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Compensation to sheriffs.

this act, shall be and is hereby declared a misdemeanor; and any person or persons engaged in the erection, or authorizing the erection of the same, shall be punished by a fine, not exceeding one thousand dollars, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or both; and said erection or erections shall be considered a public nuisance; and the sheriff of Monmouth is hereby required to abate the said nuisance, as such, calling to his assistance so many persons as he shall require for effecting the same.

3. And be it enacted, That the said sheriffs or sheriff, so employed as aforesaid, shall receive, as compensation for such service, when rendered, the sum of five dollars per diem, for every day in which he or they shall be so employed, said compensation to be paid by the treasurer of this state, upon an affidavit or affirmation made by the officer or officers applying for the same, stating that such service has been rendered, and the number of days employed in said service. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately.

Approved March 20, 1857.

Penalty for dredging for oysters.

CHAPTER CXXXII.

AN ACT for the preservation of oysters in Dennis creek, in the county of Cape May.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That if any person or persons shall dredge for oysters in Dennis creek, in the county of Cape May, he or they shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be adjudged to pay a fine of not less than ten dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail for not less than ten nor

more than thirty days, at the discretion of the court; and also shall, by the judgment of said court, forfeit his boat or vessel and dredging machine, together with all fixtures connected with said boat or vessel used at the time of said offence.

removing oys

2. And be it enacted, That if any person or persons shall Penalty for at any time take and remove oysters from the natural beds ters. in Dennis creek aforesaid, for the purpose of conveying or selling them out of the county of Cape May, he or they shall be liable for every offence to pay a penalty of not less than twenty-five dollars, nor more than three hundred, or be imprisoned in the county jail for not less than ten nor more than twenty days, or both, at the discretion of the court, to be recovered by action of debt, within six months after the offence committed.

removing oys

residents.

3. And be it enacted, That if any person or persons, not Penalty for residing in the county of Cape May, shall take or remove ters by nonoysters out of Dennis creek aforesaid, for the purpose of conveying or shipping them out of said county, he or they shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall pay a fine of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned for a term of not less than ten or more than thirty days, in the county jail, or both, at the discretion of the court.

fines and for

4. And be it enacted, That one-half of the fines and forfeit- Disposition of ures mentioned in this act shall go to the informer or prose- feitures. cutor, and the other half to the county collector, to be appropriated to the school fund of Cape May.

Approved March 20, 1857.

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pealed.

CHAPTER CXXXIII.

AN ACT relative to the court of pardons.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That so much of the third section. of the act entitled "an act relative to the court of pardons," as limits the powers of the said court to grant pardons or remit fines and forfeitures in any case, after conviction, be and the same is hereby repealed.

2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately.

Approved March 20, 1857.

Land not

CHAPTER CXXXIV.

AN ACT relative to taxes on public roads.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of subject to tax. the State of New Jersey, That all land covered by a public road laid out over the same shall be wholly free from taxation.

Overseer not to employ

times.

2. And be it enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any Workmen be- overseer of any road to require or employ any person to tween certain work on any road between the first day of October and the first day of April, except it may be necessary to make the roads passable, which may be obstructed by snow or rain. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately.

Approved March 20, 1857.

CHAPTER CXXXV.

AN ACT for the relief of Harvey Dayton.

stored to citi

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of H. Dayton rethe State of New Jersey, That Harvey Dayton, of Essex zenship. county, be and he is hereby restored to all his rights and privileges as a citizen of New Jersey.

2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect imme

diately.

Approved March 20, 1857.

CHAPTER CXXXVI.

AN ACT to create a new township in the county of Essex, to be called the township of Millburn.

township.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Boundaries of the State of New Jersey, That all that part of the township of Springfield, in the county of Essex, lying north of the north line of the county of Union, shall be, and the same is hereby made a new township, to be called and known by the name of the township of Millburn.

2. And be it enacted, That the inhabitants of the said town- Inhabitants incorporated. ship of Millburn shall be and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate in law, and shall be styled and known by the name of "the inhabitants of the township of Millburn, in the county of Essex," and that the said township shall be vested with and entitled to all the rights, powers, privileges, authority and advantages, and subject to the same regulations, government and liabilities as the inhabitants of the other townships in the said county of Essex, are

Times of meetings.

Township

committees to

vide property.

or may be entitled or subjected to by the existing laws of this state.

3. And be it enacted, That the inhabitants of the said township of Millburn hereby created, shall hold their first annual town meeting at the house of David Jones, in said portion of said township of Millburn, on the day appointed by law for holding the annual town meetings in the other townships in the county of Essex, and afterwards, at such place in the said township of Millburn as the inhabitants thereof shall determine, in the manner prescribed by law. 4. And be it enacted, That the town committees of the allot and di- townships of Springfield and Millburn shall meet on the Monday next after the annual town meeting in the said townships, at the house of James Cooper, in the township of Springfield, in the county of Union, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, and then and there proceed, by writing signed by a majority of those present, to allot and divide between the said townships all property and money on hand or due, in proportion to the taxable property and ratables as taxed by the assessors within their respective limits at the last assessment; and shall also ascertain and determine which of the paupers, now supported by the township of Springfield, have their residence in that part of the said township now set forth and created as the new township of Millburn; and the inhabitants of the township of Millburn shall be liable to pay their just proportion of the debts, if any there should be, and to support and maintain the paupers so allotted to them; and if any persons comprising either of the township committees should neglect or refuse to meet as aforesaid, those assembled may proceed to make the said division, and the decision of a majority of those present shall be final and conclusive; provided, that it shall and inay be lawful to adjourn the above meeting to such time and place, within either of said townships, as a majority of those assembled as aforesaid may think proper.

Proviso.

paupers.

Settlement of 5. And be it enacted, That all paupers who may be chargeable to the said township of Springfield at the time this act goes into operation, shall thereafter be chargeable to and supported by that township within the bounds of which they

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