said town of Keyport, and for this purpose the said assessor of said township shall, by some convenient mark in his duplicate, designate the road taxes assessed within the limits of said town of Keyport, and in case of any dispute respecting such designation on the apportionment of said road taxes, the same shall be determined by the commissioners of appeal in cases of taxation for said township.

16. And be it enacted, That all acts relating to the election Repealer. of overseers of the highways in the township of Raritan, so far as they relate to the parts of said township embraced within the aforesaid limits of the town of Keyport, are hereby repealed.

provements to

17. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful Money for imfor the legal voters of said town, at their annual election for be voted upon town officers as hereinbefore provided, or at any special election appointed by the board of commissioners for that purpose, by printed notices, set up in at least twenty-five public places in said town, for at least ten days before the day appointed for holding such special election, to vote by ballot for such sum or sums of money for the then ensuing year, as they may think necessary for any special purposes for the improvement of said town of Keyport, other than is hereinbefore provided for in this act; provided, that such sums in Proviso. the aggregate shall not exceed in any one year fifteen cents on each hundred dollars of the valuation of the taxable property liable to assessment under this act, which sum or sums of money so voted shall be assessed and levied and collected under the direction of the board of commissioners, in the same way and manner as is herein before provided for the collection of the moneys for street crossings, etc.

ers not to re

18. And be it enacted, That no compensation shall be paid commissionto any of said commissioners; that no moneys shall be paid ceive compenby the treasurer of said board of commissioners for any sation. purposes under this act, except upon resolution of the board upon bills countersigned by the chairman; and that the town clerk of said town shall keep minutes of the proceedings of said board, and record the same in a book provided for that purpose; and further, that no ballot cast at any annual election in said town shall contain thereon the names of more than three persons of the same political party, in which case all such ballots shall be void and of no effect.

19. And be it enacted, That there shall be a tax levied Dogs to be upon all dogs owned or harbored within the limits of the said.

taxed.

Fire apparatus to be provided

Proviso.

Proviso.

Lighting the

streets.

School districts may be

town of Keyport of not less than one dollar nor more than two dollars, and upon all bitches of not less than three dollars nor more than five dollars, and the moneys so collected shall be applied to school purposes.

20. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the legal voters of said town of Keyport, at their annual election for town officers as hereinbefore provided, or at any special election appointed for that purpose by the board of commissioners in the manner hereinbefore provided, to decide by a two-thirds vote to procure a fire apparatus and purchase the necessary land and ereet the necessary building for the safe storing of the same, and otherwise provide for the preservation of property against fire, the cost of procuring and operating the same to be provided for in the same manner as herein before provided in section seventeen of this act, and they may also, if they deem it expedient, erect a building suitable for a town hall, court room, lock-up, and so forth, and for purposes of economy may use a part of the same for the storing of their fire apparatus; provided the cost of the building does not exceed ten thousand dollars in addition to such sums as may be subscribed; and also provided, that at least one-third of the cost be defrayed by private subscription.

21. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the legal voters of said town, at their annual election for town officers as herein before provided, or at a special election called by the commissioners as hereinbefore provided, to decide by a two-thirds vote to make provision for lighting the streets or parts of streets of said town, the cost of the same to be provided for in the same manner as is herein before provided for street crossings and other improvements.

22. And be it enacted, That the several school districts, consolidated. by a majority of the votes of the legal voters of said town, at a meeting regularly called or advertised by the county superintendent, may be consolidated into one district, and in a central locality a graded school established, said school to be governed by a board of trustees to be composed of one trustee from each district, and subject to such regulations as they may prescribe; provided, none of the regulations prescribed by said board of trustees be in conflict with the laws of this state.

Provise.

Annual state

23. And be it enacted, That said commissioners shall render ments to be full and detailed statements of all moneys collected and exneys collected pended by virtue of this act on the day of each annual elec

made of mo

and expended.

tion for officers under said act; and at the place of holding such election, before such election takes place, and by publishing at least one week before said annual election, a synopsis of said statements by printed notices in twenty-five of the most public places in said town.

24. And be it enacted, That nothing in this act shall be construed to make the persons mentioned in the third section of this act, as well as all other subsequent officers of said town, ineligible to any position at any election hereafter. 25. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately.

Approved March 17, 1870.

CHAPTER CCCCLXVII.

A Supplement to an act entitled "A Supplement to an act entitled An Act to incorporate the Hamilton Horse Car Railroad Company," approved April second, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, approved March thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Repealer. the State of New Jersey, That the fourth section of the act to which this is a supplement be and the same is hereby repealed.

commencement of railroad extended

2. And be it enacted, That the time for the commencement Time for the of the railroad authorized by the act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Hamilton Horse Car Railroad Company," approved April second, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, be extended for five years from the time fixed by said act; and also that the said corporation shall have power and authority to construct the said railroad, and the branches thereof, from time to time, and in such portions or sections as may be found necessary or expedient.

3. And be it enacted, That such parts of the act to which Repealer.

this is a supplement as in anywise conflict with the provisions hereof be and the same are hereby repealed.

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

Approved March 17, 1870.

Preamble.

Title vested.

CHAPTER CCCCLXVIII.

An Act vesting the title to real estate in the County of Bergen in Bridget Lyons, widow of Lawrence Lyons, deceased.

WHEREAS, Lawrence Lyons, late of the township of Hackensack, in the county of Bergen, deceased, departed this life in the month of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, seized of a lot of land and premises of small value, situate at Fort Lee, in said county of Bergen, being known and distinguished on a certain map filed in the office of the clerk of the county of Bergen, entitled "Map of Property of Charles Ebbes, Hackensack township, County of Bergen," as lots number nine (9) and ten (10), which taken together form one tract fifty feet front and rear by one hundred feet deep, and fronting on the Palisade road; and whereas, the said Lawrence Lyons died intestate and without issue, leaving Bridget Lyons, his widow, him surviving; and whereas, said Lawrence Lyons has left no lawful heirs, by reasons whereof said lands and premises must escheat to the state; and whereas, said lands and premises were acquired by the personal industry of said Bridget Lyons; and whereas, the said Bridget Lyons is very infirm and unable to earn her support, and the value of her dower in said premises very trifling, and the title to the said lands and premises, if vested in her, would relieve her from

penury;

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That all the right, title, estate and interest of the said Lawrence Lyons, deceased, at the time of his death, of, in and to the lands and premises above de

scribed, shall be vested in the said Bridget Lyons, her heirs and assigns; provided, that no estate shall so vest until said Bridget Lyons shall pay all the just debts and liabilities contracted and incurred by said Lawrence Lyons, deceased, during his lifetime, and all the proper costs incurred in the orphans' court of the county of Bergen, and shall record in the office of the clerk of said county a decree of the said court certifying to such payment, which decree shall be founded on like proceedings as if said court had jurisdiction to sell the said lands and premises for the payment of the debts of the said intestate.

2. And be it enacted, That this act shall have immediate effect.

A Supplement to "An Act to incorporate the Ocean Cranberry Company," approved March fourteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Amendment the State of New Jersey, That the first section of the act to which this is a supplement is hereby amended by adding after the word "Burlington" the words "or elsewhere in this state," and that the words "of Ocean," at the end of the fourth section, shall be stricken out, and the words "where their lands are located, or in the city of Trenton," be added.

2. And be it enacted, That the capital stock of said cor- Capital stock poration be reduced to twenty five thousand dollars, with the reduced. liberty to increase the same, as is now provided for in said

act.

3. And be it enacted, That this act shall have immediate effect.

Approved March 17, 1870.