Published. any justice of the peace of said county, be subject to be punished by fine in any sum not exceeding ten dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail, not exceeding five days; and that any person or persons who shall in any manner wilfully injure, deface or destroy any building, engine, pump, ladder, or other property of this corporation, on due proof thereof in manner aforesaid, shall be punished by fine not exceeding twenty dollars, and shall also pay double the amount of the costs of repairing said damages or injury; and that all fines and other moneys recovered under this section shall go, the one-half to the informer, and one-half to the treasurer for the use of the corporation. 18. And be it enacted, That this act shall be considered as a public act, and take effect immediately. Approved February 5, 1858. Boundaries of township. CHAPTER XIII. AN ACT to establish a new township in the county of Gloucester, to be called the township of Clayton. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That all that part of the township of Franklin contained within the following bounds, that is to say: beginning at a point where the public road from Fries' mill to Blackwoodtown and the line between the counties of Gloucester and Camden intersect; thence northerly along the line of said counties until it strikes the township of Mantua; thence westerly along said last mentioned township and the township of Harrison, to the line of the township of Upper Pittsgrove, in the county of Salem; thence in a southerly direction along the last mentioned township and the township of Pittsgrove, to the centre of the public road leading from Glassboro' to Pittstown; thence easterly in a direct line to the place of beginning, be and the same is hereby set off in a new township, to be called the township of Clayton. incorpo 2. And be it enacted, That the inhabitants of the town- Inhabitants ship of Centreville are hereby constituted a body politic rated. and corporate in law, and shall be styled and known by the name of "The Inhabitants of the Township of Clayton, in the county of Gloucester," and shall be entitled to all the rights, powers, authority, privileges, and advantages, and subject to the same regulations, government, and liabilities as the inhabitants of the other townships in the said county of Gloucester are or may be entitled or subjected to by existing laws of this State. ship com 3. And be it enacted, That the inhabitants of the town. First township of Clayton shall hold their first township meeting at mittee. the inn of Thomas H. Paul, at Glassboro', in the said township of Clayton, on the second Wednesday in March next, and afterwards in each year at such place as the inhabitants of said township shall determine. township of Clayton and Frank lin to divide property. 4. And be it enacted, That the township committees of Meetings of Clayton and Franklin shall meet on the first Monday in committees April next, at the house of Thomas H. Paul, at Glassboro,' at ten o'clock in the forenoon, and may adjourn from time to time, and then and there proceed by writing, signed by a majority of those present, to allot and divide between the said townships all properties and moneys on hand, due or to become due, in proportion to the taxable property and ratables as taxed by the assessors, within their respective limits, at the last assessment; and the inhabitants of the township of Clayton shall be liable to pay their just proportion of the debts as ordered and directed at the last annual town meeting of the township of Franklin; and if any of the persons comprising either of the township com Surplus revenue. Commis sions of offi cers hereto fore elected. Assembly district. mittees should neglect or refuse to meet as aforesaid, those assembled may proceed to make the said division, and the decision of a majority of those present shall be final and conclusive. 5. And be it enacted, That nothing in this act shall be construed to impair or in any wise affect the rights of the said township of Clayton in and to its just and legal portion of the surplus revenue of the general government, and the interest due or becoming due thereon. 6. And be it enacted, That nothing in this act shall be so construed so as to interfere with the officers now elected in that part of the township set off and called Clayton, nor with the commissions of the justices of the peace, nor commissioners to take acknowledgments of deeds, until they shall expire by their own limitation. 7. And be it enacted, That the township of Clayton shall form part of the second assembly district of the county of Gloucester, as heretofore, when included within the township of Franklin. 8. And be it enacted, That this act shall go into effect immediately. Approved February 5, 1858. CHAPTER XIV. AN ACT to alter the boundary line between Somerset and Middlesex Counties. line between 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Boundary the State of New Jersey, That from and after the passage of counties. this act, that the boundary line between the counties of Somerset and Middlesex shall commence in the centre of the Franklin and Georgetown turnpike road, at the point where the said road intersects and forms the boundary line of the city of New Brunswick, and runs thence along the centre of said turnpike road to William E. Barker's Ten Mile Run. liable to townships to which they are set over. 2. And be it enacted, That the inhabitants of North Bruns- Inhabitants wick and South Brunswick townships that may be set over laws, &c., of to the township of Franklin, in Somerset County, by the passage of this act, shall be liable to all laws and entitled to all benefits that the inhabitants of the aforesaid township of Franklin are subject or entitled to, and that the inhabitants of the township of Franklin that may be set over to the townships of North and South Brunswick shall be liable to all laws and entitled to all the benefits that the inhabitants of the aforesaid townships of North and South Brunswick, in the aforesaid county of Middlesex, are or may be entitled to. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved February 6, 1858. J. W. Cooper authorized to build wharves, &c. Proviso. Penalty for injuring works. CHAPTER XV. AN ACT to authorize Joseph W. Cooper to build wharves in front of his lands, in the city of Camden, in the county of Camden. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That it shall and may be lawful for Joseph W. Cooper, his heirs and assigns, to build, main· tain, and keep in repair, such docks, wharves, or other works, as may be required for the construction of a main railway, sectional floating and dry dock, on or in front of the lands of the said Joseph W. Cooper, on the river Delaware, in the county of Camden, and from time to time to rebuild and repair the same, and to lay vessels in said docks or wharves, and take and receive dockage or wharfage for the use thereof; provided, that nothing in this act shall affect the legal rights of any other person. 2. And be it enacted, That if any person or persons shall wilfully injure, impair, destroy or obstruct said docks, wharves, or any other works hereby authorized, the person or persons so offending shall forfeit a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, at the discretion of any justice of the peace in this State; and shall also be liable to pay double the amount of damages sustained thereby, to be recovered in an action of trespass, or by any other proper form of action, in any court of competent jurisdiction. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved February 6, 1858. |