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

Parties furnish

ing supplies for

may recover compensation.

CHAPTER LXXXIX.

An Act concerning cities in this state.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of use of the poor the State of New Jersey, That wherever supplies for the use of the poor of any city in this state have been furnished to and accepted by the municipal authorities of said city, the party or parties supplying the same shall be entitled to recover compensation therefor, notwithstanding the fact that such supplies were ordered and furnished in excess of any fiscal appropriation made for the benefit of the poor in said city.

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

Approved March 4, 1880.

CHAPTER XC.

A Supplement to an act entitled "Supplement to an act concerning bridges and turnpikes," approved March fourteenth, one thousand eight hundred and seventynine.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the supplement to an act concerning bridges and turnpikes, approved March

twelfth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, which reads as follows:

"1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That any turnpike road, or any part thereof, in any county of this state, the title to and right of possession of which has been or shall be acquired by, or has or shall become vested in any board of chosen freeholders of any county of this state for public use, as provided in the act to which this is a supplement, shall be thereafter deemed and taken to be a county road of said county, and as such shall be graded, regulated, worked, repaired, maintained and kept up at the cost and expense of said county, and as the board of freeholders of said county shall order and direct, and the sum necessary therefor shall be fixed or appropriated by said board of chosen freeholders in the same manner as amounts to pay county expenses are now generally fixed or appropriated in said county; and it shall be lawful for said board of freeholders to raise said amount by taxation, in the same manner as other county taxes are raised; provided, however, that whenever there exists in any county of this state a county workhouse or prison for the convicts of said county, said road shall be graded, regulated, worked, repaired and maintained as far as possible by the prison or convict labor of said county," be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

Section to be amended recited.

Section as

vested in board of chosen free

holders to be

deemed andtaken as a county road.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of amended. the State of New Jersey, That any turnpike road or any Title to any turnpart thereof, in any county of this state, the title to and pike, road, &c. right of possession of which has been or shall be acquired by, or has or shall become vested in any board of chosen freeholders of any county of this state for public use, as provided in the act to which this is a supplement, shall be thereafter deemed and taken to be a county road of said county, and as such shall be graded, regulated, worked, repaired, maintained and kept up at the cost and expense of said county, and as the board of freeholders of said county shall order and direct, and the sum necessary therefor shall be fixed or appropriated by said board of chosen freeholders in the same manner as amounts to pay county expenses are now generally fixed

Proviso.

Proviso.

Repealer.

or appropriated in said county; and it shall be lawful for said board of freeholders to raise said amount by taxation, in the same manner as other county taxes are raised; provided, however, that whenever there exists in any county of this state a county workhouse or penitentiary for the convicts of said county, said road shall be graded, regulated, worked, repaired and maintained as far as possible by the prison or convict labor of said county; provided further, however, that the provisions of the act to which this is a further supplement shall not apply to any county not having a county workhouse or penitentiary.

2. And be it enacted, That all acts and parts of acts, so far as the same may conflict with the provisions of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed.

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

Approved March 4, 1880.

Section to be amended recited.

CHAPTER XCI.

A Supplement to an act entitled "An act to provide means for protection against fires in townships," approved March tenth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That section one, four and six of the act to which this is a supplement, which reads as follows:

"1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That in any township in this state it shall be lawful for the legal voters, at any regular annual town meeting, to vote for and determine an amount of money to be raised by tax for a fire appropriation; provided, however, that the number of inhabitants in such township shall be not less than three thousand

five hundred, as ascertained by the last census preceding such vote and determination, taken under the authority of the United States or of this state," be amended so it shall read as follows:

amended.

amount of money

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Section as the State of New Jersey, That in any township in this Legal voters to state it shall be lawful for the legal voters, at any regular determin annual town meeting, to vote and determine an to be raised. amount of money to be raised by tax for a fire approprition.

amended recited.

"4. And be it enacted, That the township committee section to be shall adopt such rules and regulations, altering and amending the same from time to time as may be deemed necessary, respecting the use, management, care and custody of the township fire, apparatus; shall designate and appoint the members of all fire companies and organizations, who shall be continued as such members during the pleasure of the committee; and shall designate the officers of such companies, or provide for their election by the members thereof, as they may find expedient; provided, that the provisions of this act shall not apply to counties in this state having by the last census a population of less than one hundred thousand inhabitants; provided, that this act shall not be construed to abolish or in any manner affect any fire company heretofore incorporated under the laws of this state," be amended so it shall read as follows:

amended.

lations.

4. And be it enacted, That the township committee shall section as adopt such rules and regulations, altering and amending Rules and reguthe same from time to time as may be deemed necessary, respecting the use, management, care and custody of the township fire apparatus; shall designate and appoint the members of all fire companies and organizations, who shall be continued as such members during the pleasure of the commitee; and shall designate the officers of such companies, or provide for their election by the members thereof, as they may find expedient; provided, that this Proviso. act shall not be construed to abolish or in any manner affect any fire company heretofore incorporated under the laws of this state.

amended recited.

"6. And be it enacted, That the legal voters of a district Section to be so organized shall meet annually on the second Thursday

Section as amended.

Election of

directors, &c.

Repealer.

of March, at two o'clock in the afternoon, and determine the amount of money to be raised for the ensuing year, and elect a board of five directors, who, when elected, shall possess within said district all the rights and powers of the township committee under this act," be amended so it shall read as follows:

6. And be it enacted, That the legal voters of a district so organized shall meet annually on the second Saturday of March, at two o'clock in the afternoon, and determine the amount of money to be raised for the ensuing year, and elect a board of five directors, who, when elected, shall possess within said district all the rights and powers of the township committee under this act.

2. And be it enacted, That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed, and that this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 4, 1880.

Section to be

amended recited.

CHAPTER XCII.

An Act to amend an act entitled “An act authorizing the counties of this state to renew matured and maturing bonds," approved March fourteenth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the first section of an act entitled "An act authorizing the counties of this state to renew matured and maturing bonds," approved March fourteenth, one thousand eight hundred and seventynine, which now reads as follows:

"1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That whenever any bonds heretofore legally issued by the board of chosen freeholders of any county in this state, under the authority of law, are now due and unpaid, or shall hereafter become due, the board of chosen freeholders of any such county may