Name changed. CHAPTER LXXXIV. An act to change the corporate name of the First Presbyterian church, of Hopewell. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the corporate name of the First Presbyterian church, of Hopewell, is hereby changed to the First Presbyterian church, of Pennington, in the county of Mercer; and by that name shall hereafter be called and known for all purposes whatsoever; and that the legal rights and liabilities of the said church shall remain the same as if the name had not been changed. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved April 12, 1876. empower ed to sell and convey CHAPTER LXXXVI. An act to authorize the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal church of Dover, New Jersey, to sell and convey and mortgage certain real estate.. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the trustees of the Methodist Trustees Episcopal church of Dover, in the county of Morris and state of New Jersey, or their successors in office, be and land and they are hereby authorized and empowered to sell and convey all or any part of the land and real estate, with the ap purtenances thereto belonging, now held in trust as the property or for the use of the said Methodist Episcopal church at Dover, by virtue of a deed made to David San real estate. ford, Aaron Doty, James McDavit, Frederick B. Dalrimple and Henry C. Bonnell, trustees of the Methodist Episcopal church, and to their successors in office, by Henry McFarlan, David Ayers and Stephen Van Rensselear, trustees of Henry McFarlan, deceased, by virtue of an act entitled "an act to vest certain real estate whereof Henry McFarlan died seized," passed March sixth, anno domini eighteen hundred and thirty-two; said deed bears date August first, anno domini eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, and is recorded in the Morris county record of deeds in book S three, folios forty-six and forty-seven; and to make and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers a good and sufficient deed or deeds for the same under the hands and seals of the said trustees of the Methodist Episcopal church of Dover, by which said purchaser or purchasers, their heirs and assigns, shall hold the same so conveyed to his, her or their own use, free and clear and absolutely discharged from all trusts whatever upon which the same has heretofore been held; and the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal church in Dover, or their successors, are hereby also empowered and authorized to mortgage any part or all of the real estate held by them by virtue of the before mentioned deed, when in their opinion it becomes necessary so to do. be employ 2. And be it enacted, That the proceeds of the sale or Proceeds of sales or mortgage or mortgages shall be used by the trus- sale how to tees of the Methodist Episcopal church in Dover to aid in ed. paying the cost of construction, erection and maintaining the new church or chapel lately erected by them, and for the use and benefit of the members of the Methodist Episcopal church. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall be deemed a public act, and shall take effect immediately. Approved April 12, 1876. CHAPTER CXIII. An act to legalize, ratify and validate all acts and proceedings had or done heretofore by the Dime Savings Bank of the city of IIudson. Preamble. WHEREAS, the governor of this state, in accordance with the provisions of an act entitled "An act providing for, declaring and making known that certain laws and joint resolutions have become inoperative and void," approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, has, by his proclamations issued and dated respectively the first day of December, anno domini eighteen hundred and seventy-three, and the eighth day of September, anno domini eighteen hundred and seventy-four, made known that the act entitled "An act to incorporate the Dime Savings Bank of the city of Hudson," approved February tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, has become and is inoperative and void, because the parties therein interested have failed to pay the assessment required by law; and whereas, such failure to pay said assessment has arisen from mistake or inadvertence; now therefore, 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly Acts legal of the State of New Jersey, That all acts and proceedings had made valid. or done heretofore by the savings bank association originally organized under the provisions of the act entitled "An act to incorporate the Dime Savings Bank of the city of Hudson," approved February tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and since known as the "Dime Savings Bank of the city of Hudson," be and the same are hereby legalized, and made valid, so far as the same would have been legal and valid if said assessment had been paid according to law and no further, provided, That the state assessments upon the said original act, and on this act be paid on or before the first day of July next after the passage of this act. ized and 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved April 13, 1876. CHAPTER CXIV. A supplement to an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Jolly Mining Company," approved February twenty-second, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the corporate name of the Jolly Name Mining Company, be and the same is hereby changed to "The Dover Mining Company." 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved April 13, 1876 changed. CHAPTER CXLII. An act restoring Edward II. Eakins to the rights of citizen ship. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That Edward II. Eakins, of Patter- Rights and son, in the county of Passaic, be, and he is hereby restored privileges to all his rights and privileges as a citizen of New Jersey. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall be a public act, and shall take effect immediately. Approved April 20, 1876. restored. CHAPTER CLXIV. An act to repeal the ninth section of "An act to incorporate the Guttenberg Ferry Company." 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the Repealer. State of New Jersey, That section nine of an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Guttenberg Ferry Company," approved March twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixtynine, be and the same is hereby repealed. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved April 21, 1876. Preamble. CHAPTER CCI. An act for the relief of the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church Shiloh, in the city of New Brunswick. WHEREAS, The trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church Shiloh, in the city of New Brunswick, are the owners in fee simple of a lot of land situate on the southerly side of Liberty street, in the said city of New Brunswick, by deed to them from James Smith, dated the twenty-sixth day of April, eighteen hundred and seventeen, recorded in the office of the clerk of the county of Middlesex, in Book D twelve, of conveyances, on pages eight hundred and seventy-four, and so forth, in trust, expressed in said deed that they shall keep in constant repair the house erected on said premises for the members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States of America, to worship in according to the rules and discipline which |