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CHAPTER xCv1II.

An Act relating to the building of bridges over
railroads by boards of chosen freeholders Of
counties in this state.
l. Be it enacted by the Senate and General AS
sembly of the State of New Jersey, That where
any railroad shall cross at least eight feet below
grade any street in any city in this state and sad
street where the same is crossed by any such rail-
road shall have been dedicated and shall have
been wholly or in part opened or improved sub
sequent to the building Of such railroad, and by
reason of such railroad cut or crossing it shall I'D
necessary to construct bridge said railroae
cut crossing for the convenience of public travel
any such street. and for the purpose OF making
such street continuous highway, it shall be law
full for and the board of chosen reeholdeTs OF any
county in this state in which any city containing
such street is situated is hereby authorized and
empowered to construct and maintain proper
bridge across any such railroad cut or crossing
together with suitable abutments to connect the
termini of any such street on either side of such
railroad cut or crossing, upon petition therefor,
presented or to be presented TO any such board,
which petition shall be signed by the owners of
at least one-third of the property within a radius
Of FIVE hundred feet each side along the line OF
any such street
the cost Of constructing such bridge and abut-
ments as aforesaid, if it shall appear that the
appropriation for such purposes for any year in
which such bridge shall be built is not sufficient
to pay for the construction thereof, it shall be
lawful for, and any such board of chosen free
holders is hereby authorized to borrow an amount
not exceeding the sum of fifteen thousand dol
lars and to issue bonds therefor, which said bonds
shall be sealed with the seal OF any such county,
signed by the proper county authorities and shall
run for term Of years and for rate of interest to
be agreed upon by any such board of chosen free
holders or majority thereof: provided, however,
that the interest thereon shall not exceed the rate
of FIVE per centum per annum and provided, fur
thar, that such bonds shall not be sold for less
than par
g. And be it enacted That nothing in this act
contained shall be construed to relieve any rail-
road corporation from any requirement to build
any bridge over any railroad under any existing
law.
4. And be It enacted, That this act be deemed
public act and shall take effect Immediately.
Approved March rs, 1886.
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CHAPTER CT.

An Act to amend an act entitled IAN act to estab
lish system of public instruction tRevisiOn /
approved March twenty seventh, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy -four.
/. Be it enacted by the Senate and General AS
sembly of the State of New Jersey, That section
eighty-eight of an act entitled IAN act to estab-
lish q system of public instruction Revision
approved March twenty-seventh, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy -four, be and the same
is hereby amended SO as to read as follows
49, And be it enacted. That the bonds of the
several school districts Of this state, heretofore
hereafter legally issued for the purpose of build
ing school houses, or for enlarging Or repairing
school houses, shall he lien upon the personal
and real estates of the inhabitants OF the said dis
triets well as the property of the districts and
the property of the inhabitants, as well as the
property of the districts shall be liable for the
payment of the same; and the interest on said
bonds shall be payable semi-annually, and cou-
pons shall be attached thereto; and that IN all
cases copies of all papers and proceedings au-
thorizing the issuing Of such bonds shall be sub
mitted to the attorney general for his approval
of the legality of the same; and that duplicate
copies of such papers and proceedings shall be
sent to the state superintendent OF puDic instruc-
ton.
q And be it enacted That the district clerk. or
other person performing the duties of district
clerk in any district in which there is any inter-
est bearing school debt shall or before the first
day OF September in each year. report to the state
superintendent of public instruction the amount
Of such debt then remaining unpaid together
which the bonds notes or other evidences OF
indebtedness were issued, and the date or dates
on which they shall fall due.
s. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect Immediately.
Approved March 26, 1856.
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CHAPTER LxxxvIr.

A Supplement to an act entitled can act concern
ing fremen's relief associations approved
March twenty-fifth, one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-fye.
/. Be it enacted by the Senate and General AS
Hembly of the State of New Jersey, That in case
of the reorganization and incorporation (under
the provisions of the act to which this is supple
ment) Of any existing fremen's relief association
not heretofore incorporated, the certificate Of In
corporation shall set forth the original organiza
ton Of such association and the date thereof and
the fact that said association has never been incor
porated, also the names and official designations
of the officers of such association, and reference
TO the act to which this is supplement, which
certificate shall be signed by the president and
secretary Of such association, and shall be re-
corded and filed in the manner provided in the
act to which this is supplement for the recording
and filing of certificates of Incorporation; and
nysuch certificate heretofore made recorded and
filed in manner and form as above provided shall
have the same validity, force and effect as if the
foregoing provisions had been embodied in the
act to which this is a supplement- and as if such
certificate had been made, recorded and fled in
compliance Herewith.
q And be it enacted, That in case any error
may have been or may hereafter be made in the
certificate Of incorporation OF eorporatiQn Of
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CHAPTER 6.

A Further Supplement to an act entitled can act
concerning townships and township officers, .
approved April twenty first, one thousand eight
hundred and seVenty-six.
l. Be it enacted by the Senate and General As
sembly of the State Of New Jersey, That when.
ever any township in this state, or any board of
commissioners of any township or any part thereof
shall have in contemplation the laying out OF
opening Of any new road or street within such
township, OF shall have taken any steps in the
laying out or opening of such new road or street.
it shall be lawful, at any time before the damages
to be awarded for the opening of such new road
or street shall have been assessed, for majority
of the owners of the land in lneal feet frontage
to be assessed for such improvement to file with
the township clerk q remonstrance, in writing,
against the opening or laying out OF such new
road or street, signed by them or their agents law
fully authorized and thereupon the said township
committee, as well as any commissioner or board
of commissioners or board of assessments that
may have been appointed or selected for laying
out OF OPENING Of such new road or street, OF fol
assessing damages benefits OF expenses resulting
from or connected with such proposed improve
ment, shall forthwith desist from and proceed nc
further with the opening or laying out OF such
proposed new road or street, and all costs and ex
penses that shall have been incurred in the matter
Of such new road or street shall become charge
upon such township, to be collected aud paid in
the manner provided by law for the collection
and payment of the ordinary expenses of such
township.
q And be it enacted, That all acts and parts Of
acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed
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cHApTER. CIVIL

Supplement to an act entitled San act respect
ing the compensation of the clerk in chancery
approved March fourteenth, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-nine
J. Be it enacted by the Senate and General As.
sembly of the State Of New Jersey, That the first
section of the act to which this is a supplement-
be amended so as to read as follows:
/. Be it enacted by the Senate and General As
sembly of the State of New Jersey, That the clerk
in chancery and the clerk of the supreme court
of this state shall each be entitled to receive fol
8opies and enrolling proceedings for each folio
of one hundred words five cents, aud no more.
of which SUM they shall respectively retain two
cents, and such portion of the balance as shall
not be expended and actually paid out for enroll
ing proceedings copies and recording shall be
paid into the state treasury.
2. And be it enacted That this act shall take
effect Immediately.
Approved March 26, 1886.
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March twenty-seventh, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy
1. Be 1t enacted by the Senate and General As
sembly of the State of New jersey That all deeds
of real estate made by an executrix after marriage
and recorded before March FIRST one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-six, shal have the same
force and effect and be as valid rs T. the same
had been executed and delivered before the pas
sage of an act entitled "a further supplement 10
the act entitled AN act respecting the orphans
court and the power and authority Of surro-
gates, ~ which supplement was approved March;
seventeenth, one thousand eight hundred and
ffty-five.
2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect Immediately
Approved March 26 1886.
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CHAPTER xcu.

A Further Supplement to the act entitled "An act
for the formation of borough governments
approved April fifth, one thousand eight hun
bred and seventy-eight.
/. Be it enacted by the Senate and General AS
sembly of the State of New Jersey, That the mayor
and council of any borough may select and desig-
nate justice of the peace in the borough to try
and determine all causes and complaints for vio-
lation of any ordinance of its mayor and council,
and the justice Of the peace selected and desg-
mated shall have the same power and authority to
and imprson, upon conviction, in all respects, as
the mayors of boroughs are now given by law.
2. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for
and establish ordinances for ascertaining and
establishing the grades and boundaries of all
Streets avenues, alleys and sidewalks therein.
8. And be it enacted That this act shall take
effect Immediately.
Approved March 26 1885
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CHAPTER CYL.

A Supplement to an act entitled IAN act to pre-
scribe the notice to be given of applications to
the legislature for laws when notice is required
by the constitution" approved January twenty
sixth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy
six.
1. Be it enacted by the Senate and General As.
passage of any bill for the purpose Of approving
any lease, union or consolidation or merger, pur-
suant to the provisions of an act entitled An act
respecting the leasing of railroads" approved
May second, one thousand eight hundred and
eightyfve, the notice required by the first section
of the act to which this is supplement shall be
published in a daily newspaper for at least six
bill.
2. And be it enacted, That all acts and parts of
acts inconsistent with the PROVISIONS Of this act
are hereby repealed, and that this act take effect
Immediately
Approved March 26, 1886.
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CHAPTER cx

Further Supplement to an act entitled " An act
to provide for the regulation and incorporation
OF Insurance companies [Revision. approved
seventy-fve.
l. Be it enacted by the Senate and General AS
sembly of the State of New jersey That whenever
any person who is now or hereafter may be re-
give bond or enter into recognizance with secur-
ity for the faithful performance Of any trust duty
or office, or for the doing or not doing Of anything
in said bond or recognizance specified, any person
or corporation officer or officers, public or private,
judicial, legislative executive or corporate, who
Is now, or which now are or hereafter may be re-
auired or authorized by law or otherwise to ap-
prove the suficiency of such bond recognizance,
may in his or their discretion, accept such bond
or recognizance and approve the same whenever
the same shall be executed or the conditions
thereof guaranteed by an insurance company or
ganized under the laws of other states for the pur
pose Of ransacting the business of suretyshiD of
concluded Hext week.
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CHAPTER Lxxxv.

An Act for the protection and to limit the time
and manner of killing European pheasants and
other game birds of foreign origin.
i. Be it enacted by the Senate and General As
sembly of the State of New Jersey, That it shall
not be lawful for any person to take kill or cap
ture any European pheasant, partridge or grouse
within three years next after the passage of this
act, under penalty Of TWENTY-FIVE dollars.
of the term of three years mentioned in section
of this act it shall not be lawful to take kill
or capture any European pheasant, partridge or
grouse except during the months of November
and December in any year, under penalty of
twenty-five dollars for each bird SO unlawfully
taken killed or captured.
8. And be it enacted, That any person who shall
at any time take, kill or capture any European
pheasant, partridge or grouse upon the lands of
another person without the consent of the owner
Or his agent shall be liable to penalty of twenty
Eve dollars for each bird SO taken killed or cap
tured.
Approved March %, 1885,
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charges shall be first made IN writing and he De
given time to reply thereto and the said commits
sioner shall make annual reports to the legislature
not later than the fifteenth day of January in each
year, and also to the state board of health at its
annual meeting; and said commissioner is hereby
authorized and empowered to appoint or employ
such assistants, chemists, agents, clerks and c0un-
sci as may be deemed necessary for the proper
enforcement of this act. their compensation to be
hxed by the commissioner
l6. And be 1t enacted, That the said commits
eioner shall be authorized to expend for the pur-
pose OF this act an amount not exceeding ten
thousand dollars in any one year and all expenses
shall be paid by the treasurer of this state on war
rant of the comptroller upon presentation Of prop
erly certified accounts made by said commissioner,
but such expenses shall not exceed in any one
year the amount stated in this section.
II, And be it enacted, That the said commits
sioner assistants and clerks and agents, as shall
be duly commissioned so to do by the commits
sioner, shall have full and free access ingress and
egress to all places of business factories farms,
buildings hotels, restaurants, boarding houses,
carriages, cars, vessels and cans used in the
manufacture and sale of any dairy products, or
any imitation thereof; they shall also have the
power to open any package, can or vessel con-
tanning such articles which may be manufactured,
sold or exposed for sale in violation of the pro-
visions of this act if they have reason to believe
it is being violated and may inspect the contents
therein, and may take therefrom samples for
analysis.
49, And be it enacted, That this act and each
section thereof is declared to be enacted to pre-
vent deception in the sale of oleomargarine, but
terine or any imitation of any dairy product, and
TO preserve the public health.
10. And be it enacted, That an act entitled "An
act for the protection Of darymen, and to prevent
deception In sales of butter" approved February
twenty-irst, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty -four, and an act entitled San act to pro-
hibit the manufacture and sale of impure and
imitation dairy products approved May fifth,
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, and
all acts and parts of acts inconsistent or in conflict
with this act be and the same are hereby repealed.
20. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect Immediately.
Approved March %, 1886.
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CHAPTER CHI.

An Act regulating the pay of officers and police
men in certain cities of this state.
l. Be it enacted by the Senate and General AS
sembly of the State of New Jersey That in all
cities Of this state other than towns cities or Dor
oughs which are known as seaside resorts, the pay
or salaries of the following named officers shall
be as hereinafter specified, VIZ: to sergeants
detectives or leutenants, the of not less than
ten hundred dollars per annum to round-ser-
geants or rOundsmen, the sum of not less than
nine hundced and fifty dollars per annum, and TO
potrolmen, the sum of not less than nine hundred
dollars per annum in lieu of all other compensa-
ton whatever.
3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect Immediately provided, that its provisions
shall remain imperative in any city or munich
palty until assented to by majority of the legal
votes cast for or against an increase Of pay at any
regular charter or general election to be hereafter
held in such city or municipality; and the city
clerk of such city or municipality SHALL on the
resolution of the common council, board of alder
men, board of police commissioners, or other
governing body Of such city or municipality, pro
vide for each elector voting at such election bal
lots to be printed or written or partly printed or
partly written, on which shall be either the words
"against increase of pay of police department"
and if majority of these voting shall be in favor
of an increase Of the pay Of the police. then this
act shall go into effect Immediately, and the pay
or salaries of the officers or men Of such depart
ment shall be as hereinbefore stated persons
entitled to vote at any charter or general election
shall express their assent to or rejection of this
act by depositing their ballots in the box provided
for depositing ballots at such election in the cleo
ton precincts districts wards of any such city,
and those who are in favor of the acceptance of
this act shall each deposit ballot containing the
words for increase of pay of police department"
written or printed thereon. and those who are
opposed shall each deposit ballot with the words
against increase of pay of police department.
written or printed thereon; and this acceptance
or rejection may be expressed upon the ballot on
which are the names of the ward, city, county or
state officers, and shall be counted in determining
such result there shall be canvass on the return
of the votes upon the question of such acceptance
or rejection made by the election officers in the
same way and manner as for officers voted for at
such election.
Approved March 26, 1886.
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CHAPTER xc1II.
Supplement to an act respecting bridges.

Supplement to an act respecting bridges
l. Be it enacted by the Senate and General As
sembly of the State of New Jersey, That when
ever majority of the board of chosen freeholders
utility Of maintaining any toll-bridge being pri-
vate or Incorporated property, as q free public
bridge, 1t shall be lawful for said chosen free
holders at the expense of the county, to purchase
said bridge and maintain the same as free
bridge for public use provided that this act shall
not apply to any bridge used In connection with
any turnpike or road owned or controlled by q
corporation
2. And be it enacted, That SO much Of the act
Of incorporation of any bridge company hereto
fore incorporated as is Incompatible with the pro-
pealed.
3. And be i enacted, That this act shall take
effect Immediately.
Approved March 26 1885,
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CHAPTER xCIx.

An Act to amend an act entitled "a further sup
plement to an act entitled An act to regulate
the state library" which supplement- was APP
proved March twenty-second, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-three.
l. Be it enacted by the Senate and General AS
sembly of the State of New Jersey, That section
one Of the act to which this is supplement be
and the same is hereby amended SO that the same
shall read as follows:
L Be il enacted by the Senate and General As
sembly of the State of New Jersey. That the sum
of twenty-five hundred dollars shall be the an
crease Of the state library. the said sum to be
drawn from the treasury of the state by the COM
missoners of the state library and expended under
their direction in the repair, PRESERVATION and
purchase of useful books
2 Aud be it enacted. That this act shall take
effect Immediately.
Approved March 26, 1886.
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any hume, TIE o. prulerlye, Tor the Uc5ss5 use,
occupation, calling, service or purpose Of singing
playing on musical instruments. rope-walking,
dancing, begging in any public street or highway,
soever, and any person who shall take receive,
hire, employ, use or have in custody any such
child or children for the purposes above named,
or any of them, sshail be deemed to be guilty of a
misdemean0r, and, upon conviction thereof before
any court or ether competent tribunal, shall be
fined in sum of not less than fifty more than
two hundred and fifty dollars OF be imprisoned at
hard labor in ascounty jail or penitentiary for a
period not less than thirty days nor more than one
year, or both Er6h fine and imprisonment in the
discretion of thetcourt.
2. And be L enacted, That this act shall take
effect immediately.
Approved Mach Is, 1886.
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. CHAPTER xCvI.
An Act relative to recorders in this state.

An ACT reIatlVe 10 recOrders IN THIS state.
/. Be it enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the
recorder of any city of this state may in case of
his necessary temporary absence from his court or
inability from any cause 70 act therein designate
and appoint justice of the peace to act in his
stead during the period OF such absence or ina
bility, and such Justice OF the peace while so
acting shall have hold, exercise use and per-
form any power, privilege duty, authority or jur
isdiction which is or shall be conferred upon or
granted to said recorder; provided, that no such
appointment shall be authorized or continued for
alonger period than two days, without the consent
of the mayor of such city.
2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect Immediately.
Approved March 26, 1886