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AN ACT relative to sheriffs.

Accounts of 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of sheriff's to the State of New Jersey, That the sheriff of each county in this ed by clerk. state shall keep a true account of all the moneys by him paid out under the directions of the thirtieth section of an act entitled, "An act relative to juries and verdicts," approved April seventeenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, and submit the same for examination to the clerk of the court, who is hereby required to examine said account, and certify the same, if found correct; and the said sheriff, upon the production of said account, so certified, to the county collector, shall be paid the amount so due him by said collector, who shall be entitled to an allowance for the same in the settlement of his accounts with the board of chosen freeholders of his county.

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2. And be it enacted, That in case of a sale on execution file state- made by a sheriff, under-sheriff, coroner, or other officer, he mount due shall, within thirty days thereafter, file in the clerk's office of on execu- the court out of which the execution issued a true statement tions, &c. and calculation, in order of time, of the execution or executions in his hands upon which such sale was made, and the amount due thereon, respectively, at the time of such sale. mentioning the time or times of sale, as also the amount of sales, certified under his hand, together with his bill of costs or execution fees, for which service he shall be entitled to one dollar; provided, that such statement, so filed, shall not be conclusive against any person other than such officer; and provided, that if there be more sales than one, such statement shall be made and filed within thirty days after the final sale. 3. And be it enacted, That where any sheriff, before the exof death, piration of his term of office, shall die or remove out of the juris&c., of she- diction of the state, or otherwise become disabled by law to execute the office, the coroners of the county, or either of them, in addition to the powers conferred by Revised Laws, Title xxx. chap. 14, shall have full power and authority to execute all the other duties of such office of sheriff until another sheriff be elected and qualified to act; and such coroners or coroner executing such powers shall be answerable for the due execution of the same during such interval, in like manner as the sheriff would have been.

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Approved February 1, 1847.

A supplement to an act entitled, "An act to incorporate the American Mutual Fire Insurance Company at Plainfield.”

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BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the Certain secState of New Jersey, That section second of the act to which tions of forthis is a supplement be, and the same is hereby so amended, mended. that, at the next and every subsequent election, thirteen directors shall be chosen, who shall transact the business of said company; and that section seventh of said act be, and the same is hereby so amended, that the authorized assessment on the members of the corporation shall in no case exceed the amount of the note or obligation given by each member, any thing in the said act to which this is a supplement to the contrary notwithstanding.

Approved February 2, 1847.

A supplement to the act entitled, "An act to incorporate the Paterson Gas Light Company," passed the ninth day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-five.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Capital inthe State of New Jersey, That the capital stock of said corpo- creased. ration be increased twenty-five thousand dollars, and that each share in the same shall be five dollars, and the subscriptions to the same be opened by the appointment, and under the direction of Andrew Parsons, John Colt, James Van Blarcom, Abraham Godwin, and Robert King, the surviving directors of said company, or a majority of them, subject to such rules, limitations, and conditions as they, or the future directors of the said company, shall prescribe; that the additional capital stock, hereby authorized, shall be entitled to the same privileges, and be subject to the same conditions, limitations, and prohibitions, as are contained and prescribed in the act to which this is a supplement.

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2. And be it enacted, That the stock, property, and concerns of the said corporation shall be ordered and managed under nual electhe direction of seven directors, being stockholders; and a majority of them shall be residents of the town of Paterson, and shall hold their offices for one year, and shall be elected on the second Monday of March in each year, at such time and

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place in the said town of Paterson as a majority of the direct ors for the time being may appoint.

3. And be it enacted, That so much of the third section of mer act re- the act to which this is a supplement, as prescribes the number pealed. of directors, the time from which they hold their offices, and the time of the annual election, be, and the same is hereby repealed.

Approved February 2, 1847.

AN ACT to change the names of James H. Turk and Catharine
Turk, his wife, of the county of Essex.

Preamble. WHEREAS James H. Turk and Catharine Turk, his wife, have presented their petition to the legislature, praying that their names may be respectively changed to James H. Irving and Catharine Irving, and in such petition have stated satisfac tory reasons why their prayer therein contained should be granted-therefore,

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BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the James H. State of New Jersey, That the name of James H. Turk, of Esrine Turk sex county, be changed to James H. Irving, and that the name changed. of Catharine Turk, his wife, be changed to Catharine Irving; and that henceforth all business and other transactions had by or with the said James and Catharine, or by and with either of them, shall be in the name or names given them respectively by this act, and that by such names they shall respectively be known, in as full a manner as if the name of Irving had been the paternal name of the said James; provided nevertheless, that nothing herein contained shall in any manner affect any matter, thing, or transaction heretofore had by or with, in fa vour of or adverse to the said James and Catharine, or either of them.

Approved February 2, 1847.

AN ACT for the relief of the New Jersey Iron Company.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Company not dissolvthe State of New Jersey, That the New Jersey Iron Company ed for failshall not be deemed to be dissolved by reason of the omission ure to elect on day preor neglect of the said company, at any time or times before scribed. the passage of this act, to hold an election of directors on any day when, pursuant to the act of incorporation of the said company, it ought to have been held, or on any subsequent day, within one year thereafter, or for want of public notice by the directors, of election on such subsequent day, as required by the said act.

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2. And be it enacted, That all the official acts of the present Acts of forboard of directors of the said company, as well as the official mer directacts of all previous boards, shall not be invalidated by reason valid. of any such election not having taken place at the time and in the mode directed by the said act of incorporation; provided, such official acts are not inconsistent with any other provision of the said act of incorporation, in other respects, or with the constitution or laws of this state.

Approved February 2, 1847.

AN ACT to incorporate the Eagle Life and Health Insurance
Company in the county of Hudson.

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1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Style of inthe State of New Jersey, That all such persons as shall become corporastockholders to the capital stock hereinafter mentioned, their successors and assigns, shall be and are hereby constituted and made a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of "the Eagle Life and Health Insurance Company;" and the office of the said company shall be located at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson, in this state.

2. And be it enacted, That the capital stock of said corpo- Capital ration shall not exceed two hundred thousand dollars, and shall stock. be divided into shares of fifty dollars each; and there shall be paid into the treasury of said corporation by each subscriber to the capital stock, at the time of subscription, an instalment of five per cent. on the stock by him subscribed, and the remainder shall within thirty days from the time of said subscrip

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tion be paid, or secured to be paid, either by mortgage on real estate or such other securities as the directors shall deem sufficient; and until fifty thousand dollars of said stock is paid or secured to be paid, as aforesaid, said company shall not commence business.

3. And be it enacted, That the stock, property, and affairs directors. of said corporation shall be managed and conducted by nine directors, residents of the state of New Jersey, who shall be chosen annually on the third Monday of January in each year, at such time and place in Jersey City as a majority of the directors shall appoint, of which notice shall be given in some public newspaper printed and circulating in the county of Hudson, at least ten days previous to said election; such election shall be held under the direction of three stockholders, to be appointed by the directors; and such election shall be by ballot and by a plurality of the votes of the stockholders and their proxies, allowing one vote for every share of stock.

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a vice president in the same manner, both of whom shall be residents of this state; and the vice president shall perform the duties of the president in case of his death, absence, or inability

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5. And be it enacted, That Phineas C. Dummer, Edward sioners to Coles, and George W. Savage shall be commissioners to rescriptions. ceive subscriptions to the capital stock of said company; and when the whole of said stock is subscribed, and five per cent. paid, the commissioners shall call a meeting of the stockholders, by an advertisement published at least ten days previously in some newspaper published and circulating in the county of Hudson, stating the hour and place in Jersey City at which such meeting of the stockholders shall be held: and they shall, by ballot, elect the first directors of said company; said commissioners shall appoint three stockholders, to act as inspectors of said election; but it is provided neverthe less, that if there should be any deaths or resignations among the commissioners above appointed, then the remainder shall elect others to supply the vacancies so occasioned.

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6. And be it enacted, That the said company shall have life ensure power to make all and every ensurance appertaining to or connected with life ensurance, and against sickness and casualty.

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7. And be it enacted, That all policies of ensurance or other how made. contracts authorized by this act, which shall be made and entered into by said corporation, may be with or without the

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