Officers and trustees. Meetings of whom shall be selected by the association as president, secretary and treasurer. 5. And be it enacted, That A. Lines Van Blarcom shall be the first president, Charles Spinning the first secretary, Willoughby Powell the first treasurer, and with Russell W. Westcott and Samuel Kent, shall be the trustees thereof, and shall hold their offices until the first Wednesday in May, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight and until others are elected in their stead, as hereinafter provided. 6. And be it enacted, That on the first Wednesday in May, Corporation. eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and on the first Wednesday in May, in every succeeding year, there shall be a general meeting of the members of said corporation at some convenient place in the township, which shall be notified by the said officers or trustees for the time being, by an advertisement set up in open view on the front of the building erected for the uses of the said association, or in some conspicuous place in the vicinity, at least five days before such meeting, and the members of said corporation who shall so meet, shall elect by ballot (each and every five dollars which may have been contributed by any member of the corporation shall entitle the contributor to one vote), the said officers and trustees of the said corporation for the year next ensuing, which election shall be held by two inspector. to be elected by those present entitled to vote at such meeting, and which inspectors shall be the judges of such election, and certify the persons elected to the respective offices aforesaid. Treasurer to give security. Vacancies, how filled. Not dissolved by fallure to elect officers or trustees. 7. And be it enacted, That the said trustees of said corporation may demand and take security from their treasurer from time to time for the performance of the trust reposed in him, in such manner as to them shall seem fit, and every contract or obligation for that purpose shall be valid in law. 8. And be it enacted, That in case of the death, resignation, neglect or refusal to act of any of the said officers or trustees, the members of said corporation may at any meeting elect by ballot (due notice being given as aforesaid) any other officer or officers, or trustee or trustees in their stead, who shall hold their offices until the next annual election, and until others shall be chosen in their places. 9. And be it enacted, That if any election for said officers or trustees shall not be held in any year at the time appointed for that purpose by this act, the said corporation shall not for that cause be dissolved, but the said officers and trustees for the time being shall order the said election to be held at such other time and place in said township as to them shall appear proper, giving the like notice thereof as herein before mentioned in the case of the regular annual election. 10. And be it enacted, That this act shall be favorably construed in all courts and places for the purposes thereby intended, and no misnomer of the said corporation in any deed, grant, gift, devise, bequest, or other instrument, contract or conveyance shall defeat or vitiate the same if the corporation be sufficiently described to show or ascertain the intention of the parties. 11. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 11, 1868. CHAPTER CXLIV. A Further Supplement to "An Act to incorporate the New road. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Authority to the State of New Jersey, That it shall be lawful for the said extend rall the New York and Bulls Ferry Railroad Company to extend their railroad from its northern terminus at Fort Lee, northwardly along the Hudson river to the dividing line between. the states of New Jersey and New York; and the said company shall and may acquire, hold and possess all lands, rights and property in this state required for such extension of said road, in the manner provided in the act to which this is a supplement, and is hereby invested with and may exercise the same rights, powers, privileges and franchises for and in the construction, use and enjoyment of the same, and shall be subject to the same conditions, provisions, limitations and restrictions as are contained in the act to which this is a supplement, and in the supplements thereto; provided, neverthe- Proviso. less, that the railroad authorized to be constructed by the original act to which this is a supplement, or by any supplement to the same, or by this supplement, shall not cross the Amendment. Additional powers to lease, connect railroad tracks of the Morris and Essex Railroad Company, of the Northern Railroad Company of New Jersey, the Erie Railway, or the New Jersey Railroad and Transportation Company, even with the grade of the said railroads, but above or below the said grades so as to clear the locomotives and cars run, or to be run, on the said railroads, unless by consent in writing, under the corporate seal of such railroad company whose track shall be crossed. 2. And be it enacted, That the second section of the supplement to said act, approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, be amended by striking out the words "one hundred and fifty thousand dollars," and inserting the words "twenty-five thousand dollars per mile." 3. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said company, if they see fit and so choose to do, to hire or lease or consolidate to, connect or consolidate with any other road, the company of such other road being willing so to unite, and to make contracts and engagements with any other corporation, or with individuals, for transporting and conveying any kind of goods, produce, merchandise, freight or passengers, and to enforce the fulfilment of such contracts. 4. And be it enacted, That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act be and the same are hereby repealed, and that this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 11, 1868. Division of two election districts. CHAPTER CXLV. An Act to divide the township of Bordentown into two Election Districts. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of township into the State of New Jersey, That the township of Bordentown, in the county of Burlington, shall be divided into two election districts, viz. All that part of said township lying west of the Main street, in the city of Bordentown, and the Bordentown and Columbus Turnpike to the southerly line of said township, shall hereafter be called the first district of said township, and all that part lying east of said division lines shall be known as the second election district of said township. ducted. 2. And be it enacted, That the registers and inspectors of How elections elections elected last November shall preside at and conduct shall be conthe elections in each of the above described districts, to be held in March, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight; and the clerk of the township shall act as clerk for the district in which he lives, and the inspectors or judges of election of the other district shall appoint some person, who shall be a legal voter in the district, to act as clerk of said board, who shall be entitled to the same fees as the other clerks, and that this rule shall apply to all subsequent elections to be held in said districts so far as it regards the clerks. election. 3. And be it enacted, That at the elections to be held in Judges of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and at each succeeding March election, three persons shall be elected as judges of election for each election district for the term of one year, who shall possess the powers, be required to perform the duties, and be subject to the liabilities as other judges or inspectors of election, according to the general laws of the state of New Jersey as they now are or may hereafter be, and said judges so elected shall act as judges of all elections to be hereafter held in said districts; and the said judges and clerks Compensation shall receive two dollars and a half per day for their services; and the said judges of election shall procure a place for holding all elections in each election district, of which place and time of holding elections they shall give at least two weeks' notice in five public places in said district. 4. And be it enacted, That all acts or parts of acts incon- Repealer. consistent with this act be, and the same are hereby repealed. 5. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 11, 1868. Number of commission ers. CHAPTER CXLVI. A Further Supplement to "An Act relative to Commissioners for taking the Acknowledgment and Proof of Deeds," approved April fifteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That it shall and may be lawful to appoint four commissioners for taking the acknowledgment and proof of deeds in the town of Newton, in the county of Sussex, and the borough of Belvidere, county of Warren, and four commissioners in each ward and township in the county of Passaic. 2. And be it enacted, That so much of the act to which this is a supplement as is inconsistent with or contrary to the provisions of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 11, 1868. Preamble. CHAPTER CXLVII. An Act to provide for the appointment of Commissioners to devise plans and make estimates for the opening, construction, and maintenance of one or more prominent avenues or highways in the county of Hudson. WHEREAS, it is represented that certain roads, streets and highways in the county of Hudson may be so altered, widened and improved, that the same in connection with other grounds that may be taken for public highway purposes, will form one or more prominent thoroughfares in said county for purposes of recreation, pleasure and business; and that it is expedient and desirable that one or more such prominent thoroughfares should be established in said county; and whereas it is further represented that said desired |