Part of former act re

pealed.

CHAPTER CLXXX.

AN ACT to repeal part of a supplement to the act to "Establish Public
Schools," approved February tenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the supplement to the act to establish public schools, approved February tenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, so far as it relates to the townships of South Brunswick and Monroe, in the county of Middlesex, be and the same is hereby repealed.

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

Approved March 18, 1858.

Swine running at large

CHAPTER CLXXXI.

AN ACT to prevent swine from running at large in the village of Cookstown, in the county of Burlington.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of may be im- the State of New Jersey, That it shall be lawful for any per

pounded.

son or persons to drive or convey to the public pound any swine found running at large in the public streets and highways in the village of Cookstown and its vicinity, within a circuit of one half mile from the Cookstown bridge in said village of Cookstown, and impound the same, and the keeper of the pound is hereby authorized and required to receive all such swine, and the party shall have twelve

and a half cents per head for impounding each swine, and the keeper of the pound shall have the same fee for letting in and out of the pound, and for feeding and attending five cents per head for every twenty-four hours they shall continue in said pound; and if the owner or owners of said swine so impounded shall not pay the charges aforesaid within four days after such swine shall be impounded, and take said swine away, it shall then be the duty of said pound keeper to set up advertisements in at least three of the most public places in said village, particularly describing such swine, and giving at least ten days' notice of an intended day and place of sale, and if the owner or owners of such swine do not appear and redeem the said swine before the time so notified, the said pound-keeper shall sell the same, accordingly, and out of the money arising from such sale shall pay the charges of conveying to the pound, and retain in his hands his fees for impounding, keeping and feeding said swine, and twenty-five cents for the sale of each swine, and collecting the money, and return the surplus to the owner of the swine, and if no owner appear and claim such surplus within six months after such sale, the same shall be paid to the overseer or overseers of the poor of the township of New Hanover, for the use of the poor.

pound

2. And be it enacted, That the legal voters within the Election of bounds aforesaid, shall meet together in Cookstown annu- keeper. ally and every year, on the third Saturday in March, at two o'clock P. M., and elect one pound keeper, who shall reside within the bounds laid down by this act, a notice of such meeting to be given ten days previous to such election by any of said legal voters, and said pound keeper shall cause to be prepared a suitable and safe pound within said bounds for the keeping of swine, at an expense not exceeding five dollars, to be paid by the said township of New Hanover.

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

Approved March 18, 1858.

Preamble.

Interest to be allowed.

CHAPTER CLXXXII.

AN ACT relative to the debts of the Lunatic Asylum.

WHEREAS, the appropriation for the lunatic asylum, authorized by an act entitled "An act making an appropriation for the lunatic asylum," approved March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, has not been paid-therefore,

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That interest be allowed on said appropriation until paid by the treasurer. Approved March 18, 1858.

Writs to be directed to sheriffs of Camden and Atlantic.

Fees of sheriffs.

CHAPTER CLXXXIII.

AN ACT entitled an Act to authorize the sheriffs of the counties of Camden and Atlantic to sell the "Camden and Atlantic Railroad."

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That in case any writ or writs of fieri facias shall hereafter issue out of the court of chancery for the sale of the Camden and Atlantic Railroad, the same shall be directed to the sheriffs of the counties of Camden and Atlantic.

2. And be it enacted, That the said sheriffs shall be entitled to the same fees as are now allowed by law on other writs of fieri facias.

3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect imme

diately.

Approved March 18, 1858.

CHAPTER CLXXXIV.

AN ACT to fund the floating debt of the county of Camden, and to provide for the payment of the same.

holders au

borrow mo

ney.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Chosen freethe State of New Jersey, That it shall be lawful for the thorized to board of chosen freeholders of the county of Camden, to borrow such sum or sums of money from time to time as they may think necessary for the payment of the floating debts of the county, and to cause the bonds of the county to be issued for the same to an amount not exceeding in the whole the sum of fifty thousand dollars.

sioners of

fund.

2. And be it enacted, That at the first annual meeting in Commiseach year of said board, or at any special meeting called sinking for that purpose, there shall be appointed from among the members of said board one freeholder, who, together with the director of said board and the county collector, for the time being respectively holding said offices, shall have the charge of issuing said bonds, as hereinafter provided, and also of the moneys to be raised for the payment thereof, and who shall be known as the commissioners of the sinking fund; said commissioners shall, if required to do so by the said board, enter into bond to the county in such sum

Bonds to be issued.

Money may be raised by

tax.

as said board shall require for the faithful performance of their duties under this act, and shall also make report at the regular annual meeting in each year of said board of the state of said sinking fund, the amount of bonds issued, and the amount of the same paid.

3. And be it enacted, That whenever at any stated meeting of said board, or at any special meeting held for that purpose, it shall be resolved to borrow any sum of money for the purpose aforesaid, it shall be the duty of said commissioners to cause bonds to be prepared in sums of five hundred or one thousand dollars each, or both, as they shall deem best, payable in from one to ten years after date, with interest not exceeding six per cent. per annum, payable half-yearly, which bonds shall be given in the corporate name of the county, signed by the then director of the board with the seal of the county affixed, and countersigned by the remaining two of the commissioners aforesaid: said bonds shall be numbered and registered by the county collector, and, together with the coupons attached, may be made payable at such place as the said commissioners shall determine and designate therein, and the same when so issued shall be deemed and taken to be public stock, created under the laws of this state.

4. And be it enacted, That in order to provide for the payment of the interest and principal moneys of said bonds as the same shall become due and payable, there shall be raised by tax at the same time and in the same manner as the other county taxes are raised, the sum of seven thousand dollars annually, in addition to the other moneys raised by taxes in said county of Camden; which said sum so annually raised shall be under the care and management of the said commissioners of the sinking fund, whose duty it shall be to apply so much of the same as may be neces sary for the purpose, to the payment of the interest accruing from time to time on said bonds, and to use and apply the balance thereof as a fund for the payment of the principal moneys of said bonds, as the same shall respectively become due.