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upon such ratio as shall be established by the by-laws, and pay out said dividends to the parties entitled thereto.

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

Approved, March 22, 1860.

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CHAPTER CCXIII.

A supplement to an act entitled "An act to regulate the grading of the streets and sidewalks, paving and curbing, in the town of Mount Holly."

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That in addition to the duties and powers conferred upon the commissioners, or their successors in office, designated in the act to which this is a supplement, they, or any two of them, shall have further power to erect, within the boundaries of the town of Mount Holly, as specified in the sixth section of the act to which this is a supplement, at such points and at such distances as will best answer the design of this supplement, gas posts, burners and reflectors in the streets, avenues, roads, alleys, lanes and public grounds, and to do all things necessary for the lighting of the same with gas.

2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the said estimate of commissioners, on or before the twentieth day of May, in

costs, &c.

each and every year, to make an estimate of the probable cost and expense of lighting the streets, avenues, roads, alleys, lanes and public grounds in said town, with gas, and certify the same in writing on or before the time aforesaid, to the assessor of the township of Northampton, whose duty it shall be to assess and raise by tax, in the same manner as other taxes are assessed and raised, the amount so estimated. by said commissioners on and from persons residing in, and the owners of lands located within the boundaries of said town designed to be lighted; and the tax so as aforesaid assessed shall be collected by the township collector of the township of Northampton, in the same manner as is prescribed by law for the collection of township taxes, and retained and paid out by him at such times and in such a manner as the said commissioners, or any two of them, shall designate by a written order for that purpose.

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3. And be it enacted, That if any person or persons shall Penalty for wilfully do or cause to be done any act or acts whatsoever, with intent thereby to injure any gas post, burner or reflector, or any thing appertaining to the same, the person or persons so offending shall be considered guilty of a misdemeanor, and being thereof convicted shall be punished by fine, not exceeding three hundred dollars, or imprisonment at hard labor not exceeding two years, or both; provided, such criminal prosecution shall not in anywise impair the right of action for damages by a civil suit hereby authorized to be brought for any such injury as aforesaid by the said street commissioners, in any court of this state having cognizance of the same, and the amount recovered to be by them appropriated towards defraying the expense of lighting as aforesaid.

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

Approved March 22, 1860.

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CHAPTER CCXIV.

A further supplement to the act entitled "An act to authorize the business of banking," approved February twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of destroyed by the State of New Jersey, That all circulating notes returned to the treasurer shall immediately, in the presence of the president or cashier of the bank returning the same, be counted and cut or mutilated in the manner that checks of incorporated banks are usually cut or mutilated, and burnt or destroyed by the treasurer, in the presence of said president or cashier, on the return thereof; and the treasurer shall register in a book the amount of each denomination of notes so cut and destroyed, with the name of the association returning the same.

Part of former act repealed.

2. And be it enacted, That the fourth section of a supplement to said act, approved March twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, and so much of the thirty-second section of the act which this is supplemental thereto which conflicts with the provisions of this act, be and the same is hereby repealed.

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

Approved March 22, 1860.

CHAPTER CCXV.

AN ACT to authorize Lucy M. Cooper, guardian of Lydia, Emma, and Caroline Cooper, and William Wade Griscom, and Sarah M. his wife, late Sarah M. Cooper, to make a sale of wood and timber, on the undivided premises of said wards, and William Wade, and Sarah M. Griscom, in the township of Deptford, in the county of Gloucester.

WHEREAS, the said Sarah M. Griscom, late Sarah M. Cooper, Preamble. wife of William Wade Griscom, Lydia Cooper, Emma Cooper, and Caroline Cooper, are the owners in fee simple of a tract of woodland, in the township of Deptford, aforesaid, and whereas, it is represented by their mother and guardian above mentioned, that much of the said timber must go to decay, and much loss ensue, if it should remain uncut, until all of the said owners become of lawful age, and that it would be greatly to the interest of the said wards and children, if the said Lucy M. Cooper were authorized to make sale of a part of the wood and timber aforesaid, for their benefit; but that the same cannot be done, without the aid of a special law for that purpose-therefore, 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Guardian to the State of New Jersey, That the said Lucy M. Cooper, guar- timber. dian of Lydia, Emma, and Caroline Cooper, and William Wade Griscom, and Sarah M. his wife, be, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to make sale of such and so much of the wood and timber, on the premises of the above named owners, as is now fit for market; and as in the judgment of the said guardian, and William Wade and Sarah M. Griscom, it will best subserve the interest of the said owners, to convert into money and invest the net proceeds of such sales in some safe securities, drawing interest under the direction of the orphans court of the county of Gloucester; pro- Proviso.

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vided always, that the proceeds of such sales shall descend and be divided as real estate, and not distributed as personal property.

2. And be it enacted, That the said guardian shall within six months, after the sale aforesaid, make and exhibit under oath or affirmation, to the orphans court of the said county of Gloucester, a statement of the amount of such sales, which statement shall be recorded and filed in clerk's office aforesaid. Approved March 22, 1860.

Preamble.

CHAPTER CCXVI.

AN ACT to confirm the sale of the Baptist Church at Jefferson Village, in the county of Essex, to the Methodist Episcopal Society of said place.

WHEREAS, the Methodist Episcopal Church at Jefferson Village, in the county of Essex, was formerly owned by the Baptist Church of said Jefferson Village; and whereas, the said Baptist Church have, through their trustees, by deed dated the tenth day of July, eighteen hundred and fiftyeight, and recorded in Essex county clerk's office, in book P., ten of deeds, pages three hundred and fifty-five, &c., sold and conveyed all their right, title and interest in said church to the Methodist Episcopal Society of said Jefferson Village; and whereas, it is the desire of both of said

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