The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-27

ruary, known as Washington's Birthday;
the fhirtieth day of May, known as Dec
grafton Day; the Fourth Day OF July,
day of September. known as Labor Day;
the twenty-ffth day of December,
known as Christmas Day; any genera
from twelve o'clock at noon unit
twelve O'Clock at midnight, which Is
hereby designated a half holiday: n any
day appointed or recommended by the
Governor Of this state. or.the President
of the United States as u day OF Thank
giving, or fasting and prayer, or other
poses whatever as regards the present,
ing for payment or acceptance, ana OF
the protesting and giving notice OF me
dishonor Of bills of exchange, bank
checks amp proInissory notes made after
the passage of this act, be treated and
CONSIDERED as the ilgst sh .a9syy sna ta as
public holidays or half holidays; ana an
such bills. chicks and notes. otherwise
presentable for acceptance or payme NJ
deemed to be payable and present.
able for acceptance or payment on the
secular cd business day next succeeding
such holiday; but IN the case of a half
holiday shall be presentable for accept
ance or payment at or before twelve
o'clock noon of that day; provided, how
ever, that for the %purposeof protesting
or otherwise holding liable any party 10
Il ,ofNexehange- check or promls-
ST ~lliote, and which shah not have peen
paid before twelve o'clock at noon on any
SATURDAY., a demand of acceptance or
payment thereof may be made and notice
of protest or dishonor thereof may be
gwen on the next succeeding secular or
business day; and provided. further, THAT
when any person shall receive for collee-
ton any check, bill of exchange or prom
issory note, due and presentable for &C
ceptance or payment on any saturday,
such person shall not be deemed guilty
of anV neglect or omission Of duty, nor
incur any liability IN nos presenting Tor
payment or acceptance, or collect such
note on that day; anG provided, further,
that in constituting this section, every
Saturday, unless a whole holiday, as
aforesaid. shall. until twelve o'clock
dav: and the days and half days as afore-
said shall be considered as the nrst gay
and as public holidays or half holidays,
for all purposes whatsoever as regards
fre transaction of business in the pubic
half DAYS. excepting Sundays, such offices
shall be kept open for the TRANSACTION OF
business.
the first day of January, the twelfth day
of February, the twenty-second day OF
February. the thirtieth day of May, the
fourth day of July or the twenty-fifth
day of December shall fall upon a Sun;
day. the Monday next following shail
he deemed a public holloay LOT l i Or
however, tina in al such cases all bills
of exchange. checks nd promissory notes
made after the passage Oh tliiS dct, winch
would otherwise be p~resentable for ac-
centanee or payment on the said Monday
shall be deemed to be p~resentaoie lor
acceptance or payment on the secular or
business day next succeeding SUCH holi-
day.
ions of this act shall not be construed
as interfering with any person or cor
poration transactinyy business IN TINS
state, either private or PUBLIC, put every
such person or corporation shall be per-
mitted to conduct business on any holl-
day or half holiday herein designated;
in the same manner as If this law mad
not been passed.
f. And be it enacted, That all acts ana
parts of acts inconsistent with this act
be and the same are hereby repealed, and
thai this act shall be deemed a sdblic act
to take effect Immediately.
Approved March Is. 1895.
CHAPTER CCCXCIII.
A Supplement to AN act respecting the
townships of this state, which have
been or may hereafter be divided into
wards approved March seventh, one
thousand eight hundred and ninety-ive;
l. Be it enacted by the Senate and
Genera4 Assembly of the State of New
Jersey. That the act to which this is
a supplement shall not be held or con-
strued to apply to such part of the ter
ritory OF any township in this state di-
description and boundaries contained in
an application and proceedings for the
formation of a borough government
made and taken before the approval
of the said act; but such defined and
described territory may be formed into
a borough by due course of law in all
respects as If the act to which this act is
a supplement had not passed.
lett enacted: That this act
shall take effect Immediately.
~ - rrfI 7E 1907