Bridge, where ocated. Repealer. CHAPTER CCXLVII. A supplement to an act entitled "An act to authorize the building of a bridge over the Mullicus river, at Lower Bank.' 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the bridge which by the act to which this is a supplement the boards of chosen freeholders of the counties of Atlantic and Burlington were authorized to build and construct, or cause or permit to be built and constructed across the Mullicus river, shall commence near the residence of Samuel Cavileer, at Lower Bank, in Washington township, Burlington county, and end at a point on the opposite side of the river, in the township of Mullicus, county of Atlantic, meeting and connecting with a road now being constructed by the Egg Harbor Association from Egg Harbor City to said river, instead of being built as in said original act is directed; and they shall place in said bridge, over the deepest channel of said river, a draw or swing of at least thirty-five feet in width, of such construction as to impede as little as possible the navigation of said river. 2. And be it enacted, That the said act to which this is a supplement, in so far as the same is inconsistent with the provisions hereof, be and the same is hereby repealed. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 24, 1863. ow damages verified. CHAPTER CCXLVIII. A further supplement to the act entitled "An act for the preservation of sheep," approved April fourteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the appraisement of damages for sheep or lambs killed or wounded by a dog or dogs, made by two freeholders, as authorized and directed by the act to which this is a supplement, and the supplements to said act, shall be verified to be just and true by the oath or affirmation of the freeholders making the appraisement, and also by the oath or affirmation of the claimant, and the damages which shall be allowed for the killing or wounding of any sheep or lamb shall be the real, true and actual value of the sheep or lamb so killed or wounded, but if any sheep or lamb be only wounded, and not fatally injured, then the damage to be allowed for such wounded sheep or lamb shall not be more than a compensation for the injury actually done to such sheep or lamb. 2. And be it enacted, That all acts and parts of acts incon- Repealer. sistent with this act be and the same are hereby repealed, and that this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 24, 1863. CHAPTER CCXLIX. A supplement to the act entitled "An act to authorize the business of banking," approved February twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty. sey City to be 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Bonds of Jerthe State of New Jersey, That it shall be lawful for any asso-deposited. ciation of persons formed and organized under the act to which this is a supplement, to deposit, in addition to the stocks mentioned in said act and the supplements thereto, the bonds of the city of Jersey City, issued according to law by the mayor and common council of said city, bearing interest not less than six per cent., as a basis or security for their circulating notes, subject to all the provisions and restrictions in said act authorizing the business of banking. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 24, 1863. May borrow money on State. CHAPTER CCL. Supplement to an act entitled "An act authorizing a loan for the purposes of war, to repel invasion and suppress insurrection, and appropriating the same and providing for the payment thereof," approved May tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. to 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of credit of the the State of New Jersey, That it shall be lawful for the governor and the treasurer of this state to borrow, on the credit of the state, for the purposes expressed in the act to which this is a supplement, such sums of money as shall appear the governor of the state to be necessary for such purposes; provided, that the sums of money so to be borrowed shall not, together with the amount authorized to be borrowed by the act to which this is a supplement, exceed in the whole three millions of dollars. Proviso. How loan secured. Money, when 2. And be it enacted, That the payment of the money authorized by this act to be loaned, shall be secured in the same manner as is directed by the act to which this is a supplement, for the securing of the loan thereby authorized to be made; and for the additional one million of dollars hereby authorized to be loaned, the governor and treasurer are hereby authorized to issue and negotiate the bonds of the state of New Jersey, of the same denominations, payable at the same places, bearing interest at the same rate, executed, registered and when paid, cancelled in the same manner, as is provided by the act to which this is a supplement; and not more than one hundred thousand dollars of principal, of the bonds hereby authorized to be issued, shall be made payable in any one year, and no part of such principal shall be payable before the first day of January, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and no bonds shall be made payable at a later date than the first day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and all bonds authorized by this act shall be exempt from taxation. 3. And be it enacted, That the money from time to time paid and how borrowed under the provisions of this act shall be paid into the treasury of the state of New Jersey, and shall be drawn therefrom in the manner prescribed in the act to which this is a supplement. paid. 4. And be it enacted, That the debt hereby authorized Debt, how shall be paid out of the tax directed by the act to which this is a supplement, to be annually levied and collected. 5. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 24, 1863. CHAPTER CCLI. A further supplement to an act entitled "An act respecting executions and regulating the sale of personal estate by virtue thereof." statement or with execu tion. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Sheriff to file the State of New Jersey, That every sheriff, under sheriff coroner of this state, to whom any execution is or shall be delivered, shall, without fee or reward, when he returns said execution, return and file with the same, in the office of the clerk of the court from which the execution issued, a true statement, in writing, specifying the amount of money, if any, and the time when collected by him, and the balance due thereon, and also the items of his bill of costs or execution fees, verified by his written oath or affirmation annexed to or endorsed on said statement. 2. And be it enacted, That the sheriff, under sheriff or Penalty. coroner shall not be entitled to receive or collect of the plaintiff any of the officers' fees or costs thereon, until he shall have returned said statement, verified as aforesaid. 3. And be it enacted, That said statement shall not be conclusive against any person other than the officer making the same. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 24, 1863. May use dum. my engines. Proviso. CHAPTER CCLII. A further supplement to an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Hoboken and Weehawken Horse Railroad Company, and to confirm the grants therein mentioned," approved February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the Hoboken and Weehawken Horse Railroad Company be and they are hereby authorized to use dummy engines on their road, or on any part thereof, now built or hereafter to be built; provided, the consent of the mayor and council of the city of Hoboken, and of the town committees of the different townships through which the said road passes, each for its respective territory, be first had and obtained. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 24, 1863. Judges to file opinions with clerk. CHAPTER CCLIII. A further supplement to an act entitled "An act for the publication of chancery and law reports," approved April seventeenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That where opinions are delivered in cases decided in the supreme court of this state, it shall be the duty of the judges to file their opinions with the clerk of said court, within thirty days after the same are delivered; and it shall be the duty of the clerk, within thirty days after such opinions are filed in his office, to cause copies thereof to be made and delivered to the law reporter, for which he shall be paid by the state treasurer the sum of eight cents per folio of one hundred words, on the account being duly audited by the secretary of state; and in case the said clerk shall neglect |