A further supplement to the act entitled, " An act for the preservation of clams and oysters," passed June ninth, eighteen hundred and twenty.

BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, as follows:

The time within which the taking and vending of oysters, Provisions of as prohibited by the first and fourth sections of the act to which former act exthis is a supplement, is hereby extended to the first day of tended. October, yearly and every year, in the counties of Burlington, Monmouth, and Atlantic only, under the same penalties and regulations as are therein contained; provided, that planted Proviso. oysters may be taken up at any time, by the person owning

the same.

Approved, March 8, 1815.

AN ACT to establish a new township in the county of Camden, to be called the township of Winslow.

BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, as follows:

SEc. 1. All that part of the township of Gloucester, con- Boundaries of tained within the following bounds, that is to say: beginning in township. the middle of Egg Harbour river, where the line between the counties of Camden and Atlantic crosses said river; thence, along the said county line north-easterly, to a stake in a pond, corner to Waterford township; thence, along said Waterford township line northwesterly, passing through Long-a-coming, to the public road leading therefrom, to the Cross-keys tavern, in Washington township; and from thence, along said road, and the middle thereof, south-westerly, to the line of the township of Washington; thence southerly, along said line, to the head of Four-mile branch, to a corner of Washington township; thence, down the Four-mile branch, the several courses, to the main branch of Great Egg Harbour river; thence, down the same, the several courses thereof, binding on Washington township, to the place of beginning, be, and the same is hereby set off into a new township, to be called the "township of Winslow."

corporated.

SEC. 2. The inhabitants of the township of Winslow are Inhabitants in hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, in law, and shall be styled and known by the name of "the Inhabitants of the township of Winslow, in the county of Camden," and shall be entitled to all rights, powers, authority, privileges, and advantages, and subject to the same regulations, government, and liabilities, as the inhabitants of the other townships in the said county of Camden are or may be entitled or subjected to by existing laws of this state.

First town meet

SEC. 3. The inhabitants of the township of Winslow shall hold their first town meeting at the inn of Josiah Albertson, at ing in Winslow. the Blue Anchor, in the said township of Winslow, on the second Wednesday in March, instant.

Town meeting in Gloucester.

Committees to

SEC. 4. The inhabitants of the township of Gloucester shall hold their next town meeting at the house of William Middleton, Red Lion, in the said township of Gloucester, on the second Wednesday in March, instant.

SEC. 5. The town committees of Gloucester and Winslow shall meet on the Monday next after the annual town meeting allot property, in the said townships of Gloucester and Winslow, at the house of Jacob Leach, in Long-a-coming, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, and may adjourn from time to time, as a majority may direct, and then and there proceed by writing, signed by a majority of those present, to allot and divide between the said townships all properties and moneys on hand, due, or to become due, in proportion to the taxable property and ratables, as taxed by the assessor, within their respective limits, at the last assessment; and the inhabitants of the township of Winslow shall be liable to pay their just proportion of the debts, if any there should be; and if any of the persons comprising either of the township committees should neglect or refuse to meet, as aforesaid, those assembled may proceed to make the said division, and the decision of a majority of those present shall be

Act, when to take effect.

final and conclusive.

SEC. 6. This act shall go into effect immediately after the same shall become a law.

Approved, March 8, 1845.

AN ACT to incorporate the New Jersey Manufacturing Company of the county of Camden.

BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, as follows:

SEC. 1. Richard W. Howell, Joseph Porter, Samuel C. Champion, Benjamin W. Cooper, Thomas S. Ridgway, and Names of corpoCharles Robb, and their associates and successors, be, and rators. they are hereby incorporated and made a body politic and corporate, in fact and in law, for the purpose of manufacturing, dying, bleaching, and printing wool and cotton, and all goods of which wool or cotton, or other fibrous materials, form a part, and all the machinery incident thereto, and for the transaction of all business connected therewith, by the name

of "the New Jersey Manufacturing Company of the county Style of incorof Camden;" and, by such name, they shall be, and are hereby poration. made capable, in law, of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, answering and being answered unto, defend- General powers. ing and being defended, in all courts of law and equity whatsoever; and shall have power to make and use a common seal, and the same alter and renew at pleasure; and, by the same name, shall have power to acquire, purchase, receive, have, hold, and enjoy, and again sell, or otherwise dispose of, such personal and real estate and property as may be necessary, useful, or convenient for the said corporation to carry on the aforesaid manufacturing operations, together with such other real estate as shall have been bona fide mortgaged or pledged to them by way of security, or conveyed to them in satisfaction of any debt or debts, liability or liabilities, previously created in their business, or purchased at any sale or sales upon any judgment or judgments which shall have been obtained for any such debt or debts, liability or liabilities; and may crect such mills, houses, and other works, as they shall deem necessary to carry on the aforesaid branches of manufacture, at the town of Gloucester, in the county of Camden, upon the land of Charles Robb, between Schuylkill-avenue and Charles-street, as the said avenue and street are laid down upon the lithographed plot of said town, as printed by T. Sinclair, and not elsewhere; provided always, that the funds of the said corporation, or any part thereof, shall not be used in banking operations.

Time and mode

SEC. 2. The stock, property, and concerns of the said corporation shall be managed and conducted by five directors, of election of being stockholders, three of whom, at least, shall be residents directors. of New Jersey, who shall be chosen annually, on the first

Monday in December, at such time and place as shall be desig nated by the by-laws of the said corporation, whereof public notice shall be given, not less than ten days previous thereto, in one or more newspapers printed and published in the said county of Camden; and at such elections each stockholder shall be entitled to as many votes as he or she shall hold shares of the capital stock of the said corporation; and the five stockholders having or receiving the greatest number of votes at such elections, shall be the directors of said corporation; which said directors shall choose one of their number as president; may appoint such other officers, superintendents, and agents, and allow them such compensation as they shall think fit, not less than a majority of the whole number of directors being present when the same shall be done; and shall hold their offices for one year, respectively, and until other directors shall be legally elected to succeed them; and all vacancies, to be supplied. occasioned by death, resignation, or otherwise, among the directors of said corporation, shall be filled by such person or persons as the remainder of the directors for the time being, or a majority of them, shall appoint from among the stockholders for that purpose.

Vacancies, how

Amount of capital stock.

SEC. 3. The capital stock of the said corporation shall not exceed six hundred thousand dollars, which shall be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each; and so soon as one hundred thousand dollars of the said capital stock shall have been subscribed and paid in lawful money, an affidavit thereof shall be made by a majority of the associates named in the first section of this act, and filed in the office of the secretary of state, it shall then be lawful for the said corporation to commence their said business, or any part thereof, and with that capital conduct and carry it on until they shall deem it expedient to extend the same; and it shall be lawful for the directors of the said corporation, or a majority of them, from time to time, to call for and demand from the stockholders, respectively, all such sums of money by them subscribed, at such times and in such pro portions as the said directors shall deem proper; and if such payments shall not be made within thirty days next after the day fixed for that purpose by public notice, previously published for the space of two weeks, at least once each week. in one or more newspapers published in the said county of Camden, designating the proportion of such payments per share, the time when, the place where, and the officer to whom the same shall be required to be made, then and in that case each and every stockholder so neglecting or refusing to make such payment shall forfeit to the corporation his, her, or their share or shares in said capital stock, and all previous payments thereon.

Books to be

scriptions.

SEC. 4. The said Richard W. Howell, Benjamin W. Cooper, Thomas S. Ridgway, and Charles Robb, or any two of them, may open books and take subscriptions for the capital opened for substock, first giving two weeks' notice, in one or more newspapers published in the county of Camden aforesaid, of the time, place, and object of said meeting; and the stockholders, at a meeting called in like manner, after a sufficient amount of capital stock shall have been subscribed and paid in, may proceed to elect, by a plurality of the votes of the stockholders present in person, or by their legal representatives, five directors, who shall hold their office, respectively, until the first Monday in December next ensuing the time of their said election, and until others shall be legally chosen.

SEC. 5. All the stock and property of the said corporation, Stock to be perof what kind or nature soever, shall be deemed personal estate, sonal estate. and shall be transferable in such manner as shall be prescribed by the by-laws of the said corporation; and no dividend shall be made to and among the stockholders, except from and out of the actual net profits of the said corporation; and no part of the capital stock shall be withdrawn, or refunded to the stockholders, until all debts and liabilities of the company are fully paid.

failure to elect on day prescrib

SEC. 6. In case at any time it should happen that an election Corporation not shall not be made upon the day designated for that purpose by dissolved for this act, the said corporation shall not be deemed to be dissolved for that cause; but it shall be lawful for the stockhold- ed. ers to hold such election on such other day or days as shall be prescribed by the by-laws of the said corporation, of which public notice shall be given, as provided in the second section of this act.

shall Directors may

SEC. 7. A majority of the directors for the time being constitute a board for transacting the business of the said cor- make by-laws. poration, and shall have power to make and enforce such bylaws and regulations as they shall deem expedient for the government, management, and disposition of the stock, property, effects, business, profits, and concerns of the said corporation; provided, that the same be not contrary to the constitution or laws of the United States or of this state.

statement.

SEC. S. The directors shall at all times keep, or cause to be Directors to kept, proper books, in which shall be regularly entered all the make annual transactions and business of the said corporation; and no transfer of stock shall be valid or effectual until such transfer shall be entered or registered in the book or books to be kept for that purpose; and the directors shall submit to the stockholders, in the month of November, annually, a written statement, under oath or affirmation, setting forth the amount of all existing

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