upon the land near and adjoining the said river and its
branches, and remove obstructions and straighten the same,
and drain the lands by removing the mud, trees, and such
other obstructions as may impede the free flow of the water
in said river and its branches; and the mud and other ob-
structions so taken out, he or they may cast upon the banks
thereof, and the low lands next adjacent; and full power
and authority is also given to said managers to remove from
the banks of said river and its branches, all trees or timber
which would be likely to fall into said streams and impede
the free flow of the waters thereof; provided always, that in Proviso.
straightening any of the channels, or in draining the said
meadows and low lands, should it be deemed necessary to
pass through or over lands situate or lying adjacent to the
said meadows, the consent in writing of such owners shall
be first had and obtained.

to be made of

2. And be it enacted, That the said managers shall and Assessments may agree with the owner or owners of any of the lands be- damages. tween the points aforesaid, for the removal or abatement of any obstruction in said river or branches, and on failure so to do, it shall be the duty of said managers to make an assessment in writing of what they candidly believe would be the damage, describing particularly the obstruction to be removed, and serve a copy of said assessment, with a description of the obstructions to be removed, upon the owner or owners of said lands upon which the obstruction or obstructions are situated, and also file a copy thereof with the clerk of the circuit court of the county of Warren, which shall be final and conclusive between the parties, unless the said Parties dissatowner or owners shall be dissatisfied with said assessment and valuation, and then he or they shall have liberty to apply to the judge of the circuit court of the county of Warren, within twenty days from the time said notice of assessment was served upon him or them, who shall order an amicable action to be entered in said circuit court, in which said owner or owners of said land upon which said obstruction is located, shall be the plaintiff, and the said managers defendants; and the said judge shall order a special venire facias to be issued, directed to the sheriff of the county of Warren, to try either

istied may ap

peal.

Proviso.

Proviso.

Managers may sue for

Vacancies,

at the next general term of the court, or at a special court to be appointed by said judge, what amount of damages, if any, the plaintiff or plaintiffs shall be entitled, in case the obstructions are removed in accordance with the requirements and specifications of the said managers as aforesaid, as filed with the clerk of said court as aforesaid; provided nevertheless, that in case the said plaintiffs shall not establish their legal rights to erect and maintain such obstructions without injury to the landholders above on the stream, that the said jury have power, by their verdict, to declare the said obstruction a nuisance, and that the same and so much thereof as they may deem to be a nuisance, shall be abated without the right of claiming damage therefor; and in case the verdict rendered by the jury be for a less sum than the amount assessed by the managers, that the plaintiff pay the costs, or, if for a greater sum, the defendants pay the legal taxed costs; provided nevertheless, that the determination of the managers, or the verdict of the jury, shall be final, binding, and conclusive between the parties, their heirs or assigns, not only with reference to the obstructions to be removed, and also as to the amount of damages to be paid therefor.

3. And be it enacted, That the said managers shall and may , apportion the amount each respective owner or possessor of the said meadows, swamps, and low lands shall pay for all and every of the expenses which may accrue in carrying this law into effect, and shall and may demand and receive of all and every of the owners and possessors, 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 enjoined, by action of debt to sue for and recover the same, with costs of suit, in such manner, and in such courts as debts of such value are recoverable by the laws of this state; all which sum or sums of money so assessed, received and recovered, shall be applied by the managers to the purposes in this act before mentioned.

4. And be it enacted, That if any person or persons who how supplied. are now named, or hereafter shall be chosen manager or

managers as aforesaid, shall die or remove out of the county of Warren, before the completion of the improvement contemplated by this act, or who shall refuse to take upon himself or themselves the management as aforesaid, then and in such case it shall and may be lawful for any five owners or possessors of the said swamps, meadows, and low lands, to call a meeting of the owners and possessors of the said Great Meadow property, by fixing up advertisements in at least three of the most public places in the neighborhood of such owners and possessors, and also by inserting the same in a newspaper printed in the county, for the space of ten days, expressing the time, place, and intention of such meeting, who shall, when met, elect a person or persons to supply the place or places of such manager or managers so refusing, removing, or dying; and the person or persons so chosen shall have all the power and authority herein before given to the managers named in this act.

of managers.

5. And be it enacted, That the said managers shall seve- Compensation rally be entitled to receive for each day he or they may be employed in discharging the duties required by this act, the sum of one dollar.

6. And be it enacted, That this act shall go into effect Public act, immediately after the passage thereof, and shall be deemed

and taken as a public act, and at all times be recognized as

such in all courts and places whatsoever.

Approved March 11, 1857.

Preamble.

Capital stock may be increased.

Time of com

pletion extended.

CHAPTER LVII.

A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT to the act entitled "An act to incorporate the Warren Railroad Company," approved February twelfth, A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty-one.

WHEREAS, the Warren Railroad Company are desirous of constructing the Vanness Gap tunnel, upon the line of said road, for a double track, and also to construct a double track through the whole line of their road, and in order to do so, and to enable said company fully to complete said Warren Railroad, and meet all expenses and liabili ties, it is necessary for said company to increase its capital stock-therefore,

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 said Warren Railroad Company to increase its capital stock to any sum not exceeding eighteen hundred thousand dollars.

2. And be it enacted, That the time for the completion of the said Warren railroad shall be extended until the first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. Approved March 11, 1857.

Redemption

of notes.

CHAPTER LVIII.

A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT to the act entitled "An act to authorize the business of banking," approved February twenty-seventh, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and fifty.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That every bank or association in the county of Hunterdon, heretofore or hereafter incorpo

rated by special enactment, or under the provisions of the act to which this is a supplement, issuing circulating notes, may hereafter redeem their circulating notes at Trenton, Camden, or Philadelphia, instead of Newark, Jersey City, or New York.

Approved March 11, 1857.

CHAPTER LIX.

AN ACT to incorporate the Plainfield Gas Light Company.

ers.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Names of corthe State of New Jersey, That Jacob Manning, Elias Kirk- porators. patrick, Cornelius Boice, Elston Marsh, John W. Craig, James Leonard, Ira Pruden, Abraham D. Titsworth, and all and every person or persons who may become subscribers according to the mode hereinafter prescribed, and their successors, are hereby created a body politic and corporate, in fact, by the name of "the Plainfield Gas Light Company;" and by the said name the said corporation shall have power General powand authority to manufacture, make, and sell gas, to be made of bituminous coal or other materials, for the purpose of lighting the streets, buildings, manufactories, and other places situated in the village of Plainfield, in the township of Plainfield, and in the township of Warren, and to enter into and execute contracts, agreements, or covenants in relation to the objects of this corporation, and of enforcing the same, and be capable of purchasing, taking, and holding any estate, real or personal, necessary to give effect to the specified purposes of this corporation, for the accommodation of their business and concerns, or which it may be necessary for the said corporation to acquire and hold for the purpose of securing debts which have become due to them in the regular business of the said corporation; provided, that the said Proviso.