allowed to purchase and hold real estate and personal property sufficient for that purpose, and the same shall be held exempt from taxation. ness. 7. And be it enacted, That the office where the business of Place of busithe company is transacted, shall be located in Somerville, in the county of Somerset. 8. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect imme diately. Approved March 13, 1857. CHAPTER LXI. AN ACT relating to the courts in the several counties of this state. supreme court sergeant-at 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Justice of the the State of New Jersey, That the justice of the supreme to appoint court to whom a judicial district has been or may be assigned, be and he hereby is authorized to appoint a suitable person in each county in the district, as sergeant-at-arms of the courts within the county, to hold office during the pleasure of said justice; whose duty it shall be to attend daily upon the said courts in the county wherein appointed during the several terms thereof; for which services they shall be entitled severally to receive two dollars per day for each day of actual attendance upon said courts, to be paid by the county collector of the county on the certificate of the presiding judge; provided however, that he shall not for the same time Proviso. receive a per diem compensation as a constable or as crier of the courts in the county. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 13, 1857. Cattle running at large pounded. CHAPTER LXII. AN ACT to prevent horses, mules and cattle from running at large in the village of Tuckerton, Burlington county. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of may be im- the State of New Jersey, That it shall be lawful for any person who may reside in the village of Tuckerton, to drive or convey to any public pound which may be in the village aforesaid, any horse, mule or cattle found running at large, pasturing or feeding in the public highways or otherwise in the village aforesaid, and impound the same, and the keeper or keepers of the public pound in said village is or are hereby required and authorized to receive such horses, mules and cattle, and the party, or the pound keeper if the duty be performed by him, shall have twenty cents per head for impounding each horse, mule or cattle, and the keeper shall also have twelve cents per head for every horse, mule or cattle, for letting in and out of the pound, and for feeding and attending eight cents per head for every twenty-four hours they shall continue in said pound, and if the owner or owners of the said horses, mules or cattle so impounded shall not pay the charges of impounding and keeping within four days after such beasts shall be impounded, and take the same away, it shall then be the duty of the pound keeper to set up advertisements in five of the most public places in the township of Little Egg Harbor, describing such horse, mule, or cattle, and giving at least ten days' notice of an intended day and place of sale; and if the owner or owners of such horses, mules or cattle do not appear and redeem the said beasts before the time so notified, the said pound keeper shall sell the same accordingly, and out of the money arising from such sale shall pay the charges of conveying to the pound, and retain in his hands his fee for impounding, keeping, and feeding said horses, mules or cattle, and twenty-five cents for advertising sale and collecting the money for each horse, mule or cattle, and return the surplus to the owner or owners of the beast if they shall appear to claim the same, Cattle sold, if charges are not paid. and if no owner or owners shall appear and claim such surplus within six months after such sale, the same shall be paid to the overseer or overseers of the poor of the town wherein such beasts were found running at large as aforesaid. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 13, 1857. CHAPTER LXIII. AN ACT to authorize the inhabitants of the township of Union, in the county of Ocean, to vote by ballot at their town meetings. cers to be 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Township offthe State of New Jersey, That the inhabitants of the town- elected by balship of Union, in the county of Ocean, are hereby author- lot. ized and required to elect by ballot and not otherwise, at their annual town meetings, the following officers, until otherwise required by law, whose qualifications shall be the same as are now, or may hereafter be fixed by law, viz: a township clerk, a judge of election, an assessor, a collector, one chosen freeholder, two surveyors of the highway, three com. missioners of appeals, two overseers of the poor, a town committee consisting of five persons, a superintendent of common schools, as many justices of the peace as said township may be constitutionally entitled to elect, two constables, as many overseers of the highways as there are road districts, one or more pound keepers; and shall also vote upon the same ballot for the amount of money to be raised for school purposes, for the repairing of the roads, for the support of the poor, and for the place of holding the next annual town meeting, and the election of state and county officers. Officers of election. Mode of conducting election. Town com vacancies, &c. 2. And be it enacted, That the judge of the election elected at the last or any future town meeting, shall preside at and conduct the election at the next ensuing town meeting, and the clerk of the township shall be the clerk thereof; and the officers of said election shall be eligible to any office at said election, except that of justice of the peace. 3. And be it enacted, That the elections shall open at the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon, and close at the hour of four o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, except when justices of the peace are elected, when the polls shall open and close at the same hour as at state elections, and shall be conducted in the same manner, and be subject to the same rules as elections for state and county officers are or shall be; and the same duties shall devolve upon the judge of election and the clerk thereof, as are performed by the board of election and the clerk in other elections; they shall take the same oath or affirmation, as far as applicable, be invested with the same powers, and be liable to the same penalties; the same qualifications for voters shall be required, and the result ascertained in the same manner, and stated according to law. 4. And be it enacted, That a plurality of votes shall be mittee to all sufficient to elect any officer or officers, or to fix the place of holding the town meetings, or the state and county elections, but a majority of the whole number shall be required to determine any amount of money to be raised or specified; and in case there shall be a neglect or failure to elect any officer by the town meeting, or to fix the place of holding the next town meeting or state and county election, or in case of the refusal of any person elected to accept the appointment, or a vacancy from any other cause, or in case two or more persons have an equal number of votes for the same office, or in case a majority shall not vote for the same sum or amount, the town committee shall, at their next meeting thereafter, fill such vacancy, unless they shall deem a special town meeting for that purpose advisable, determine upon such place, elect between those having an equal number of votes, and determine the amount or sum to be raised or specified. ship to be ship commit 5. And be it enacted, That the clerk of said township shall Clerk of townbe the clerk of the town committee, and shall keep a book clerk of townof minutes of the proceedings of said committee, which shall tee. at all times be open to the inspection of the voters of said township, and when the town committee shall fill a vacancy, or elect, in case of a tie between candidates, they shall immediately notify the person or persons so appointed or chosen, and transmit a statement thereof to the clerk of said county. township com Overseers of 6. And be it enacted, That the reports of the township Reports of committee and the overseers of the poor and town superin- mittee and tendent of schools, now required to be made by law, shall be the poor. filed and preserved by the township committee; in posting up the list of officers elected, as required by law, the clerk shall add thereto the results of the election in other particulars; the first election under this act shall be held at the place where the last town meeting was held; and all special town meetings at the place of holding the last preceding annual town meeting; the same ballot box shall be used at the town meeting, and provided by the clerk, which is used at the state and county elections; the judge of election and clerk shall receive the same compensation for attending any town meeting, as for attending a state and county election, and the township committee may allow the clerk such compensation for the additional duties required by this act, as they may deem reasonable. 7. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 13, 1857. |