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their consent to the location of some of the streets, or parts of streets, marked and established on the map made by Thomas H. Pascall, as mentioned in the act to which this is a supplement, filed in the clerk's office of the county of Cumberland, whereby some of the said streets have failed to become public highways; therefore, for the purpose of better carrying into effect the intention of said act—

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1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Meeting for the State of New Jersey, That the township committee of of damages. Millville township may apply to the court of common pleas of the county of Cumberland, at the ensuing May term of said court, who shall appoint six of the surveyors of the highways of said county, who shall meet in the said town of Millville on such day as the said court shall appoint, a copy of which appointment shall be served on each of said surveyors at least six days prior to the time of their meeting; and one or more of the said township committee shall sign and set up advertisements at three of the most public places in the said town, setting forth the time and place of meeting of said surveyors, and that they will meet for the purpose of assessing the damages of all such land owners as have not consented to the filing of the map made by Thomas H. Pascall, and the establishment of any of the streets marked thereon as public highways.

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2. And be it enacted, That the said surveyors, or a majority Assessment of them, shall proceed as surveyors of the highways are empowered to do when appointed to lay out a road, and shall make an assessment of the damages of the owner of any land or real estate, which may be taken for that purpose, will sustain by the establishment of any of said streets, or parts thereof, who have not consented in writing to the filing of said map; and shall, at least thirty days before the next term of said court, after their appointment, make a return of the particular streets, or parts of streets, intended to be established, and designating the name thereof, as stated on said map, together with the assessment of damages by

Parties dissatisfied may have review.

Returns and assessments

to be filed and recorded.

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approved by the Court.

them made, but it shall not be necessary to annex to said returns any map of the said streets.

3. And be it enacted, That if the said township committee, or any owner of land or real estate taken as aforesaid, shall be dissatisfied with the assessments of the said surveyors, or any of them, they may proceed to have a review thereof, as is authorized in the case of laying a highway by the laws of this state; and it shall be the duty of the said township committee to provide for the payment of said assessments as in other cases.

4. And be it enacted, That when the said returns and assessments shall be approved by the said court, they shall order the same to be recorded in the road book of said county, and filed in the clerk's office with the aforesaid map, and thereupon as well, the streets or parts of streets, as marked and established on said map, where the land owners have consented thereto, as the streets or parts of streets established and designated by said surveyors, and where damages have been assessed to the said land owners, shall be, and hereby are declared to be public highways, and as such, after the payment of the said damages, be opened, kept and repaired as other highways are required to be.

5. And be it enacted, That in case the court shall not apand assesso prove the said returns and assessments, they may, upon the application of the said township committee, or of any of the land owners, appoint six of the chosen freeholders of said county to review the proceedings of the said surveyors and of the freeholders appointed to review the assessments, and such proceedings shall be thereupon had in regard to the notices and meetings of said freeholders as is hereby directed in regard to the notices and meetings of the surveyors, and the said freeholders shall, when met, proceed as in cases of laying roads, and they, or a majority of them, may as they shall judge best, establish any of said streets, or parts of streets, and make a new assessment of the damages, and make such a return as the surveyors are herein authorized to make; and the assessments by them made shall be final and

conclusive, and their returns, when approved, recorded and filed as aforesaid, shall establish the said streets in like manner as the return of the surveyors, if approved, would have done.

6. And be it enacted, That the same fees shall be allowed Fees. and paid for proceedings under this act, as in other cases of laying roads; and this act shall take effect immediately. Approved February 8, 1860.

CHAPTER XXI.

A supplement to an act entitled, "An act to incorporate Trustees of Religious Societies," approved April seventeenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six.

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1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Provisions of the State of New Jersey, That the first, second, third, fourth, tended. fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth sections of the act to which this is a supplement, be extended to religious societies or congregations of Jews within this state.

Approved February 9, 1860.

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CHAPTER XXII.

AN ACT authorizing and requiring the sum of one thousand dollars to be raised by tax in school district number seven, in the township of Independence, in the county of Warren, for the purpose of enabling the trustees of said district to procure a lot of land therein and to build a school house thereon, for the use of said district.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That for the purpose of enabling the trustees of school district number seven, in the township of Independence, in the county of Warren, to procure a lot of land in said district and to build a school house thereon for the use of said district, the assessor of said township shall at the same time that township taxes are next assessed therein, assess on the estates of the inhabitants of said district, as bounded on the first day of April last past, and on all lands liable to be taxed therein, a tax of the sum of one thousand dollars, and that the collector of said township shall collect the same; which said money shall be assessed, levied and collected in the same manner as township taxes are or may be assessed, levied and collected; and it shall be the duty of the said collector to pay over all moneys collected by virtue of this act within thirty days after the collection thereof, to the town superintendent of public schools of said township, to be by him paid out for the purposes contemplated by this act, upon the order and certificate of the trustees of said district at the time of payment, or a majority of them; pro'vided, that a majority of the legal voters in said school district shall concur therein, at an election to be held in said district, at the house of John P. Merrill, on the second Monday of March, eighteen hundred and sixty, between the hours of one and four o'clock in the afternoon of said day, notice

of which election shall be given by the trustees posting up notices of such election in three of the most public places in said school district.

thorized to procure lot school house.

2. And be it enacted, That the present or future trustees Trustees auof said district, or a majority of them, are hereby authorized and build to procure, by gift or purchase, a suitable lot of not exceeding one acre of land, in said district, and upon the same, or upon the same and land now belonging to said district, to construct and build or contract with any person or number of persons, for the construction and building of such school house as they may deem suitable and sufficient for the use of the public school in said district, for the use of said school, and to appropriate said money to be raised by tax as aforesaid, or any required part thereof, for the payment of the cost and expense of procuring such lot or building, said school house and other structures appurtenant thereto, and furnishing material therefor; and it shall be the duty of the said town superintendent to pay out the whole or any part of said money to any person or persons upon the order of said trustees, or a majority of them, and their certificate that such person or persons has or have conveyed land, performed labor, or furnished materials for such purpose to the amount or of the value specified in such order.

moneys, how to be appropriated.

3. And be it enacted, That if any of said money to be Unexpended raised by tax as aforesaid shall remain unexpended for the purpose contemplated by this act, on the first day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtyone, such unexpended money shall then be appropriated and paid by the town superintendent of said township for the support of public schools in said district, upon the order of the trustees thereof, in the same manner as other moneys raised for the support of public schools are paid out in said district.

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4. And be it enacted, That no alteration shall be made in Boundaries of the boundaries or extent of said school district, by the town be altered. superintendent or otherwise, before the first day of May, in

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