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shall affect any legal or vested right that her husband, William G. Post, has in any of her said property.

CHARLES L. C. GIFFORD,

President of the Senate.

AUSTIN H. PATTERSON,

Speaker of the House of Assembly.

Approved January 26, 1860.

CHAS. S. OLDEN.

Former acts,

&c., extended.

CHAPTER II.

A further supplement to the act entitled "An act to incorporate the Plainfield Mutual Assurance Fire Company, of Plainfield, Essex county," passed February fifteenth, eighteen hundred and thirtyfour.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the act entitled "An act to incorporate the Plainfield Mutual Assurance Fire Company,' passed the fifteenth of February, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and thirty-four, and the supplement thereto, passed the nineteenth of February, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and thirty-five, and the further supplement thereto, approved the tenth of February, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and fortyseven, and all the provisions thereof, except so far as the same shall be modified, amended, altered, or repealed by this

act, are hereby extended and continued in force until the second Monday of March, in the year eighteen hundred and ninety.

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2. And be it enacted, That the directors of the said com- Directors to pany shall have power to fix and determine the rate of ad- vance. vance to be paid by persons applying to become members of

the company.

act repealed.

3. And be it enacted, That the third and the sixth sections Part of former of the said original act, and also so much of the twelfth section of said act as requires the seal of the company to the policies, be and the same are hereby repealed.

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

Approved January 26, 1860.

CHAPTER III.

AN ACT to incorporate the town of Orange.

incorporated.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Inhabitants, the State of New Jersey, That all the inhabitants residing in the territorial limits of the township of Orange, in the county of Essex, be and are hereby ordained, constituted, and declared to be one body corporate and politic, in fact and in name, by the name of "The Town of Orange.”

2. And be it enacted, That the said town shall be divided Boundaries of

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Duties and powers of

into three wards, as follows, viz.: the first ward shall comprise all the territory lying east of a line commencing at the junction of Centre street and Clinton township, thence along the centre of the same to its junction with Harrison street, thence to the spring near William Crane's, the origin of Parrow's brook, thence along said brook to Main street, thence in a direct line to the centre of North Park street, thence along the centre of said street to the Bloomfield line; the second ward shall comprise the territory lying west and north of the west line of the aforesaid first ward and the centre of Main street and of the turnpike road to Livingston township; all the remaining territory of the town shall constitute the third ward.

3. And be it enacted, That there shall be chosen by ballot, town officers. one mayor and nine councilmen, (three from and for each ward,) as hereinafter prescribed, who shall constitute the common council of the town; they shall hold an annual meeting on the fourth Tuesday of March yearly and every year, and such other meetings as they shall direct and appoint; the mayor shall preside at said meetings, and shall have a casting vote only in cases where there shall be a tie, and if the mayor be absent at any meeting, then the council shall appoint one of their number to preside pro tempore, and when met shall have power to make and adopt, by a majority vote of the whole number, such rules and by-laws for their own government as they shall think proper, and pass all such ordinances, by-laws, and regulations, and, in general, do and perform all such acts and things as are provided for and warranted by this act; and that five councilmen shall constitute a quorum of said council; all ordinances shall first receive the approval of the mayor, and in case of his refusal, the same may be passed by a two-thirds vote of the councilmen; the town clerk shall be the clerk of said council.

Election of town officers.

4. And be it enacted, That there shall be chosen by ballot annually, on the second Tuesday of March, by the legal voters of the town at large, one mayor, one clerk, one treasurer, two surveyors of the highway, one marshal, and one superintendent of schools, and at the same time there shall be chosen

by the voters of each ward, three councilmen, one, judge of election, one assessor, one collector, one chosen freeholder, one commissioner of appeals, and such number of justices of the peace and constables as each ward may by law be entitled to elect; provided, that at the first annual meeting of the Proviso. common council, the councilmen of each ward shall determine by lot who of their number shall serve one year, who two years, and who three years, so that at all subsequent elections only one councilman shall be chosen; and provided, that the Proviso. justices of the peace so chosen shall hold office for five years, and that no election for such officer shall be had in any ward until a vacancy occur in such ward.

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5. And be it enacted, That the aforesaid election shall be Mode of conheld at the same time in each ward, between the hours of eight tions. in the morning and seven in the evening, at such places as the common council shall designate, of which due notice shall be given at least ten days previous to the election; the council shall at the same time also appoint a poll clerk for each ward: the election so held shall be conducted, as near as may be, in all respects in accordance with the law regulating elections for state and county officers in this state; and at the close of the polls the officers of election shall proceed to count the votes cast for the several candidates, and shall make out and certify under their hands a certificate, within three days, to be delivered to the clerk of the town, who shall lay the same before the common council at their first annual meeting thereafter; and the said council, at such meeting, shall, in a public manner, proceed to canvass the number of votes given for the respective candidates, and shall ascertain and declare who shall be elected by the greatest number of votes to the aforesaid several offices, the result of said canvass to be entered upon the minutes of said council, and a copy of the same transmitted by the town clerk to the clerk of the county; the first election by virtue of this act shall be held at such places as shall be designated, and by such officers and clerks as shall be appointed by the present town committee of the township of Orange: all state and county elections shall be held by

Vacancies, how supplied.

Officers to be sworn or affirmed.

Certain offcers to give bond.

the officers and clerks, and at such places as provided for above, in strict accordance with the laws of this state.

6. And be it enacted, That in case a vacancy shall occur, either by a refusal to serve, death, or any other cause whatever, in any of the offices authorized by this act, it shall and may be lawful for the common council to appoint others to fill such vacancies for the unexpired term, and the person or persons so appointed shall perform the like services, be subject to the like responsibilities and penalties, and be entitled to the like compensation, as if elected at the annual election aforesaid, except in the case of councilmen and justices of the peace, which vacancies shall be filled by a special election to be ordered by the common council.

7. And be it enacted, That every mayor, councilman, surveyor of the highway, assessor, collector, marshal, and constable appointed under this act, before they take upon themselves the execution of their several offices, shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation before the clerk, who is hereby authorized to administer the same, faithfully and impartially to execute the trust reposed in them, to the best of their abilities and understanding, in the same manner as like officers of townships are required to be sworn or affirmed; and the clerk shall take the same oath or affirmation that is required by law of township clerks, before the mayor or a justice of the peace of the town: all the aforesaid oaths or affirmations shall be filed by the clerk.

8. And be it enacted, That the treasurer, marshal, collector and constables elected or appointed as aforesaid, before entering upon the duties or execution of their respective offices, or be qualified to serve, shall severally execute their respective bonds to the town of Orange, in such forms, in such sums, and with such freehold security as the common council shall direct, conditioned for the true and faithful performance of all the duties of their offices respectively, which bonds, when approved by the common council, shall be delivered to the clerk, to be by him filed and preserved, and may be sued and prosecuted as the bonds of like officers of this state are or may be sued and prosecuted.

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