CHAPTER III. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT to an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Mount Hope Mining Company." may be in 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the Capital stock State of New Jersey, That it shall be lawful for the Mount creased. Hope Mining Company to increase its capital stock and the number of shares, in such manner, and at such times, as by the stockholders of said company may be deemed expedient; provided, that the number of shares and increase of capital Proviso stock hereby authorized do not exceed three hundred thousand dollars. Approved January 25, 1856. CHAPTER IV. AN ACT to incorporate the Hunterdon County Agricultural Society. corporators. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the Names of State of New Jersey, That Hugh Capner, Charles Bartles, Jacob S. Williamson, Alexander V. Bonnell, Judiah Higgins, senior, and Andrew Vansickel, of the county of Hunterdon, and their associates and successors, shall be, and they are hereby, constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name of the "Hunterdon County Agricultural Society." make by 2. And be it enacted, That the said society shall from time Society may to time have power to make, ordain, and establish such con- laws, &c. stitution, by-laws and regulations as they shall judge proper for the designation of the officers of said society, the election of the same, for prescribing their respective functions, and the mode of discharging the same, and for the transacting, Proviso. Corporation may hold Proviso. managing and directing the affairs of the society; provided, such constitution, by-laws and regulations shall not be repugnant to the constitution and laws of this state or the United States. 3. And be it enacted, That the said corporation may purreal estate. chase, use, hold, possess and enjoy such real estate as shall be necessary to promote the objects of the society; provided, that such real estate shall at no time exceed in value the sum of ten thousand dollars; and whenever it shall see fit, the said corporation may sell, mortgage, lease, and otherwise dispose of the same at pleasure. Property not liable to tax ation. Proviso. 4. And be it enacted, That all land or other property which may hereafter be owned by said society, and used for the purpose of promoting the objects of said society, shall not be liable to have any taxes assessed and levied upon it for any purpose whatsoever; provided, that such personal estate shall not exceed in value the sum of five thousand dollars. Approved January 31, 1856. Additional commission sylvania. CHAPTER V. A SUPPLEMENT to "An act relative to commissioners for taking the acknowledgment and proofs of deeds," approved April fifteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the er in Penn State of New Jersey, That the Governor of this state, by and with the consent of the Senate, be, and he is hereby authorized, to name, appoint and commission an additional commissioner for New Jersey, resident in Pennsylvania, with the same powers and authority given to the other commissioners resident in Pennsylvania, by the act to which this is a supplement. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect imme diately. Approved January 31, 1856. CHAPTER VI. A SUPPLEMENT to an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Jefferson Machine Works," passed February fifteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight. name chang 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the Corporate State of New Jersey, That "the Jefferson Machine Works" ed. be hereafter known and designated by the name and style of "the Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works," and by that name have and exercise all the powers and priviles conferred by the act to which this is a supplement, and be liable to all the duties and obligations by said act imposed. mer act re 2. And be it enacted, That so much of the act to which this Part of foris a supplement, as is inconsistent with this act, be and the pealed. same is hereby repealed. Approved January 31, 1856. Time for commence extended. CHAPTER VII. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT to the act entitled "An act to incorporate the New Jersey, Hudson and Delaware Railroad Company." 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the ment of work State of New Jersey, That the period limited by the supplementary act of February tenth, eighteen hundred and fortyseven, for the commencement of the road or roads of the New Jersey, Hudson and Delaware Railroad Company, be extended for the period of five years. Approved February 5, 1856. Preamble. Section restored. CHAPTER VIII. AN ACT to restore section number fifteen in an act to incorporate the Hackettstown Bank, at Hackettstown, Warren county, New Jersey, by which the increase of capital of seventy-five thousand dollars was lost by an omission of the engrossing clerk of the Senate, at the last session of the Legislature. WHEREAS, in the act to incorporate the Hackettstown Bank, of the county of Warren, at Hackettstown, passed the third day of April, in the year eighteen hundred and fiftyfive, section number fifteen (by which the privilege of increasing the capital stock of said bank to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars was given) was omitted by the engrossing clerk of the Senate; therefore, 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the aforesaid omission of the engrossing clerk be and the same is hereby rectified, and that the said omitted section, which is as follows: "15. And be it enacted, That if the said company shall at any time hereafter deem it expedient, it shall be lawful for them to increase their capital stock to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, by opening subscriptions for the additional sum of seventy-five thousand dollars, in the same manner and under the same provision as is directed and contained in the first section of this act, and subject to all the conditions and regulations hereinbefore imposed, except that the commissioners for receiving said subscriptions may be appointed by the said company," is hereby restored, and shall be deemed and taken to be an integral part of the charter of the said Hackettstown Bank, of the county of Warren, at Hackettstown, in all courts and places whatsoever. Passed February 7, 1856. CHAPTER IX. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT to the act entitled "An act to regulate the practice of the courts of law," approved the fifteenth day of April, eighteen hundred and forty-six. of first sec tion of for mer act. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the Construction State of New Jersey, That the first section of the act entitled "A supplement to the act entitled 'an act to regulate the practice of the courts of law,'" approved April fifteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, which supplement was approved on the first day of March, in the year eighteen hundred and forty-nine, shall be taken, deemed and construed, in all courts of law and equity in this state, to refer and apply to and include all commissioners to take bail and administer oaths and affirmations, appointed or to be appointed by the |