issue his warrant in the same manner as is directed and required by law in the collection of other township moneys, who shall proceed thereon as now required by law in other cases. sot and collec 2. And be it enacted, That the assessor of the said town-Fees of assetship of Ewing shall be entitled to receive two cents, and no tor. more, and the collector of the said township shall be entitled to receive eight cents, and no more, for each name in the duplicate for assessing, levying and collecting the said tax. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved February 9, 1863. CHAPTER XXV. A supplement to an act entitled "An act to prevent fraudulent trusts and assignments," approved March seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty. provisions. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Extension of the State of New Jersey, That the provisions of the act to which this is a supplement, and of all supplements thereto, shall apply to all judgments that now are, or hereafter shall be docketed in any of the courts of common pleas of this state; and that the plaintiff in such docketed judgments shall be entitled to all orders, rules, writs, processes and decrees provided by said act, upon filing the petitions and making the affidavits and proofs required by said act. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved February 9, 1863. Name changed. Powers. Act continued in force for CHAPTER XXVI. A supplement to an act entitled "An act to incorporate the 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the said "Manufacturers' Fire and Marine Insurance Company of Newark, New Jersey," shall hereafter be known and designated by the name of "The Peoples' Mutual Fire and Marine Insurance Company of Newark, New Jersey," and by that name and style have and exercise all the powers and privileges conferred by the act to which this is a supplement, and be liable to all the duties and obligations herein contained. 2. And be it enacted, That all persons who shall insure with the said corporation may participate in its profits during the period they remain insured by the same, upon such terms and conditions as the directors by their by-laws shall fix and determine; and the power hereby conferred shall be deemed and taken to be, in addition to the powers possessed by the said corporation, and insurances may be taken without the parties participating in the profits of the company, if desired by the insured. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall continue in force twenty years. for the term of twenty years from the passage thereof, and that so much of the original act to which this act is a supplement as this act does not repeal, shall be also continued in force for the term of twenty years from the date of the passage of this act. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved February 9, 1863. CHAPTER XXVII. A further supplement to the act entitled "An act to incorporate the town of Phillipsburg, in the township of Phillipsburg, in the county of Warren," approved March eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. WHEREAS, the common council of the township of Phillips- Preamble. burg are indebted in the sum of one thousand dollars, money borrowed on the faith of said incorporation, for the purpose of paying bounties to volunteers from said town, called by an order of the president of the United States, bearing date August fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, for volunteers to serve nine months; and whereas, said money has been paid in bounties as aforesaid, and said common council have requested the aid of the legislature in the premises therefore, raised by tax 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Money to be the State of New Jersey, That it shall be lawful for the com- to pay inans. mon council of the town of Phillipsburg to raise by tax, from year to year, such sum or sums of money as shall be necessary to pay said loans. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved February 11, 1863. CHAPTER XXVIII. AN ACT to authorize "the Board of Chosen Freeholders of the county of Bergen" to raise money, issue bonds, and for other purposes. WHEREAS, the inhabitants of the several townships of said Preamble county, being desirous that the late call of the administration for troops to prosecute the existing war should be filled with volunteers rather than with drafted men, did recommend and request that bounties should be offered for that Board of Freeholders may amount of $150,000. purpose, and that the board of chosen freeholders of said county should pay the same; and whereas, it was announced in said call that if any county should raise more volunteers than its quota, such excess would be credited to said county on any future call for troops; and whereas, in consequence of the liberal bounty offered and paid, said county raised more troops than its full quota by voluntary enlistments; and whereas, it is right and proper that the indebtedness so created shall be faithfully and honorably paid therefore, 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of issue bonds to the State of New Jersey, That it shall be lawful for the said county of Bergen to provide for the payment of the said indebtedness by issuing bonds in the corporate name, and under the corporate seal of said county, and to be signed by the director of the board of chosen freeholders of said county, and attested by the county collector, for an amount of money not to exceed the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, in such sums, and payable at such time or times as the said board of chosen freeholders shall deem proper, and bearing interest at a rate not to exceed seven per centum per annum, payable semi-annually, and to pledge the property and credit of the said county for the payment of the same; which bonds it shall be lawful for the board of chosen freeholders, and their successors, to sell and assign; provided, that no bond shall be sold by the said corporation for less than its par value; provided further, that the bonds so to be issued shall be redeemable within ten years from the passing of this act. Proviso. May provide by taxation 2. And be it enacted, That the said corporation shall have for payment. power and authority to provide by taxation for the payment of the said bonds, and the interest thereon and on said indebtedness, and shall yearly and every year, until the bonds to be issued by the authority thereof shall be redeemed and paid off, order and cause to be assessed and collected by tax, at the time and in the manner that other taxes in the said county are assessed and collected, a sum of money sufficient to pay the interest on the said bonds and indebtedness, as the same shall become due and payable, and to pay and discharge the principal, at the several times it shall become due and payable, and that all such moneys so to be raised by virtue of this act shall be exclusively applied to the payment of the interest and principal of said bonds and indebtedness, as the same may become due and payable; provided, that not Proviso. less than ten thousand dollars nor more than twenty thousand dollars of the principal of said bonds and indebtedness shall be made redeemable in any one year. sessment, and 3. And be it enacted, That the taxes authorized to be Mode of aslevied and collected by this act shall be apportioned among ratio. the several townships in said county, as follows: so much thereof as may be required to pay the principal of the bonds and indebtedness, and interest thereon, issued and incurred to pay the bounties of volunteers to fill the regular quota of said county, under said call, in the ratio of the number of volunteers each township was required to furnish, and so much thereof as may be required to pay the principal of the bonds and indebtedness, and interest thereon, issued and incurred to pay the bounties of volunteers in excess of said quota, shall be apportioned upon the same basis as other county taxes are. appropriated. 4. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the said How proceeds corporation to apply the proceeds of the bonds that may be issued by virtue of this act, to the payment and satisfaction of the debt and liabilities incurred in paying bounties to volunteers as aforesaid. confirmed. 5. And be it enacted, That the debt and liabilities incurred Former act by said corporation, in consequence of the payment of bounties to volunteers, as mentioned in the preamble hereto, and the action of the said corporation thereupon, are hereby ratified and confirmed. 6. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved February 11, 1863. CHAPTER XXIX. AN ACT supplementary to the act entitled "An act to incorporate the Moorestown and Mount Laurel Turnpike Company." 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of May extend the State of New Jersey, That the Moorestown and Mount Laurel Turnpike Company are hereby authorized and em |