CHAPTER LXXXII. AN ACT relative to freights and fares on railways in this state. Provisions of former act 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the privileges and provisions extended. of an act entitled "An act relative to freights and fares on certain railroads in this state," approved March fourteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, be and the same is hereby extended to all other railroads in the state. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect, notwithstanding anything in the respective charters of said companies which conflicts with the provisions thereof. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 4, 1858. Provisions charters not of former to affect present act. CHAPTER LXXXIII. AN ACT to authorize the election of overseers of the highways by district, in the township of North Brunswick, in the county of Middlesex, and the townships of Newton and Stillwater, in the county of Sussex, and the township of Livingston, in the county of Essex. given of first meeting. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Notice to be the State of New Jersey, That the overseers of the highways district of the township of North Brunswick, in the county of Middlesex, and the townships of Newton and Stillwater, in the Moderator to give notice Overseer. county of Sussex, and the township of Livingston, in the county of Essex, shall hereafter be elected by the legal voters of the several road districts therein, as they may be arranged from time to time by the town committees of the said townships respectively; and for the purpose of carrying this provision into effect, it shall be the duty of the town committees of the said townships respectively to give public notice of the time, which shall be within ten days after each annual town meeting, and of the place, which shall be some convenient place in each district, when and where the legal voters of the said townships respectively residing in such district, shall assemble for the purpose of such election, which said notice shall be posted up in some conspicuous place in each district, at least five days before the time appointed for holding such election, and at which time and place such legal voters, so assembled, having been called to order by any legal voter of the district, shall proceed viva voce, by holding up of hands, or by count, to elect a moderator of such meeting by plurality of votes, and being so organized, the meeting shall proceed, as in the election of the moderator, to elect an overseer of the highway for the district, being a resident in said district. 2. And be it enacted, That the moderator of each district of election of meeting shall immediately thereafter notify the town committees of the said townships respectively, in writing, of the election of such overseer, which said committee shall thereupon, in like manner, inform the person so chosen of his appointment. Vacancies, how supplied. Special meetings may be called. 3. And be it enacted, That in case of the failure of any district or districts to elect an overseer, at any time hereafter, or of the person or persons so elected to accept the appointment, the town committee of such township where such vacancy may occur for the time being shall fill such vacancy or vacancies. 4. And be it enacted, That in case any town committee of the said townships respectively shall neglect to give the notice required for the district road meetings, or any of them, it shall be lawful for the town committees of the said townships respectively next thereafter elected, to call special district meetings for the election of overseers in and for such and so many of the said districts wherein notice shall not have been given as aforesaid, át a convenient time and place to be fixed by the said committee, and a notice thereof shall be put up at a conspicuous place in each of the said districts, at least five days before such meeting. settle with mittees. 5. And be it enacted, That the overseers of the highways Overseers to of the said townships respectively, shall account to and set- town comtle with the town committees of the said townships respectively, as now required to do by law. 6. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect imme diately. Approved March 4, 1858. CHAPTER LXXXIV. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT to an act entitled "An act concerning inns and taverns," approved April seventeenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six. ceived for be paid over to county collectors. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Moneys rethe State of New Jersey, That the clerks of the courts of licenses to common pleas of the counties of Essex and Camden shall pay over all moneys which they shall respectively receive from persons licensed by the courts of common pleas, in and for said counties, to keep inns and taverns, in the several townships in their respective counties, to the collectors of the said townships respectively, for the use of the said townships respectively, and that all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 4, 1858. Time for establishment tended. CHAPTER LXXXV. A SUPPLEMENT to the act entitled "An act to incorporate the Long Dock Company," approved February twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and fifty-six. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of of ferry ex- the State of New Jersey, That the time limited for the estab lishment of the ferry authorized by the eighth section of the act to which this is a supplement, be and the same is hereby extended to the twenty-sixth day of February, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine; and that the tunnel and railroad now being constructed under and through the Weehawken or Bergen Hill, in the county of Hudson, shall be a public highway, and free for the passage of locomotives with their trains, and all railroad carriages thereon, with passengers and property, upon payment of the tolls prescribed by the tenth section of an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Paterson and Hudson River Railroad Company," passed January twenty-first, eighteen hundred and thirty one. Approved March 4, 1858. CHAPTER LXXXVI. AN ACT Supplementary to an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Hudson County Mutual Insurance Company," passed February eleventh, eighteen hundred and forty-two. tion of for mer act amended. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Twelfth secthe State of New Jersey, That the twelfth section of the act entitled "An act to incorporate the Hudson County Mutual Insurance Company," passed February eleventh, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, be so amended as to authorize and empower the said company to insure property situated or owned without the state of New Jersey, and which may be situated or owned in any other state of the United States. of former act 2. And be it enacted, That the sixth section of the said act Sixth section be so amended as to make it optional with said company amended. either to receive a promissory note of any person who shall or may become a member of the said company, by effecting an insurance therein before such person or persons shall receive his or their policy or policies, to be guaranteed by some responsible person, or to require the whole amount of such sum of money as shall be determined by the directors to be the premium, as provided in said section to be paid in cash; which said cash deposit shall be considered as a part of the assets of said company, and be appropri ated, or such ratio thereof as the said directors may determine, to the payment of losses or damage by fire and such incidental expenses as shall be necessary for the transaction of the business of said company, according to the provisions of the act to which this is a supplement; provided, however, Proviso. that the provisions contained in this section shall apply only in such case as where the insurance is effected for the term of one year, or for a shorter space of time; and pro- Proviso. vided further, that the said company shall not at any time be entitled to the benefit of any provision contained in this |