Jurisdiction on Delaware River. " CHAPTER CXXIII. AN ACT providing for the punishment of offences committed on the River Delaware. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the juridical investigation and determination of any capital or other offence, trespass or damage hereafter committed within and upon the water of the river Delaware, which this state is entitled to enjoy and exercise, by virtue of the agreement set forth in the act entitled "An act to ratify and confirm an agreement made between commissioners appointed by the legislature of the state of Pennsylvania and commissioners appointed by the legislature of the state of New Jersey, for the purpose of settling the jurisdiction of the river Delaware, and islands within the same," passed the twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three, shall belong to and be exercised by the courts and officers of the county lying and being nearest to the place where such offence, trespass or act was committed, as fully and in all respects as if the said place was within the body of such county, and it shall be lawful to describe the said offence, trespass or act as having been committed in or upon the water of the river Delaware in the said county. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved, March 14, 1856. CHAPTER CXXIV. AN ACT to confirm certain acknowledgments of deeds, mortgages and other instruments of writing, taken by Augustus L. Martin. WHEREAS, it appears to the legislature that Augustus L. Mar- Preamble. tin was appointed a commissioner for taking the acknowledgment and proof of deeds for the county of Mercer, on the sixth day of March, eighteen hundred and fifty, and that his commission expired on the sixth day of March, eighteen hundred and fifty-five; and that the said Augustus L. Martin was afterwards re-appointed, and was duly sworn into office on the first day of May, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, and that under misapprehension he did, between the two last mentioned dates, continue to take certain acknowledgments and proofs; therefore, ments made 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the AcknowledgState of New Jersey, That the several acknowledgments and valid. proofs of deeds, mortgages and other instruments of writing taken and certified by Augustus L. Martin, between the sixth day of March, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, and the first day of May, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, be and the same are hereby declared valid and effectual, in like manner as though the same had been taken and certified during the continuance of his first mentioned commission. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 14, 1856. Width of roads in towns. A SUPPLEMENT to an act entitled "An act concerning roads," approved April sixteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That public roads or highways hereafter to be laid out in villages, boroughs or cities, may be less than two rods wide in cases where, by reason of buildings or other permanent erections, they may not be laid out two rods wide, anything in the act to which this is supplementary to the contrary notwithstanding. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 14, 1856. Compensa tion to sergeant-atarms' CHAPTER CXXV I. SUPPLEMENT to the act respecting fees and costs. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That from and after the passage of this act, it shall be lawful for the sergeant-at-arms of the court of chancery and of the supreme court to be paid the sum of two dollars for each day he shall attend either of said courts. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 14, 1856. CHAPTER CXXVII. AN ACT to incorporate the "Elizabeth Library Association." WHEREAS, the persons hereinafter named, and others, have Preamble. formed themselves into an association under the name of "the Elizabeth Library Association," the object of which is the establishment of a library, with all proper conveniences and appurtenances, and the erection of a suitable edifice for its accommodation, with a view to advance the interest of learning generally; and whereas the said association is desirous of an act of incorporation for the purpose aforesaid -therefore, corporators. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Names of the State of New Jersey, That William W. Pinneo, Richard T. Haines, James Jenkins, John T. Gilchrist, John Kean, William J. Magie, Job S. Crane, Rosewell G. Ralston, and all and every other person or persons who are or may become their associates, their successors and assigns, shall be and are hereby incorporated by the name of "the Elizabeth Library Association," and by that name shall be a body corporate and politic, and shall be from hereafter capable to hold, by donation, purchase, or otherwise, and also to lease and convey real and personal estate for the purpose of carrying out the objects for which the said association is incorporated. capital stock 2. And be it enacted, That the capital stock of the said cor- Amount of poration shall not exceed seventy-five thousand dollars, which shall be divided into shares of twenty-five dollars each, the said association having the power to commence operations under this act as soon as the sum of ten thousand dollars is subscribed. tion of di 3. And be it enacted, That on the first Monday after the first Annual elecday of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, and annu- rectors. ally thereafter, an election shall be held, at a general meeting of the stockholders, for thirteen of their number, as directors for the ensuing year; and that each stockholder present at such election, or by proxy, shall have one vote for each share of stock he may hold; and those persons having a majority of all the votes thus cast shall be deemed elected, but no stock Officers of corporation. Payment of instalments. Stock trans ferable. holder shall be allowed to vote, or shall be elected as a director, whose dues to the association are not fully paid; and that the persons particularly named above as corporators shall constitute a board of directors until others are elected; and that in case an election shall not be made on the day appointed by this act, the corporation shall not for that cause be dissolved, but it shall and may be lawful to hold such election on some other day; and the directors at any time in office shall hold their offices until others are elected; and in case of the death, resignation or removal of any director, the vacancy thereby shall be filled for the remainder of the term by a vote of a majority of the board of directors; three inspectors for the annual election shall be appointed by the directors from the stockholders who are not directors. 4. And be it enacted, That the directors shall choose from among themselves a president and vice-president, and either from among the stockholders generally, a secretary and a treasurer, whose duties shall be performed gratuitously; and the directors shall have authority to appoint a librarian, and such other officers as may be necessary, to establish regulations and restrictions, which shall be binding both upon stockholders and others in the use of books and in the enjoyments of the privileges and objects of the association; and seven directors of the corporation shall constitute a quorum competent to do all business, excepting such business as by the requirements of this act or any by-law of the association shall require more than that number to perform. 5. And be it enacted, That all instalments that may at any time be due from stockholders on the share or shares by them respectively held, shall be paid at such times as the directors for the time being shall appoint; and the non-payment of such instalments, after due notice, shall, if the board of directors so determine, either work a forfeiture of all previous payments, and the stock upon which such instalments shall not be paid as aforesaid, shall revert to the association, and be by them sold for the benefit of the association; or the directors may enforce payment of the same by due course of law. 6. And be it enacted, That the capital stock of the said association shall be deemed personal property, and the shares of |