CHAPTER XLII.

AN ACT to incorporate the Howard Express Company.

corporators

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the Names of State of New Jersey, That Isaac W. Mickle, Anderson L. Randall, Joseph W. Harrison, John Smylie, junior, and James H. Randall, together with such persons as shall subscribe to the stock hereby authorized, and their successors, be and are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic in law, by the name of "the Howard Express Company," and by that name shall have power to use a common seal, to sue and be sued, to defend and be defended, in all courts of law and equity, for the purpose of carrying on a general forwarding and express business in the transportation of all kinds of goods, chattels, merchandise, bullion, specie, money and other articles, from, to and between various parts and places in this state, and beyond the limits thereof, and to do all such things as are incident to a corporation and necessary for the purposes of this act.

capital stock

2. And be it enacted, That the capital stock of said corpora- Amount of tion shall be one hundred thousand dollars, with liberty to increase the same to three hundred thousand dollars, and shall be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each; and the said stock shall be deemed personal property, transferable only on the books of said corporation, and shall be paid in at such times, in such manner, and upon such notice as the directors of the corporation may appoint..

perty may be

3. And be it enacted, That for carrying out the purposes What promentioned in the first section, the said company may from held. time to time procure, hold and use such vehicles, horses and such other personal property as may be needed by them for carrying on their business as aforesaid; and may also purchase, hold and convey so much real estate as may be necessary for the proper transaction of their business.

company.

4. And be it enacted, That the business of the said corporation Officers of shall be conducted by not less than five, nor more than fifteen directors, one of whom shall be president, one secretary, and one the treasurer; the said directors shall hold their office one

Annual statement to be made.

year, and until others are elected in their stead; the election for directors shall be held annually, at such time and place as the by-laws of the said corporation shall provide, at which each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote, in person or by proxy, for every share of stock he may hold.

5. And be it enacted, That at the annual meetings of the stockholders for the election of directors, the directors shall exhibit a full and complete statement of the affairs of the said company during the preceding year, and no dividends shall be declared upon the stock of said corporation except from the net profits thereof, and that the said corporation shall continue in force twenty-five years.

Approved February 29, 1856.

Boundaries

of 10th ward

CHAPTER XLIII.

A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT to the act entitled "An act to incorporate the city of Newark."

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That all that part of the city of Newark beginning in the middle of the New Jersey railroad avenue, at the centre of Elm street; thence running along the middle of said Elm street, south-eastwardly in a straight line to a point in the middle of Hamburg place, or the Great Swamp road; thence southwardly along the said the several courses. thereof to the meadows; thence in a straight line to the Passaic river, or Newark bay; thence along the said river and Newark bay the several courses thereof to the division line between the city of Newark and the city of Elizabeth; thence westwardly along the said division line to the middle of the Essex and Middlesex turnpike road; thence northwardly along the mid

dle of said turnpike road until it intersects the New Jersey railroad avenue; thence eastwardly along the middle of said. avenue to the middle of Elm street, and place of beginning; shall be and the same is hereby erected into and constituted a new ward, to be called the tenth ward of the said city of Newark.

of ward.

officers.

2. And be it enacted, That the inhabitants of said ward by Rights and privileges of this act created shall be vested with and entitled to all the inhabitants rights, powers, authorities, privileges and advantages, and subject to the same regulations, government and liabilities to which the inhabitants respectively of the other wards of the said city of Newark are or may be entitled or subject. 3. And be it enacted, That an election by ballot shall be held Election of in the said ward hereby constituted on the second Tuesday of October in every year hereafter, at such place as the common council shall appoint, of which the common council shall cause public notice to be given and published as prescribed in the fifth section of the act to which this is a supplement; at which election, two aldermen, (except as is hereinafter provided,) one assessor, one collector, one judge of election, two inspectors of election, one commissioner of appeal in cases of taxation, one person to be clerk of the ward, two commissioners of public schools, (except as hereinafter provided.) and three constables, shall be chosen in the said ward hereby created, from among the citizens residing therein and entitled to vote at such election; and the common council shall appoint a judge and two inspectors of election, and one person to be a clerk of such board of election, in the said ward hereby created, under whose direction the first election in the said ward, to be held on the second Tuesday of October next, for the election of city and ward officers shall be conducted; and the said elections shall be conducted in the same manner and be subject to the same rules as are prescribed with respect to the elections in the wards of the said city heretofore constituted; and the provisions of the tenth section of the act to which this is a supplement shall apply and be extended to the judges and clerk of the board for the first election to be held under this act; and the person appointed clerk of such board shall procure an election box for said ward in like manner as therein

Members of council to be

classes.

prescribed; and the term of office of such officers as shall be elected under this section shall commence on the first Tuesday after the first day of January in each and every year.

4. And be it enacted, That at the first or a subsequent meetdivided into ing of the common council after the first Tuesday after the first day of January next, the members elected for the ward hereby created shall be divided into two classes, one alderman of which shall go out of office at the expiration of the first year, and the other at the expiration of the second year, and that on the second Tuesday of October, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, and every year thereafter, the said ward hereby constituted shall elect one person as alderman of said ward, who shall hold such office for two years; and in case of the death, resignation, or other disability of any alderman of said ward, a person shall be duly elected to fill the vacancy, who shall hold for the unexpired term only.

Commissioners of public schools.

Special police justices.

5. And be it enacted, That at the first or subsequent meeting of the board of education after the first Tuesday after the first day of January next, the commissioners of public schools elected for the said ward hereby created shall be divided into two classes, one of which shall go out of office at the expiration of the first year, and the other at the expiration of the second year; and from and after the first Tuesday after the first day of January next, all the provisions of an act entitled "An act to establish public schools in the city of Newark," approved February thirteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty, and of an act entitled "An act to incorporate the board of education of the city of Newark," approved February third, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, shall be construed to extend and apply to the said ward hereby created, in the like manner and to the same extent as to the other wards of the city of Newark.

6. And be it enacted, That there shall be in the said ward hereby created, one special police justice, who shall be appointed by the senate and general assembly in joint meeting, and shall hold his office for the like term, and have the like powers and authority as the other special police justices in and for the said city.

effect.

7. And be it enacted, That the foregoing sections of this act sections shall take effect on the first Tuesday after the first day of Jan- when to take uary next, except so far as the provisions of this act provide for or imply an earlier period for the performance of any acts or duties by this act required or enjoined; and it shall be lawful for the joint meeting aforesaid, at any time before the said first Tuesday after the first day of January, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-six, to appoint one special police justice in the said ward, who shall enter on the duties of his office on the first Tuesday after the first day of January next; and the common council of the city of Newark shall before that period take such proceedings as are hereby set forth and enjoined for the purpose of the organization of the said ward and the due conducting the first election under this act; and the clerk of the board for such election shall also provide in due season before the said second Tuesday of October next, a proper elec tion box for the use of the said ward, as is hereinbefore enjoined. 8. And be it enacted, That for all the purposes of the elec- Annual elec tion to be held on Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, for members of the general assembly and other officers to be chosen at said election, the said ward hereby created is declared to be constituted and to exist in all respects as if this act took effect immediately after its passage; and the said election shall be held at the same place and be conducted by the same officers in the said ward as shall be appointed by the common council for the ward elections to be holden on the second Tuesday of October next; and the officers of election of the said ward unless disqualified by law or refusing or neglecting to serve, in which case any vacancy 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.

tions.

between fourth and ninth wards.

9. And be it enacted, That the division line between the Division line fourth and ninth wards of the city of Newark be altered so as to conform to the following line, to wit: commencing at a point in the centre of Broad street, opposite the middle of Fair street, and from thence running eastwardly along the