Extending time for raking and taking oysters in Union county. CHAPTER CCXXXVII. A supplement to "An act for the preservation of Clams and Oysters," approved April fourteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the period limited for the raking or taking of clams and oysters in any bed or banks within this state, contained in the first section of the act to which this is a supplement, shall, so far as relates to the county of Union, be extended from the first day of May to the first day of July, in each and every year. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 17, 1874. Board of ers to ap point surveyors. Duties. CHAPTER CCXXXVIII. An act to define and perpetuate the line between the counties of Hudson and Bergen. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That it shall be lawful for the boards of chosen freeholders of the counties of Hudson and Bergen, to each appoint a suitable surveyor, one from each county, whose duty it shall be to survey the line between said counties, and mark suitable points, where permanent monuments shall be erected to perpetuate said line, and to make a map of said line as surveyed, and when completed to furnish each of said boards with a copy of said survey and map Copy of sur- which shall be placed on file in the clerk's office of the remap to be spective boards, and open to inspection for thirty days after vey and clerk's of the same shall have been received, and notice given of the filed in filing by publishing the same in the minutes of said boards, fice of reand in thirty days after the publication in said minutes, speci either of said boards may take action in relation to the con spective map and firmation of the county line, as surveyed and run, and if both If confirmof said boards shall by resolution confirm said line, as run ed by both and mapped, said maps and surveys shall be filed and re- boards, corded in the clerk's offices of Hudson and Bergen counties, survey to and the line so fixed shall hereafter be the line between said recorded in counties, until changed by the legislature. be filled and County clerk's of Certain 2. And be it enacted, That in making said map and survey, tice. the lines between the townships of Hackensack and Union, lines to rein the county of Bergen, and the townships of Kearney and main the North Bergen, in the county of Hudson, shall be the line as near as the same can be ascertained from the present monuments. same. freeholders 3. And be it enacted, That if the line as run shall be es- Board of tablished by the boards of freeholders of said counties, said to erect boards shall erect granite monuments or other marks at suit- granite able distances on and along the line, as run, to perpetuate ments. the same. monu be made ments vision of 4. And be it enacted, That said surveys shall be made, and Surveys to the monuments erected under the supervision and direction and monuof a joint committee of said boards, and the expense of said erected unsurvey, and the erection of said monuments and other marks der supershall be ascertained by said joint committee and reported by joint comsaid joint committee to their respective boards, and when approved by said boards shall be paid by said counties, each county paying one-half. mittee. survey to be 5. And be it enacted, That if either county shall reject said Map and map and survey, it shall be the duty of the county rejecting led with the same to send the map and survey to the secretary of Secretary, state, to be filed in his office, to await further legislative rejected by action. 6. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 17, 1874. of State if either county. ! Salary of Not to CHAPTER CCXXXIX. An act to regulate the salary of the clerk of the county of 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the clerk of the county of Camden shall receive a salary of four thousand dollars per annum, for his services as clerk of the criminal and civil courts of said county, which sum is to be paid to him in quarterly payments, by the collector of said county, and is to be in lieu of all fees, costs, and compensation, now allowed him in said courts, and all fees, costs and compensation that said clerk is now entitled by law to receive, shall be taxed in all bills of costs the same as are now taxed, and shall be collected by the sheriff of said county of Camden, and be by him paid over to the collector of the said county, for the use of the said county. 2. Be it enacted, That this act shall take effect at the exuntil expir-piration of the term of office of the present clerk. Approved March 17, 1874. ation of term of Doe, buck, sort of deer, CHAPTER CCXL. A further supplement to "An act for the preservation of deer and other game, and to prevent trespassing with dogs or guns," approved April sixteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the fawn or any State of New Jersey, That it shall not be lawful for any perwhen not to son or persons, to kill, destroy, hunt or take any doe, buck, fawn or any sort of deer whatsoever, within the counties of be killed. Burlington and Ocean, for five years after the passage of this act. How re 2. And be it enacted, That if any person or persons offend- Penalty. ing against any of the provisions of the first section of this act, he, she or they so offending, shall forfeit and pay for every doe, buck, fawn, or any sort of deer, the sum of fifty dollars for each and every offence, to be sued for and recovered in an action of debt, with costs of suit, by any person who shall sue for the same; and any person, into whose hands or custody, any buck, doe, fawn or other kind of deer, shall be found, that shall have been killed contrary to the provisions of this act, shall be deemed, taken and adjudged to be the killer and destroyer of said game, and liable to the penalties of the same. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 17, 1874. Who liable. CHAPTER CCXLI. An act to facilitate the collection of taxes in the township of Weymouth, in the county of Atlantic. Township ed to en lection of taxes. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the township committee of the Committee township of Weymouth, in the county of Atlantic, shall have empowerpower to enforce the collection of all delinquent taxes as- fore colsessed on any real estate in said township during the year delinquent of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, and thereafter, by exposing the same for sale, or so much thereof as may be sufficient to pay said taxes and the cost thereon, at public vendue, to the person or persons who will take the least quantity of said land, to be laid out in one body, and to commence at some designated corner of the premises, on which said delinquent taxes are claimed to be due; and in cases where the said committee may deem it for the interest of the township, they may authorize the treasurer of the township to appear at such sale, and bid on such lands as are offered for sale as aforesaid, in the name of the township; the land so sold to him, if any, to be the property of said township. Land not to 2. And be it enacted, That no land shall be sold by virtue til collector of this act until the township collector shall have made a be sold un shall have made re turn. Return of collector to in township fice. return to the township committee that the taxes assessed on said lands are unpaid, and have by him been returned as delinquent, and shall verify the same by his affidavit attached thereto; and the collector neglecting or refusing to make such return and affidavit on or before the annual township meeting for the election of officers, shall be liable to the township for all of said unpaid and delinquent taxes not so returned. 3. And be it enacted, That within ten days after the said rebe recorded turn by the collector of the township, the township commitclerk's of- tee shall cause a copy of said return to be recorded in the clerk's office of said township, a copy thereof to be posted in at least three public places in said township, one of said places to be at the place where the last election of said township was held, the same to be certified to and signed by the clerk of the township. Delin 4. And be it enacted, That if any of said delinquents at any quents may time before the expiration of twenty days after the first postpay taxes ing of said notices, shall appear before said clerk and pay and costs. said delinquent taxes and the costs, together with the addi Sale by whom and how conducted. tional sum of fifty cents as registry fee for said clerk, then in such case the clerk shall receive the same in the name of the township committee; and give receipt therefor; but in case such delinquents do not appear and make the said payment within the said twenty days, the township commit. tee shall cause a certified copy of the said return and affidavit of the collector to be published in one or more newspapers published in said county at least six weeks, specifying the time and place when the same will be sold at public vendue as aforesaid for the collection of said returned and delinquent taxes. 5. And be it enacted, That on the day mentioned in said. notice, or on some adjourned day thereof, the chairman of the said committee shall at the hour named in said notice, proceed to sell the several tracts or parcels of land returned and unpaid, and in order so returned at public vendue as aforesaid, to the person or persons who will take the least quantity of said premises so offered, and pay the amount |