this company at any time upon the written consent or vote of those persons holding two-thirds of the stock of said company, in such manner as may be provided in the by-laws, and in such case said company shall thereafter be known as "The Peoples' Mutual Gas Light Company," and under such name be entitled to all the privileges and subject to all the restrictions of this act.

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

Approved April 8, 1868.

CHAPTER CCCLXXXV.

An Act to incorporate the Perth Amboy City Ice Company.

Corporators.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That Alfred Hall, Charles N. Buck, William Hall, John C. Tully, Alfred W. Jones, John Fothergill, and their associates, successors and assigns, be and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate, in fact and in law, by the name of "The Perth Amboy City Ice Com-Name. pany," and by that name shall be capable in law of purchasing, holding, leasing and conveying any lands, tenements, goods and chattels whatsoever necessary or expedient for the objects of the corporation hereby created, which objects are declared to be the purchasing, cutting, securing, preserving, transporting and selling of ice.

2. And be it enacted, That the capital stock of said com- Capital stook. pany shall be twenty-five thousand dollars, with power to increase the same by vote of the board of directors to fifty thousand dollars, divided into shares of fifty dollars each, which shall be deemed personal property, and transferable in such manner as the said corporation shall by their by-laws direct.

rectors.

3. And be it enacted, That the affairs of the said company Election of dishall be managed and controlled by a board of directors, five in number, who shall be stockholders therein, and a majority of whom shall be residents of this state, and to be chosen by

Vacancies,

how filled.

Books of subscription to be opened.

the stockholders of said company annually, at such time and in such manner as the by-laws shall provide, giving at least ten days' notice of such election in the newspapers printed in the county of Middlesex, and said directors shall serve for one year and until others are elected; and said directors shall elect, by ballot, a president out of their own number, and may also appoint such other officers or agents as they may deem expedient; may fill vacancies in their own board, and may have a common seal and alter the same at pleasure; and until the first annual election after the passage of this act, the five persons named in the first section hereof shall be the directors of said company, and said directors shall have power to make by-laws for the government thereof, not inconsistent with the laws of this state or of the United States.

4. And be it enacted, That the books of subscription to the capital stock of said company shall be opened under the direction of the board of directors, in such manner and at such times as they may designate; and it shall be lawful for said directors to call and demand from the subscribers to said stock installments, not exceeding ten per centum thereof, and with at least thirty days intervening between each demand so made; and in case any stockholder shall neglect or refuse to pay any installment when called for as above provided, or within sixty days thereafter, such stock and all previous payments thereon may be forfeited to the use of said company, by resolution of the board of directors; and as soon as five thousand dollars of said stock is subscribed, and twenty-five per centum thereof paid in cash, it shall be lawful for the said company to commence business.

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

Approved April 8, 1868.

CHAPTER CCCLXXXVI.

A Further Supplement to the act entitled "An Act to facilitate judicial proceedings in the county of Essex.

stenographic

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of May employ the State of New Jersey, That it shall be lawful for the judge reporter." of the circuit court in and for the county of Essex, whenever in his discretion the public welfare shall require it, to employ a competent stenographic or phonographic reporter or reporters, whose duty it shall be to attend all trials held before said judge, whether of issues joined in civil causes, or of indictments tried in the oyer and terminer, and faithfully and truly to take notes, and record verbatim all the evidence and proceedings whatsoever, except the arguments of counsel had upon such trials, and, when requested, to make and furnish true reports thereof to the said judge, or to either party in such cause.

2. And be it enacted, That the compensation of said re- Compensation porters shall not exceed ten dollars per diem, which sum shall be paid by the board of freeholders of said county on certificate of said judge as to the number of days upon which he shall be employed; provided, that said reporters shall, for Proviso. reports of evidence by them furnished, be paid by the party requesting the same, at the rate of not to exceed ten cents per one hundred words; provided further, that said reports Proviso. shall be furnished within one day after making such request; provided further, that said reporter shall be duly sworn by Proviso. said judge faithfully to perform all the duties required by this act, and shall be subject to be removed by the judge of said court at his discretion.

shall be taxed

3. And be it enacted, That towards defraying the expense Fee which of carrying out the second section of this act, a fee of one in bill of costs. dollar shall be paid to the clerk of said county by the party noticing any cause for trial therein at every term the same shall be noticed, which fee shall be included in the taxed bill of costs, and be recovered by the successful party in such cause, and the clerk of such county shall pay such fees at the end of every term to the county collector of the said county.

4. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the pre-Interpreter.

Shall try indictments.

Proviso.

siding judge of the said circuit court to appoint an interpreter, whose duty it shall be to attend the courts of the said county, and who shall be paid such compensation as shall be fixed by the said judge, not exceeding four dollars per diem for each day of actual attendance on said courts.

5. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the court of general quarter sessions of the peace of said county to try all indictments, except for murder and manslaughter, any law or statute to the contrary notwithstanding; provided, that said court shall not try any indictment for a crime which was felony at common law, except larceny, unless the presiding judge of the court of common pleas shall be present as one of said court of quarter sessions.

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

Approved April 8, 1868.

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CHAPTER CCCLXXXVII.

An Act to authorize the mayor and common council of the city of Newark to borrow a sum or sums of money, not exceeding in the whole two hundred thousand dollars, for the purchase of sites, erecting and furnishing public schools.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of bonds may be the State of New Jersey, That it shall be lawful for the mayor and common council of the city of Newark to issue bonds, under their corporate seal and the signature of the mayor of said city, for an amount not exceeding two hundred thousand dollars, to be designated and styled "Public School Bonds," bearing interest, payable semi-annually, at a rate not exceeding seven per centum per annum, with coupons attached, and payable at such time or times as may be agreed upon by the common council, not exceeding twenty years from the date thereof, pledging the credit and the whole property of the city for the payment of the same, which bonds it shall be lawful for the said the mayor and common council of the city of

Newark to sell for the best prices they can obtain for the same, as the proceeds of the same may be needed.

applied.

2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Proceeds, how mayor and common council to apply the net proceeds of said bonds, at such time or times as they may deem necessary, to the purchase of sites, the erection of public school buildings and the furnishing thereof, and to no other purpose whatever.

paid by taxa.

3. And be it enacted, That the said the mayor and common Interest to be council shall include in the tax ordinance of each year tion. the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, out of which amount shall be paid the interest on said bonds, and three per cent. of the principal thereof to constitute a sinking fund for the final payment of said bonds; the balance of the said sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) shall be expended for the same purposes for which the principal of the said bonds are herein directed to be expended, and in the same manner; the commissioners to take charge of said sinking fund shall be the same mentioned in the eleventh section of the act entitled "A Further Supplement to the act entitled 'An Act to revise and amend the charter of the city of Newark"" approved March tenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, and in addition thereto the president and the chairman of the finance committee, for the time being, of the board of education of said city; all the provisions of the thirteenth and fourteenth sections, and the last clause of the twelfth section thereof, are hereby declared to be a part of this act, so far as the same can be made applicable hereto.

to countersign

4. And be it enacted, That hereafter all bills and claims City auditor to be paid for school purposes shall be referred to the city warrants. auditor of accounts, and approved by the secretary of the board of education, and when ordered paid by the board, warrants for the same shall be issued by the said secretary, signed by the president of the board, and placed in the office of said auditor, with the vouchers for the same; and the said auditor shall countersign said warrants, and keep a record of claims, in the same manner and form as is prescribed for all other accounts of the city, and no warrant shall be paid by the city treasurer unless so countersigned; and it shall be the duty of said secretary, at the end of each quarter, to furnish the said auditor a report of the amount due to the several teachers of the public schools, and the said auditor shall take a proper receipt from all persons receiving money