filing a copy of such resolution, signed by the chairman 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Penalty for officers refusing or neglecting duty. Penalty for istering, voting, assisting, CHAPTER 118. Supplement to an act entitled "An act to regulate elections," approved April fourth, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: I. Any public officer or election officer whatsoever of this state, or of a city, borough, town, township, municipality or election district or precinct, upon whom a duty is imposed by the provisions of the act to which this is a supplement, or any supplement thereto or amendment thereof, who refuses or wilfully neglects, or wilfully fails to perform such duty, or who wilfully performs it contrary to the law, or in such way as to hinder the objects of this act, shall for each offense, if no other penalty is herein specifically imposed for such offense, be punished by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the state prison for a term not exceeding three years, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 2. Whoever shall solicit the registering of his illegal reg- name on the registry list of any election district or precinct in this state, knowing that he is not a legal voter in such district or precinct; whoever shall wilfully counsel, procure, aid, advise, assist or abet in the abetting, or acting at election. registering of the name of any other person on the registry list of any election district or precinct, knowing such other person is not entitled to vote therein; whoever at any election, knowing that he is not a qualified voter, votes thereat; whoever at any election votes or attempts to vote more than once on his own name; whoever at any election votes or attempts to vote in more than one election district or precinct; whoever at any election votes or attempts to vote upon any other name than his own; whoever knowingly casts or attempts to cast more than one ballot at one time of balloting; whoever at any election counsels, procures, aids, advises, assists or abets any person, knowing that he is not a qualified voter, to vote thereat; whoever at any election counsels, procures, aids, advises, assists or abets any person in voting in more than one election district or precinct; whoever at any election counsels, procures, aids, advises, assists or abets any person to vote or to attempt to vote upon any name other than his own, or knowingly casts or attempts to cast more than one ballot at one time of voting; whoever at any election in this state shall in any way wilfully mark or deface his ballot, or shall wilfully counsel, procure, aid, advise, assist or abet any person in the marking or defacing of a ballot; whoever at any election in this state shall in any way. counsel, procure, aid, advise, assist or abet any official or person in any act which is contrary to the provisions of this act or the act to which this is a supplement; whoever at any election in this state shall in any way wilfully hinder or prevent a voter from casting his legal vote, knowing such person to have a right to vote; whoever shall wilfully tamper with, injure, muti- Injuring late, destroy or render unfit for use, any ballot-box or machine. voting machine; shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine of five hundred dollars or imprisonment in state prison for the term of three years, or both. 3. This act shall take effect immediately. Approved April 6, 1905. voting Freeholders Public road. Bonds to meet payment. Amount. CHAPTER 119. An Act providing for the widening of certain county roads. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: I. It shall be lawful for the board of chosen freeholders of any county in this State to acquire by purchase lands adjoining any public road under the care of said board or any commission in said county, and running through two or more municipalities therein, for the purpose of widening said road at any point where such widening shall in the judgment of said board for any reason be desirable. In case such board shall be unable to agree with the owners of said lands for the purchase thereof, then it may acquire the same by condemnation in the manner provided in "An act to regulate the ascertainment and payment of compensation for property condemned or taken for public use (Revision of 1900)," approved March twentieth, one thousand nine hundred, and the supplements thereto. 2. Said lands when so acquired shall be incorporated in and become a part of said public road. 3. Said board of chosen freeholders shall have power to pay for said lands, when purchased or condemned, by the issuance and sale, for not less than par, of temporary loan bonds, bearing interest at not exceeding four per centum per annum, payable halfyearly. The payment of said bonds, with interest, shall be provided for in the tax levy or budget next thereafter made. 4. The total limit of expenditure under this act in any county shall not exceed five thousand dollars. 5. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAPTER 120. An Act to create a civil service commission in cities of the first class, and to require appointments to the fire and police departments therein to be made for merit. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: Competitive tions for fire examina and police men. I. All appointments hereafter made of any person to the police force or fire department as policemen or firemen in any such force in any city of the first class shall be made according to merit and fitness, to be ascertained so far as possible by examinations conducted as hereinafter provided, which, so far as practicable, shall be competitive; provided, however, that Proviso. all of the qualifications now necessary to any such appointment shall remain in force and the requirements specified in this act shall be in addition thereto. sioners to 2. When either of the board of fire and police com- Commismissioners consider it necessary or desirable to make conduct exany appointments as firemen or policemen to their amination. respective departments, they shall notify the mayor of any such city that such appointments should be made, and request him to designate and appoint commissioners to examine the applicants for such positions; upon receiving such notice and request, the mayor shall forthwith designate and appoint two freeholders of such city, both of whom shall not be adherents of the same political party, as civil service commissioners, whose duty shall be to examine all such applicants. regulations. 3. The said commissioners shall have power to Rules and prescribe, amend and enforce suitable rules and regulations for carrying into effect the provisions of this act, and within ten days after their appointment adopt such rules and regulations; they shall designate the clerk or secretary of either the police or fire commis- Clerk. sioners as their secretary, who shall keep minutes of their proceedings and records of all examinations and other official acts; ten day's notice of the time and Notice of place of holding any such examination shall be given tion. examina in the official newspapers of the said city, and all persons intending to take the examination shall file with Application. the clerk or secretary of the commission a written application made upon blanks to be furnished for such purpose, giving the name of the department for an appointment to which he is an applicant, his name, address and age, along with a statement that he has never been convicted of any crime involving moral turpitude, all of which shall be sworn to by the applicant; the commissioners may by their rules require any other facts to be given and sworn to in such application, which must be on file five days before the date fixed for the examination; all applicants must be vouched for by five citizens of any such city and their recommendation accompany any such application; no person shall be admitted to any such examination who is found not to have the qualifications necessary for an appointment to the position for which he is an applicant, and no one shall be appointed to any fire or police force as firemen or policemen who have not, at the time of their appointment all of the qualifications prescribed and required by law or any rule of the fire or police commissions, respectively, notwithstanding such applicant may have passed such examination and had the qualifications necessary at the time of passing the examination. Unqualified person not admitted. Examination. Eligible list. 4. At the time and place fixed for such examination the said commissioners shall examine all persons presenting themselves as candidates for appointment to the fire department and police force of said city whose applications are regular and satisfactory, and shall make up and publish a list of all those who shall satisfactorily pass such examination for the positions of firemen and policemen, respectively; the names of those who shall pass such examination shall be placed upon such list in order according to the ability shown, which list shall be known as the eligible list, and shall be duly certified by such civil service commissioners as the list of names of those eligible for appointment to the fire department as firemen and the police department as policemen, and shall be filed with the secretary or clerk of the proper board of commissions; the records of such examinations and all other papers and |