West-Jersey pioneer., 1865-05-20


of them, shall have power to purchase for the
use of the said home, the furniture and fixtures
necessary for the purpose, at a cost not exceed
ing ten thousand dollars.
g. And be it enacted, That whenever the said
commissioners shall have procured such site, and
good and sufficient evidences of title therefor
shall have been executed and delivered, the trea-
surer Of the state is hereby directed to pay, on
the warrant of the Governor, to the grantor or
grantors thereof, such sum sums of money as
may be required to pay for the said site, not ex-
ceeding the sum of ten thousand dollars, and for
the said buildings exceeding the sum of thirty
thousand dollars, and for the furniture and fix
lures aforesaid, sum not exceeding ten thousand
dollars, agreeably to the contract or contracts OF
the said commissioners.
4. And be it enacted, That at any time within
three menths after the purchase and conveyance
of the said site, the said commissioners, or ma
jority of them, shall contract for the erection Of
the said home. for the extention, alteration or
repairs of the buildings SO purchased, ON such
plans and terms as they shall deem just and prop
er; provided always, that said plan shall embrace
such construction and arrangement of the said
buildings as will conduce to the comfort and
economical management of the said institution,
and it shall be the duty of one or more Of said
commissioners to superintend the erection or al
teration Of the said buildings, with view to due
execution of the work; and in case of the death,
inability or refusal to serve. of any of the said
commissioners, the Governor shall have power to
fill the vacancy caused thereby.
5. And be it enacted, that the said commission
ers, before making any contract for the erecting
altering of said buildings shall give their bonds,
with two or more sufficient suretes, to be ap-
proved by the Governor, jointly and severally to
the State, in the penal sum of ten thousand dol
lars, conditioned for the faithful performance of
the duties required of them by this act.
ar e. L.. &c tbo
State is hereby directed to pay to the said COM
missioners, on the warrant of the Governor; out
of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise ap-
priated, such SUM or sums of money as they may
require Tor the purchasing, erecting, enlargng or
repairing of said buildings, net exceeding thirty
Thousand dollars; the accounts of the said COM
missioners shall be duly audited by the Secre-
tary of State or other officer, whose duty it may
be to audit the accounts against the State.
Z. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty
Of the said commissioners to make detailed re-
port of all moneys expended by them by virtue of
this act and also of the progress which shall
have been made in the erection, enlarging er re-
pairing said buildings, to the Governor, on or be-
fore the first day Of January next, and as often
thereafter as the Governor shall and may from
time to time require.
s. And be it enacted; That each commission ner
shall be allowed for his services whilst actually
employed in the duties of his Office, the sum of
three dollars per day:
g. And be it enacted, That the Secretary of
State or other auditing officer, shall audit the ac-
counts Of the said commissioners for their servi-
ces, and upon his certificate, the treasurer shall
pay the same
effect Immediately.
Approved March %. 1865.
An Act to incorporate tha snldisrs, Chilarens
Home.
L. Be it enacted by the Senate and General As
sembly of the State of New Jersey, That Mrs.
Abraham o. zabriskie, Mrs. James L. Davenport,
Mrs. Joseph R. Gordon, Mrs. James c. Carlisle,
Mrs. Hosea F. Clark, Mrs. Alfrederich S. Hatch,
Mrs. Walter Storm, Mrs. /. G. Curtis, Mrs. J. 0w-
en- Rouse, Mrs. Cornelius Van Worst, Mrs Daniel
P. Griffith, Miss Sarah A. Zabriskie, Mrs. A. j.
Fitch, Mrs. Delos E. Culver, Mrs. Peter Bently,
Mrs James Montgomery, Mrs. Henry M. Scud-
der and such other persons as shall hereafter be-
come members of the corporation in the manner
to be provided by its bylaws, hereby created
a body polite and corporate by the name of "The
Soldiers Children's Home
.. And be it enacted, That said corporation
shall have power to provide a home and to sup
port and educate the destitute children of any
soldier; whether living dead, who may have
been engaged soldier in the contest, for the
msintainance of the Union of the United States,
which is declared to be the object of the corpora
ton; and for such purpose it may hold property
| to an amount not exceeding one hundred thous-
and dollars.
| s. And be it enacted, That the affairs Of said
corporation shall be managed by board of di-
rectors of not less than nine persons, to be chosen
in such manner as the by laws of said corpora
| ton shall direct, and the persons named in the
first section of this act shall be directors of said
corporation until others chosen in their stead,
and that said directors shall have power to make
| bylaws prescribing the officers Of said corpora
| tien, the number of directors, the manner in
which such officers and directors shall be chosen,
their term of office, and to make all other bylaws
for said corporation and the management of its
| affairs.
| 4. And be it enacted, That said corporation
shall have power to receive under their care for
support and education, any minor child of any
| such soldier, if placed in their charge by its
father or mother or legal guardian, or in absence
of such father or mother or legal guardian, by any
person having the charge and custody of such
child, and while said child remains under its
care until withdrawn as hereinafter provided, or
discharged according to the regulations of said
corporation, shall have the same right, control
and powers over and relating TO such childas any
father has by law over or relating to his minor
| child.
| s. And belt enacted. That the father of any
| child placed in said institute, or if there be no
father living in this State; its mother or legal
guardian may at any time withdraw from said in
stitution any child placed in its care, and any
minor sixteen years, upon her or his own re-
} quest in writing, shall be discharged from the
| same.
Z. And be it enacted, That the property Of
said corporation, held or occupied by them foI
the purposes of their incorporation shall be trsed
from all taxes to be levied under the uthorityso
this State, and no person shall lose or acquire 0
legal settlement,by residence in the home to be
provided by said corporation.
| Approved March Is, 1865.
further supplement to An act incorporating the
inhabitants of Townships, designating their pow
ers and regulating their meetings. approved
l. Be it enected by the Senate and General Assem-
blv of the State of New Jersey; That any township
ing full ane Complete account Of The receipts and
| expenditures Of the township committee as spec
fed by the act to which this is further supplement
be recovered by action of debt onehaf to go to the
township and half to the person who brings suit
for the sams and the said publication shall be made
in the paper or papers ofthe County in which the
| township lies designated by the Governor to publish
the public laws Of this State.
O. And be it enacted That this act shall take effect
Immediately.
Approved April S, 1865.
| A supplement e the act entitled IAN act incorpor.
atng the inhabitants of townships, designating
their powers and regulating tneir meeuEgs:'
blv of the State of New Jersey, That it shall be the
dnty of the clerks Of the several townships of this
State. within sixty days after the town meeting at
| which they shall have been elected, to make out
from the papers and records of the township full
and complete account of the receipts and expondi-
lures of the township committee during the psv7
ceeding year, and to cause the to be published
| in one or more newspapers circulated in said tow
ship, which report shall be verified by the oaths
said clerks respectively. III
2 And be it enacted That this act shall take eftsc
| Immediately. E sess a s4s
| Approved March 4, 1864.
further supplement- to the act entitled San at 2
! provided for the publication OF the public l,ws z
/ this State" approved February siTeenth, egntesN
hundred and ffty-four -
/. Be it enacted By the Senate .1d General Assem-.
pnblish,ne Of the laws in the sveral newspapers q
the State all be at the sare prce as is or herest
ter may be provided for thspayment Of legal notices.
2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take eneci