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or an abstract, shall be published by the common council in a newspaper published in the town, at least ten days before the next ensuing election; and it shall be the duty of the council, in the same publication, to state the amount of money which in their opinion it will be necessary to raise by tax the ensuing year for the support of the poor, for common schools, for the working of the highways, and for defraying the miscellaneous expenses authorized by this act, which several amounts shall be determined by the legal voters at the ensuing annual election, and when so determined, the assessors shall assess the same in accordance with the law regulating assessors in this state; and if any tax so assessed shall remain unpaid on the twentieth of October of each year, it shall be the duty of the collectors to return the same to some justice of the peace of the town, to be collected as the law di

rects.

20. And be it enacted, That in addition to the duties preform duties of scribed in this act, the common council shall be authorized and empowered to do such other acts and things required of town committees of townships.

tees.

Commissioners of appeal.

Organization of a fire department.

21. And be it enacted, That the time of meeting of commissioners of appeal, to hear and determine complaints, shall be changed to the third Tuesday of September in each year, and in order to enable the collectors of the several wards to serve the legal notices upon the tax payers, it shall be the duty of the respective assessors to return to them the duplicate of taxes on the first Tuesday of September in each year; and at the same time the common council shall determine the amount of dog tax.

22. And be it enacted, That for the protection of property against loss or damage by fire, it shall be lawful for the common council, and they are hereby empowered, to enact an ordinance for the establishment and equipment of a fire department, providing in the same for organizing and regulating fire companies, providing fire apparatus, furnishing a supply of water and cisterns for fire purposes, and doing such other things as may be necessary to maintain a suitable and effi

cient fire department, and to raise from year to year, by an
assessment on the owners of property within the limits of said
department, such sum as may be required to defray the ex-
pense of the same; provided, that nothing therein contained Proviso.
shall be contrary to the laws of this state; and provided also, Proviso.
that before the same shall take effect, it shall be approved by
a majority of the legal voters within the limits of the afore-
said department, at a special election to be held for that pur-
pose, at such time and place as the common council may de-
termine.

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23. And be it enacted, That the fourth section of the Parts of for"Supplement to an act concerning roads," approved March pealed. twenty-third, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, so far as it af fects the corporation hereby created, is hereby repealed; and that all acts or parts of acts contrary to the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed; and that this shall be deemed a public act, and shall take effect immediately. Approved January 31, 1860.

CHAPTER IV.

A further supplement to the act entitled "An act to incorporate the Northern Railroad Company of New Jersey," approved February ninth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four.

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1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Company may the State of New Jersey, That the Northern Railroad Com- al real estate.

pany of New Jersey may purchase, have, hold, occupy, and convey real estate along the line of their road to an amount not to exceed fifty acres, in addition to what they are now authorized to hold.

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

Approved January 31, 1860.

Names of corporators.

CHAPTER V.

AN ACT to incorporate the Titusville Delaware Bridge Company.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That Levi T. Atchley, Uriel B. Titus, Burroughs Matthews, George White, M. D. and Peter A. Vancleve, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners on the part of this state, who, with commissioners to be appointed by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, shall be authorized to receive subscriptions to the capital stock hereby created, at such time or times, and place or places, as they, or a majority of them, may direct, giving notice thereof in a newspaper printed in the county of Bucks, in the state of Pennsylvania, and in a newspaper printed in the county of Mercer, in this state, for at least twenty days, of the time or times, and place or places, when and where the said subscriptions shall be received; and at the time of subscribing for the

instalments.

said stock, five dollars shall be paid upon each share sub- Payment of scribed for, to the commissioners, or some one of them, which money shall be paid over to the treasurer of said company as soon as one shall be appointed, and that the residue of said subscriptions shall be paid in such instalments, and at such times and places, and to such persons as the president and directors of the company shall from time to time direct, and give public notice of; and upon failure of payment thereof, as so directed, for thirty days thereafter, the said president and directors shall have power to forfeit the shares of each and every person so failing to pay the said instalments, or any of them, to and for the use of said company; provided, Proviso. that the books of subscription shall be kept open for three days at least, and if the number of shares subscribed for shall exceed the amount or number of shares authorized by this act to be subscribed for, that then the said commissioners shall apportion the said stock among such subscribers, in proportion to the amount or number of shares by them subscribed as aforesaid.

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2. And be it enacted, That when two hundred shares are company. subscribed for, the persons holding the same shall be and rated. they hereby are incorporated into a company by the name of "the Titusville Delaware bridge company," and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and all the privileges and franchises incident to a corporation, and shall be capable of taking and holding their capital stock and the increase and profits thereof, and of enlarging the same from time to time, by new subscriptions, in such manner and form as they shall think proper, if such enlargement should be found necessary to fulfill the intent of this act; provided, such increase does Proviso. not, with the original subscription, exceed the amount of twenty thousand dollars; and of purchasing, taking, and holding to them, and their successors and assigns, in fee simple, or for any less estate, all such lands, tenements, hereditaments, and estates, real and personal, as may be necessary and convenient to them in the prosecution of their works, and the same to sell and dispose of at their pleasure, and of suing

Amount of capital stock.

Election of first officers.

Annual election of officers.

and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, in all courts of justice whatever.

3. And be it enacted, That the capital stock of the said Titusville Delaware bridge company shall be twenty thousand dollars, and the same shall be divided into shares of fifty dollars each, and the subscribers to said capital stock shall pay the sum or sums of money for the share or shares by them respectively subscribed, at such periods, and in such instalments as the directors of said company may determine.

4. And be it enacted, That as soon as two hundred shares of the said capital stock shall be subscribed as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the commissioners to give notice in one or more of the newspapers printed in the county of Bucks, in the state of Pennsylvania, and in one or more printed in the county of Mercer, in this state, of the time of a meeting of the stockholders at Titusville, in the county of Mercer aforesaid, not less than thirty days from the time of issuing the said notice, at which time and place the said stockholders shall proceed to organize the said company, and shall choose by ballot, in person or by proxy, one president, six directors, one treasurer, and such other officers as they shall think necessary to conduct the business of said company until other officers shall be appointed; and the said president and directors may make such by-laws and regulations, not inconsistent with the laws or constitution of this state or of the United States, as shall be necessary for well ordering the affairs of the said company, and fixing upon the site or location of said bridge, and that each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock by him or her held at the time of such election.

5. And be it enacted, That the stockholders shall meet on the first Monday in November in every year, at such place as shall be fixed by the by-laws of said company, for the purpose of choosing such officers for the ensuing year. Certificates of 6. And be it enacted, That the president and directors first to be chosen as aforesaid, shall issue certificates of stock to the several stockholders respectively, signed by the president

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