hold lands for May take and 2. And be it enacted, That the said corporation shall be the purposes composed of such persons, who are or shall be owners of of a cemetery stock in the said association, and that the said corporation Annual elec tors. shall have power to purchase, to take and hold in fee, a tract of land situate in the vicinity of Flemington, Hunterdon county, known as the property of Mrs. Kee, consisting of about twenty acres or such part thereof as they may deem necessary, any such other tract or tracts of land as such corporation may hereafter add thereto, for the use and purposes of a cemetery, not to exceed thirty acres in the whole, and erect thereon such buildings and other accommodations as they may deem suitable and necessary, and hay sell or otherwise dispose of the sub-lots or plats in the said cemetery to be used only as burial places for deceased persons, with the use and privilege of the several avenues, walks, passages and other accommodations therein and thereunto belonging, subject, however, to such regulations and restrictions as may be established in relation thereto by any by-law or ordinance of said corporation. 3. And be it enacted, That the business and concerns of tion of direc- the said corporation shall be conducted and managed by a board of directors, consisting of seven persons, who shall be elected by and from among the stockholders, annually, at such time and place, and upon such notice as the by-laws may direct, a majority of whom shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; at which election each share of stock shall entitle the holder thereof to one vote; and the said directors shall elect from their number a president and treasurer, and shall appoint such other officers and agents as they may deem expedient, and fix the compensation to be paid them; they shall have power to fill all vacancies in their own number until the annual meeting next ensuing; and the said board of directors shall have power to make and establish all needful rules, regulations, ordinances and by-laws, and affix from time to time to the several sub- lots and plats such price as they shall deem reasonable and proper, and shall have the sole charge, superintendence and control of the said cemetery; and until the first election of directors the persons named in the first section of this act shall be the directors, and may act as such until others are chosen in their stead; and in case it should happen that an election of directors should not be made during the day fixed by the by-laws, the said corporation shall not for that cause be deemed to be dissolved, but such election may be held at any other time upon due notice given by order of the directors, and the directors, for the time being, shall continue to hold their office until others are chosen. to be noted in association. 4. And be it enacted. That the rights of individual lot Assignments holders shall be created by deed under the corporate seal of books of the said association, and signed by the president and treasurer thereof; and transfers of such rights may be made among individuals by assignment annexed to said deeds, but no such assignment shall be valid unless presented to the secretary and noted in the books of said association. lands as are not needed. 5. And be it enacted, That if any part of said lands con- May sell such veyed to said corporation for the purpose aforesaid shall be unsuited or unnecessary for the purpose of a cemetery, then it shall be lawful for said corporation to sell and dispose of such parts thereof as are unsuited or unnecessary there for. capital stock, 6. And be it enacted, That the sum which the said corpo- Income of the ration may agree to pay for the tract or tracts of land here- how expended inbefore mentioned, and the sums which shall be expended in embellishing, improving, erecting buildings, fences and other necessary accommodations shall be the capital stock of said association, and it shall be divided into shares of fifty dollars each; and not less than twenty per cent. of the net proceeds of all sales of lots, parcels and plats shall be appropriated or funded, and the income thereof shall be expended for the further embellishment and maintaining the improvements of said cemetery grounds, and the balance received shall belong to and be divided among the stockholders. according to their several interests; and whatever sum shall be funded as aforesaid, the same shall be free from all taxes or assessments, and no taxes or assessments shall be imposed on lot owners therefor. may be called 7. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the direc- Subscriptions tors, or a majority of them, to call in the subscriptions to in on notice. the capital stock at such times, and in such sums, and upon such notice as they may deem reasonable; and if a failure to comply with such notice on the part of any stockholder shall, at the option of the directors, or a majority of them, be cause of forfeiture of moneys thereon and rights by virtue of his subscription to such stock. 8. And be it enacted, That the said corporation shall Association have, use and exercise all the rights and privileges incident taxation. exempt from Consent to be had before to a corporation herein stated, and shall be exempt from all taxes, assessments and charges upon their capital stock, and the property which they may acquire, hold or possess; and the real estate of said corporation, and the said lots and parcels, when conveyed by the said corporation, or when sold to individual proprietors, or held by any person, shall be exempt from all taxation or assessment whatsoever, and shall not be liable to be sold in execution, or subject to attachment, or applied to the payment of debts by assignment, under any insolvent or bankrupt laws, but may be conveyed under such regulations as the said directors may adopt. 9. And be it enacted, That no public street or road shall opening street hereafter be opened through the said cemetery grounds without the consent of the said corporation. or road. Persons that may hold lots. 10. And be it enacted, That any association of persons. for benevolent purposes, and also any religious society, may purchase and hold lots in said cemetery, adjacent to each other, in which they may bury agreeably to any peculiar rites or ceremonies of their own, subject only to the rules and regulations prescribed by said board of directors. General act 11. And be it enacted, That the provisions of the eighth section of the act entitled "An Act authorizing the incorporation of rural cemetery associations," approved March fourteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, be and the same is hereby made part of this act. made a part of this act. 12. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved April 16, 1870. Power to build bridge. CHAPTER CCLXXX. An Act to authorize the building of a Bridge over the Passaic River. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That it shall be lawful for the boards. of chosen freeholders of the counties of Passaic and Bergen, to build and construct, or cause or permit to be built and constructed, a bridge across the Passaic River from the point of intersection of the centre line of Rutherford avenue with said river, in the township of Union, in the county of Bergen, over to a point on the westerly shore of said river, in the county of Passaic, upon the lands of Thomas Darling, opposite to said avenue, and to place in said bridge a draw for the passage of vessels navigating the said river, of such width and in such position in said bridge as is required by the act entitled "An Act regulating the draws of the bridges now erected or to be erected over the Passaic river," passed February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and forty-three. ing to be 2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the di- Special meetrectors of the said respective boards of chosen freeholders, called. upon the application in writing subscribed by three freeholders of the county of Passaic, and by three freeholders of the county of Bergen, specifying the business, object and purpose of calling the said boards together, forthwith to convene a special meeting of the said boards, to be held at the Rutherford Park hotel, in the said township of Union, upon the same notice as is required by the tenth section of the act entitled "An Act to incorporate the chosen freeholders in the respective counties of the State," revision approved April sixteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six; and the said boards, when so convened, shall meet and organize in joint convention, and the decision of a majority of the said chosen freeholders in such joint convention, in reference to the construction of said bridge, and the kind of bridge to be constructed, shall be valid and binding upon the said boards of chosen freeholders of the said counties respectively, and the expense of building such bridge shall be equally borne by the said counties of Passaic and Bergen. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 16, 1870. Assessment may be made for the pur chase of are engines, &c. CHAPTER CCLXXXII. Supplement to an act entitled, "An Act for the improvement of Raritan," approved April third, eighteen hundred and sixtyeight. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That it shall and may be lawful for the freeholders of the said town at their annual elections on the first Monday in May, pursuant to the second section of the act to which this is a supplement to order by vote of the majority of the said freeholders such sum of money as they may deem necessary for the purchase of fire engines and other apparatus for the suppression of fires, and for the purchase of a lot or lots, and for the erection of fire engine houses thereon, and in case any money shall be ordered by a vote of a majority at said election the officers holding such election shall make out and sign a certificate thereof under oath or affirmation that the same is correct and true, and deliver the same to the assessor or assessors of the township in which the town of Raritan is situate, which said assessor or assessors shall assess on the estates of the inhabitants of said town and on all lands liable to be taxed therein, in the same manner as township taxes are assessed, such sum of money as shall have been ordered to be raised at such election, which said money shall be assessed, levied and collected, in the same manner as township taxes are assessed, levied and collected, and it shall be the duty of the collector of the said township to pay over the amount by him received to the treasurer of the board of commissioners of Raritan to be expended by them for the purposes aforesaid in the same manner as the road taxes by him collected and received pursuant to the act to which this is a supplement. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 16, 1870. |