersey and New York Bridge Company," and by that name and style shall be capable in law and in fact of purchasing, hiring, holding, using, letting, improving and disposing of such real or personal estate as may be necessary and expedient for the objects and purposes of this incorporation, and may receive and make all deeds, sales, transfers, conveyances, grants, mortgages, bonds, leases, covenants, contracts and agreements and bargains, and be capable of doing all other acts and things whatsoever proper and necessary for the objects and purposes of said incorporation.

2. And be it enacted, That the stock, capital, property, concerns and affairs of said company shall be managed and conducted by a board of not less than nine nor more than fifteen directors, one-half of whom shall be residents of this state, all of whom shall be stockholders, and one of whom shall be president, who shall hold their offices for one year or until others are elected in their stead, and that the directors shall be chosen by the stockholders of said company, annually, at such time and place and in such manner as shall be directed by

the by-laws and regulations of said corporation, and notice of such time and place shall be published not less than two weeks previous thereto in any newspaper published in the county of Bergen.

3. And be it enacted, That a majority of said board shall Vacancies, constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and that how filled. if at any time it shall happen that any vacancy or vacancies occur from any cause whatever among the directors named in this act, or those hereafter to be elected, such vacancy or vacancies shall be filled by such person or persons as the remainder of the directors for the time being, or a majority of them, shall appoint; and the said directors may appoint such officers, superintendents, engineers and other agents, and assign to them such duties and compensation as they shall deem fit.

4. And be it enacted, That the first directors shall be Cor- First directors nelius Lydecker, Nathan T. Johnson, John Hopper, J. Wyman Jones, John Y. Dater, Francis Howland, Henry G. Hering, John A. Lockwood, J. Smith Homans, George S. Coe and George P. Androus, being the incorporators herein above named, who shall respectively hold their offices for one year from the organization of said company or until others shall be legally chosen from the stockholders in their place.

capital stock.

5. And be it enacted, That the capital stock of said com- Amount of pany shall be two million dollars, with the privilege of increasing the same from time to time to any sum not exceeding ten million dollars, divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, which shall be subscribed and paid at such times, in such manner and in such installments, and upon such notice, as the said company by their by laws or otherwise may direct and appoint; and in case of the failure of any stockholder to pay his or her installments at the time and place appointed for the payment thereof, or within thirty days thereafter, such stockholder shall incur the forfeiture of his or her shares, and of all previous payments thereon, for the use of said company.

6. And be it enacted, That the capital stock of said com- stock transpany shall be deemed personal property, and the said shares ferable. shall be transferable only on the books of said company in such manner as the board of directors by their by-laws shall direct; and every share of said stock on which all installments due shall have been paid, shall entitle the holder thereof to one vote, either in person or by proxy, at any au

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