granted, set forth, and imposed in an act of the legislature of New Jersey, entitled "an act concerning corporations," approved the fourteenth day of February, eighteen hundred and forty-six. to construct without con 12. And be it enacted, That nothing in this act shall be so Company not construed as to authorize the said company to construct any raceway, &c., dam, forebay, race, races or reservoirs, without first procuring sent of ownthe consent or title of the owner to such private property, as may be necessary for such purpose or purposes. ers of property 13. And be it enacted, That this act shall be taken and Public act. deemed to be a public act, and shall take effect immediately on the passage thereof. Approved March 16, 1857. CHAPTER LXVI. AN ACT to incorporate the Phillipsburgh Water Company. porators. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Names of corthe State of New Jersey, That Benjamin T. Harris, Henry Segraves, Charles Sitgreaves, John S. Bach, Samuel C. Brown, Henry Bowers, John Tindall, John Lander, Alexander Wilson, Joseph C. Kent, Herbert Thomas, and their associates, and all other persons who shall become subscribers to the capital stock hereby created, and their successors, shall be and they are hereby incorporated and made a body politic and corporate, in fact and in law, by the name of the Phillipsburgh Water Company. capital stock. 2. And be it enacted, That the capital stock of said com- Amount of pany shall be ten thousand dollars, with liberty to increase the same to seventy thousand dollars, which shall be divided Proviso. Commission ers to receive into shares of ten dollars each, and paid in by the stockholders at such times, in such manner, and in such installments, and upon such notice, as the directors of said company, by their by-laws or otherwise, may direct and appoint; and in case of failure by any stockholder to pay his or her installments at the time and place appointed for the payment thereof, or within thirty days thereafter, such stockholder shall incur a forfeiture of his or her share or shares, and of all previous payments thereon, for the use of the company; and such shares shall be deemed personal property, and be transferable in such manner as the said company by their by-laws may appoint; provided, that notice in writing shall be given to each of the stockholders of the time when the shares are required to be paid in. 3. And be it enacted, That the above named persons, or subscriptions. a majority of them, shall be commissioners to open books and receive subscriptions to the capital stock of said company, at such time or times, and place or places, in the town of Phillipsburgh, as they, or a majority of them, may think proper, giving notice thereof at least three weeks prior to the time for receiving subscriptions, by publishing the same for three weeks, successively, once in each week, in some newspaper published in the county of Warren, and also by setting up notices for said period, in at least five public places in said town; and the said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall be authorized to declare what amount shall be paid on each share at the time of subscribing, and to appoint some suitable person from among them, as treasurer, to receive the same; and as soon as five hundred shares of said stock shall be subscribed, shall give like publication for a meeting of the stockholders to choose nine directors, a majority of whom shall reside within the township of Phillipsburgh, and who shall hold their offices for one year, and until others are elected. Commission ers to deliver directors. 4. And be it enacted, That the said election shall be over money to certified by the said commissioners, or a majority of them, who shall thereupon deliver over to said directors the subscriptions, books and moneys paid in, first deducting the expenses of the said commissioners, at such time and place as shall be appointed by the commissioners, or a majority of them, notice whereof shall be given to the said directors, and who shall be thereupon authorized to hold their first meeting. rectors. 5. And be it enacted, That the affairs of the company Election of dishall be managed by nine directors, to be chosen by the stockholders annually, at such time and place in said town, in such manner, and upon such notice, as by the by-laws of said company may be directed, who shall serve for one year, and until others are chosen in their stead; and the said directors shall from time to time elect a president from their body, and shall also elect and employ such other officers as they may deem convenient and necessary, and make all such by-laws, rules and regulations, as they may think proper, not inconsistent with the constitution or laws of this state or of the United States. by company may hold. 6. And be it enacted, That the said company shall have what properpower to purchase and hold such real estate, and to construct, keep up and maintain such wells, reservoirs, aqueducts, pipes, water-works, fixtures and apparatus as may be necessary or useful to supply the town of Phillipsburgh with water, in quantities sufficient for all the purposes which may conduce to the safety of the town, and to the health and comfort of the citizens. 7. And be it enacted, That the company be and they hereby are authorized and empowered to lay pipes for conducting the water beneath the public streets, lanes and alleys of said town, free of all charge, and to place such hydrants and fire plugs as may be necessary, the tapping of the mains and the insertion and placing of all branch pipes to be under the sole control of the said company, by such persons as they may employ and appoint. Company aulay down pipes thorized to 8. And be it enacted, That if any person shall wilfully Penalty for and maliciously injure any of the said works of the said injuring works company, such person or persons shall forfeit and pay therefor to the said company double the amount of damages, to be recovered in an action of trespass on the case, in any court having cognizance thereof. 9. And be it enacted, That the said company may sell and Company may sell water. Act may be repealed. dispose of the water to be conveyed by their pipes, under such regulations and upon such terms and conditions as they may, by their by-laws, from time to time, regulate and adopt. 10. And be it enacted, That this act shall go into effect immediately after the passage thereof, and that the legislature may alter or repeal the same, whenever in their opinion, the public good shall require the same. Approved March 16, 1857. Board of chosen freehold. ers author ized to estab lish reform school. Money may be appropri chase of site. CHAPTER LXVII. AN ACT for the establishment of a Reform School in the county of Essex. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the board of chosen freeholders of the county of Essex, 'be and they are hereby authorized to establish, at some point in the county of Essex, either in connection with the jail or otherwise, as the said board of chosen freeholders may determine, a school for the instruction, employment and reformation of juvenile delinquents, to be called the "Essex County Reform School." 2. And be it enacted, That the said board of chosen freeated for pur- holders may appropriate from the funds of the county, to be raised by county bonds, such an amount of money as may be necessary for the purchase of an eligible site, and the erection of suitable buildings for the purposes of the school, and they shall be authorized, from year to year, to appropriate such sums of money as may be needed for the support of the school; provided, that the whole amount of land purchased Proviso. shall not exceed fifty acres, and the whole amount appropriated for site and buildings shall not exceed twenty thousand dollars. trustees. 3. And be it enacted, That the government of the said Election of school shall be vested in a board of trustees, composed of six persons, to be elected by the said board of chosen freeholders at their next annual meeting, after the passage of this act, who, at their first meeting after their election, shall divide themselves by lot, into three classes, of which the first shall continue in office one year, the second two years, and the third three years, respectively, and at each annual meeting thereafter, of said chosen freeholders, they shall elect two trustees to supply the place of those whose term of office shall then expire, who shall hold office for three years; should any vacancy occur in the board of trustees, either by the death, resignation or removal from the county of any member, such vacancy may be filled by the director of the board of chosen freeholders, until the next annual meeting of said board; the services of the trustees shall be rendered gratuitously, but their necessary expenses, while discharging the duties of their office, shall be defrayed by the county. powers of 4. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of said board Duties and of trustees to take charge of the general interests of the in- trustees. stitution; to select and purchase a proper site and erect necessary buildings, when so directed by the chosen freeholders; to see that its affairs are conducted in accordance with such by-laws as the board may from time to time adopt, for the orderly and economical management of its concerns; to see that strict discipline is maintained therein; to provide employment for the inmates and bind them out, discharge or remand them, as is hereinafter provided; to appoint a superintendent and such teachers and assistants as may be found necessary to carry out efficiently, the object of the institution, and to prescribe their duties, to exercise a vigilant supervision over the institution, its officers and its inmates; to remove such officers when deemed advisable, and appoint others in their stead, and to determine the salaries to be paid to the officers respectively. 5. And be it enacted, That as soon as the school shall be in |