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to be a lien on property.

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ments may be made.

CHAPTER CLXXXVII.

A further supplement to the act approved March twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, entitled "An act for the supplying Jersey City and the places adjacent with pure and wholesome water."

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That when the whole cost of any sewer, and the works therewith connected, shall be ascertained and the interest added, and the amount to be paid for each lot fixed, as directed by the fourth section of the supplement to said act, passed March the sixteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, the same shall be a lien upon said lots respectively; and if the same shall not be paid at the end of the thirty days from the first publication of the notice provided for in said section, then the said water commissioners shall make out and deliver to the mayor and common council of Jersey City an account thereof, and certify that the same remains due and unpaid, and the mayor and com- . mon council shall thereupon order and direct the colleetor of arrears of taxes to proceed and collect the amount due, in the same manner that arrears of taxes and assessments are collected, and with interest thereon, from the end of said thirty days, at the same rate, and the said collector shall thereupon proceed and collect the same in such manner.

2. And be it enacted, That if any assessment made by the water commissioners of Jersey City, for the cost of the construction of any sewer, and the drains and works connected therewith, shall have been set aside by themselves, or any other competent tribunal, said water commissioners may make a new assessment of said cost according to law, and the same shall be as valid and of the same effect as if it had been the

first assessment, and shall be made, collected and enforced

in the same manner.

Approved March 21, 1860.

CHAPTER CLXXXVIII.

A further supplement to the act entitled "An act concerning landlords and tenants," approved April fifteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six.

tices.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Service of nothe State of New Jersey, That the service of the notices mentioned in the first section of the act entitled "Supplement to an act entitled 'An act concerning landlords and tenants,' approved March fourth, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, may hereafter be made either personally on the tenant by giving him a copy thereof, or by leaving a copy of the notice at the usual place of abode of such tenant, with some member of his family above the age of fourteen.

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

Approved March 21, 1860.

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CHAPTER CLXXXIX.

AN ACT to incorporate the Newton Gas Light Company.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That Daniel S. Anderson, Robert Hamilton, John Linn, John H. Nelden, and John Townsend, and all and every person or persons who may become subscribers according to the mode hereinafter prescribed, and their successors, are hereby created a body politic and corporate in fact, by the name of "the Newton Gas Light Company," and by that said name the said corporation shall have power and authority to manufacture, make and sell gas, to be made of bituminous coal or other materials, for the purpose of lighting the streets, buildings, manufactories, and other places situated in Newton, in the county of Sussex, and to enter into and execute, contracts, agreements or covenants in relation to the objects of this corporation, and of enforcing the same; and be capable of purchasing, taking and holding any estate, real or personal, necessary to give effect to the specified purpose of this corporation for the accommodation of their business and concerns, or which it may be necessary for the said corporation to acquire and hold for the purpose of securing debts which have become due to them in the regular business of the said corporation; provided, that the real estate shall not exceed what may be necessary for the purpose mentioned, and no private lands shall be in any way injured or defaced, without permission first obtained in writing from the owner or owners thereof.

2. And be it enacted, That the said corporation shall be lay down pipes empowered to lay down their gas pipes, and to erect posts, burners and reflectors in the streets, alleys, lanes, avenues and public grounds of Newton, and to do all things necessary to light the same, and the dwellings, stores, and other places

stated therein; provided, that the public travel shall at no Proviso. time be affected or impeded by the laying of the said pipes, or the erection of the said posts, and the streets, walks, public grounds, lanes and avenues shall not be injured, but all be left in as good and perfect condition as before the laying of the said pipes or the erection of the said posts.

ers to receive

3. And be it enacted, That the persons named in the first Commissionsection of this act are hereby appointed commissioners for re- subscriptions. ceiving subscriptions to the amount of thirty thousand dollars, to constitute the capital stock of said corporation, in shares of twenty-five dollars each; and the said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall open books for that purpose, at such times and in such place or places within this state as they shall designate, by a public advertisement, to be previously inserted for at least ten days in a public newspaper printed in Newton, and shall continue the same open until the said capital stock shall be subscribed, or at their discretion close the same after they have remained open two days, and again open the same at some other time or times, place or places, giving public notice thereof as aforesaid; and the sum of ten per cent. upon each share so subscribed shall be paid by each subscriber to the said commissioners, or a majority of them, at the time of the subscription, and each subscriber shall be entitled to receive a certificate for such stock from the said commissioners: and the amount so received by the said commissioners at the time of the said subscription shall, by them, or a majority of them, be paid over to the directors of the said company to be appointed as hereinafter directed, first deducting therefrom a reasonable compensation for their services and all necessary expenses incurred; and all the powers of the commissioners shall cease and determine on the appointment of such board of directors, and the said board, when so appointed, shall have power and they are hereby authorized, from time to time, under the foregoing regulations, to open the books for the further subscription of stock, until the whole stock subscribed amounts to the sum of thirty thousand dollars, and are also authorized to call upon the said

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subscribers for the payments of further installments in such sum or sums, at such time or times, and under such forfeiture or forfeitures as they may deem most expedient, until the whole amount of said shares so subscribed shall have been fully paid; provided, that the said installments shall be at least twenty days apart, and shall not be called for in larger sums than five dollars on each share, and at least ten days notice of each installment shall be given in a newspaper published in Newton aforesaid.

4. And be it enacted, That the management of the said concerns of said company shall be vested in seven directors, to be selected from the stockholders, and as soon as may be after fifteen thousand dollars shall have been subscribed, the before named commissioners, or a majority of them, shall convene the said stockholders by public notice to be given as aforesaid, and at such time and place as they shall designate in said notice, to choose the first board of directors, a majority of whom shall be residents of Newton, and who shall hold their offices until the first Monday in May, eighteen hundred and sixty-one; and the said directors shall choose, by a plurality of votes a president from among themselves, and such other officers as shall be provided for by the by-laws of the said corporation, and the said directors, and president and other officers shall hold their offices respectively from the first Monday of May of every year, for one year, and shall be elected on the first Monday in May in each year, at such time and place as a majority of the directors shall appoint, and public notice shall be given of the time and place of holding such election, for ten days, in a newspaper printed and published in Newton aforesaid; and in case of the death, removal or resignation of any director, president or other officer, such vacancy or vacancies may be filled for the remainder of the year in which they may happen, by the said board of directors, or a majority of them; and in case of the absence of the president, the said board, or a majority of them, may appoint a president pro tempore, who shall have such power and functions as the by-laws of the said corporation shall provide;