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CHAPTER CIVIL

An Act authorizing the towns and townships OF
this state TO renew matured and maturing bonds.
1. Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assem-
bly, of the State of New jersey, That whenever any
bonds heretofore legally issued by any town or
township in this state under the authority of law,
are now due and unpaid or shall hereafter become
due, the common council or township committee of
any such township may renew sixty per centum of
said Indebtedness, any less part thereof by the
issuing of the bonds of aid town or townships for
that purpose; which bonds may be made payable at
periods of time not exceeding thirty years from the
date of issuing the same and shall draw such rate OF
interest, not exceeding five per centum per annum
and be issued in such sums the common council
or township committee OF any town or township
shall, by ordinance or resolution, determine which
bonds shall be of the denomination OF not less than
fifty dollars more than one thousand dollars.
and shall be designated as renewal bonds, and shall
be executed in the same manner as the matuTed
and maturing bonds are executed, and shall have
coupons attached for every halyears interest ntil
due or may be registered, at tue option OF the hold
er; which coupons, If attached, shall be signed by
the mayor, chairman other proper financial Off
Ger and numbered to correspond with the bond to
which they shall respectively be attached provided
that in order to redeem the bonds issued under the
provisions of this act at maturity, it shall be the
duty OF the common council or township committee,
Immediately preceding the time when any OF SAID
bonds shall be due to special tax to be levied
and collected other Town or township taxes OF
may hereafter be levied and collected the proceeds
of which said tax shall be applied to the payment OF
said bonds as they mature
2. And be it enacted, That the interest on said
bonds shall be raised and paid by a tax annually
levied and collected other town township taxes
are now may hereafter be levied and collected
and the common council or township committee OF
any said town township may dispose of said bonds
either at public or private sale Tor the best price
that be obtained for the same, but not at less
price than par value and said bonds and all moneys
derived from the sale thereof shall be invoably APP
piled and used for the payment OF the said maurcd
and maturing bonds.
8. And be it enacted, That any act or acts on
parts inconsistent with the provisions of this act
be and the same are hereby repealed, and this act
shall be public act and take effect Immediately.
Approved April 30, 1894.
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CHAPTER CXXXII.

An Act authorizing township committees of
townships in which there may be n water
supply furnished by public or private water
works, to raise and pay moneys for the prepa-
ration of surveys, plans and estimates for
sewerage or drainage.
l. BE ii enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That
in any township in this state in which there
may be "a supply of water furnished by public
or private water works, ii shall be lawful for
the. township committee to cause to be made
surveys, plans and estimates by competent en-
gineers and mechanics or contractors sufficient
to demonstrate practicable and efficient sys-
tenn of sewerage or drainage, or BOTH for such
township, including the disposition of house
sewage or waste, or both, and to appropriate n
sum of money to pay for such surveys, plans
and estimates not exceeding the sum of five
hundred dollars during one year; and the
township committee is hereby authorized to
borrow the amount so appropriated in antici-
patton of taxes to be levied, and to cause the
same to be raised in the tax levy next there
after.
g And be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect Immediately.
Approved May |, 1894.
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CHAPTER #CXXXVI.

An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to
establish a system of public instruction "
[Revision1 approved March twenty
one thousand eight hundred and seventy
four.
/. BE il enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That
section eighty-one of an act entitled AN act
to establish system of public instruction u
| Revisionl approved March twenty-seventh,
one thousand eight hundred and seyenty-four,
be and the same is hereby amended so rs to
read as follows:
81 And be it enacted, That it shall be the
duty of the county superintendent of each
county to apportion annually to the districts
and cities of his county the state school
moneys, together with the interest of the sur
plus revenue belonging to said county, and
such other moneys as may be raised for school
purposes upon the basis of the last published
school census; provided thai all children
residing in fractional districts Situated in two
or more adjoining townships shall be included
i'm the census of that township in which the
fraction containing the school house is situat-
ed and provided also, that no district shall
receive less than two hundred and seventy
dollars; that districts with thirty children,
but less than forty-fiye shall receive three
hundred and ten dollars, and that districts
with forty-fve children or more shall receive
not less than three hundred and seventy
dollars.
q And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect Immediately.
Approved May ,, 1884.
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CHAPTER CYL

An Act relative to the establishment Of sinking
funds and the appointment of commissioners
therefor in certain townships in this state.
1. Be 1t enacted by the Senate and General As
sembly of the state of New Jersey, That the town
ship committee OF any township in this state hay-
ing by the of the United States taken in the
year thousand eight hundred and ninety, or
by any census hereafter to be taken population
exceeding ten thousand, may provide by ordinance
for the establishment of sinking fund or sinking
funds with relation to any series OF bonds or obga-
tions of the said township, which may have been
heretofore may hereafter be issued by such
township and provide for the control, direction and
management of the said fund when so established.
2. And be it enacted, That in such township the
township committee shall provide by ordinance for
the appointment of commissioners of the sinking
fund for such township, not exceeding FIVE of whom
the chairman of the township committee for the
time being shall be one and such commissioners
when appointed shall have full power and authority
to manage and control the said fund under the
direction and pursuant to the laws OF this state and
ordinances of such township.
3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect Immediately.
Approved April 30, 1894.
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CHAPTER CXX.

A Further Supplement to an act entitled AN
| act To complete the geological survey of the
| state" approved March thirtieth, one thou
sand eight hundred and siNty-four,
| |. BE il enacted by the Senate and General
| Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the
state geologist, under the direction of the board
of managers of the geological survey, and with
the assistance OF n competent botanist to be
selected by said board for his expert know
ledge of forestry and of the forest trees of this
state, and such other expert assistance as may
be required for the purpose, shall make an in
vestigation to ascertain the extent, character
and location of the wild lands of this state
which are suited for permanent occupation by
forests rather than by agriculture, and shall
report the results OF such investigation TO the
legislature together with u statement of what
part or parts of such lands would be suitable
for state forest reserve and the advantages
as regards the timber-supply, water supply,
scenery and climate of the state, which would
accrue from the conservation of existing for
ests by the establishment Of such reserve or
otherwise: the investigation so to be made
shall determine the extent to which forests of
timber of commercial value now exist in this
state, and include IA study of the localities and
areas which are specially adapted TO the
growth of designated kinds OF timber of COM |
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of sidewalks and crosswalks in townships"
approved May ninth, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-four, be and the same is
hereby amended so as to read as follows;
o. And be it enacted That within five days
after the assessment shall have been con-
firmed and entered in the minutes as afOre-
said, the township clerk shall deliver d certi-
fed COPY of the same to the collector of taxes
in such township, who shall, within fifteen
DAYS after receiving the same, demand pay
ment of the sum so assessed upon the owner
or owners of each lot of land by delivering to
the owner of each lot, or to one of the owners
of each lot, residing within his township, or
by leaving at the place of residence of any
owner residing within his township, or by de-
livering to the agent of any such owner or
owners a notice in writing, or printed, which
notice shall set forth the name or names of
the owner or owners, a brief description of the
location of such lot, the amount of the assess
ment, and the time when the same shall be-
come due and payable and if any owner or
owners shall reside out of his township the
said collector shall, within the same time, send
a like notice to him, her or them, by mail,
with postage prepaid, directed to his. her or
their last known post office address; provided,
that the provisions of this act shall not apply
to townships in counties having less than sew
enty thousand inhabitants.
2. And be it enacted, That all acts and parts
of acts inconsistent with this act be and the
same are hereby repealed.
3. And be it enacted That this act shall take
effect Immediately
Approved May /, 1894.
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CHAPTER CXXX.

An Act to amend an act entitled = An act for
the prevention of cruelty to animals, ap-
proved March eleventh, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty.
/. Be it enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That
section five of the act to which this is amen
datory, shall read follows:
s. And be it enacted, That whenever any
animal or creature is found on the highway
or elsewhere whether abandoned or not, i'll a
MANNED, sick, infirm or disabled condition, 1t
shall be lawful for any Justice of the peace, or
sheriff Of the county, or agent of the New Jer-
sey society for the prevention Of cruelty TO
animals in this state, to appoint suitable per-
son to examine and destroy such animal or
creature If unfit for further use; and If any
MANNED, sick, infrm or disabled animal or
creature shall be abandoned to die by any per
son in any public place, such person shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and on CON
viction thereof shall be punished as is provid-
ed in section thirteen of this act; and the ami
NAL or creature thus abandoned, If fit for
further use, may be advertised and sold in
such manner as any Justice of the peace or
agent of the New Jersey society for the pre-
vention of cruelty to animals may direct, ana
the proceeds, after deducting expenses, shall
be paid to to district society for the prevention
of cruelty to ANIMAL if one is in existence in
the county if not, then to the New Jersey so
ciety for the prevention of cruelty to animals.
Approved May |, 1871
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cHAXTEP OK.

An Act to authorize any township of this state t.
celebrate the centennial anniversary Of its ex
stence, and empowering the township committed
of such township to provide the necessary fund.-
therefore.
l. BE 1t enacted by the Senate and General As
sembly of the State of New Jersey, That IL shall be
lawful for every township of this state to celebrate
the centennial anniversary OF its existence in such
manner as its township committee may by res0lu-
tion direct and, in order to delTay the necessary
expenses OF such celebration il shall and may be
lawful for such township committee 10 appropriate
therefor a sum of money not exceeding five hundred
dollars; and the said township committee in case
no unappropriated moneys OF SAID township are
available for the purpose, is hereby authorized TO
borrow the amount so appropriated upon the
promissory note of the township in anticipation of
the taxes 10 be thereafter levied
q And be il enacted, That il shall be lawful for
the township committee, and il is hereby authorized
and directed 10 cause the so borrowed If any, TO
be assessed aud raised in the manner that
other taxes of said township raised in The tax
levy next thereafter imposed, and the moneys so
raised shall be applied 10 the extinguishment of
said debt and to no other porpose
3. And be il enacted, That the sum so appropriate |
ed in any township shall be paid by the township
collector in such township TO the township treasurer
for the purpose aforesaid; and such money so
appropriated shall be used and expended by such
treasurer under the direction Of and upon the order
of the township committee.
4. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect Immediately.
Approved April 80. 1894.
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CHAPTER CXL.

Further Supplement- to an act entitled An
act To regulate elections approved April
eighteenth, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-siX.
l. Be it enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That
section one hundred of an act entitled AN act
to regulate elections approved April eigh-
teeth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy
six be and the same is hereby amended so as
to read as follows:
100. And be it enacted, That the several
circuit courts of this state shall have juris-
diction to hear and determine all cases in
which the election of any elective officer or
officers of any county, city, borough, village,
township or other municipality Incorporated
under any law of this state may be contested,
and for that purpose the said courts shall
always be open, and such election shall be con-
tested upon one or more of the grounds and be
conducted in all things set forth and pro-
vided for in and by the act to which this is a
further supplement, and the supplements
thereto; provided, however, that such contest
shall be commenced by the filing of the petit
ton therefor within sixty days after any such
election shall have been or may hereafter be
held.
2. And be it enacted, That this act shall be
deemed a public act and shall take effect i'm
mediately, and all acts and parts of acts in
consistent herewith be and the same are here
by repealed.
Approved May 2, 1894.
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CHAPTER CXVII

A Further Supplement to an act entitled IAN
Act to provide for the establishment of an
agricultural experiment station" approved
March tenth, one thousand eight hundred
and eighty
|. BE 1t enacted ba the Senate and General
Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That
the expenses incurred by the board of manag-
ers of the New Jersey agricultural expert
ment station-in printing the bulletins issued
from said station, containing analyses of fer
tilizers, folders, feeds soils, and so forth, the
results of investigations in feeding animals,
in testing the adaptability of soils and man
ures for the various cereal, fruit and vegeta-
Bile crops, and such other results of investiga-
tons as may be deemed by tn board of manag-
ers to be of immediate usefulness TO the citi-
zens of the state-when presented 20 the comp
troller of the state, accompanied by the prop
err vouchers, duly certified by the president
and secretary of the board of managers, shall,
upon warrant of said comptroller, be paid out
of the state treasury
2 And be it enacted, That such payments
shall be In addition to the annual appropria-
ton now made for the payment of the expens-
es of said station.
B. Aud be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect Immediately.
Approved May |, 1894.
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CHAPTER CXXIX.

An Act further amending an act entitled AN
act to incorporate trustees of religious so
cieties" approved April ninth, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-five.
/. Be it enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That
whenever any religious society of the denoml-
nation known as Baptists shall have met I'M
der and pursuant to the provisions of the first
section of the act to which this is a supple;
ment, and elected a certain number of the said
society to be trustees, and which trustees
shall thereafter pursuant to the provisions OF
the second section of said act have be-
come corporation, and the said So
ciety shall desire thereafter to increase the
number of such trustees, it shall and may be
lawful for such society, at any election. to be
held for trustees pursuant to the provisions OF
the fourth section of said act, to elect an adj
ditional number of persons as trustees not to
exceed fifteen in all; provided, that notice OF
the intention to elect such additional number
shall have been given in the manner and for
/ the length of time prescribed in the first sec
| ton of said act for the original election of
! trustees
2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
| etfct Immediately.
| Approved May /, 1894.
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CHAPTER CXLIV.

An Act to amend an act entitled AN act drec-
ting the descent of real estates approved
April sixteenth, one thousand eight hundred
and forty-siX.
l. Be il enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That
section six of the act entitled An act direct
ing the descent of real estates be amended so
as to read as follows:
6. And be it enacted, That when any persons
shall die seized of any lands, tenements or
Entertainments. as aforesaid, without devlslng
the same in due form of law and without law
full issue, and without leaving a brother or
sister of the whole blood or half blood, or the
issue of any such brother or sister, and with
out leaving father or mother capable of in
herting by this act the said lands, tenementS
or hereditaments; ana shall leave several per
sons all of equal degree OF consequently To
the person so seized, the said lands, tenements
or Entertainments shall then descend and go
to the said several persons of equal degree of
consangunity to the person so seized, as ten
ants in common, in equal parts however re-
mote from the person so seized the common
degree of consanguinity may be, unless where
such inheritance came to the said person SO
seized by descent, devise or gift of some one of
his or her ancestors, in which case all those
who are not of the blood of such ancestor shall
be excluded from such inheritance if there be
any person or persons in being OF the blood OF
such ancestors capable of inheriting the said
lands, tenements or Entertainments; provided,
always, that nothing contained in this act
shall be construed or taken to bar or inJure
the rights or estate of a husband as a tenant
by the curtesy or n widows right OF dover, or
to make void or in any way affect any mar
riage settlement; and provided, further, that
when any person has heretofore died, or shall
hereafter die so sliced of any lands, tenements
or Entertainments, as aforesaid, without devils
ing the same in due form of law, and without
leaving any person, as hereinbefore enumer-
ated capable of inheriting the same, but leav-
ing husband or wife, the same shall descend
and go to said husband or wife in fee simple;
and provided, further, that nothing herein
contained shall be operative or have any effect
in any case or cases wherein any proceedings
have been had or taken, or are now pending
ON behalf of the State, under and by virtue of
the law as now existing, to escheat said lands;
nor shall this act affect or in anywise impair
any title TO any land heretofore obtained under
and by virtue of any proceedings heretofore
had and taken in pursuance of law.
2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect Immediately.
Approved May Z, 1894.
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CHAPTER oXXXvu.

Supplement to an act entitled IAN act rela-
tive to morgues and morgue-keepers," APP
proved March fourth, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-nine,
|. Be ii enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That
section one of the above entitled act be and
the same is hereby amended to read as fol
lows
|. Be it enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That
it shall be lawful for the judges of the court OF
common pleas of the several counties of this
state, when they shall by majority vote sc
determine, to designate a place or places OF
proper character, and furnished with sufficient
accommodation and appliances. as public
morgue or morgues for said county, not To ex-
coed three in number in any county; in desig-
mating such place or places they shall first Sc
lect the city or cities within the county, and
afterwards such other place or places as in
their opinion may be necessary, provided, that
this act shall apply only TO such counties as
have within their limits "A city or cities OF
more than four Thousand inhabitants by the
last state census.
B. And be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect Immediately.
Approved May =, 1894.
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CHAPTER cxxIv.

An Act concerning street railroads.
|. BE it enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That
any corporation having heretofore been au-
thorized and empowered to construct rail
road in any of the streets of any village in this
state, and not having exercised such right for
a period of ten years or more, such corpora
ton shall proceed to construct and complete
its road within one year from and after the
passage of this act, or, upon failure or neglect
to so do, all such rights acquired by any such
corporation as aforesaid shall cease, determine
and be void.
2. And be it enacted, That all acts and parts
of acts inconsistent herewith be and the same
are hereby repealed.
g. And be it enacted, That this act shall be
deemed public act and shall take effect I'M
medately.
Approved May |, 1894.
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CHAPTER cXIX.

An Act to amend an act entitled AN act to
provide for drainage and sewerage in cities
of this state approved April seventh, one
thousand eight hundred and ninety
l. BE IL enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That
section one of the act above mentioned, to
which this act is amendatory, be and the same
hereby is amended so as to read as follows:
l. BE it enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly of of the State of New Jersey, That
II shall he lawful for any city in this state to
provide for and cause to be constructed sewers
and drains, or Il system of sewerage and drain
age or either or any of them. in the manner
herein provided; provided, that the owners of
at least one-half in value of the real estate in
said city, as shown by the assessors' books.
have pettioued or shall petition its common
council so 20 do; provided further, that after
one such petition shall have been presented,
no further petition shall be necessary to enable
such city or its common council to make any
improvement or improvements under this act.
9. And be IL enacted, That this act shall take
effect Immediately,
Approved May |, 1894.