created, shall constitute a part of the same assembly district, in which the territory hereby erected into a new ward, has been heretofore included, being the second assembly district of the county of Essex. Approved February 2, 1860. CHAPTER XII. AN ACT to confirm acknowledgments and proofs of deeds, mortgages, and other instruments of writing taken by Richard Stephenson. WHEREAS it appears to the legislature that Richard Stephen- Preamble. son was appointed a commissioner for taking the acknowledgment and proof of deeds for the county of Cape May, on the fifth day of April, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and fifty-five, and was duly sworn into office; and whereas the said Richard Stephenson was, at the time of such appointment, and now is, a resident of Dennis township, in said county; and whereas it has recently been discovered that he was appointed for the Middle township, under the impression that he resided in said Middle township, and that therefore his said appointment was illegal and his commission void, therefore, ments made valid. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Acknowledg the State of New Jersey, That the several acknowledgments and proofs of deeds, mortgages, and other instruments of writing heretofore taken by the said Richard Stephenson by virtue of and under the said appointment, be and the same are hereby declared valid and effectual, in like manner as if he had been legally appointed, commissioned, and duly qualified to act officially. Approved February 7, 1860. Preamble. Title declared valid. CHAPTER XIII. AN ACT for the relief of "The Minister, Elders, and Deacons of the True Reformed Dutch Church in the City of New York," and their grantees. WHEREAS the society of christians denominated "The Minister, Elders, and Deacons of the True Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in the City of New York," a large portion of whom are natives or residents of this state, have heretofore purchased, regulated, and improved, for burial purposes, certain lands in Bergen county, now known as the New York Cemetery; and whereas they have been advised that they should be authorized by the laws of this state to purchase, hold, and convey said land, therefore, 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the title to the land conveyed to "The Minister, Elders, and Deacons of the True Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in the City of New York," by John A. Van Blarcom and wife, by deed dated August fourteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty, and recorded in Bergen county clerk's office, in Liber N, four of deeds, pages six hundred and forty-four, six hundred and forty-five, and six hundred and forty-six, and by Jacob Brinkerhoff and others, by deed dated October first, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, and recorded in said clerk's office, in Liber Q, four of deeds, pages four hundred and fifty-two, four hundred and fifty-three, and so forth, be and the same is hereby declared to be as good and effectual in law in said corporation and their grantees, as if the said corporation had first been fully authorized to purchase, hold, and convey said land; and that said corporation may purchase, hold, and convey for cemetery purposes, land in said county to an amount not exceeding ten acres, including the two tracts above specified, and may make all needful and proper by-laws, rules, and regulations for the government, control, and improvement of said cemetery; and all conveyances for lots in said cemetery, hereafter to be made, shall be executed under the common seal of said corporation, and signed by their president. former act 2. And be it enacted, That the eighth and tenth sections of Provisions of the act entitled "An act authorizing the incorporation of extended. Rural Cemetery Associations," approved March fourteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, be and the same are hereby extended to said corporation and said cemetery. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved February 7, 1860. Name changed CHAPTER XIV. AN ACT to change the name of St. Stephen's Church at Milburn. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That St. Stephen's Church at Milburn, now known as the St. Stephen's Church at Milville, shall be hereafter known and designated as the St. Stephen's Church at Milburn; that the legal rights and liabilities of the church shall remain the same as if the name had not been changed. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved February 7, 1860. Preamble. CHAPTER XV. AN ACT to incorporate "The Burlington County Lyceum of History and Natural Sciences." WHEREAS, it is represented to the legislature that a numberof persons have formed a society at Mount Holly, in the county of Burlington, for the collecting of statistics of history, and the encouragement and cultivation of the sciences, by the name of "The Burlington County Lyceum of History and Natural Science," as a society devoted entirely to the advancement of useful learning, and in order that the purposes thereof may be better carried into effect-therefore, corporated. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Members inthe State of New Jersey, That all such persons as now are members of said society, according to its rules heretofore adopted, or that hereafter may become members of the same, agreeably to its rules and regulations, be and they are hereby incorporated into a society by the name of "The Burlington County Lyceum of History and Natural Sciences," and by that name shall have perpetual succession, with power to ers have a common seal and change the same at pleasure, to make contracts relative to the said institution, to sue and be sued, and by that name and style be capable in law of purchasing, taking, holding and conveying any estate, real or personal, for the use of said corporation. eneral pow members. 2. And be it enacted, That the society shall consist of Admission of active members, correspondents, honorary and life members; all candidates for admission shall be elected under such rules. and upon such terms as the society shall establish; but members only shall have the right of voting, of holding offices and of transacting business. establish by 3. And be it enacted, That the society may establish by- Society may laws and orders for its government and regulation, and for laws. the preservation and application of the funds thereof; pro- Proviso. vided, the same be not repugnant to the constitution and laws of the United States or of this state. society. 4. And be it enacted, That the officers of the society shall cers of be a president, two vice presidents, a corresponding secretary, a recording secretary, a treasurer, a librarian and four curators, with such other officers as the society may deem advisable, whose respective duties may be assigned by the by-laws of the said society, and they shall be elected at the last stated meeting of the society in December of each year; |