CHAPTER CLXXI. A further supplement to an act entitled "An act for the instruction of indigent deaf and dumb persons, inhabitants of this state," approved April tenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six. $20 additiona of Governor. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the annual expense for each at discretion. deaf mute instructed at the charge of the fund to which this is a supplement, shall not exceed the sum of one hundred and eighty dollars, unless the governor or person administering the government shall be satisfied that the means of such deaf mute, or those of his or her parents or guardians, are insufficient to keep such deaf mute supplied with suitable clothing during his or her term of instruction, in which case clothing may be supplied at the charge of said fund, at an expense not exceeding twenty dollars in any one year for any one pupil so supplied. increased. 2. And be it enacted, That the annual appropriation of Appropriation five thousand dollars, authorized by the act to which this is a supplement, be and the same is hereby increased to six thousand dollars, subject to the provisions of the aforesaid act. 3. And be it enacted, That all acts and parts of acts to Repealer. which this is a supplement, be and the same are hereby repealed. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect imme AN ACT directing bills of exceptions to be sealed in certain criminal cases. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Former act to the State of New Jersey, That the act entitled "An act direct-dictments. to in Judge to set bills of excep tions. ing bills of exceptions to be sealed," passed March seventh, seventeen hundred and ninety-seven, and each and every of the provisions thereof, shall be taken, deemed and adjudged to extend to trials of indictments for crimes and misdemeanors, which by law are punishable by imprisonment at hard labor. 2. And be it enacted, That if on the trial of any indictment tle and sign heretofore had in any court in this state, for any crime or misdemeanor included within the provisions of the first section of this act, any exception hath been taken or had to any decision of the court during the trial of such indictment, to the prejudice or injury of any defendant in the same indictment, it shall be the duty of the judge to settle a bill of the said exceptions, and to sign and seal the same bill, when two counsellors at law shall have certified the said exceptions to have been well taken, to the end that the same be returned with a writ of error to the court having cognizance thereof, and to the end that speedy justice may be done. Repealer. 3. And be it enacted, That all acts and parts of acts in conflict with or contrary to the provisions and requirements of this act, shall be and the same are hereby repealed. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 18, 1863. Preamble. Act of issuing Valid. CHAPTER CLXXIII. AN ACT to confirm the acts of the common council of the city of Rahway, in paying bounties to volunteers. WHEREAS, the common council of the city of Rahway, in compliance with a resolution adopted at a public meeting of the citizens of said city, did borrow money to pay bounties to volunteers, and issue the bonds of the city therefor-therefore, 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of bonds made the State of New Jersey, That the issue of said bonds is hereby declared to be legal and valid in law, against the said city; and it shall be lawful for the common council of said city to provide for the payment thereof, by tax or otherwise. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect imme AN ACT to legalize appropriations and payments made by the township committee of the township of West Windsor, in the county of Mercer, for bounties paid volunteers of said. township. WHEREAS, the inhabitants of the said township of West Preamble. Windsor, assembled in town meeting, did vote and direct that the township committee of said township should assign and transfer bonds and mortgages, belonging to the surplus revenue fund of said township, to the amount of three thousand dollars, to raise money to pay bounties to volunteers in said township; and whereas, the said township committee have made said assignment and transfer, and have applied the proceeds thereof to the payment of said bounties; and whereas, doubts have been suggested as to the legality of said assignment and transfer-therefore, ship commit 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Act of townthe State of New Jersey, That the assignment and transfer of te legalized. said bonds and mortgages, and the appropriation of the proceeds thereof by the said township committee shall be and they are hereby made valid and effectual in law and in equity. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 18, 1863. School com. mittee in Franklin. CHAPTER CLXXV. A further supplement to an act entitled "An act to establish Public Schools," approved April seventeenth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Knowlton and the State of New Jersey, That the inhabitants of the township of Knowlton, in the county of Warren, and the township of Franklin, in the county of Bergen, are authorized and empowered, at their annual town meetings, to elect and choose, in the same manner as other township officers are elected, three suitable persons who shall be denominated the school committee of said townships, in lieu of the township superintendent now authorized by law to be elected. Duties of school committee. 2. And be it enacted, That the said school committee so elected annually in said townships, shall perform the same duties which are directed to be performed by the town superintendent by the act to which this is a supplement, except that they shall receive no compensation for visiting schools. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 18, 1863. Appropriation to state prison Treasurer to pay. CHAPTER CLXXVI. AN ACT making appropriation to pay indebtedness of State 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the sum of five thousand dollars be and is hereby appropriated for the purpose of paying off the indebtedness incurred by the former keeper, prior to March the fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. 2. And be it enacted, That the state treasurer pay the sum of five thousand dollars to the present keeper, upon the warrant of the governor, for the purpose aforesaid. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect imme AN ACT to authorize the township committee of the township of Piscataway, in the county of Middlesex, to raise by taxation the amount of moneys paid by them to procure volunteers from said township. WHEREAS, the inhabitants of the township of Piscataway, in Preamble. the county of Middlesex, at a town meeting held on the twenty-fifth day of August, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-two, resolved, by vote then and there taken and given, that an amount of money should be borrowed and expended by the township committee of said township, to the amount sufficient to pay to one hundred and ten volunteers for the period of nine months, for the war, the sum of sixty dollars each, and that that sum should be raised by tax in said township; and whereas, the said township committee of said township, in pursuance of said resolution, have borrowed and paid the said sum to such volunteers in the nine months' military service in the existing war; and whereas, there is doubt expressed whether, according to the existing laws, it would be lawful to raise the amount so expended for bounties by such tax and assessment, without legislation for that purpose had-therefore, may raise 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Township the State of New Jersey, That the assessor, for the time be- money by tax. ing, of said township, under the direction of the township committee of said township of Piscataway, shall proceed to assess the sum above mentioned in the same manner and at the same times as other township and county taxes are or shall be by law assessed in said township upon the real and personal estate of the tax payers of said township, and shall hand the duplicates of said assessment to the collector of said township, who shall proceed to collect the same, at the same times and in the same manner as the said other taxes |