CERTIFICATE OF ACCEPTANCE OF THE CAMDEN AND AMBOY RAILROAD AND TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, OF THE SUPPLEMENT TO THEIR CHARTER, APPROVED MARCH NINETEENTH, EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SEVEN. WHEREAS, the legislature of the state of New Jersey did on the nineteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and fiftyseven, pass an act entitled "A further supplement to the acts incorporating the Delaware and Raritan Canal Company, and the Camden and Amboy Railroad and Transportation Company;" AND WHEREAS, by the second section it is enacted that this act shall not go into effect until the board of directors of the Delaware and Raritan Canal Company, and the board of directors of the Camden and Amboy Railroad and Transportation Company, shall each certify their acceptance of the same, as a supplement to, and as part of the charters of said companies, respectively, and under the corporate seals of said companies, and shall have filed the same in the office of the secretary of state, a certified copy of which, acceptance the secretary of this state shail cause to be published in connection with this act, among the laws of this state, which publication shall be deemed competent and plenary evidence of such acceptance;" THEREFORE BE IT HEREBY CERTIFIED AND RESOLVED, That the Camden and Amboy Railroad and Transportation Company, do accept this said act, as a supplement to and part of the charter of said company. WITNESS the hand of the President of the said Camden and Amboy Railroad and Transportation Company, and the corporate seal of said company, this twenty-first day of March, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. President of the Camden and Amboy R. R. & Tr. Co. STATE OF NEW JERSEY: I, THOMAS S. ALLISON, Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the certificate of acceptance of the Camden and Amboy Railroad Company of the supplement to their charter as taken from and compared with the original, filed in my office April second, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. [L. S.] In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand seven. THOS. S. ALLISON, CHAPTER CVII. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT to an act entitled "An act for the preservation of sheep." appraisement by oath. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Certificate of the State of New Jersey, That no certificate of appraisement to be verified of damage, under the provisions of the fourth section of the supplement to the above entitled act, approved March twentyfourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, shall be received by the township committee of any township in the county of Morris, as provided in said section, unless the same shall have been first verified by the oaths or affirmations of the said appraisers, and of the person or persons claiming to have sustained damage, respectively, taken in writing before some person authorized by law to administer an oath in this state, and which oaths or affirmations shall state that such damages, so appraised and certified by said appraisers, were to the amount mentioned in such certificate, which oaths or affirmations shall be duly filed and preserved by said township committee among the papers of the said township. 2. And be it enacted, That the amount of damages so cer Amount of damages. False swear ing. tified and appraised shall in no case exceed the sum of four dollars for each sheep or lamb killed or wounded. 3. And be it enacted, That if any person making such oath or affirmation, as is provided in the first section of this act, shall falsely, wilfully, and corruptly affirm or declare therein any matter or thing which, if the same had been sworn or deposed in the usual form, would have amounted to wilful and corrupt perjury, then such person so offending shall be deemed and adjudged to be guilty of wilful and corrupt per. jury, and on being convicted thereof shall be punished accordingly. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect imme. diately. Approved March 19, 1857. Distribution of laws, &c. CHAPTER CVIII. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT to an act entitled "An act relative to the laws of this state, the proceedings of the legislature, and the distribution thereof, and of the laws of the United States," approved April sixteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That in addition to the persons and institutions now entitled by law to receive copies of the laws and journals of proceedings of the legislature, the treasurer shall also transmit a copy of each to every newspaper establishment in this state. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 19, 1857. CHAPTER CIX. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT to an act entitled "An act to authorize the business of banking," approved February twentyseventh, eighteen hundred and fifty. by treasurer. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Endorsement the State of New Jersey, That the treasurer of the state shall endorse upon every bond, mortgage and certificate of stock when received, and deposited with him as security for bank bills countersigned by him, the words "not to be transferred except the same shall be signed by the treasurer, secretary of state, and any justice of the supreme court." 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 19, 1857. CHAPTER CX. AN ACT relative to the Lambertville Gas Light Company. porators. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Names of corthe State of New Jersey, That John Runk, Samuel Lilly, Ingham Coryell, Thomas B. Carr, Alex. H. Holcomb, Samuel H. Titus and Liscomb R. Titus, and their associates, shareholders in the Lambertville Gas Light Company, an association formed at Lambertville, in the county of Hunterdon, and organized under the provisions of an act of the legisla ture, entitled "an act to authorize the establishment, and to prescribe the duties of companies for manufacturing and other purposes," approved March second, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, and their successors and assigns be and they ers. are hereby constituted a corporation and body politic, by the name and style of "The Lambertville Gas Light Company," and by that name the said corporation shall have power and authority to manufacture, make, and sell gas, to be made of bituminous coal, or other materials, for the purGeneral pow- pose of lighting the streets, buildings, manufactories, and other places situated at Lambertville and its vicinity, 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 purpose of this corporation, for the accommodation of their business and concerns, or which it may be necessary for the said corporation to acquire or 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 real estate shall not exceed what may be necessary for the purposes mentioned; and no private lands shall be in any way injured or defaced, without permission first obtained in writing from the owners thereof. Proviso Amount of capital stock. Property of original association merg corporation. 2. And be it enacted, That the capital stock of said corporation shall be thirty thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of twenty dollars each, with the privilege of increasing the same to fifty thousand dollars, at any time during the continuance of this act, and that the owners of stock, in the said association, organized as aforesaid, shall be the stockholders in the corporation created by this act, and shall hold the same number of shares therein, that they may hold in the said association at the time of the passing of this act. 3. And be it enacted, That the association organized as aforesaid, shall, on the passage of this act, and the acceptance ed in present of the same by the directors of the said association, and the filing in the office of the secretary of state a certificate of such acceptance, signed by the president and secretary, under the seal of the said association, be deemed and taken to be merged in the corporation created by this act; and from that time all the property, real and personal, of said association, shall vest in and be deemed and taken to belong to the cor |