Trustees

authorized

CHAPTER CIV.

AN ACT to authorize the trustees of the first Presbyterian Church in the township of Woodbridge, county of Middlesex, to sell land.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of to sell land. the State of New Jersey, That the trustees of the first Presbyterian Church in the township of Woodbridge, county of Middlesex, are hereby authorized and empowered to sell, at public or private sale, all or any part of those lands, known as the parsonage lands of the said church, and which were conceded by the proprietors of East Jersey to John Pierson and others in trust, for the use of the minister for the time being; and to make and execute a good and sufficient deed or deeds for the same under the corporate seal of said church; provided nevertheless, that the written consent of all the trustees at the time of such conveyance be obtained.

Proceeds to be invested.

2. And be it enacted, That when such sale or sales shall be made, the proceeds received therefrom shall be invested in the name of the trustees upon bond and mortgage on unincumbered real estate, worth double the amount of such investment, and the interest only used towards the yearly expenses of said church, incurred for the preaching of the gospel.

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

Approved March 15, 1859.

CHAPTER CV.

AN ACT to regulate fishing in Manasquan river, in the counties of Monmouth and Ocean, and also Wreck Pond, in the county of Monmouth.

of seines to

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Description the State of New Jersey, and it is hereby enacted by the author- be used. ity of the same, That from and after the passage of this act it shall not be lawful for any person or persons whomsoever to draw, set, or in any other manner use any seine or net, or anything in the nature of a seine or net, for the purpose of catching fish or otherwise, in Manasquan river in the counties of Monmouth and Ocean, and in Wreck Pond, in the county of Monmouth, the meshes whereof are less than one inch square.

violating

of act.

2. And be it enacted, That any person or persons violating Penalty for the provisions of this act shall be fined the sum of twenty provisions dollars and cost of suit for each and every offence, to be recovered by action of debt, before any justice of the peace of the county in which the offence may be committed, one half thereof to go to the complainant and the other half towards the support of the poor of the township wherein which the offence is committed.

seines for

3. And be it enacted, That any persons offending against Boats and the provisions of this act, and being thereof convicted, feited. shall forfeit all seines, boats and apparatus which may be found in their possession at the time of committing such offence, which shall be applied to the support of the poor of the township in which such offence is committed.

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

Approved March 15, 1859.

Time of duration ex

tended.

Certificate to be recorded

and filed.

CHAPTER CVI.

AN ACT to authorize the New Brunswick Rubber Company to extend the time fixed in their certificate of association for the duration of said company.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That it shall be lawful for the New Brunswick Rubber Company, doing business in the city of New Brunswick, in the county of Middlesex, and state of New Jersey, to extend and limit the time fixed and limited in the certificate of association of said company, filed under the act 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, to and until the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty.

2. And be it enacted, That the time fixed in said certifi cate shall be so extended and limited by a majority of the directors of the said company, signing a certificate in these words, to wit: "The New Brunswick Rubber Company do hereby extend the time fixed in the certificate of associa tion by them filed under the act 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, to and until the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty," and by having the said certificate, so to be signed, duly acknowledged and recorded in the clerk's office of the county of Middlesex aforesaid, and filed in the office of the secretary of state; and the said company, when the said certificate shall be so recorded and filed, shall be subject to all the liabilities and possessed of all the rights and powers now possessed by the said company.

Approved March 15, 1859.

CHAPTER CVII.

AN ACT to incorporate "the Flower Hill Cemetery Company."

corporators.

powers.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Names of the State of New Jersey, That John H. Bonn, Michael Fisher, John Sturges, junior, John I. Earle, Frederick Gerhard, and Andrew Beck, junior, and their associates, and the survivors or survivor of them, their successors and assigns, and all persons who shall become owners of the stock of said company, their successors and assigns shall be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate, by the name of the Flower Hill Cemetery Company, and by that name General shall have perpetual succession, for the purpose of establishing, continuing, and improving a cemetery, or place for the burial of the dead, in the township of North Bergen, in the county of Hudson, in this state; and for that purpose, the said company may purchase and hold lands, not exceeding fifty acres, and inclose, survey, lay out, and divide the same into lots, roads, paths, and avenues, and erect and construct a chapel, vault, sexton's house, and other improvements thereon, and otherwise ornament the same, and sell and dispose of lots therein for the burial of the dead, and make and execute to the purchasers, good and sufficient deeds of conveyance therefor, under the common seal of said company, upon such conditions, limitations, and restrictions, and with such powers and privileges, as may be inserted in said deeds, and subject to such rules and regulations as may be made or provided, by the by-laws of said company.

capital

2. And be it enacted, That the capital stock of said com- Amount of pany shall not exceed seventy-five thousand dollars, and stock. shall be applied in purchasing, improving, and ornamenting the lands of said company, and shall be divided into shares of twenty-five dollars each, and shall be subscribed for, and paid in at such time, in such manner, in such instal

Stock transferable.

First directors.

Annual election of directors.

ments, and upon such notice as the said company by by. laws or otherwise may direct or appoint; and in case of failure by any stockholder to pay his or her instalment or instalments, at the time and place mentioned, and appointed for the payment thereof, such stockholders, if it shall so be provided by the by-laws, shall incur a forfeiture of his or her shares, and all previous payments to the use of said company.

3. And be it enacted, That the capital stock of said company shall be deemed and considered personal property, and shall be transferable in such way as the by-laws of said company may direct; and that every share of stock shall be entitled to one vote, by the holder or holders thereof, which votes may be given in person or by proxy.

4. And be it enacted, That the said John H. Bonn, Michael Fisher, John Sturges, junior, John I. Earle, Frederick Gerhard, and Andrew Beck, junior, and seven others to be chosen by them, shall be and are hereby appointed the first board of directors, to serve until the first Monday in October next, and until others shall be elected in their stead; and the said John H. Bonn shall be the president; and the said Michael Fisher shall be the treasurer; and the said Frederick Gerhard shall be the secretary of said company, until the said first Monday in October next, and until others shall be elected or appointed in their stead, and that the board of directors shall consist of such number as may be prescribed by the by-laws of the company.

5. And be it enacted, That there shall be an annual election of directors on the first Monday of October next and on the first Monday of October of each year thereafter, at such hour of said day, and such place, and upon such notice as shall be ordained by the by-laws, or otherwise appointed by said company; and the board of directors shall appoint the judge of such elections; but if it should happen that an election of directors should not be held at the time so appointed for the holding thereof, or at the time appointed for the holding of any subsequent annual election, the said company shall not for that cause be deemed to be dissolved,