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Public act. shall exceed the sum of five hundred dollars, ($500), such excess, as nearly as the same can be ascertained, shall be divided into two parts, one of which shall be assessed and collected as aforesaid, the second year after the passage of this act, and the other part shall be assessed and collected as aforesaid, the third year after the passage of this act, and after such sum or sums shall have been assessed by said assessor in the same manner as other taxes are assessed, it shall be the duty of the collector of said township to collect and pay the same to said commissioners without unnecessary delay; provided, that the whole cost and expenses of said commissioners, to survey, lay out and map, as provided in this act, shall not exceed the sum of eleven hundred dollars; and provided further, that no assessment shall be made on any property situated within the boundaries mentioned in the second section of this act, which lie north of a line drawn from Newark bay to New York bay, parallel and intersecting the south side of the Morris canal, where the same is crossed by the bridge on the Bergen Point plank road. 8. And be it enacted, That this act shall be taken to be a public act, and shall take effect immediately. Approved March 16, 1857. Part of for mer act re pealed. CHAPTER LXXIII. A SUPPLEMENT to an act entitled "An act to incorporate the West Jersey Railroad Company," approved February fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-three. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the fifteenth section of the act entitled "An act to incorporate the West Jersey Railroad 'Company," be and the same is hereby repealed, and that the said company may commence running cars for the transportation of passengers and freight on that portion of the road that is now completed, and on each and every portion of said road as soon as the same may be completed, anything contained in the fifteenth section of the said act to which this act is a supplement, to the contrary thereof notwithstanding. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect when Act to go into approved of by the board of directors. Approved March 16, 1857. effect. CHAPTER LXXIV. SUPPLEMENT to an act entitled "An act to incorporate the divided into 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Turnpike road the State of New Jersey, That, that part of said turnpike two divisions. road between Sandtown and Allentown, shall be divided into two divisions as follows, that is to say, that part from Sandtown to Newtown to be called the second division, and that part from Newtown to Allentown, to be called the third division, and by such shall be known in all proceedings against the company; and any defect in one of said divisions shall not affect the right to collect toll on the other. 2. And be it enacted, That so much of the act to which this is a supplement, as is inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be, and the same is hereby repealed. Approved March 16, 1857. part of forpealed. mer act re Election of judge of excise court. Mode of election. Judge to take oath. CHAPTER LXXV. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT to the act entitled "An act to incorporate the city of Paterson," approved seventeenth March, eighteenth hundred and fifty-one. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That hereafter the legal voters in each of the wards in the city of Paterson, shall at each annual spring election, elect one of said voters, who shall be denominated "judge of the excise court," and shall. upon complying with the provisions of the succeeding section, hold office for one year commencing on the first Tuesday in May succeeding his election. 2. And be it enacted, That the clerk of each ward in said city shall provide and keep in repair, at the expense of said city, one additional ballot box, of the description mentioned in the twenty-third section of the act entitled "an act to regulate elections," approved April sixteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six which said box he shall cause to be labelled, "excise judge ballot box," and each vote for excise judge shall be by ballot, on which shall be written or printed, the words "for excise judge," the ward in which the vote is given, and the name of the person voted for, and shall not contain the name of any other person voted for at said election, which ballot shall be delivered to the judge of election, and by him deposited in the box labelled as aforesaid; and the judges of election shall reject every ballot cast for excise judge, which does not conform to the foregoing provisions. 3. And be it enacted, That each of said judges shall, before he enters upon the duties of his office, and within ten days after he is elected, take and subscribe an oath or affirmation, that he will honestly, justly and fairly execute the duties of judge of the excise court in the city of Paterson, to the best of his skill and understanding, which said affidavit shall be filed in the office of the clerk of said city within fifteen days after election, and the said clerk shall record the same. 4. And be it enacted, That three or more of the judges elected as aforesaid, who shall have made and filed an affidavit in conformity with the preceding section, shall constitute the excise court, in the city of Paterson, and shall hold their courts on the second Tuesday in May, August, November, and February in each year, and shall have the sole and exclusive power to grant licenses to keep inns and taverns in said city, subject to the same provisions, and in like manner as the same is or may be lawfully done by either the mayor or aldermen of said city, or the courts of common pleas in this state. court. 5. And be it enacted, That the clerk of the city of Pater- Clerk of court son shall be clerk of the excise court in said city, and shall deliver all the moneys which he receives for licenses, excluding his fees, to the treasurer of said city. censes. 6. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said Fees for court and clerk to demand and receive from each applicant for license, the following fees, and no other, to wit: the court for every petition presented, the sum of five dollars, and for every recognizance taken the sum of three dollars; the clerk, for drawing, entering and filing such recognizance, drawing the license and annexing thereto the seal of said court, which said seal the mayor and aldermen of said city are hereby directed to procure, and making entry of each application, and of such license being granted, the sum of two dollars. 7. And be it enacted, That the court shall, before they Qualifications grant a license to keep an inn and tavern, be satisfied, from for license. personal inspection, that the applicant is of good repute for honesty and sobriety, and is provided with sufficient house room, good stabling and provender; and all persons licensed by said court shall be entitled to the privileges, and subject to the restrictions specified in the act entitled "an act concerning inns and taverns." 8. And be it enacted, That all acts and parts of acts which conflict with the provisions of this act shall be, so far as they thus conflict, inoperative in the city of Paterson. 9. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 16, 1857. Parts of forpealed. mer acts re Bonds of city of Paterson may be de posited as ba ing. CHAPTER LXXVI. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT to the act entitled "An act to authorize the business of banking," approved February twentyseventh, eighteen dundred and fifty. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That it shall be lawful for any assois for bank ciation of persons formed for the purpose of banking, under, and pursuant to, the provisions of the act to which this is a supplement, to deposit and transfer, in addition to the stocks and securities mentioned in said act, and the several supple. ments thereto, the bonds of the city of Paterson, issued by the mayor and aldermen of said city, under, and by virtue of the provisions of an act of the legislature, entitled "a further supplement to an act entitled an act to incorporate the city of Paterson," approved March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, which supplement was approved March sixth, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, bearing interest at the rate of seven per cent. per annum, as a basis or security for circulating notes, subject to all the provisions, restrictions and limitations prescribed and imposed in the said act authorizing the business of banking. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 16, 1857. |