use and occupation thereof, only for the interment of deceased officers. 3. And be it enacted, That the care and management of Election of the said cemetery, and the business of the said corporation, shall be confided to five directors, being lotholders, who shall have the exclusive superintendence thereof, with power to appoint and employ such officers and agents as they may deem expedient, and to fix the compensation of such officers and agents by order of the association, which directors shall be chosen annually, by the owners of the sub-lots, at such time and place, and in such manner, as the board of directors may direct; and when it is ascertained that the said association is incorporated, the said Abraham Powell, Arthur Powell, and Joseph B. Ellis shall call a meeting of the sub-lotholders in the space of forty days of the notice thereof, and immediately proceed to elect a president, treasurer, secretary, and five directors; and at each year hereafter, and immediately before proceeding to an election, shall report to the proprietors the state of the affairs of the association, and the proprietors present shall then have power to elect directors, and direct such improvements to be made as they may deem expedient. be opened perty. 4. And be it enacted, That no streets, roads or alleys shall No streets to hereafter be opened through the lands of the said corporation through prooccupied as a burial ground, nor shall any part or parcel of the premises occupied as aforesaid, ever be subject to sale by virtue of any execution or any legal process. riguts. 5. And be it enacted, That the rights of individual lot Transfers of holders shall be created by deed from the treasurer, under the common seal; transfers of such rights among individuals shall be made on the back of said deed, and no original deed or transfers shall be valid unless recorded in the books of the association. 6. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 20, 1860 Application may be made lands for payment of legacy CHAPTER CLXIII. AN ACT to provide for the payment of contingent legacies, and to set apart sufficient lands, charged or to become chargeable therewith, and to discharge the residue. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of to set apart the State of New Jersey, That wherever a legacy or legacies, payable on a contingency which shall not have happened, shall be, or may become chargeable in law or equity, upon lands heretofore or hereafter to be devised, it shall be lawful for any person in possession of any part of said lands, to apply to any justice of the supreme court to have a sufficient portion or portions of said lands set apart for the payment of such contingent legacy or legacies; and the said justice shall be and he is hereby empowered, upon such notice to the parties in interest as is now required to be given in case of application for partition of real estate, to appoint three disinterested commissioners to set apart such sufficient portion of said lands; and said commissioners having taken an oath or affirmation to perform their duties faithfully and impartially, shall, upon such notice to the parties in interest, as said justice shall direct, set apart by metes and bounds so much of the lands devised so charged, or which may become so chargeable, as will be sufficient for the payment of such legacy or legacies, when the same shall be payable, and make report of their action to said, or any other justice of the supreme court; and if the said justice to whom such report shall be made, shall approve of the said report, the lands so set apart by said commissioner shall become charged or chargeable with such contingent legacy or legacies, and the residue of said lands shall thereupon be entirely discharged from all lien, charge or liability to be charged, claim or demand, or liability existing or thereafter to arise for or on account of said con tingent legacy or legacies; and said application, appointment, notices, report, and order approving the same shall be filed and recorded in, the clerk's office of the county where the lands lie, and shall be plenary evidence of the lien of said lands so set apart, and of the discharge of said residue of said lands. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 20, 1860. CHAPTER CLXIV. A supplement to an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Essex. and Hudson Agricultural and Mechanical Association," approved February sixteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine. authorized to 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Association the State of New Jersey, That the said Essex and Hudson improve lands. Agricultural and Mechanical Association shall be and they are hereby empowered to improve all such lands as they are authorized to own or purchase, by laying out the same into lots, streets, squares and other divisions, draining, raising and grading the same, and making thereon all such docks, wharves, workshops, warehouses, and other buildings and improvements, on or contiguous to their lands, as may be found or deemed necessary, ornamental and convenient, so as to pro Association authorized to other societies vide with other conveniences and facilities, a place for the exhibition of state and county agricultural fairs, and to construct on the lands of the said company aqueducts or reservoirs for conveying pure and wholesome water, and letting, renting, leasing, mortgaging, selling or changing the same, extending the amount of salt meadow, and other lands, not exceeding one thousand acres, to be hereafter purchased, and the liberty to subscribe for and take stock in any railroad that now is or may be hereafter incorporated by the legisla ture of this state, which shall lead to or pass through, over or adjacent to any lands that may be owned by the said company. 2. And be it enacted, That said association shall have power contract with and authority to contract and co-operate with the New Jersey State Agricultural Society, and said society are hereby authorized and empowered to co-operate and contract with the Essex and Hudson Agricultural and Mechanical Association, in any manner that may be deemed necessary and best for the advancement of the objects and interests of both associations, and for the benefit of the agricultural and mechanical interests of the state; and for such purposes this association shall have power and authority to sell and dispose of, let, rent or lease unto the State Agricultural Society as aforesaid, any of their property or estate, real or personal, which they may have, hold or possess, upon such terms and conditions as shall be agreed upon between them; and the said the New Jersey State Agricultural Society shall have power and authority to take, have and hold the same as aforesaid, and to make all such terms and conditions in reference thereto as may be deemed necessary and advisable. Parts of former act repealed. 3. And be it enacted, That so much of the act to which this is a supplement as may be inconsistent with the provisions of this supplement, be and the same are hereby repealed. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 20, 1860. CHAPTER CLXV. A supplement to the act entitled, "An act to incorporate the Millville and Buckshutum Turnpike Company," approved March twentieth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. act repealed. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Part of former the State of New Jersey, That so much of said act as requires said road to be commenced in three years and completed in five years from the date thereof, be and the same is hereby repealed. Commencement and 2. And be it enacted, That said road shall be commenced within three years and completed in five years from and after completion of the passage of this act. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 20, 1860. road. CHAPTER CLXVI. AN ACT to incorporate the Delaware Water Gap Slate Company. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Names of cor the State of New Jersey, That Robert K. Kille, Hugh Whit porators. |