Judge of election. Mode of conducting clections. elect by ballot, and not otherwise, at their annual town meetings, the following officers, until otherwise required by law, whose qualifications shall be the same as are now or may be hereafter fixed by law, that is, in said township a township clerk, a judge of election, an assessor, a collector, two chosen freeholders, two surveyors of the highway, three commissioners of appeal, one or two overseers of the poor, as many overseers of the highway as there are road districts, a town committee consisting of five persons, a superintendent of common schools, as many justices of the peace as the respective townships may be constitutionally entitled to elect, one or more constables, one or more pound-keepers; and shall also, upon the same ballot, vote for the amount of money to be raised for the support of the poor, for school purposes, for the repairing of roads, and for such other purposes as by law said township is authorized to raise money, and for the place of holding the next annual town meeting, and the election of state and county officers; and also, on the same ballot, may vote for an appropriation for public lamps and lighting the streets, and for public wells and water tanks or cisterns. 2. And be it enacted, That one hour previous to the time hereinafter mentioned for opening the election of the next annual town meeting, the clerk of the township aforesaid shall cause a judge to be chosen by the voice of the legal voters of said township to preside at and conduct said election; and that the judge of election in said township elected at the next or any future town meeting, shall preside at and conduct the election at the next annual town meeting, and the clerk of said township shall be the clerk thereof; and the officers of said election shall be eligible to any office at said election except that of justice of the peace. 3. And be it enacted, That the elections shall open at nine o'clock in the morning and close at five o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, and be conducted in the same manner and be subject to the same rules as elections for state and county officers are or shall be, and the same duties shall devolve upon the judge of election and the clerk as are performed by the board of election and the clerk in other elections; they shall take the same oath or affirmation, as far as applica ble, be invested with the same powers, and be liable to the 4. And be it enacted, That a plurality of votes shall be suffi- Vacancies &a cient to elect any officers or to fix the place of holding the town meetings or the state and county elections, but a majority of the whole number shall be required to determine an amount of money to be raised or specified; and in case there shall be a neglect or failure to clect any officer by the town meeting, or fix the place of holding the next town meeting or state and county election, or in case of refusal of any person elected to accept the appointment, or a vacancy from any other cause, or in case two or more persons have an equal number of votes for the same office, or in case a majority shall not vote for the same sum or amount, the town committee shall, at their next meeting thereafter, fill such vacancy, unless they shall deem a special town meeting for that purpose advisable, determine upon such place, elect between those having an equal number of votes, and determine the amount or sum to be raised or specified. minutes. 5. And be it enacted, That the clerk of said township shall Clerk to keep be the clerk of the town committee, and shall keep a book of minutes of the proceedings of said committee, which shall at all times be open to the inspection of the voters of said township; and where the town committee shall fill a vacancy, or elect in case of a tie between candidates, they shall immediately notify the person or persons so appointed or chosen, and transmit a statement thereof to the clerk of said county. port. 6. And be it enacted, That the town committee shall prepare Annual retheir annual report, and at least five days before the town meeting shall have copies thereof posted up in three of the most public places of the township. tion to officers. 7. And be it enacted, That the report of the town committee Compensa shall be preserved and filed, and they shall at the expiration of their term of office surrender the same to their successors; in posting up the list of officers selected, as required by law, the clerk shall add thereto the results of the election in other particulars; the first election under the act shall be held at the place appointed at the last town meeting, unless otherwise changed, and all special town meetings at the place of holding the last preceding annual town meeting; the same ballot box shall be used at the town meetings, and provided by the clerk, which is used at the state and county elections; the judge of election and clerk shall each receive for attending any town meeting the sum of three dollars; and the town committee shall allow the clerk such compensation for additional duties required by this act as they may deem reasonable. 8. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 3, 1856. Provisions of former act extended. CHAPTER LVII. AN ACT to extend the provisions of the act entitled "An act to prevent horses, cattle, sheep and swine from running at large in the townships of Hackensack and Harrington, in the county of Bergen," approved February twelfth, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, to the township of Freehold, in the county of Monmouth, and to the township of Bloomfield, in the county of Essex, and to the township of Harrison, in the county of Hudson, and to the township of Woodbridge, in the county of Middelsex, and also the township of Wayne, in the county of Passaic, and the township of Union, in the county of Essex. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the act entitled "An act to prevent horses, cattle, sheep and swine from running at large in the townships of Hackensack and Harrington, in the county of Bergen," approved February twelfth, eighteen hundred and CHAPTER LVIII. AN ACT to incorporate the Elizabeth Hotel Company. corporators. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the Names of State of New Jersey, That Richard T. Haines, James B. Burnet, James W. Angus, Josiah Sterns, Charles A. Higgins, Charles H. Ross and James W. Woodruff, of Elizabeth, and their associates and successors, be and they are hereby incorporated and made a body corporate and politic, in fact and in law, by the name of "the Elizabeth Hotel Company," and by that name shall have power to lease, purchase and hold real estate in the city of Elizabeth, in the county of Essex, and to erect a hotel and other buildings and improvements on any part of said real estate, for the accommodation of the public,. and to transact all such business as may be incident or appertaining to the managing, erecting, furnishing, conducting or leasing said premises, or otherwise disposing of the same. capital stock. 2. And be it enacted, That the said corporation shall have Amount of power to raise by subscription a capital of fifty thousand dol Stock not to be with drawn or refunded Election of directors. Amount of debts. Annual statement to be made. Commissioners to open Ecription. lars, which shall be divided into shares of twenty-five dollars each, and shall be transferable in such manner as the by-laws of the said corporation shall direct; and each share of the said capital stock shall entitle the bona fide owner thereof to one vote at all meetings of the stockholders, which may be given either by proxy or in person. 3. And be it enacted, That no part of the said capital stock shall at any time or in any manner, or under any pretence whatever, be drawn from the legitimate business' of the said corporation or refunded to the stockholders until all the debts and liabilities of said corporation are fully paid. 4. And be it enacted, That the directors shall be elected from among the stockholders, in such manner as by the by-laws of said corporation shall prescribe; and shall not be less than seven in number, and shall, with all other officers of said corporation, hold their offices until others are elected and duly qualified in their stead. 5. And be it enacted, That the whole amount of debts which the said corporation shall at any one time owe shall not exceed the amount of the capital stock subscribed for. 6. And be it enacted, That annually, in the month of April, the directors of said corporation shall submit to the stockholders thereof a written statement of the affairs of the same, verified by the affidavit of the acting president of said corporation; and no dividend shall be paid to the stockholders except from a clear surplus in hand over and above the full amount of the debts and liabilities of said corporation. 7. And be it enacted, That Richard T. Haines, James B. Burbooks of sub net, James W. Angus, Josiah Sterns, Charles A. Higgins, Charles H. Ross and James W. Woodruff, or a majority of them, are hereby constituted commissioners to open books and take subscriptions for the said capital stock, in such manner as they may deem expedient, at such time and place as they shall designate by notice thereof in writing published for at least two weeks previously thereto in one of the newspapers of said city of Elizabeth; and whenever the said subscriptions amount to at least ten thousand dollars the stockholders representing the same may convene upon the call of the said commissioners, or a majority of them, and elect such of |