enumerator or interpreter, to render a true account, to the best of his or her knowledge, of every person belonging to such family in the various particulars required, and whoever shall willfully refuse or fail to render such true account shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars. ment of 17. All fines and penalties imposed by this act may Enforcebe enforced by indictment in any court of competent penalties. jurisdiction. tors not as sisted. 18. During the progress of the enumeration herein Enumeraprovided for no enumerator shall be accompanied by or assisted in the performance of his duties by any person not duly appointed as an officer or employee of the department of state, and to whom an oath or affirmation has not been duly administered. Submission of tabulated returns to governor. 19. Upon the receipt by the secretary of state of the tabulated returns of the various supervisors, he shall prepare a general account, specifying the result thereof, in the several counties, cities and other municipal divisions, as evidenced by the supervisors' returns, with a full recapitulation of the whole, which report shall be submitted to the governor on the first day of December in each year, or as soon thereafter as completed, and such submission shall be taken as and be the official ascertainment and promulgation of said census, and thereafter published in pamphlet form, and the returns as filed with the secretary of state be carefully bound together by districts and deposited in the state library, together with a bound Deposited copy of the general account and the recapitulation library. thereof. in state paid by 20. All accounts for the services and expenses of Expenses the supervisors, enumerators and interpreters provided freeholders. for under this act shall be paid by the board of chosen freeholders of the county where the services are performed and shall be assessed and collected and paid as part of the contingent expenses of such county. 21. The accounts for all clerical help, printing, postage and transmission of returns incurred by the secretary of state shall be paid out of the state treasury, upon warrant of the comptroller, said accounts having Accounts state. paid by Act repealed. been previously certified to as correct by the said secretary of state. 22. The act entitled "An act to provide for the census or enumeration of the inhabitants of this state," approved April seventh, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect immediately. Approved April 12, 1905. Recorder appointed ad interim. Powers, jurisdiction, etc. CHAPTER 126. An Act to authorize the appointment of a recorder in municipalities in certain cases of vacancies in the office of justice of the peace, and to define his powers and duties. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: I. Whenever the term of office of a justice of the peace in any municipality shall expire, and, by reason of a change in the date of holding the municipal election in such municipality, no election can be had for the purpose of choosing a successor to such justice of the peace until after the expiration of his term, the governing body of such municipality may, in its discretion, appoint some fit person residing in such municipality to be a recorder, to hold office until such time as a successor to such justice of the peace can be elected and take office. 2. Such recorder shall have the same jurisdiction, power and authority in criminal matters, cases of bastardy, relief, removal and settlement of the poor, breaches of the peace, vagrancy and disorderly conduct, and violations of municipal ordinances as is by law conferred upon justices of the peace of such municipality. 3. This act shall take effect immediately. CHAPTER 127. A further supplement to an act entitled "An act for the punishment of crimes (Revision of 1898)," approved June fourteenth, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: landlord a 1. Any person who obtains any lodging, food or Defrauding accommodation at any restaurant, inn, hotel, boarding- misdehouse or lodging-house without paying therefor, with meanor. intent to defraud the proprietor or the manager thereof, or who obtains credit at such restaurant, inn, hotel, boarding-house or lodging-house by the use of any false pretence, or who, after obtaining credit or accommodations at such restaurant, inn, hotel, boarding-house or lodging-house, absconds or surreptitiously removes his or her baggage therefrom without first paying for his, her or their food, accommodations or lodging, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Approved April 12, 1905. CHAPTER 128. An Act to change the name of Francis Xavier Krupp. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: name. I. The name of Francis Xavier Krupp, of the city Change of 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Section amended. Bonds, how issued, time, rate, etc. Proviso. Restrictions. CHAPTER 129. An Act to amend an act entitled "An Act concerning townships" (Revision 1899), approved March twenty-fourth, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: I. The eighty-fourth section of the act to which this act is amandatory is hereby amended so that the same shall read as follows: 84. When bonds are to be issued, the township committee shall, by resolution adopted by a majority of the whole committee, provide for the issuing of the same; the resolution shall set forth the amount proposed to be issued, the purpose to which the proceeds thereof are proposed to be applied, the rate of interest proposed to be paid, not exceeding five per centum per annum, and the times of the payment thereof, the period for which it is proposed the bonds shall run, not exceeding thirty years from the date of their issue, the method by which it is proposed to provide money for their payment at maturity, and, if it is proposed to make them payable in installments, when each installment will fall due, and the amount thereof; provided, however, that bonds shall not be issued for any purpose other than to take up and pay outstanding bonds or to pay the cost of constructing, curbing, re-curbing, paving or re-laying sidewalks, or to pay the cost of widening any street, road or highway, or portion thereof, including the acquisition of lands and real estate therefor by purchase or condemnation proceedings, or to pay the cost of extending any pipes or mains for the distribution of a supply of water for the public or private use, when the annual income of ten per centum of the cost of said extension shall be assured or guaranteed as before provided, except under the following restrictions and conditions: if a petition for the issue of bonds, specifying the amount proposed to be issued, the purpose to which the proceeds are proposed to be applied, the rate of interest proposed to be paid, not exceeding five per centum per annum, and when said interest shall be payable, the period for which it is proposed the bonds shall run, not exceeding thirty years from the date of their issue, the method by which it is proposed to provide money for their payment at maturity, and, if it is proposed to make them payable in installments, when each installment will fall due and the amount thereof, shall at any time be presented to the township committee, and shall be shown by the oath or affirmation of the assessor to have been signed by the owners of more than one-half in value of the taxable property in the township, or by at least one hundred taxpayers of the township, as shown by the last preceding duplicate of assessments for taxes in said township, the township committee shall thereupon, by resolution, frame a proposition to issue such bonds, which shall set forth the matters contained in the petition, and shall be voted on by the legal voters of the township at any annual election or at a special election called for that purpose; provided ten days' notice of such special election shall Proviso. have been given by posting in at least five public places in such township, and by publication for at least one insertion in a newspaper of general circulation in said township; if a majority of the legal votes cast at such if decided election shall be in favor of such proposition, the town-one ship committee shall adopt a resolution directing the issue of the bonds in conformity with said resolution; all township bonds shall be sealed with the corporate seal of the township, signed by the chairman of the township committee and countersigned by the treasurer, and shall contain all the terms, conditions, stipulations and restrictions set forth in the resolution directing their issue; said bonds may be sold either at public or private sale, but not for less than par and accrued interest. 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Approved April 12, 1905. issue |