The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-07-20


signed by said voters III their presence.
requesting said trustees to insert in the
call for the annual school meeting Q
notice. as prescribed in section three Of
this act, then it shall be lawful for the
legal voters to determine by majority
vote of those present whether the num-
Der of school trustees shall or shall not be
increased TO ave
2. And be it enacted That all acts and
pards OF acts inconsistent with the pros
visions OF this act be and the same are
hereby repealed
3. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect Immediately.
Approved March 81, 1920.
CHAPTER XCIV.
Further Supplement to an act entitled
An act to incorporate trustees of re-
ligious societies, approved April ninth,
one thousand eight hundred and sew
enty-fye
Whereas between the time of the enact
ment OF the act entitled AN act to in
corporate trustees of religious socie-
ties, approved April seventeenth, one
thousand eight hundred and forty six
and the time of the supplement thereto,
approved February niuth, one Thousand
eightshundred.an d sixty, extending the
first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth,
seventh and eighth sections Of said act
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of Jews within this state,T certain re-
liqious societies or congregations Of
Israelites, otherwise called Hebrews or
Jews, within this state, took and car
ried out proceedings, according to this
act, Tor their incorporation. and have,
since such proceedings were had, ac-
CURED, conveyed and nortgaged prop
erty, and done and performed other
acts as corporate bodies; and whereas,
doubts have arisen as to whether the
said act, prior to the enactment OF the
said supplement thereto, extended to
such religious societies or cpngrega-
tons, so rs to enable them to become
legally incorporated under the same:--
/. BE it enacted by the Senate and GEN
eral Assembly OF the State of New Jer-
sey, That the proceedings of all religious
societies or congregations of Israelites,
otherwise called Hebrews or Jews, within
this state, taken and carried out by them
between the time of the enactment of the
act entitled An act to incorporate trns-
tees of religious societies, approved
April seventeenth. one thousand eight
hundred and forty-six, and the time of
the enactment of the supplement- thereto,
approved February ninth, one Thousand
eight hundred and sixty, for their incor-
poration. according to the provisions OF
said act, are hereby confirmed and made
valid and legal and effectual to the ex-
tent the same would have been valid,
legal and effeetual If the first. second,
third, fourth. fifth, sixth, seventh and
eighth sections Of said act had been in and
by said act expressly extended to and
made to embrace such religious societies
or congregations; and all conveyances aud
mortgages of real or personal property
made to or by each and every of such
religious societies or congregations, aud
all other acts done and performed by
each and every Of them as corporate
body since such proceedings were had
by the same are hereby confirmed
and made valid and legal and effectual to
the same extent that such conveyances,
mt rtgages and other acts aforesaid would
have been valid, legal and effectual il the
said sections of said act had been in and
by said act expressly extended to and
made to embrace such religious societies
or congregations.
p And be it enacted, That this act
shall take effect immediately.
Approved March 81, 1890.
CHAPTER XCv.
A Further Supplement to an act entitled
An act concerning roads, approved
March twenty-seventh. one thousand
eight hundred and seventy -four.
Whereas, 1t has become necessary to alter
the several courses of certain pubic
roads which have been dedicated by the
owner or owners of the lands over
which the same are laid; and whereas,
to relieve the unused lands included in
said roads from the burden Of such
dedication; therefore,
1. Be it enacted by the Senate and Gen.
eral Assembly of the State of New ersey,
That In order to save the expenses neces-
sarily attendant, both to applicants and
townships, upon the vacation of public
roads in the manner now authorized by
law, whenever any road or any portion of
such road which has heretofore been
legally dedicated for the public use, aud
lying In the same county, shall have been
unworked and unused for public travel
for period of not less than fifteen years
from date of deed of dedication, then, in
such case, such road or portion thereof
as shall have been unused for public
travel for the term aforesaid shall be and
hereby is declared TO be vacated without
the notice and application and other pro-
ceedings specified in the act to which this
act is supplements or any act supple
mentary thereto; provided, that the owns
er or owners of the lands on both SIDES OF
said roads or said portion thereof, unused
as aforesaid, shall file in the office Of the
clerk of the county wherein such road or
such portion of road lies, an assent in
writing to said vacation, proven and ac-
knoWledged before some officer author
lied to take the proof and acknowledge
menta of deeds in this state, and endorsed
by said officer with his certificate thereto.
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the duty of said clerk upon receiving said
assent in writing to endorse upon it the
date of its receiptin said office, anil TO file
it therein, with the certificate of the proof
OF the acknowledgment thereon endorsed
in the book in which are recorded the re-
turns made by the surveyors of the high
ways of roads laid out or vacated by
them, and at the foot of the record to
make a note of the time when said assent
in writing was received for record in his
said office. "a
8. And be it enacted, That the officer
taking the proof or acknowledgment
aforesaid, required by this act, shall be
entitled to receive therefor the sum of
fifty cents and said clerk the same, fees
that he at the time may be by law entitled
to for fling and recording such returns
as aforesaid.
4. And be enacted. That this act shall
not apply to cities, towns or other muni-
cipaiities which have the governing pow
er over the roads and streets under their
Jurisdiction but to township roads only,
and shall take effect Immediately.
Approved March 81. 1890.
CHAPTER XCVI.
A Supplement to an act entitled "An act
to provide for the review by the Justices
of the supreme court of this state of
summary convictions by justices of the
pence, police Justices aud recorders Of