Ward annexed to fifth as

or vacancies may be filled according to law), shall perform all the duties which devolve upon them respectively in like manner as the officers of election of the other wards of the city of Newark are by law required to do.

9. And be it enacted, That the said eleventh ward hereby sembly dis- created shall be annexed to the fifth assembly district of the

trict.

county of Essex.

Approved March 6, 1856.

City council authorized to

borrow money.

May issue bonds.

Proviso.

CHAPTER LXXX I.

AN ACT to authorize the city council of Elizabeth to borrow ten thousand dollars for the purpose of building a public schoolhouse.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That it shall and may be lawful for the city council of the city of Elizabeth, to borrow the sum of ten thousand dollars, in addition to the loans now authorized by the charter of said city, for the purpose of building a public school-house, in the second ward of the said city.

2. And be it enacted, That the said city council may issue the bonds of the said city to secure the payment of the said loan of ten thousand dollars, with interest; and the money arising thereon shall be applied by "the board of commissioners of schools of the city of Elizabeth," in erecting, completing and furnishing a public school-house in the second ward of said city, pursuant to the provisions of the charter of said city; provided, however, that the interest, and at least one thousand dollars of the principal, shall be paid on the said loan yearly, from the moneys appropriated by the city council for the support of

public schools in said city; so that the whole of the principal and interest of said loan shall be paid off in ten years.

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

Approved March 7, 1856.

CHAPTER LXXXII.

A SUPPLEMENT to an act entitled, "An act to enable the owners and possessors of the meadows, low lands and swamps lying upon or adjoining the Assanpink creek, in the counties of Hunterdon, Burlington and Middlesex, to clear out and straighten the said creek within the limits therein named," passed March first, eighteen hundred and thirty-two.

clearing out

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the Managers for State of New Jersey, That Caleb Coleman, Jonathan Fuller, creek. and Lewis E. Hutchinson, shall be and they are hereby appointed managers for the opening and clearing out and straightening of the Assanpink creek, from the mill tail-race of James H. Hutchinson, in the line between the townships of Hamilton and Lawrence, in the county of Mercer, down. said creek, the natural course thereof, to the pond of Whitehead's mill, and shall continue managers until their successors in office are appointed; and it shall and may be lawful for the said managers, or either of them, to enter into and upon the meadows, low lands and swamps, lying upon said creek, within the limits aforesaid, with all necessary workmen and implements, to open, widen, clear out, straighten and remove every

Assessment to be made

obstruction (division swinging pole fencing across the said creek excepted) to the free passage of the water within the limits aforesaid, and of sufficient width and depth for the same; and the mud, sand and other obstructions taken out of said creek equally to cast out upon the meadows, swamps and low lands next adjacent.

2. And be it enacted, That the said managers, or a majority for expenses. of them, shall and may apportion the amount that each respective owner or possessor of said meadows, swamps and low lands lying upon said creek, within the limits aforesaid, shall pay for each and every of the expenses which may accrue in opening, clearing out and straightening said creek, and in carrying this law into effect; and shall and may demand and receive of all and every of the owners and possessors of said meadows, swamps and low lands, such sum or sums of money so by them assessed; and on neglect or refusal of the payment thereof for the space of sixty days after such demand, it shall and may be lawful for the said managers, or either of them, and they are hereby empowered by action of debt to sue for and recover the same, with costs of suit, in any court having cognizance thereof; all which sum or sums of money so assessed and received shall be applied by the managers to the purposes in this act before mentioned.

Penalty for obstructing course of water.

Compensa. tion to man.

agers.

3. And be it enacted, That if any person or persons whatsoever, after the passage of this act, shall wilfully fall any tree, or cast or put anything whatsoever in said creek that will in any way obstruct or be an impediment to the free course of the water in said creek, within the limits aforesaid, he, she or they so offending shall pay the sum of ten dollars for each and every offence, to be recovered by any one of the said owners or possessors of the said meadows, swamps and low lands, in an action of debt, with costs of suit, in any court having cogni-zance of the same, one-half to the prosecutor and the other half to be paid over to the managers above mentioned, or either of them, to be appropriated towards the clearing out of said creek.

4. And be it enacted, That the said managers shall severally be entitled to receive for each and every day that he or they

may be employed in discharging the duties required by this act, the sum of one dollar.

Approved March 7, 1856.

CHAPTER LXXXIIL

A SUPPLEMENT to " An act relative to commissioners for taking the acknowledgment and proof of deeds," approved April fifteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six.

commission

York.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the Additional State of New Jersey, That the governor of this state, by and er for New with the consent of the senate, be and he is hereby authorized, to name, appoint and commission an additional commissioner for New Jersey, resident at Newburgh, in the state of New York, with the same powers and authority given to the other commissioners resident in New York by the act to which this is a supplement.

Approved March 7, 1856.

Time may be extended if

given.

A SUPPLEMENT to an act entitled, "An act to secure to creditors

an equal and just division of the estate of debtors who convey to assignees for the benefit of creditors," approved April sixteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the notice is not State of New Jersey, That in all cases where the assignee or assignees mentioned in the act to which this is a supplement, shall have failed to give the notice prescribed by the fifth section of said act, it shall be lawful for the orphans' court, or any two judges thereof, by their order, to extend the time limited in the fifth and eleventh sections of said act not exceeding six months from the date of the assignment, and the said order shall have the same effect as if the time limited therein had been fixed by said act.

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

Approved March 7, 1856.

Names of corporators.

CHAPTER LXXXV.

AN ACT to incorporate the Princeton Mutual Fire Insurance

Company.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That George T. Olmsted, Thomas Lavender, Simon Van Dyke, James Vandeventer, Isaac Baker, Elisha Jewell, Abner B. Tomlinson, John Conover, Joseph H. Bruere, Henry D. Johnson, Joseph Olden, Job G. Olden,