CHAPTER CCIX. SUPPLEMENT to an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Bridgeport, Thompson's Point, Billingsport and Philadel phia Steamboat Company," approved March fourteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-six. mer act re 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Part of forthe State of New Jersey, That so much of the act to which pealed. this is a supplement, as requires all of the directors of the corporation hereby created to be citizens of this state, be and the same is hereby repealed, and a majority simply, shall be citizens of this state. Approved March 20, 1857. CHAPTER CCX. A SUPPLEMENT to an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Manasquan River and Barnegat Bay Canal Company," approved February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and forty-seven. completion of ed. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Time for the State of New Jersey, That the time limited for the com- work extendpletion of the canal authorized to be constructed by the act to which this is a supplement, be and the same is hereby extended to the twenty-fourth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. mer act ra 2. And be it enacted, That so much of the act to which part of forthis is a supplement, as is inconsistent with or repugnant to pealed. the provisions of this act, be and the same is hereby repealed. Approved March 20, 1857. When com pany may commence business. Rates of ferriage. CHAPTER CCXI. A SUPPLEMENT to the act entitled "An act to incorporate the Weehawken Ferry Company," approved March twentyfifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-two. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That it shall and may be lawful for said company to commence their operations as authorized by said act, when forty thousand dollars of the capital stock of said company shall have been subscribed, and the quantity of land to be held by said company, it is hereby declared, shall not exceed fifty acres. 2. And be it enacted, That said company shall have the pri vilege of charging such rates of ferriage for passengers, as may be established by the by-laws of the company, not exceeding five cents for each and every passenger; and the time for establishing said ferry and having the same in operation, is hereby extended for the period of three years, and all things in said act inconsistent with this supplement is hereby repealed. Approved March 20, 1857. Corporation anthorized to CHAPTER CCXII. A SUPPLEMENT to an act entitled "An act to incorporate the 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of extend road. the State of New Jersey, That it shall and may be lawful for the said company to construct, make and extend their turnpike road, from Columbus to the junction of the Monmouth road, in the county of Burlington, beginning at or near where the said Bordentown and Columbus turnpike now commences, in the village of Columbus; thence along the public road leading from Columbus, to the junction of the Monmouth road, the most approved course, to a stake in said Monmouth road, with the privilege to straighten certain points along said road; which said extension of said turnpike road shall be of the same width, and constructed in the same manner, and subject to the same provisions, restrictions, powers and privileges, in every respect, as are provided for and specified in the act to which this is a supplement. act repealed. 2. And be it enacted, That the twenty-second section of the Part of former act to which this is a supplement, be and the same is hereby repealed, so far as it relates to the limitation of the time the charter shall continue in operation. may take road cost. 3. And be it enacted, That at the end of twenty-five years Freeholders from the approval of the act to which this is a supplement, on payment of the board of chosen freeholders of the county of Burlington shall have the privilege of taking said turnpike road from Bordentown to the Monmouth road, upon paying to the stockholders of said company the original cost thereof. Approved March 20, 1857. CHAPTER CCXIII. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT to an act entitled "An act to enable the owners of the tide swamps and marshes to improve the same, and the owners of meadows already banked in, and held by different persons, to keep the same in good repair. in cases where 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Assessments the State of New Jersey, That in case the owner or possessor owner is unof any marsh, meadow ground or swamp, is unknown, the known. Treasurer to advertise de paper. managers mentioned in the fifth section of the act to which this is a further supplement, may make the assessment required by said section upon marsh, meadow ground or swamp, belonging to a person or persons unknown, and whereof there is no possessor, and so state the same in their duplicate. 2. And be it enacted, That the treasurer, on the receipt of mand in news- the duplicate mentioned in the sixth section of the act to which this is a further supplement, in case the owner or possessor of marsh, meadow ground or swamp named in such duplicate, cannot be found in this state, may make the demand required by said section, by advertising the same in a newspaper circulated in the county wherein the marsh, meadow ground or swamp of such non-resident, owner or possessor may lie, for the space of four weeks next before the time of payment; and in case the owner is unknown, and there is no possessor, such treasurer may make the demand required by said section, by advertising the same in such newspaper for the like space of time, giving in the advertisement a brief description of the marsh, meadow ground or swamp upon which the assessment has been made. Approved March 20, 1857. Courts in Es. sex and Union counties. CHAPTER CCXIV. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT to the act entitled "An act to reorganize the courts of law." 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That from and after the passage of this act, the several regular terms of the respective courts in and for the several counties hereinafter named, shall be held at the times following, and not otherwise, that is to say; in the county of Essex, on the fourth Tuesday of April, and on the first Tuesday of October and January respectively; in the county of Union, on the fourth Tuesday of May, and on the third Tuesday of September and December respectively. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 20, 1857. CHAPTER CCXV. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT to an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Freehold and Jamesburg Agricultural Railroad Company," approved March eleventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-one. thorized to branch road. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Company authe State of New Jersey, That the said the Freehold and construct Jamesburg Agricultural Railroad Company be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to survey, lay out and construct an extension or branch of their railroad from some point at or near the present terminus thereof in the village of Freehold, in the county of Monmouth, to some point at or near the village of Farmingdale, in said county, with such branches as they may find it expedient to construct into the marl pits adjacent or near thereto; and in order to enable the said company to prosecute, complete and use the said extension or branch of their railroad, they are hereby invested with all the rights, powers and authority, and subjected to all the liabilities, restrictions and limitations conferred by or imposed in the original act of incorporation and the sup |