GENERAL PUBLIC ACTS PASSED BY THE One Hundredth Legislature. CHAPTER I. An Act to prescribe the notice to be given of applications to the legislature for laws, when notice is required by the constitution. Notice of statement 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That whenever by the constitution, as now amended, notice of the intention to apply for the passage of any bill is required, such notice shall contain a intention to correct statement of the general object of said bill, and contain a shall be signed by at least one of the parties who intend to of the genapply for the passage of such bill, and shall be published and be pubin at least one of the newspapers printed and published in lished. every county wherever said bill is, or is likely to take ef fect, and if no newspaper be printed and published in said county, then in a newspaper printed and published in some adjoining county. eral object 2. And be it enacted, That for the passage of any bill for Time of which application shall be made to the legislature now sit-publishing ting, such notice shall be published at least ten days before present the introduction of such bill. legislature. be publish 3. And be it enacted, That after the session of the legisla- Notice shall ture now sitting, the notice required by the first section of ed four this act shall be published at least once in each week for fore the four consecutive weeks next preceding the day prescribed meeting of weeks be the legisla- for the first assembling of the legislature in which such bill shall be introduced. ture. publication Proof of 4. And be it enacted, That proof of the publication rehow made. quired hereby shall be made by an oath or affirmation in writing, made by the publisher or authorized agent of such publisher of every newspaper in which such publication was made, containing a copy of the notice published which shall be presented with such bill when introduced, and, after the final vote upon said bill, shall be filed and deposited by the officers of the legislature in whose hands the same may be, in the office of the secretary of state, there to remain. Secretary record proofs, &c. 5. And be it enacted, That, after the adjournment of each quired to legislature, the secretary of state shall record, in well bound books, to be provided by him for that purpose, every proof that relates to any such bill as has become a law; and such books, or any certified copy of their contents, shall be received in evidence in any place and for any purpose for which the original proof would be received, the same as the original thereof, and the publication of any law in the pamphlet laws published by the state shall be prima facie evidence that the notice required by the constitution has been duly granted. Penalty for false making 6. And be it enacted, That if any one shall falsely swear swearing or or affirm, in the making of the proof aforesaid, he shall be affirming in deemed guilty of perjury, and on conviction thereof shall proof. be liable to all the penalties prescribed by law therefor. 7. And be it enacted, That all acts inconsistent with this act be, and the same are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect immediately. Repealer. WILLIAM J. SEWELL, President of the Senate, JOHN D. CAŘSCALLEN, Speaker of the House of Assembly. Approved January 26, 1876. JOSEPH D. BEDLE, Governor. CHAPTER II. An act to provide for the registration of persons entitled to the right of suffrage in cities, in cases of special elections. to be made special elections.. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That in all cases where a vacancy or Regisration vacancies have occurred, or shall hereafter occur, by reason in cases of of death, failure to qualify or other legal disability, in offices which are filled at general state elections and annual muni*cipal elections, and special elections, shall be hereafter held to fill such vacancy or vacancies in incorporated cities containing, according to the census of the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy, more than twenty thousand inhabitants, there shall be a registration of all persons entitled to the right of suffrage therein, respectively, as herein provided. Election to registry. 2. And be it enacted, That the judges of election in the Judges of several wards or election districts into which said wards are constitute a or may be divided, shall constitute a board of registry, and board of shall, as members thereof, severally take and subscribe an oath or affirmation before an officer authorized to administer oaths and affirmations, faithfully and impartially to discharge all their duties under this act according to the best of their ability, which oath or affirmation shall be entered on the register.. be publish of time and vising and 3. And be it enacted, That at least five days before the day Notice to fixed in and by this act for the meeting of said boards of ed in daily registry to prepare a revised and corrected register as here- newspapers inafter recited, the city clerk of every such city as aforesaid place of re-shall cause to be published in each of the daily newspapers correcting of such city, and continued therein for at least three days, register. a public notice of the time and place of revising and cor recting such register, and holding such special elections in the several wards or election districts into which said wards. shall or may be divided, which place of revising and correcting such register as hereinafter recited, and holding such election, shall be the same. the boards Time of &c. Duties of 4. And be it enacted, That the boards of registry provided of registry. for in this act shall meet in the several wards or election meeting, districts, at the place designated in such notices, on Saturday next preceding the time fixed for such special election, at seven o'clock in the morning and shall remain in session until eight o'clock in the evening, (but may take any necessary recess not exceeding one hour during that time) for the purpose of revising and correcting the revised and corrected register prepared for the general election immediately preceding (taking the certified copy thereof filed with the city clerk of every such city as aforesaid), at which said meeting the said boards of registry shall add to said register the names and residences of all persons entitled to the right of suffrage in the election district at such special election and who shall appear in person before them; and they shall erase therefrom the name of any person who shall be shown, after a fair opportunity to be heard, not to be entitled to a vote therein by reason of non-residence or otherwise; and upon the final completion of said register the said boards of registry shall publicly announce and certify on the register the number of names entered thereon, and on the Monday following such meeting shall cause certified copies of the list of names to be posted in a hand-bill form in some conspicuous and accessible portion of the premises where the meeting shall have been held and another certified copy of such names shall be filed with the city clerk and be open removing for public inspection; and if any person shall wilfully tear or defacing down, remove or deface any list of names, posted pursuant names post- to this act he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and to act. on conviction be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars. Penalty for any list of ed pursuant List of per sons entitled to vote to b arranged 5. And be it enacted, That the register shall contain a list of the persons entitled to the right of suffrage in the elec..a district, arranged in the alphabetical order of their sur alphabeti- names in such a manner as to show the names at full length, the residence, by the number (if there be a number), and the name of the street, court or alley, or other location of the dwelling place of each person. cally. Duties of clerks of election. 6. And be it enacted, That the clerks of election of the various wards, or election districts into which the wards are or may be divided, shall attend said meeting of the board of registry, and act as clerks of said boards; procure and furnish the register, make the entries therein and prepare the |