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CHAPTER cxcvlI

An Act TO deiray certain expenses incidental to the
elections held in this state under the act entitled
"Au act toproyde for submitting proposed amend
ments to the constitution of this state to the peo-
pie thereof approved June nineteenth, one thou
sand eight hundred and ninety.
Whereas, in and by said act approved Jane nine
teenth one thousand eight hundred and ninety, it
was among other things enacted, that the judges
holding the elections hereunder should certify
and subscribe statement of the result of the same,
and cause the same. certified, to be delivered by a
messenger appointed by them, to the secretary OF
state of this state within week after said cleo
ton )" and whereas, many of the messengers who
were appointed Tor said purpose and performed the
duties OF such appointment, have received no COM
pensation therefor or repayment of expenses and
disbursements by them incurred and paid in dis
charging the duties of such appointment;
|. Be II enacted by the Senate and General AS
sembly Of the State of New Jersey, That each and
every one of the messengers aforesaid who perform
ed the duties of messenger as Aforesaid and have
not been compensated therefor, shall be entitled Il
receive the sum of three dollars for such service
and IN addition thereto all actual expenditures by
them necessarily incurred in performing said ser.
vice; the same to be paid out Of the county funds
by the county collectors of the respective counties
on the presentation OF itemized bills therefor veri-
fed by the oath of the person performing the SER
OF messenger as aforesaid setting forth that the
said services were performed and moneys expended
according to such itemized bill and have not been
paid or satisfied,
2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect immediately
Approved March IS 1892
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resolution determine at the time of ordering
the issue thereof, and provision for meeting
or redeeming the same as they become due
and payable shall be made at such times;
every year SO long as said bonds are out
standing provision shall be made by appro-
priation of money to meet and pay portion
thereof, they shall be payable, principal as
well as in interest at the Office of such
county collector; such bonds shall be sold at
not less than par value, upon bids duly ad-
yertised for or otherwise; same may be either
registered or coupon bonds or both, and
coupon bonds may be exchanged for regis
tered bonds and vice versa, at the request OF
the holder; provided, such board shall first
consent to such exchange.
3. And be it enacted, That the work of the
construction or reconstruction of such
bridge so as aforesaid provided for, shall be
done by contract or contracts to be awarded
therefor to the lowest bidder upon bids or
proposals to be invited by advertisements
published in not less than two newspapers
circulating in such county, for not less than
two weeks previous to the time fixed for the
receipt OF such bids; the plans and specifica-
tons for such bridge shall be on exhibition
of the office of such board for like period of
time; any bid or part of a bid may be rejected
If deemed for the best interest of the county
to do so; security by bond or like obligation
shall be required for the faithful perform
ance of such contracts in a sum of not less
than nifty per centum of the same. and in no
instance shall less than two sufficient sure
ties be required who shall be freeholders
owning lands and real estate in such county,
and afhdavit thereof shall be attached to
such bonds; said board may impose such
other requirements by exaetion from the
bidders for the work of a deposit of money
or certified check, or otherwise, to secure
faithful performance of such contracts and
proper protection of the interests of the
county in matters relating thereto as may be
deemed prudent.
4, And be it enacted, That such board may
adopt such rules and regulations for the ope-
ration or working of such bridge and the per-
sons employed thereat, as shall be reasonable
and proper; provided, the same shall not
abridge the right to navigate such rivers or
streams as the same now exists, but it is here
by expressly provided that in the reconstruc-
ton and construction aforesaid whenever it
shall be necessary to close the bridge and stop
travel over the same that may be done and
the county shalt not be liable for any dam
age injury, loss or expense which may be
claimed therefor or by reason thereof.
5. And be ii enacted That all acts and parts
of acts inconsistent with the provision of this
act be and the same are hereby repealed, and
this act shall take effect Immediately
Approved March IS 1892
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luton nix the amount thereof necessary to be
issued, ana upon receiving and filing In the
ONCE Vi tue borough clerk petition or con-
sent, IN writing. signed by the owners of
more than one-half in value IF the taxable
properly IN said borough, as shown ny the as
SCISSOR 8 duplicate for the preceding year.
wnlcn petition or consent shall, as to each
properly owner, specify the location and as
sesseu value of his or her said property as
SHOWN by said duplicate. may direct special
election held to determine the question of
sucn issue of which special election at least
tnirty Gays notice shall be given by adver-
easements signed by the borough clerk aud
posted In at least three public places in such
teast three weeks in a newspaper printed and
published in said borough, If any such exists
or II not, then in the county wherein said
borough is situate.
5. Aud be il enacted That at such special election
the only question submitted shall be ''iu favor of
issue of improvement bonds" against issue of
improvement bonds" which election shall be by
ballot, shall be held by the election officers OF such
borough upon the day appointed by ordinance, and
the polls shall be kept open the time provided by
law.
g. Aud be it enacted, That when the council of
any borough shall issue bonds as herein provided
1t shall and may be lawful for the said council to
order and cause to be assessed and raised by tax
moneys to be raised by said borough, as may be
requisite to pay the interest said bonds and so
much of the principal thereof as they may deem
necessary and expedient, and to provide for the
payment of said bonds when due
Z. And be 1t enacted, That this act shall be
public act, and shall take effect immediately
Approved March S, 1892.
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the board of chosen freeholders of said coun-
ty and to the corporation owning leasing or
operating such road, as he may direct, APP
point three commissioners from the counties
composing such circuit, not more than two
being from the same county; the said appli-
cation shall be made by at least ten freehold
ers owning lands along or through which
said road, or part thereof, runs; the said
commissioners, when appointed, shall take
an oath or affirmation faithfully and fairly
to perform their duties and shall thereupon
proceed to estimate and determine the fair
and just value of the said road or part there
of to be taken, and OF the franchise of the
corporation owning, leasing or operating the
same, having first given ten days notice of
the time and place when and where they will
meet to hear amy representations in behalf
OF said corporation. of the board of chosen
/ freeholders OF such county, or of said ten APP
plying freeholdeIs, in relation to the matter;
such notice shall be served upon the president
| or other chief officer of such corporation and
also upon the director or clerk of the board
of chosen freeholders. and shall be published
In one newspaper published in such county
at least one week prior to the time of such
meeting; such meeting may be adjourned
from time to time. at the discretion of the
commissioners; provided, that the provisions
of this section shall not apply to turnpikes
or macadamized toll roads over three miles
| in length; but further provided that any
| part thereof may be SO condemned and pur-
chased and acquired for free public use ex
/ tending not exceeding three miles from any
county seat or Incorporated city
| 2. And be il enacted, That this act shall
| take effect immediately
Approved March 20, 1899.
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CHAPTER ccyIrI.

An Act to lcgalize sales in certain cases.
Whereas, Custom and usage serves TO draw
the people of the agricultural districts to
the chief towns In their respective counties
on Saturday afternoons; and whereas. the
rule established by custom In agricultural
localities OF holding public sales OF real and
personal property on Saturday has benefit
ted both buyers and sellers, and conserved
the public interests; therefore.
l. BE IL enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly OF the State of New Jersey, That
hereafter each and every sale of real and per-
sona property made by any public officer or
by any citizen OF this state on any Saturday,
shall In all respects be as valid and legal as
though such sale was made on any day on
which 1t is now lawful to sell and transfer
real estate. and that no such sale shall be
void or Illegal on account of it having been
made on Saturday.
2. And be 1t enacted, That all acts or parts
of acts Inconsistent or repuguant TO the pro
visions OF this act, be and they are hereby re-
pealed and abrogated in so far rs they dis
agree or conflict with the provisions of this
act.
8. And be 1t enacted That this act shall
take effect immediately
Approved March 20, 1892
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CHAPTER cLxxxI.
An Act in relation to assessments in certai
fnwnnlinAs

An Act in relation to assessments in certain
townships.
l. Be 1T enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly of the State of New Jersey That
in all townships in this state the legal voters
of which are now, or hereafter may be au-
thorized and empowered to elect commission
ers of public roads at their annual township
elections 1t shall be lawful for such commits
Sioners of public roads to make the proper
assessments for the costs. damages and ex-
penses which may have been heretofore in
CURED or which may be hereafter incurred
by virtue of any Jaw of this state applicable
to such township. for the surveying laying
out altering. Vacating or altering the grade
OF any public road, upon the lands peculiarly
benehtted by such Improvement; provided
however, that such assessments shall bear a
just proportion to snch benefits and be con-
trmed by the township committee of such
township, after due notice to all persons In
terested therein, and shall in all other re-
spects, not inconsistent with the provisions
OF this act, conform to the law authorizing
the election of such commissioners of public
roads.
2. And be it enacted That no certiorari
shall be granted or allowed to remove into
any court of this state. for the purpose of
review, any assessment, made or to be made
under or by virtue of this act, after the ex-
piration OF sixty days from the time of the
continuation of said assessment by the said
township committee.
3. And be it enacted, That all acts or parts
of acts inconsistent with the provisions of
this act be and the same are hereby repealed
4. And be IL enacted, That this act shall
take effect imm ediatey.
Approved March g. 1899.
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CHAPTER cxcvIII

A Supplement to the act entitled AN act TO
empower cities to acquire land for public
use by condemnation approved March
seventeenth, one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-one.
/. Be It enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That
whenever any proceeding for the condemna-
ton of lands or real estate now pending or
hereafter to be taken by or in behalf of any
city OF this stat G, or of any board. department
or special commission OF or for such city, the
lands or real estate to be taken and condemned
or any part thereof or interest therein shall be
limited over after one or more estates for life,
or any estate therein, 1t shall be lawful for the
commissioners or others persons whose duty IL
Is to examine and appraise the said land and
real estate and to assess the damages for the
taking thereof, instead of making an award
and appraisemento of the value of the interest
or share of each owner or person interested
in said lands or real estate. TO ascertain and
report the total value in gross sum of all the
interests estates or shares in said lands or
real estate. whether in possession remainder.
reverson or expectancy, and the total dam
ages for the taking of the same; and such
award and appraisemenf, otherwise lawfully
made, shall bind all persons Interested in said
lands, whether in possession, remainder. re-
version or expectancy or by any estate;
and upon the payment of such gross sum
by the city 10 the clerk of the circuit court of such
county, the city may enter upon and take possess
sion OF such lands free and discharged from all
trusts estates AMI interests of every kind and of
every person whatsoever and in such cases 1t shall
be lawful for the circuit court OF the county In
trustees aud thereto If necessary, whose
duty il shall be TO receive, hold and invest the
money awarded and paid for said lands real
estate, aud 10 pay the income OF the same aud
finally to dispose ct aud distribute the principal
thereof in accordance with the several rights, in
terests and shares OF the respective owners of or
persons In interest In said lands provided, that in
the lands so taken any part thereof shall be
In possession of tenant or tenants under verbal
o written lease the commissioners shall ascertain
and report the damages OF such tenant or tenants
for the taking OF said lands and the court may order
the sum sums allowed, be paid olt OF the funds
and the balance held as hereinabove provided.
q And be it enacted That such trustee trustees
shall give such bonds security the said court
may require and shall account annually, olteuer
# required to the said court, and shall be allowed
their lawful and proper disbursements out OF the
said fund its income, and for their services as
trustees such compensation the said court shall
deem adequate and just.
3. And be il enacted, That this act shall take
effect Immediately.
Approved March %, 1892.
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CHAPTER cLxxxvIII

A Supplement to an act entitled can act to
regulate the practice of law tRevislonl
approved March twenty-seventh, one thou
sand eight hundred and seventy -four.
L. BE 1t enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That
when any cause pending in the supreme
court of this state shall have been heretofore
or shall be hereafter tried before one OF the
justices of the said supreme G Jurt at circuit
court and said Justice shall have died. or shall
die after such trial but before signing the
postea, IL shall and may be lawful for the
supreme court to order Judgment o be eater
ed in accordance with the proceedings in said
circuit court, ON the production to them of
the circuit record with the postea annexed,
signed by the clerk of said circuit court and
under the seal of the said circuit court; which
certifcation IL shall be the duty of the clerk
of said circuit court to make and In such
case any and all questions as 10 the form of
the postea shall re determined by the said
supreme court and such postea may be
amended as to matter of form by said court.
2. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect Immediately.
Approved March %. 1892.
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CHAPTER eek.

A Supplement TO an act entitled IAN act to
amend an act entitled An act to provide
for the purchase of turnpike and macada-
mized toll roads, approved June nine
teenfh one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-six, approved March twenty-eighth,
one thousand eight hundred and ninety
/. BE IL enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly of the State OF New Jersey, That
section one of the act entitled AN act to
provide for the purchase of turnpike and
macadamized toll roads" approved June
nineteenth. one thousand eight hundred and
elghty-six, be and the same Is hereby amend
ed 30 that the same shall read as follows:
/. BE 1t enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly of the State Of New Jersey. That
whenever an application In writing as here
matter specified. shall be presented to the
justice OF the supreme court holding the cir
cult court of any county In this state wherein
any turnpike or macadamized toll road Ia
wholly or partially located. asking for the
condemnation and purcf ase of said road or
part thereof, and the requirement thereof
for free public use. such Justice may. IL he
deem 1t a proper case, upon such notice to
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CHAPTER cLxxxvu

Supplement- 10 an act entitled AN act in relation
to days of recreation and holidays and fixing the
days and parts of days so TO be set apart and OBJ
served, and regulating the maturity of CONNER
eial paper with respect thereto" approved March
ninth one thousand eight hundred aud ninety
one
l. Be it enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That
nothing in said act to which this is a supplement
shall be held construed to make invalid the
vice Of any writ Of summons, or attachment war
rant execution, venre subpoena or other process
issued out ofany court of law equity in this state.
by any officer lawfully auth orized and empowered to
serve the same on any Saturday between twelve
o'clock noon and twelve O'Clock midnight and all
writs of summons or attachment, warrant, execu-
ton, venire, subpoena or other process issued as
aforesaid, heretofore served, or which may be here
after served by any officer as aforesaid, any Sat-
ulday after twelve o'clock noon as aforesaid shall
be held to be legally served provided the same shalt
be served. in all other respects in the way and
ner prescribed by law.
2. And be IL enacted, That this act shall be
deemed public act, and shall take effect imme-
di9tely.
Approved March rs, 1892
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CHAPTER cxcrI

A Further Supplement to an act entitled "An
act constituting district courts in certain
cities In this state,n approved March ninth,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy
seven.
l. BE II enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That
hereafter, Notwithstanding any provisions to
the contrary which may be contained in the
act to which this is supplement-, or in any
thereof. the judge of any district court In
any city In this state may preside in and con-
duct the business of any other district court
when requested TO do SO by the Judge thereof
2. And be it enacted. That the salaries of all
the judges and clerks of district courts. as
provided for in the act to which this is Il sup
plement, shall hereafter be paid in monthly
installments.
3. And be it enacted, That this act shall be
deemed public act and shall take effect inn
mediately.
Approved March 2S 1892
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CHAPTER cLxxyII.

Supplement to an act entitled "An act rel
alive to the publication of the laws of this
state in the newspapers" approved May
sixth, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty seven.
l. BE IL enacted By the Senate and General
Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That
of the state of the state of the state of New
jersey upon the warrant of the comptroller.
to pay to any newspaper which shall have
heretofore published the laws for any year
under designation of the governor comptrol-
Ter and secretary of state. or a majority of
them Notwithstanding said newspaper had
not been regularly and continuously pub
lished previous to such selection for the
space of eighteen months which payment
snail be made at and after the rate hereto
fore fixed tor such year.
2. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect Immediately.
Approved March IS 1899
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CHAPTER Gel.

A Further Supplement to an act entitled "An act
for the organization Of the national guard Of the
state Of New Jersey approved March ninth, one
thousand eight hundred and sixly-niae.
/. BE II enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly Of the State Of New Jersey, That
the State military board may IN their discretion
organize, in any brigade Of this state, any body Of
young men attached TO any military school or
academy cadet corps for the purpose Of insiruc-
ton 10 military science and tactics; that these
cadet organizations In military schools or academies
be attached to the national guard of this state and
be subject 10 such duties and requirements as may
by the officers Of said guard be thought proper but
shall 10 no case receive any of the moneys and
emoluments now allowed by law for companies OF
the national guard that to further aid this object
the governor OF the state be and he is hereby em-
powered to commission at his discretion under the
recommendation Of the state military board a cOm-
mandant OF cadets acting as military instructor in
such military academy or corps with the rank OF
captain when the number attending the school
shall exceed filty and with the rank Of MAJOR when
the number attending the school shall exceed
eighty.
2 And be it enacted. That this act shall take
effect Immediately.
Approved March %, 1892
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CHAPTER cLxxx,

A Supplement to an act entitled "An act
for the formation and government of
borOughs" approved April second, one
thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.
]. Be 1t enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly of the State of New Jersey. That
the twenty first section of the act to which
this is a supplement, be and the same is
hereby amended SO TO read as follows
81 And be 1t enacted, That whenever here
after q greater sum of money that the said
sum of twenty mills on the dollar shall, In
the opinion of said council, be necessary to
be raised in any one year for the use OF such
borough, then and In such case the said coln-
Gil are hereby authorized to give notice to
the property holders of the borough, by ad-
vertisement published in one newspaper il
any there be printed in the county in which
such borough is situate, for at least two
weeks, once in each week, before acting
thereon, and by printed hand bills put up in
five of the most public pI ces In such borough
for a like period. stating the sum of money
necessary to be raised and the purpose and
uses for which such money is needed, and
upon obtaining the written consent of per-
sons representing one-half or more of the
taxable property in said borough as repre-
scented by the duplicates of the borough as
SCISSOR for the previous year, said members of
council may proceed to vote thereon; and
every sum Of money so voted by any resolu-
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CHAPTER cLxXXIX.

An Act TO validate certain ordinance hereto
fore passed by governing bodies of cities in
this state.
Whereas, In certain cities in this state, the
provisions of whose charters require publ
cation of notice of the time of considera-
tion of certain ordinances, and also of the
text of the ordinance themselves to be
made in a German newspaper; and where
as. through misapprehension or miscon-
nances have heretofore been published in
such newspapers in manner not in ac-
cordance with the true intent and meaning
of the law; now, therefore,
/. BE IL enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That
all such ordinances be and the same are here
by validated and rendered effectual to all in
tents and purposes rs IL the same had been
legally published.
2. And be it enated, That this act shall take
effect Immediately.
Approved March %, 1892.