The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-22


within the said bounds, their hgal
agents or representatives,, for the electing
of officers of said consolidated com
and place of such meeting, and Of the
object thereof, at least ten days before
the time fixed for the holding. Of sad
s1eb agat.e By g ie i've o oPf t a. l9 most n p9bi Ge
lie, and by publishing such, notice IN
one public newspaper printed ana pup
lished N the county seat of the county
where said lands lie at least seven lays
before the time fixed for the holding OF
said meeting; and when sag meeting
shall convene at the time and place st
appointed, the said owners, their regal
agents or representatives may petWeen
the hour of one and five in the AFTER
noon, choose by ballot or otherwi&, and
by plurality of votes of those met, such
person or persons as they may thlnK
for manager or anu q
or until the next annual meeting; ana
may also fix a time and place for the an
nual meetings of said consolidated mets.
nual meetings of said consol-dated com
pany to be thereafter held: and MAJ
also choose three or more impartial men
acquainted with banking to value all
by the bank of said consolidated COM
pany from the overflow of the tide, as
provided in section four of. the act to
thereafter such further proceedings shall
be a and lone touching the valuation
of said meadow lands, the assessment OF
maintenance Of the banks, cluices and
water works, the collection of such as
sessments, and other acts concerning the
business of said company, as are in K
cases prescribed by the said act and the
several supplements thereto.
8. And be it enacted, That from and
after u consolidation the several com
panies which shall so as aforesaid join
in said consolidation, shall be deemed
to have been merged into said consoli-
dated company, and the mead9w s lanas
companies which have been so merged,
shall be no further liable to any assess
ment or charge or, other exercise OF
or the officers thereof, q w only for the
collection of debts. obligations, assess
ments or charges existent and outstand-
ing at the time of said consolidation, as
~hereinbefore provided.
I. And be it enacted, That this act
shall take. effect Immediately.
Approved March %, 1895.
CHAPTER ccCxxvIT.
A Further Supplement to an act en-
titled IAN act relating to t sales bsl y;r OF fan of
proved March twenty-seventh, one
thousand eight hundred ana thars seventy
+ Be it enacted by the Senate and
General Assembly of the, state OF New
Jersey. That no sale of lands mace ny
any officer or other person since the ap-
proval of the sal act and supplements
shall be held to be invalid by reason o.
failure to comply with the PROVISIONS o.
said acts relating to the publishing, OF
advertisements in newspapers; provided,
that said sale or sales shall haye peen
advertised four weeks successfully IN at
least one newspaper, printed and pub
Iished in the county where the land is
situate, that all the other provisions or
said last mentioned act in relation 70
sales of lands shall have been complied
with. and said sale shall have been or
shall hereafter he confirmed by. the or
Dhans' court: and provided, further, that
tend to any sales of land to be made
after this act goes into effect;
2 4, AND fdka be et it en ;nomeaia that TINS act
Approved March e, 1895
CHAPTER CCCXxvIII.
An Act respecting cities of the first class
and pr2yid Ing for fbsrd filing certain va
.aa !; ! Be It sss enaf6JIsd of py the ens state aehe IF new Jew
or i hereafter exist in any city of
the first class IN a. this aans state IN any n w o51icS
is by law vested in the mayor of such
city, such mayer shall IN Ike manner
power 10 Iil SUCH Oil4C " eAc -
!. And be It enacted, That this act shall
take effect Immediately:
Approved March IL, 1880
JOINT RESOLUTION NUMBER III.
whereas, 1t appears that the inhexibility
of our penal laws is an important fac
tor in the reinforcement and perpetua-
ton Of the criminal class; therefore,
q !; neral Be- it ag rssolSsd of py th the state ssna of N ana
Jersey, That a commission of five per.
sons, residents. of this state, two OF
whom shall be lawyers, n a clergyman S faa
g gov BY and with the advice and
consent of the senate, to, make careful
preamble of this resolution, and report
at tbs next session of the Legislature;
in the year one thousand eight undre
and ~ninety-six, the result of their de-
& And be it resolved, That a sum not
exceeding one thousand dollars be and IS
penses of the said commission in in
vestigating the results of the system now
system now in use in other states; also
to report upon the principle of probation
as a substitute for, imprisonment ror
the indeterminate sentence now in opera
ton in Massachusetts,, and in making
such other investigations as the corr
mission may deem proper, that the
treasurer OF the state. on the warrant
Of the comptroller. shall pay the afore,
said commission the expenses dSSuI1eQ
within the above-naned limits of one
thousand dollars, the commission first
specifying IN writing the terms OF ex-
AS. And be lit resolved, That this act
shall take effect Immediately.
Approved March 25, 1895.
CHAPTER CCCXIX.
An act to provide for The enlargement
and Improvement of the state prison.
/. Be it enacted by the Senate and
General Assembly of the State of New
Jersey, That the principal keeper and the
supervisor of the state prison, together
with the state comptroller and Edward
II. Holcombe, secretary of the board Of
inspectors Of the state prison, n Hem
rys Dickson. be and are hereby constitu-
ted a building commission for the pur-
pose OF making such necessary enlarg-
fnent and improvements in the state
prison as are hereinafter provided for.
2. And be it enacted, nThat the said
commissioners shall have owe TO con-
struct an additional. wing to the prison
and to make such alterations In the ex-
isting buildings as may in their judg-
ynent be necessary TO supply such cell
room as Will admit of q compliance
with the laws of the state requiring sep
arate confinement of the prisoners; they
shall nrovi6e hospital accommodations
for the proper care of the prisoners In
Illness. having In view the. isolation of
patients in the case Of epiaefnic or IN
fectious diseases: thew shall provide
z,,jtoble and comfortable rooms IN
which divine service may be held In the
PRISM: they may. IN their discretion. es~