CHAPTER CCXXI.

A Supplement to "An Act to incorporate the Paterson and Little Falls Horse and Steam Railroad Company," approved April ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six.

out and con

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Power to lay the State of New Jersey, That the Paterson and Little Falls struct a single Horse and Steam Railroad Company be, and they are here- track railway. by authorized and invested with all the rights and powers necessary and requisite to survey, lay out and construct a single track railway with the necessary turnouts in the city of Paterson, along Broadway, and from Broadway northerly along Main street; the said company are hereby also empowered to lay out and construct a single track railway, with the necessary turnouts, along Water street, North Main street, Haledon avenue, and to cross the Passaic river to the Erie railway; and the said company are also empowered to lay out and construct a single track railway, with the necessary turnouts, along Madison avenue and through and along any other streets and avenues in the city of Paterson, now laid out, or that may hereafter be laid north of Market and Congress streets, and northwest of the Passaic river in said city of Paterson; provided, that the consent in writing of a ma- Proviso. jority of the owners of the land (reckoning by the number of lineal feet), fronting on both sides of said streets or avenues, being first had and obtained, and filed in the office of the clerk of the couuty of Passaic; and further, that the said railway shall not be constructed in any parts of said streets or avenues without the consent of the mayor and board of aldermen of said city for that purpose being first duly granted at a meeting of the board.

2. And be it enacted, That in the construction, equipment, Powers. management, running and operation of said railroad, the said company shall have and possess all the powers, authority and privileges granted to and conferred upon them by the act to which this is a supplement.

3. And be it enacted, That all parts of the act to which Repeater. this is a supplement, inconsistent with the provisions of this

act, be and the same are hereby repealed, and that this act shall take effect immediately.

Approved March 14, 1870.

Rates of dock

age.

CHAPTER CCXXII.

A Further Supplement to the act entitled "An Act to incorpo. rate the Chingarora Dock Company of Keyport," approved February twenty-first, anno domini eighteen hundred and fifty

one.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the said corporation shall be entitled to demand and receive the following rates of dockage in addition to the dockage prescribed by the act to which this is a further supplement, to wit:

For unloading manure upon the dock of said company for each New York cart load, one and one-half cents per load; For loading or unloading each load of ballast, three cents per load;

For loading or unloading each load of furniture, per load, twenty cents;

For loading or unloading each load of hay, grain or produce of any kind, six cents per load;

For loading or unloading each thousand feet of lumber, five cents per thousand feet;

For loading or unloading each ton of coal, two and a half cents per ton;

For loading or unloading each cord of wood, two and a half cents per cord;

For loading or unloading each bushel of lime, one eighth of one cent per bushel;

For loading or unloading each thousand of shingles, four cents per thousand;

For hoisting with a horse upon dock, seventy-five cents a day, and at that rate for any portion of a day.

dockage may

2. And be it enacted, That the said corporation, by their Charges for dock-master, may have a lien and may hold the property be a lien. loaded or unloaded upon said dock or upon the vessel loaded or unloaded from said dock, for the wharfage or charges due under this act and the act to which this is a further supplement, and may proceed by distress warrant to enfore the collection and payment thereof, in addition to the means provided by the original act for the collection of dockage, whether the vessel belongs in or out of the state of New Jersey.

lime, how unloaded.

3. And be it enacted, That the manure and lime shall Man re and only be unloaded upon carts and wagons, and that no manure or lime shall be laid upon said dock under a penalty of ten dollars for each load, to be recovered by an action of debt in any court of competent jurisdiction for the use of said corporation, to be recovered by an action in the name of said corporation.

4. And be it enacted, That all acts or parts of acts incon- Repeale“. sistent with the provisions of this act, be, and the same are hereby repealed, and that this act shall take effect immediately.

Approved March 14, 1870.

CHAPTER CCXXIII.

A Supplement to an act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Franklin Horse Car Railway Company," approved March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Increase of the State of New Jersey, That the said "The Franklin Horse capital stock. Car Railway Company" be and they are hereby authorized to increase their capital stock to any amount not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars above that now authorized by

which increase of stock hereby authorized shall be subscribed for and issued in such manner and at such time or times, and at such place or places and in such amounts

rectors may

and upon such terms as the board of directors of said company may deem expedient and proper.

Number of di- 2. And be it enacted, That the number of directors of said be increased. company may at any time be increased in manner following, that is to say, the directors for the time being may by a majority vote elect and appoint one or more persons being stockholders of said company, to be additional directors, and said persons so appointed shall be in all respects qualified to act as directors of said company until the next ensuing annual election and at such next ensuing annual election the stockholders shall elect in the manner provided by the act to which this is a supplement, in addition to the number theretofore elected, as many persons to be directors as shall have been appointed by virtue of this section during the preceding year; provided, that at no time shall the board of directors of said company consist of more than thirteen

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when contracts are changed.

May construct a railway in the city of Newark.

Completion of railway.

persons.

3. And be it enacted, That the township committee or common council of any township, town or city in which any railway of said company may run, or be intended to run, shall have full power to make, alter and change any contract with said company in relation to the location and construction of such railway in such township, town or city, which contract or alteration or change of the same, upon being filed in the office of the clerk of the county of Essex, shall be binding on such township, town or city and on said company. 4. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said "The Franklin Horse Car Railway Company," and the said company is hereby authorized and empowered to build, construct, maintain and operate a railway or railways in any of the streets of the city of Newark, in the county of Essex, whenever the common council of said city by ordinance shall consent to the same; and that for the purpose of carrying into effect the objects of this act, the said company shall be and they are hereby invested with all the rights, powers, authority and privileges given and granted by their original act of incorporation, and they are hereby also subjected to all the duties, restrictions and liabilities contained in said act, except so far as the same may be inconsistent herewith. 5. And be it enacted, That the condition contained in the nineteenth section of the act to which this is a supplement shall be deemed to be fulfilled upon the completion for use of any two miles of railway authorized by this act.

6. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect imme

An Act to incorporate the Raritania Club of Perth Amboy.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Names of corthe State of New Jersey, That James M. Chapman, John porators. Parker, James T. Watson, Joseph E. Chapman, James L. Kearney, Henry Farmer, Joseph M. Stanford, Louis A. Golding, A. F. Higgins, Eber H. Hall, William King, Joseph Marsh, and such others as may become associated with them, are hereby constituted and declared to be a body corporate and politic, by the name of "The Raritania Club," and shall Corporate by such name possess and enjoy, and be subject to all the provisions of the act entitled "An Act concerning corporations."

name.

2. And be it enacted, That the capital stock of said cor- Amount of poration shall be twenty-five thousand dollars, divided into capital stock. shares of one hundred dollars each, and shall be payable and transferable in such manner as may be provided for in the by-laws of said corporation, and whenever five thousand dollars of said stock shall be subscribed for and one dollar per share paid in, said corporation may be organized.

managers.

3. And be it enacted, That the affairs of said corporation Election of shall be conducted by a board of seven managers, to be elected by and from the shareholders on the organization of the corporation, and annually thereafter, on such day as may be fixed by the by-laws, who shall hold office till others are elected in their stead, and who shall elect a president, vice president and such other officers as may be provided in the by-laws.

4. And be it enacted, That the object of said corporation Objects. shall be the promoting of social enjoyment and local improvement, and the mental and physical development and advance