Religious, may acquire, Act as trustee. Trust to continue. CHAPTER 213. An Act concerning corporations of this state organized for religious, educational, charitable or benevolent purposes. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1. Every corporation of this state organized for religious, educational, charitable or benevolent purposes under the provisions of any act of the legislature of this state, general, special or private, is hereby authorized to take and hold by purchase, gift, devise, bequest or otherwise, for any religious, educational, charitable or benevolent purposes whatsoever, such real or personal property, or both, as such corporation may require, or as, in any manner, may have been or may be vested in such corporations for any or all of such purposes, and to grant, bargain, sell or convey the same; and every such corporation is further authorized to take and hold in trust for any religious, educational, charitable or benevolent purposes whatsoever, such real or personal property, or both, as, in any manner, may have been or may be given, granted, conveyed, bequeathed or devised to, or otherwise vested in such corporation in trust for any of said purposes, and to grant, bargain, sell and convey property so held or to be held in trust for any such purposes, in accordance with the terms of the gift, grant, conveyance, bequest, devise or instrument creating such trust or trusts, respectively. 2. Any and all property, real or personal, heretofore given, granted, conveyed, bequeathed or devised to, or otherwise vested in any such corporation in trust for any religious, education, charitable or benevolent purpose, shall, so far as the same may not have already been applied in the execution of such trust, continue to be held and applied by such corporation in accordance with the terms of the gift, grant, conveyance, bequest, devise or instrument creating such trust in the same manner and with the same force and effect as if such corporation were originally duly authorized to act in CHAPTER 214. An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to establish the office of register of deeds and mortgages in certain counties of this state," approved March seventh, one thousand nine hundred and four. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: amended. I. Section one of an act entitled "An act to estab- Section lish the office of register of deeds and mortgages in certain counties of this state," approved March seventh, one thousand nine hundred and four, be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Register of deeds and mortgages in counties over 110.000 I. In every county of this state having a population of over one hundred and ten thousand there shall be a register of deeds and mortgages in and for such county, who shall be elected by the people of the population. county, and shall hold his office for five years; he shall be commissioned by the governor of this state, and his commission shall be issued and bear date on the Tuesday next after the annual election at which he may be elected; provided, however, that nothing in Proviso. this act contained shall be taken to repeal, affect or modify any law now in force appertaining to the office of register of deeds and mortgages in any of the counties of this state, nor to abolish the office of register of deeds and mortgages in any of the counties of this state in which such office now exists. Approved April 28, 1905. Voting machines allowed. When to be used. Proviso. Voting machine commissioners. Proviso CHAPTER 215. An Act to provide for the purchase of voting machines, and to regulate the use of the same at elections. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: I. Voting machines may be used in all elections, general or special, hereafter held in this state or any political division thereof for any purpose whatever, and at any and all such elections the ballot may be had and taken and the votes cast thereat registered, recorded and counted, and the result of such election or elections ascertained by voting machines. When a voting machine shall be placed in any voting district in this state, either by the state or by the county in which such district is situated, it shall be the duty of the persons charged with conducting the elections in such district to use such voting machines at all elections to be thereafter held; and the use of such machines, as far as the same may be, shall be subject to the same requirements, provisions, terms, conditions and restrictions as now exist for the use of ballots and ballot-boxes; provided, that voting machines shall not be used at school meetings or at primary elections. 2. There shall be and hereby is established in this state a commission to consist of three persons to be known as the "State board of voting machine commissioners." The members of said board shall be appointed and commissioned by the governor, shall hold office for the term of three years, and their successors shall be appointed by the governor for the full term; provided, that the members of the state board of voting machine commissioners, as now constituted, shall continue to hold office until the expiration of the term for which they were originally appointed. Any vacancy occurring in said board by death, resignation, removal or otherwise shall be filled by the governor for the unexpired term only. Any member of such board may be removed at the pleasure of the governor. No ested in machine. member of such board shall have any pecuniary inter- Not interest, directly or indirectly, in any voting machine. One member of said board shall be a mechanical expert. ganization. 3. The members of said board shall severally take Oath; orand subscribe to an oath or affirmation before some person authorized by the laws of this state to administer the same, that they will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties imposed upon them by law to the best of their knowledge, understanding and ability, and file the same with the secretary of state. They shall organize by electing one of their number to be chairman, and one to be secretary, and one to be treasurer. The secretary shall keep a record of all meetings held by the board, and of all voting machines inspected and examined by it, and of the action of the board respecting the same. tion and approval of machine sioners. 4. Any person, company or corporation owning Examinaor being interested in any voting machine may apply to the state board of voting machine commissioners by commisto examine such machine and report on its compliance with the requirements of the law and its accuracy, efficiency and capacity to register the will of voters. Upon such application the said board shall examine such machine and make report whether, in its opinion or in the opinion of any two of the members thereof, the kind, pattern or style of machine so examined complies with the requirements of this act and can safely be used at elections to be held in this state under the con ditions prescribed by this act. The report of said board on said machine, signed by the members thereof, or any two of them, and all exhibits, drawings, photographs, descriptions, et cætera, filed in connection with and identifying said machine so examined, shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state and shall be a public record. If the report of the board, or any Report. two members thereof, be that machines of the kind, pattern or style examined can be used, such kind, pattern or style of machine shall be deemed to be approved by the board, and its use as herein provided shall be authorized at any such election as aforesaid to be held in this state or any civil division thereof. Any kind, pattern or style of voting machine not so Deposit and use of same; compensa missioners. approved by said board shall not be used at any election. The examination herein provided for shall not be required of each individual machine, but only of each particular kind, style or pattern of machine before its adoption, use or purchase, as herein provided: When the machine has been so approved, any improvement or change that does not impair its accuracy, efficiency or capacity shall not render necessary a re-examination or re-approval thereof. 5. Any person, company or corporation applying to have any voting machine examined shall deposit tion of com- with the treasurer of said board the sum of four hundred and fifty dollars; from and out of said money shall first be deducted and paid all expenses incurred in examining machines by said board in and about the discharge of its duties, including stationery, books and postage; the balance remaining shall be divided into three equal parts or portions; each of said members shall receive one of said portions in payment of traveling and other expenses and for his compensation as a member of said board. Requirements of machine. Straight and split tickets. Secrecy. 6. No voting machine shall be approved by the said board unless the same be so constructed as to provide facilities for voting for the candidates of as many different parties or organizations and for and against as many different questions or amendments as in the judgment of the commissioners shall be necessary; nor shall any such machine be approved unless the same will permit a voter to vote for any person for any office, although the name of the person voted for does not appear on the machine as a nominated candidate for such office. It must enable the voter to vote a straight party ticket or a ticket selected in part from the nominees of one party and in part from the nominees of any or all other parties, and in part from independent nominations, or in part or in whole of the names of persons not nominated by any party or upon any independent ticket. Such machines must also secure to the voter privacy and secrecy in the act of voting. Such machine must also be so constructed that a voter cannot vote for a candidate or a proposition for whom or on which he is not lawfully entitled to vote, |