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Treasurer to deliver over plates, &c.

hereafter to alter, modify or repeal the same, whenever in their opinion the public good shall require it.

19. And be it enacted, That the treasurer of this state be, and he is hereby authorized and required to deliver to the order of the president of said bank, on the acceptance of this charter, the plates, dies and materials connected with and belonging to the said Iron Bank, held by him. Approved March 22, 1860.

Secretary of state authorized.

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AN ACT authorizing the secretary of state to insure the state library.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the secretary of state be and hereby is authorized to effect an insurance against fire on the state library, in a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars, which insurance shall be effected by insuring in three or more different insurance companies, in a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars each.

2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the treasurer and he is hereby authorized to pay such premium or premiums as shall be necessary to effect such insurances, upon certificate of the secretary of state, that such insurance or insurances have been effected.

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

Approved March 22, 1860.

CHAPTER CCLI.

AN ACT extending the provisions of an act entitled, “A further supplement to 'An act to authorize the inhabitants of the township of Bloomfield, in the county of Essex, to raise money for the support of free schools,' approved March first, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, to the West Bloomfield school district, in the township of Bloomfield, in the county of Essex."

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1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Provisions of the State of New Jersey, That the provisions of the act to tended. which this is a supplement, be and the same are hereby extended to the "West Bloomfield school district," in the township of Bloomfield, in the county of Essex.

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

Approved March 22, 1860.

Freeholders authorized to

CHAPTER CCLII.

AN ACT to authorize the board of chosen freeholders of the county of Camden to borrow twenty thousand dollars, for the purpose of establishing a workhouse in said county.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Borrow money the State of New Jersey, That "the Board of Chosen Freeholders of the county of Camden" shall have power to borrow such sum of money as they may deem proper and necessary, not exceeding in the whole the sum of twenty thousand dollars, for the purpose of purchasing a site for and erecting and establishing a workhouse in the said county of Camden, under the provisions of an act entitled, "An act for the establishment of workhouses in the several counties of this state," passed the twentieth of February, seventeen hundred and ninety-nine, and for defraying the necessary and proper expenses incident to such erecting and establishing, and the carrying on of the same.

Freeholders may issue bonds.

2. And be it enacted, That for the purpose of securing the payment of any sum or sums which may be borrowed under the authority of the preceding section, the said "the Board of Chosen Freeholders of the county of Camden," may issue bonds for any sum not exceeding in the whole twenty thousand dollars, and the bonds of the said board to the amount aforesaid, issued by the order of the said board, under their corporate seal, and signed by the directors of the said board, shall be held to be valid and binding in all courts of law and equity, and the payment of the said bonds may be provided for by the said board out of any moneys raised by tax in said county for county purposes, and if not paid at maturity may be sued in the same manner as other bonds for the payment of money, and the payment of any final judgment obtained on such bonds may be enforced by execution against and sale

of any property held by the said board, to and for the use of
the said county, in the same manner as the payment of judg-
ments against private persons may or can be enforced by ex-
ecution against and sale of their private property.
Approved March 22, 1860.

CHAPTER CCLIII.

AN ACT to increase the per diem of constables while attending court in the counties of Essex and Union and Hudson.

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1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the constables of the counties bles. of Essex and Union, shall hereafter receive one dollar and fifty cents for every day's attendance upon the sessions of the courts holden in said counties, to be paid to them as provided for, in lieu of the compensation now by law given them for the same duty.

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

Approved March 22, 1860.

Names of cor porators.

Society may make by-laws.

Proviso.

Corporation

may hold real estate.

Proviso.

Property not

liable to taxation.

CHAPTER CCLIV.

AN ACT to incorporate the Morris County Agricultural Society.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That George J. Cobb, Alfred M. Treadwell, Henry M. Olmstead, Nathan A. Cooper, Joseph B. Bassinger, Nelson H. Drake, and Martin S. Van Ness, of the county of Morris, and their associates and successors, shall be and they are hereby constituted and appointed a body politic and corporate, by the name of "the Morris County Agricultural Society."

2. And be it enacted, That the said society shall from time to time have power and authority to make, alter, ordain and establish such constitution and all such by-laws and regulations as they shall deem proper for the designation of the officers of said society, and the election of the same, for prescribing their respective functions, and the mode of discharging the same, and generally for the transacting, managing, and directing the affairs of the said society; provided, that such constitution and by-laws shall not be inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this state and of the United States. 3. And be it enacted, That the said corporation may purchase, use, hold, possess and enjoy such real and personal estate as they may from time to time deem necessary for the well being and to promote the interest and objects of this society, and the same or any part or parts thereof from time to time to sell, mortgage, lease or otherwise dispose of at pleasure; provided, that such real and personal estate so held shall not exceed in its value the sum of twenty thousand dollars.

4. And be it enacted, That all land or other property which may hereafter be owned or held, by lease or otherwise, by said

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