Clerk and treasurer authorized to build addition to offices. Previso. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the clerk in chancery and the state treasurer severally be authorized to have constructed an additional room to their offices, on the south side, to conform with the present exterior of the building to be executed in a proper and workmanlike manner, under the direction of Chauncey Graham, architect; provided, the same can be completed for a sum not to exceed five hundred dollars each. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 18, 1858. Blection of CHAPTER CXCI. AN ACT to authorize the election of overseers of the highways by districts in the township of Chatham, in the county of Morris, and in the township of Hope, in the county of Warren. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the overseers of the highways of the several road districts in the township of Chatham, in the county of Morris, and in the township of Hope, in the county of Warren, shall be elected by the legal voters of the several districts, as the same may be arranged from time to time by the township committee in said township; and for the purpose of carrying this provision into effect, it shall be the duty of the township committee of the said township to give public notice of the time and place of holding the first district road meetings under this act, and which meetings shall be held on the Saturday next previous to the annual town meeting in said townships; and shall cause notice thereof to be posted up in some conspicuous place in such districts, respectively, at least five days before the time of holding any such meeting, which shall be some convenient place in the district, when and where the legal voters in the townships, residing in such road district, shall assemble for the purpose of such election; and when so assembled, the said voters having been called to order by any one of their number, shall proceed by the holding up of hands to elect a moderator of such meeting, by a plurality of votes; and being thus organized, the meeting shall proceed, in the same manner, by the holding up of hands, to elect an overseer of the highway for such road district; and the moderator of such first meeting shall, at the first annual town meeting next after the said election, notify the township committee of said townships of the said election, and of the name of the person so elected overseer; and in case of the failure of any district to elect an overseer, or of the person so elected to accept of his appointment, the said township committee shall fill such vacancy, and shall furnish a list of the names of said overseers of the highway so elected or appointed, to the clerk of the townships, and he shall publish the same, with the names of the officers and the proceedings of the said first town meeting held after such election. meetings, 2. And be it enacted, That all subsequent district road District road meetings in said townships shall be called by the overseers how called. of said road districts, respectively, upon notice to be posted up in some conspicuous place in such road district, at least ten days before the time of holding such meeting: and all such subsequent district road meetings shall be held on Saturday next preceding the annual town meeting in said townships; and should the overseer of any district fail to call such meeting, or should the individual elected refuse to accept said appointment, or in case of a vacancy arising from any other cause, the township committee shall fill such vacancy, and cause the names of the persons so elected or appointed to be published as aforesaid by the clerk of said township, upon their receiving from the moderators of such subsequent meetings, respectively, the names of the persons so elected thereat, and which said moderators are hereby required to notify said township committees of the names of the persons so elected, at the said annual town meeting next after such election. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 18, 1858. Amount of appropriation from school fund. Amount of appropriation from state fund. CHAPTER CXCII. AN ACT relative to the appropriation of moneys for common school education, being supplementary to the "Act to establish public schools." 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the sum of fifty thousand dollars per annum be, and the same is hereby appropriated from the income of the fund, under the direction of the trustees, for the support of free schools in New Jersey, to be apportioned among the several counties in this state, as directed by the first section of the act entitled "A supplement to the act entitled 'An act to establish public schools,"" approved March fourteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-one. 2. And be it enacted, That, from the revenue of the state, the sum of thirty thousand dollars per annum shall be ap propriated to be apportioned in the same manner among the several counties of this state, in addition to the sum of fifty thousand dollars from the annual income of the school fund, as mentioned in the preceding section of this act. tion, when 3. And be it enacted, That the trustees of the school fund Appropriaof this state shall have authority to divide the aforesaid paid. sum of eighty thousand dollars, in two or more annual instalments, which shall be paid by the state treasurer to the several county collectors, at such times as the said trustees may direct. mer acts re 4. And be it enacted, That all laws or parts of laws incon- Part of forsistent with this act be, and the same are hereby repealed, pealed. and that this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 18, 1858. CHAPTER CXCIII. AN ACT relating to the proceeds of real estate sold or taken by law. of proceeds court. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Distribution the State of New Jersey, That whenever any lands, tenements, of sale by hereditaments, or real estate, shall be sold or taken upon compensation, pursuant to any competent judicial authority, or any law of this state, and the proceeds of such sale or the compensation for such taking, shall be paid into any court of this state, pursuant to such authority or law, such court shall order and direct such payment or payments, in gross, to be made out of such proceeds, as compensation to such person or persons as shall be entitled to any vested certain and absolute estate or interest, less than the fee simple, of, in, and to such lands, tenements, hereditaments and real estate, or any part thereof, as such court shall deem a just and reasonable satisfaction for such estate or interest, and as the person so entitled shall consent, in writing, to accept in lieu thereof; but in case any such person shall fail to give such consent, before the making of the order for the distribution of such proceeds or compensation, then such court shall ascertain and determine what proportion of such proceeds or compensation will be just and reasonable to be reserved for the benefit of such person, and shall order the same to be put out at interest on sufficient security of real estate, or invested in public stock, under the direction and control of such court, for the benefit of such person. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 18, 1858. Certain charters repealed. CHAPTER CXCIV. AN ACT to repeal the charters of certain turnpike companies for non-user of their franchises. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That all acts, supplements to acts, and acts relative to acts, incorporating such turnpike companies as have failed to use and exercise their corporate rights, privileges, and franchises, for the space of twenty |