May borrow money and issue bonds railroad companies in the county of Hudson, and for that purpose any such company or companies are hereby authorized to purchase or lease, and to possess, hold, enjoy and exercise all or any part of the property, powers, privileges and franchises of the said first mentioned company. 2. And be it enacted, That in order to be enabled more completely to execute this act and the acts to which this is a further supplement, the said purchasing company or companies are hereby authorized to raise such sum or sums of money as they shall deem expedient by issuing their bonds, payable at such times as they may think proper, with interest not exceeding seven per centum per annum, but with the privilege of selling the same at a discount not exceeding ten per centum, and to secure the payment of said bonds the said purchasing company or companies shall have power to convey or pledge by way of mortgage, trust or otherwise the whole or any part of the property, franchises, powers and privileges purchased by them, or either of them, of said first mentioned company, and such conveyance, or any foreclosure sale or other lawful sale by virtue thereof, shall fully and completely transfer to and vest in the grantee or purchaser all the perty, franchises, powers and privileges so conveyed or pledged, free from all incumbrances and debts that were not liens on such property prior to the recording or registering of said mortgage. pro 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 17, 1870. Boundaries. CHAPTER CCCXIII. An Act to establish a new township in the county of Middlesex, to be called the towship of Raritan. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That all that part of the townships of Woodbridge and Piscataway, in the county of Middlesex, commencing at a point on the Raritan river where a line due south, drawn from the centre of the Meadow or Hollard's road, will intersect the same; and thence following northerly along said road to the junction of the Sand Hill road, and following the said road to Ford's Corner; and thence in a straight line to a point one hundred feet east of Samuel Voorhies' house; thence in a straight line to the junction of Turnpike and Mine Gulley road; thence following the said road, the several courses thereof, to the last course; and thence in a straight line with said last mentioned course to the Union county line; and thence along the said county line until it intersects the Piscataway township line; thence southerly along the said Piscataway line to the road leading from Oak Tree to New Brooklyn; thence in a straight line to the northwest corner of the new Durham school lot to Isaac D. Stelle's northeast corner; thence along his northerly line to Friendship School House" road; thence along said road to said school house; thence in a straight line to the northeast corner of lands owned by Calvin Slade; thence along the boundary line dividing the same from the Smith farm to the Raritan river; thence with the course of the same to the place of beginning, be and the same are hereby set off into a new township to be called the township of Raritan. name. 2. And be it enacted, That the inhabitants of the said Corporate township of Raritan are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate in law, and shall be styled and known by the name of "The Inhabitants of the township of Raritan, in the county of Middlesex," and shall be entitled to all the rights, powers, authority, privileges and advantages, and subject to the same general regulations, government and liabili ties, as the inhabitants of the other townships in the county of Middlesex are now entitled or subject to by existing laws of this state, so far as the same are not repealed or modified by the provisions of this act. committees to divide and 3. And be it enacted, That the township committees of Township Woodbridge and Piscataway, or as many of them as will at tend, shall meet at the hotel, in the village of Metuchen, in allot property the township of Raritan, on the first day of May next, after the first election held in the township of Raritan, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, and may adjourn to any other time and place, or times or places, and then proceed by writing to allot and divide between all of said townships all personal Elections to be by ballot Time of hold property and moneys on hand, or to become due in proportion. to the taxable property and ratables as taxed by the assessors within their respective limits at the last assessment; and the inhabitants of each of the said townships shall be liable to pay their proportion of the debts, and to support the paupers and insane persons whose settlements are or may be within the boundaries of their respective townships, and a decision of a majority of those present shall be final and conclusive. 4. And be it enacted, That all elections held in said township of Raritan shall be by ballot, and the judges and clerks thereof shall not be eligible to any office at said elections. 5. And be it enacted, That the inhabitants of said towning elections. ship shall hold their first election for township officers at the Academy in Metuchen, on the second Monday of April, anno domini, eighteen hundred and seventy, and annually thereafter upon the same day of the same month, at such place as the judges of election for said township shall from time to time determine upɔn. Officers of elections Election of township committee. Proviso. 6. And be it enacted, That Nathan Robins, Robert B. Crowell and James Merritt, be and they are hereby appointed judges of the first election to be held in said township, with power to appoint a clerk for said election, and in case of the neglect or inability of any of the above named persons to act, the vacancy or vacancies so caused, may be filled in the manner prescribed in the twenty-seventh section of the "Act to regulate elections," approved April sixteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, and said judges and clerks are hereby invested with all the authority, shall perform the same duties, receive the same fees and be subject to the same penalties, that other judges and clerks of election are or may be subject or entitled to. 7. And be it enacted, That at all subsequent elections for township officers in said township there shall be elected five persons who shall form the township committee of said township, and shall serve for one year and until others are elected in their stead, and the five candidates receiving the highest number of votes at such election for township committeemen shall constitute the town committee; provided, that no ballct cast at such election shall contain or have placed thereon the names of more than three persons of the same political party for that office; and in case any ballot shall contain more than three names therefor, such ballot shall be null and void so far as the said town committee are concerned, and the five per- board 8. And be it enacted, That at the first election, and at all Election subsequent elections for township officers in said township, there shall be elected three persons as judges of election, who shall not all belong to the same political party, and who shall constitute the board of election for said township, and shall preside at and conduct all elections in said township during their term of office, which shall be for one year, and until their successors are elected or appointed, and no ballot shall contain more than two names for said office; and in case any ballot contains more than two names therefor, said ballot shall be null and void so far as said judges are concerned, and the three persons receiving the highest number of votes shall be deemed and taken to be elected; provided, that in case of Proviso. the neglect or refusal or inability to serve in said office, then the township committee may appoint some suitable person or persons to fill such vacancy or vacancies, or in failure of appointment the same may be filled in the manner prescribed by the twenty-seventh section of the "Act to regulate elections," having regard always to the political principles of the persons already elected, to the end that all of the judges do not belong to the same political party, under the same penalties as prescribed in the preceding section, and which when collected shall be appropriated to the same fund. 9. And be it enacted, That at the first election, and all Freeholders. subsequent elections there shall be elected two chosen free holders in said township. 10. And be it enacted, That the township committee of Road districts Township clerk, his duties and pow ers. Duties of as sessor and collector. Delinquent taxes. Compensation said township shall, as often as the interests of the township may require, divide the public roads of said township into convenient and suitable districts, causing the same to be numbered, and a description of the beginning and ending of each to be entered into a book to be kept for that purpose, wherein all matters concerning roads shall be recorded. 11. And be it enacted, That the clerk of the said township shall be clerk of the township committee and of the commissioners of appeal in cases of taxation, and shall keep a book of minutes of the proceedings of said committee and shall also attend the meetings of said commissioners of appeal and make a copy of their proceedings, to be verified by said commissioners as being true, and within two days after the final adjournment of said commissioners deliver the same to the township collector. 12. And be it enacted, That the assessor and collector of said township shall on demand of the township committee of said township, at any time after the twenty-fifth day of December in each year, deliver to said committee their respective copies of the tax duplicate, the tax warrant or warrants and all other papers in their possession relative to the assessing and collecting of the taxes for the time being, and the same shall be filed with the township clerk for preservation. 13. And be it enacted, That upon the delivery of the tax warrant or warrants to the committee as provided for in section eleven, the said committee may and they are hereby authorized to appoint some suitable person to collect any balance of taxes, with the costs and penalties thereon, still due on said warrant or warrants and the person so appointed shall have all the power and authority to enforce the payment of the same, and shall be subject to the same penalties that the collector has or may be subject to in the premises. 14. And be it enacted, That the assessors shall receive of assessors. fifteen cents for each name upon his duplicate for assessing and levying the general taxes, subject to revision by the township committee, and the collector shall receive two per centum on all taxes collected by him on said duplicate, and each commissioner of appeal, judge of election, and clerk of election shall receive three dollars for each days services in the discharge of their respective duties, and no more. Repealer. 15. And be it enacted, That all acts and parts of acts conflicting with the provisions of this act, be, and they are |