Trustees authorized to thirty feet on the northerly side of Hanover street, in the city of Trenton, which they have used for nearly sixty years as a burying ground, and the common council of said city having lately prohibited them from further using said lot for that purpose; and whereas they are desirous of selling said lot, to enable them to raise money to purchase another lot for a burying ground, to which they can remove those interred in the above named lot, and there being doubts whether they can make a good title to said land without a special act for that purpose-therefore, 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of sell property. the State of New Jersey, That the trustees of the Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church of Trenton, or their successors in office, or a majority of them, be and they are hereby authorized to sell and convey said lot used as a burying ground as aforesaid, with the appurtenances thereto belonging, and upon the payment of the purchase money by the purchaser or purchaser to the said trustees, and the reception of said deed as acknowledgment of the same, such purchaser or purchasers shall be vested with and entitled to all the said lot of land and premises, buildings, and appurtenances there'unto belonging to them, their heirs, and assigns. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved February 21, 1860. CHAPTER LVIII. A further supplement to the act entitled "An act to incorporate the Sussex Mine Railroad Company," approved March ninth, eighteen hundred and forty-eight. directors may 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Number of the State of New Jersey, That it shall be lawful for the Sus- be increased. sex Mine Railroad Company, and the said company is hereby authorized and empowered, to increase the number of their directors to eleven, and for that purpose the present board of directors of said company may and they are hereby empowered forthwith to elect two additional directors of said company, who shall be elected in like manner, and hold their offices for the same time, as if chosen to fill vacancies in said board, caused by resignation or otherwise; and at each annual election of directors of said company hereafter, the number of directors of said company to be voted for and elected may be eleven, instead of nine. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved February 21, 1860. Trustees authorized to CHAPTER LIX. AN ACT to authorize the trustees of the Methodist Church, at High Point, in the county of Monmouth, to sell their house of worship, and the lands pertaining thereto. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of sell property. the State of New Jersey, That the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church at High Point, in Middletown township, Monmouth county, are hereby authorized and empowered to sell, either at public or private sale, the house of worship known as the High Point Chapel, together with the lot of land on which the same is erected, and to execute and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof a good and sufficient deed for the same, under the hands and seals of the said trustees, by which said purchaser or purchasers, his or their heirs and assigns, shall hold the said house and lot of land to their own use, free and clear, and absolutely discharged from all trusts whatsoever, upon which the same was held as aforesaid by the said trustees; provided, that nothing herein contained, shall interfere or in any way impair, the reversionary rights of the original grantors of the above described premises. Proviso. 2. And be it enacted, That the said trustees shall cause to be entered in their book of records a correct statement of all their proceedings under this act, of the moneys received for the sale of the said house and lot, and of the expenses attending the same; and that the proceeds arising therefrom shall be held or disbursed for the use and benefit of the said church. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall go into effect immediately. Approved February 22, 1860. CHAPTER LX. AN ACT to incorporate the Upper Freehold and Millstone Turnpike Company. ers to receive 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Commissionthe State of New Jersey, That the subscription books of the subscriptions. capital stock of the Upper Freehold and Millstone Turnpike Company, shall be opened by Nathaniel S. Rue, Michael Taylor, Richard Ridgway, John B. Robbins, William P. McMichael, William M. Smith, John A. Forman, Horatio Ely, Joel Parker, John R. Haley and William D. Davis, or a majority of them, who are hereby appointed commissioners to receive subscriptions to the said stock, at such times and places as they or a majority of them may direct; giving notice thereof, at least twenty days prior to the opening of said books, by publishing the same in a newspaper published in this state. capital stock. 2. And be it enacted, That the capital stock of said com- Amount of pany shall be fifteen thousand dollars, with liberty for the said company to increase the same to twenty-five thousand dollars, and shall be divided into shares of twenty-five dollars each; and that when three hundred shares shall be subscribed for, the persons holding the same shall be and they are hereby incorporated into a company, by the name of "the Upper Freehold and Millstone Turnpike Company," and by that name shall have, enjoy and exercise all the rights, powers and privileges appertaining to corporate bodies, and necessary to carry the objects of this act into effect. 3. And be it enacted, That at the time of subscribing for Payment of said stock, two dollars shall be paid upon each share subscribed for to the commissioners, or any of them; which money shall be paid over to the treasurer of the company, as soon as one shall be appointed, and the residue of the subscriptions shall be paid in installments, at such times and Proviso. Proviso. Proviso. Act void if shares are not in certain time. places, and to such persons as the president and directors of the company shall, from time to time direct, and give public notice thereof, in manner aforesaid; and upon failure of the payment thereof, as so directed, the said president and directors shall have power to forfeit the shares of each and every person so failing to pay the said installments, or any of them, to and for the use of said company; provided, that if the number of the shares subscribed for shall exceed the number of shares authorized by this act, that the said commissioners shall apportion the said stock among such subscribers in proportion to the amount or number of shares by them subscribed for as aforesaid; provided also, that no subscription for less than six shares of said stock shall be reduced by such apportionments; provided also, that the stockholders shall upon request have the right to pay the stock subscribed, except the first installment, by work upon said road, they doing the work as cheaply as it otherwise can be done, under such regulations, at such time and upon such notice by either party, as the directors may determine. 4. And be it enacted, That if the number of shares heresubscribed for inbefore made necessary for the incorporation of the said company, be not subscribed for within three years from the time of opening of the said subscription books, this act, and all the subscriptions under it shall be null and void; and the said commissioners, after deducting thereout the expenses incurred, shall return the residue of the money paid in to the respective subscribers, or their representatives, in proportion to the sum paid in by them. Election of dlrectors. 5. And be it enacted, That when three hundred shares of said stock shall be subscribed for, the said commissioners shall call a meeting of the stockholders, giving at least twenty days' notice of the time and place of said meeting, as herein before directed with regard to the opening of said books, at which meeting the subscription books shall be laid before the stockholders, who shall thereupon proceed to elect by ballot seven directors, a majority of whom shall be citizens of this state, to manage the affairs of said company for one year, |