A further supplement to the act entitled, "An act to erect a part of the county of Gloucester into a new county, to be called the county of Camden." to divide pro 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That all the public property which Commissioners belonged to the county of Gloucester at the time of the pas- perty. sage of the act to which this is a supplement, except the court-house, jail, clerk's and surrogate's offices, and the lots of land appertaining thereto, situate at Woodbury, in the county of Gloucester, and except also the fixtures and furniture of the said court-house, jail, clerk's and surrogate's offices, shall be equitably divided between the counties of Gloucester and Camden, in the proportions herein after mentioned; and that Joseph Saunders and John B. Harrison, of the county of Gloucester, and John R. Cowperthwait and Edward Turner, of the county of Camden, and Jonathan J. Spencer, of the county of Burlington, or any three of them, shall be commissioners to divide said property, except as above excepted and as herein divided; and that any three of said commissioners, when assembled as herein after provided, shall be a quorum for the transaction of business; but any one or more shall have power to adjourn. sioners. 2. And be it enacted, That the said commissioners shall Time of meetmeet at the court-house at Woodbury, in the county of Glouce- ing of commis ster, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of the second Tuesday of April next, and at such other times and places as may be appointed by adjournment; and after they, or any three of them, shall have severally taken an oath or affirmation before some person authorized to administer oaths, faithfully, honestly, and impartially to perform the trusts reposed in them by this act, they shall proceed to make division of said public property, except as above excepted and as herein divided, and for that purpose they shall have access to all the public records, files, and papers of the county of Gloucester; and it shall be the duty of the collector of the county of Gloucester, and of James W. Caldwell, former collector of that county, and also of the collector of the county of Camden, to attend before the said commissioners at the above time and place designated for their meeting, and at such other times and places as may be appointed by adjournment; and the said collector and former collector of the county of Gloucester shall furnish said commissioners with a true statement or statements of all the personal property, moneys, and effects which were in their or either of their hands, or in the hands of any other person, and belonging to the county of Gloucester, except the aforesaid fixlures and furniture, and of all the surplus revenue of the United surplus reve Mue, &c. States apportioned to and remaining with the county of Gloucester, and of all debts owing by the county of Glouce ster at the time of the passage of the act to which this is a supplement; and the said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall make a just and true appraisement of all the said personal property, moneys, and effects, except as above excepted and the surplus revenue and interest on said revenue, and, after deducting therefrom the amount of bona fide debts against the county of Gloucester at the time of the passage of the act to which this is a supplement, they shall apportion the balance of the said personal property, moneys, and effects to the counties of Gloucester and Camden, in the ratio of the county tax paid by the several townships which comprise the counties of Gloucester and Camden, in the year eighteen hundred and fortythree, and the said surplus revenue, and interest thereon, shall be apportioned to the said counties in the ratio of the state tax paid by the said townships in the year eighteen hundred and thirty-six; whereupon the collector and former collector of the said county of Gloucester shall pay over to the collector of the county of Camden, the amount of moneys so apportioned to the county of Camden, or, in lieu of all or any part of said moneys, the director of the board of chosen freeholders of the county of Gloucester, under his hand and seal, shall and may assign to the board of chosen freeholders of the county of Camden such bonds and mortgages, or other securities, given to the said the board of chosen freeholders of the county of Gloucester to secure the payment of any portion of the said surplus revenue loaned by them, as the said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall designate for that purpose, and deliver the said bonds and mortgages, or other securities, so assigned to the collector of the county of Camden, whose receipt shall be a sufficient discharge therefor; and such assignment or assignments shall be good and effectual in the law, and vest the same title and right of action in said assignee as the assignment of similar securities by individuals. 3. And be it enacted, That for the amount of the surplus Safe-keeping of revenue so apportioned to the said county of Camden, and also for a ratable proportion, according to the ratio last mentioned, of so much of the surplus revenue apportioned to the county of Gloucester, and expended by said county before the passage of the act to which this is a supplement, the faith of the county of Camden shall be pledged for the safe-keeping and repayment to the state, to the same extent in law and equity as the faith of the county of Gloucester was or is pledged for the safe-keeping and repayment thereof; and the county of Gloucester shall be relieved from all liability for the safe-keeping and repayment of the same; and, at the time of the delivery of the said assignment or assignments, the board of chosen freehold ers of the county of Camden shall pledge the faith of the county of Camden for the safe-keeping and repayment of the same, according to the provisions of the act entitled, "An act making provision for the deposit and distribution of so much of the surplus revenue of the United States as now is or may hereafter be apportioned to and received by this state." 4. And be it enacted, That the poor-house and farm, and Poor-house tract or tracts of land appertaining thereto, situate in the town- farm, &c. ship of Washington, in the county of Camden, with all and singular the appurtenances, shall, without any further act for that purpose, from henceforth be vested, as an absolute and indefeasible estate of inheritance in fee-simple, in the board of chosen freeholders of the county of Gloucester and in the board of chosen freeholders of the county of Camden, in equal moieties, as tenants in common. be the property 5. And be it enacted, That the court-house, jail, clerk's Court-house to and surrogate's offices, and the lots of land appertaining thereto, of the county of situate at Woodbury, in the county of Gloucester, and the Gloucester. fixtures and furniture of the said court-house, jail, clerk's and surrogate's offices, shall henceforth be and remain the absolute property and estate of the board of chosen freeholders of the county of Gloucester, for the use of the county of Gloucester. Election to be 6. And be it enacted, That an election for the seat of justice of the county of Camden, where the court-house, jail, held for seat of and other public buildings shall be erected, shall be held in the justice, said county on the fourth Tuesday of April next; and it shall be the duty of the clerk of said county to give timely notice of such election in writing to the clerks of the several townships, whose duty it shall be to give public notice thereof, by setting up in three or more of the most public places in their respective townships copies of said notice, at least ten days prior to the above appointed time for holding said election; and the polls shall be opened in each of the townships in said county at the places appointed by them, respectively, at their then last annual town meetings for holding elections during the ensuing year; and the election shall be held by the same officers, under the same qualifications, opened and closed at the same hours, the same qualifications of voters shall be required, and shall be conducted, continued, and concluded, in all respects, as nearly as may be according to the same rules and regulations, and under the same restrictions and penalties, as are prescribed by the laws regulating the elections of members of the Senate and General Assembly of this state. 7. And be it enacted, That each voter shall give his vote Mode of voting by a single ballot, which shall be a paper ticket, on which shall be written or printed the name of the city, village, or Judges es to count return. cross-roads for which the person voting intends to vote; and no ballot shall contain more than one such name; and in case any person shall give his vote by more than one ballot, or any ballot voted shall contain more than one such name, such vote shall not be counted. 8. And be it enacted, That the judges and inspectors of the said election in the several townships of said county, at votes and make the close of the polls, shall carefully count the votes received at said election, and make a certificate, under their hands and seals, containing the whole number of votes taken in their respective townships, and the number taken for each city, village, or cross-roads voted for as the seat of justice of said county; and shall, on or before the hour of three o'clock in the afternoon of the Saturday next after the day of said election, transmit and deliver to the clerk of the inferior court of common pleas of said county of Camden their respective certificates, together with the lists of voters whose votes were taken at the said election, which certificates and lists shall be filed by said clerk in his office; and the said clerk shall faithfully count the said votes, and the city, village, or cross-roads having a majority of all the votes so taken shall be the place chosen for the seat of justice of said county; and if any such city, village, or cross-roads shall receive a majority of all of said votes, it shall be the duty of the said clerk to transmit a certificate, under his hand and seal, of the place so chosen to the board of chosen freeholders of said county, at their then next meeting, which certificate shall be entered in words at length on the minutes of the said board, who shall thereupon select and determine the particular site or sites, at said place, where the court-house, jail, and other public buildings shall be erected; but if no such city, village, or cross-roads shall receive a majority of all of said votes, it shall be the duty of said clerk to transmit a certificate, under his hand and seal, of that fact to the director of the board of chosen freeholders of said county, who shall thereupon, as soon as practicable, call a special meeting of said board; and the said board, at their said special meeting, shall appoint a day, not exceeding sixty days from the day of said election, for holding another election for said seat of justice, and shall give such notice thereof as they may think proper, and on the day so appointed another election for said seat of justice shall be had; and this second election shall be held, opened, conducted, continued, and concluded, and the results in the several townships of said county ascertained and transmitted to the said clerk thereof, and by him counted in the same manner, in all respects as nearly as may be, as is herein before prescribed in reference to the first election; and the city, village, or cross-roads having the great est number of votes taken at this second election, shall be the place chosen for the seat of justice of said county; and it shall be the duty of the said clerk to transmit a certificate, under his hand and seal, of the place so chosen to the board of chosen freeholders of said county, at their then next meeting; which certificate shall be entered in words at length on the minutes of the said board, who shall thereupon select and determine the particular site or sites, at said place, where the courthouse, jail, and other public buildings shall be erected. 9. And be it enacted, That the clerk of the said county of Compensation Camden, judges, inspectors, and other officers of the said of officers. election or elections, shall be entitled to the same fees as they are entitled to for like services by the laws of this state regulating elections; and the clerk of the said county of Camden, for any extra services required by this act, shall be allowed such further compensation as the board of chosen freeholders. of said county shall deem just, to be paid by the collector of said county; and the commissioners authorized by this act to divide the aforesaid public property, and the persons required to attend before them, shall receive two dollars per day for their services while engaged in making said division, to be paid, one half by the collector of the county of Goucester, and the other half by the collector of the county of Camden. 10. And be it enacted, That the board of chosen freehold ers of said county of Camden shall, upon the call of their director or upon their own adjournment from time to time, as often as occasion may require, meet together at such place or places as they may appoint for that purpose; and they shall contract for and take a deed or deeds for land on which to erect said court-house, jail, and other public buildings, and shall erect the same thereon; and they shall be authorized and empowered to borrow from time to time any sum or sums of money, not exceeding in all the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, and to pledge the faith of the county for the repayment of the same. Chosen free holders to erect buildings, &c. ces are com pleted. 11. And be it enacted, That when the court-house and clerk's Notice to be and surrogate's offices shall be so far completed as to be suit- given when offiable for their respective purposes, it shall be the duty of the director of the board of chosen freeholders of said county of Camden to send a certificate thereof to the clerk of the inferior court of common pleas of said county, who shall file the said certificate in his office, and enter it at length in the minutes of said court, with the time of his receiving the same, and give notice thereof, by advertisements published in at least two of the newspapers printed in said county of Camden; and it shall be the duty of said clerk and surrogate, as soon thereafter as |