council, except in cases where it may be necessary to raise money to pay off a loan authorized by the common council.

two election

4. And be it enacted, That the said city of Bordentown Divided into shall be hereafter divided into two election districts or wards; districts. the first ward shall comprise all the territorial limits and boundaries of said city, lying on the west side of Main street in said city; the second ward shall comprise all the territorial limits and boundaries of said city lying on the east side. of Main street aforesaid.

5. And be it enacted, That the present inspectors of registry and of election in the township of Bordentown shall act as inspectors of the next ensuing spring election in said city, in said wards respectively, shall have power to elect a clerk and fill vacancies, and shall in all respects conduct said election as the same is now prescribed and regulated by the provisions of the charter of said city.

election.

6. And be it enacted, That at the next annual spring elec- Inspectors of tion in said city, and at each election thereafter, the qualified voters of said city, in addition to the officers now required to be elected, shall elect in each of said wards, three inspectors of election, whose duty it shall be to hold all elections for officers in said city; they shall have power to appoint a clerk, if the city clerk is not a resident of said ward, and also to fill all vacancies caused by death, resignation or otherwise, and shall in all respects conduct said elections in the manner now prescribed by the charter of said city.

7. And be it enacted, That the city clerk or recorder of said city shall act as clerk of the board of inspectors in the ward in which he shall reside, and he shall publish the result of said election in both of said wards in the manner in which the same is now prescribed.

8. And be it enacted, That all acts and supplements to said charter inconsistent with this act, be and the same are hereby repealed.

9. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately.

Approved March 25, 1868.

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Preamble.

Power to sell real estate held in trust.

CHAPTER CCXX.

An Act to authorize Charles Bennett to sell Real Estate held in trust.

WHEREAS, a deed of trust was executed on the fourteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and sixty-four, by Hannah Ann Ruderow to Charles Bennett, whereby a certain house and lot of land situate in the town of Mount Holly, in the county of Burlington and state of New Jersey, and particularly bounded and described in the above deed of trust recorded in book D seven of deeds, page thirty-seven, &c., in the clerk's office of the county aforesaid, containing one-eighth of an acre of land, be the same more or less, was conveyed to the said Charles Bennett in trust, that Catharine Milbine, widow of John C. Milbine, deceased, should possess and enjoy the profits of the same during the term of her natural life, under certain provisions and limitations set forth in said deed of trust, and after her death in trust to convey the said house and lot of land to Joseph B. Milbine, Elizabeth Milbine and Sarah Milbine, the only children and heirs at law of the said John C. Milbine, deceased; and whereas, the said property is considerably out of repair and no provision is made in the said deed of trust for keeping the same in proper repair, and all the parties above mentioned who are interested in the same are willing and desirous that the said house and lot of land may be sold, and the proceeds of the sale be invested in other property, subject to all the trusts, limitations and provisions contained in the trust deed aforesaid; therefore,

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That it shall be lawful for the sail Charles Bennett to sell the said house and lot of land either at public or private sale, and convey the same to the purchaser or purchasers; and the conveyance made by the said Charles Bennett for the said house and lot of land in the said deed of trust particularly bounded and described, shall vest in the purchaser or purchasers, their heirs and assigns, all the estate and title which the said Hannah Ann Rudderow had

therein at the time of her conveyance of the same in trust to the said Charles Bennett.

2. And be it enacted, That the proceeds arising from such sale, after the payment of the necessary costs and expenses of said sale, shall be invested by the said Charles Bennett in other real estate to be conveyed to him by a deed of trust, containing the same trusts, limitations and provisions as are contained in the deed of trust mentioned in the preamble of this act, to be held by him, the said Charles Bennett, subject to the same trusts, limitations and provisions as aforesaid, and no other.

3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately.

Approved March 25, 1868.

Trust con

tinued.

CHAPTER CCXXI.

An Act in relation to Dead Bodies.

how paid.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Costs of inthe State of New Jersey, That from and after the passage of tain cases, this act, whenever the body of any person found dead or killed in any county, shall be brought into any other county, and any coroner of such other county shall be duly notified to hold an inquest thereon, the expense of such inquest shall be a legal charge upon and shall be paid by the county wherein such person was killed, or such body was found, upon presentation of the certificate of the coroner holding such inquest.

2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately.

Approved March 25, 1868.

Capital stock may be increased.

CHAPTER CCXXII.

A Supplement to an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Orange Gas Light Company," approved February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the said "The Orange Gas Light Company" are hereby authorized to increase their capital stock from one hundred thousand dollars, its present limit, to the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, in the whole; and that the directors of said company may, in their discretion, from time to time, open books of subscription for such increased capital stock, or any part or parts thereof, in such manner, and upon such terms, and subject to such forfeiture or forfeitures in case of non-payment of any installment or installments of such stock as are prescribed and set forth in the third section of said act; and that such increased stock shall, in every other particular, be treated and regarded the same as the original stock.

2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately.

Approved March 25, 1868.

Repealer.

CHAPTER CCXXIII.

An Act to repeal an act entitled "A Supplement to an act entitled 'An act concerning Inns and Taverns,"" approved April seventeenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That so much of the act entitled "A supplement to an act entitled 'An act concerning inns and taverns,"" approved April seventeenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, as relates to the county of Gloucester, be and the same is hereby repealed.

2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect imme

An Act to incorporate the Seven Mile Beach Railway Company.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Corporators. the State of New Jersey, That W. B. Miller, Ebenezer Westcott, John Kandle, R. B. Swain, and Samuel R. Magonagle, and such other persons as may hereafter be associated with them, shall be and are hereby ordained, constituted and declared to be a body corporate and politic, in fact and in name by the name of "The Seven Mile Beach Railway Company," Name. and by that name they and their successors and assigns shall and may have continual succession, and shall be persons in law, capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, answering and being answered unto, defending and being defended in all courts and places whatsoever, and shall have power to make and use a common seal, and the same at pleasure to alter; and they and their successors, by the same name and style, shall be capable of purchasing, holding and conveying any lands, tenements, goods and chattels whatsoever, necessary or expedient for the object of this incorporation.

2. And be it enacted, That the capital stock of said com- Capital stock. pany shall be two hundred thousand dollars and shall be divided into shares of fifty dollars each; but said company may increase the same to an amount not exceeding the cost of the railway and appurtenances, which are hereinafter authorized; and the said capital stock shall be deemed personal property, and shall be transferable in such manner as the by-laws of the said company shall direct.

3. And be it enacted, That the above named persons, or a Corporators to majority of them, may open books and procure subscriptions subscription.

open books of