carry into effect the powers and objects of said corporation, to establish rules, regulations and by-laws for and concerning the government and conduct of the directors, their officers, agents and servants, and to require such security from them for the faithful performance of their duties as they think proper, and concerning the transfer of stock and the government of persons and corporations with whom they contract for the use and preservation of water furnished by said corporation, and to restrain the waste thereof, and to impose penalties and forfeitures for a neglect to comply therewith, not exceeding fifty dollars, which shall be recoverable in the name and for the use of said corporation before any justice of the peace of the county of Burlington, with costs in an action of debt.

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4. And be it enacted, That for the purpose of effectually May contract supplying with water the inhabitants of the township of for supplying Woodland and other places, and manufacturing and other works, &c. corporations, companies and associations desiring the use of water, it shall be lawful for the corporation created by this act to make contracts and agreements therefor, and to erect, construct and maintain all works and structures for the purposes of this act, and to lay down pipes, and construct hydrants and fire plugs in the streets and other places, and to do all things needful for supplying water as aforesaid; provided, that the public travel upon the streets and public places shall at no time be unnecessarily impeded in the laying or repairing of pipes, hydrants, or other proper work; and after the completion of any work the streets and public places shall be left in as good condition as before the commencement of such work, and no private lands shall be injured or defaced without permission first obtained from the owner thereof.

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5. And be it enacted, That if any person shall wilfully do Penalty for or cause to be done, or aid or assist in doing or causing to be jury to pro done any act whatever to injure any machine, engine, pump, reservoir, pipe, hydrant, fire plug, or structure whatever, or any thing appertaining to the works of the said corporation, or whereby the same may be obstructed, stopped or injured, or shall wilfully and maliciously draw off or waste the water from any pipe, fire plug, hydrant, reservoir, or other work of said corporation, or shall wilfully put, or cause to be put into the reservoir or any of the works or structures of said corporation, or into the pond or stream or source from which

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the said corporation shall take water for the purpose authorized by this act, anything that may render, or is liable or calculated to render the water offensive, unwholesome or impure, the person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on being thereof convicted, shall be punished by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months; and such criminal prosecution shall not in any wise impair the right of action for damages by a civil suit; and the said corporation are hereby authorized to sue and recover for damages by civil suit for any such injury aforesaid, in the name of said corporation, in any court having cognizance of the

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6. And be it enacted, That the directors of the said corporation shall declare and make such dividends as they deem prudent and proper, from time to time out of the net profits of said water works, and shall cause to be kept at their office proper books of account in which shall be truly entered all the transactions of the company, which books shall be at all times open within the usual hours of business for the inspection of the stockholders.

7. And be it enacted, That to enable the said corporation hereby created to carry into effect the object and purposes thereof, they are hereby authorized and empowered to take and use the water from the streams in the said township of Woodland, and from the ponds at the mill sites in said township, which are commonly called Jones' Mill and Old Union; provided, that the water shall not be taken out of said ponds without the consent of the owners of said mill sites.

8. And be it enacted, That the said corporation is hereby authorized to issue their corporate bonds from time to time not exceeding the amount of their capital for the time being, not paid in, bearing interest not exceeding seven per cent per annum, and secure the payment of said bonds by a mortgage or mortgages of the said corporation upon all or any part of the real and personal property of said corporation. 9. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately.

Approved March 17, 1870.

CHAPTER CCCCXLIII.

An Act to create from the township of Washington, in the County of Burlington, and State of New Jersey, a new township, to be called the township of Randolph.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Bourdaries. the State of New Jersey, That all that part of the township of Washington, in the county of Burlington, contained within the following boundaries and lines, that is to say: beginning at the mouth of a stream upon which Samuel Weeks' saw mill formerly stood, called Cakes Spruto, where it empties into the Mullicus river on the northeasterly side thereof, between the farms of Peter Lane and the arm where Frederic Redagar now lives; thence running, first, up said stream by the several courses thereof to the southeasterly corner of Christianna Taylor's land; thence, second, north fifty-five degrees west to the west corner of the lower bank church-yard lot; thence, third, in a straight line to the middle of the public road leading from Sooy's mills to Bridgeport in the west line of William F. Cramer's place; thence, fourth, the general course of the road from William F. Cramer's to the middle of the public road at the southeasterly corner of Asa S. Cramer's homestead farm, where he now resides; thence, fifth, along said road to the middle of the public road where it intersects the road leading from Washington tavern to Tuckerton; thence, sixth, along said old Tuckerton and Hampton Gate road in a northerly direction to where the south line of Shamong township intersects said road; thence, seventh, along said Shamong township line to the west line of Woodland township; thence, eighth, along the said Woodland township line in a southerly direction to where it intersects the westerly line of Bass River township; thence, ninth, down said Bass River township line in a southerly direction by the several courses thereof to the mouth of Wading river, where it empties into Mullicus river by the several courses thereof; thence, tenth, up said river to the place of beginning; which shall be set off from the township

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of Washington to be called and known by the name of the township of Randolph.

2. And be it enacted, That the inhabitants of the township of Randolph are hereby created a body politic and corporate in law, and shall be styled and known by the name of The Inhabitants of the Township of Randolph, in the County of Burlington," and shall be entitled to all the rights powers, authority and privileges, and subject to the same laws, regulations, government and liabilities, as the inhabitants of the other townships in said county of Burlington are, or may be entitled or subject to by the existing laws of this

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3. And be it enacted, That the inhabitants of the said township of Randolph shall hold their first town meeting at the house of William F. Cramer, in the township of Randolph, on the second Tuesday in April, eighteen hundred and seventy, and afterwards in such place in the said township of Randolph as the inhabitants thereof shall determine in the manner prescribed by law, and are hereby authorized and required to eleet by ballot, and not otherwise, at said town meetings, and at their annual town meetings thereafter, such officers as are authorized by law to be chosen in the other townships in the county of Burlington, and shall also vote on the same ballot for the amount of money to be raised for school purposes, for the repairing of roads in each and every district in said township, as set off by the committee of said township, and for such other purposes as may be au thorized by law.

4. And be it enacted, That the election shall be opened and closed at the same hour as at state elections; and also, that at the first election held under this act, Reuben Cavalier shall be judge of election, Israel Broom and John F. McCoy shall be inspectors or associate judges, and Henry Johnson shall be clerk; provided, however, that in case of the absence or inability of any of the above named persons to act, the town meeting may fill the vacancy.

5. And be it enacted, That the town committee of the allot and di- township of Randolph shall consist of three persons, a navide property, jority of whom shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; and the said town committee, together with the town committee of the township of Washington, shall meet at such time and place, within three months after the passage of this act, as shall be appointed by the town committee of

the township of Randolph, of which meeting notice in writing shall be served on one of the members of the committee of the township of Washington at least ten days prior to such meeting, and may adjourn from time to time as a majority of them may direct, and then and there proceed by writing, signed by a majority of those present, to allot and divide between the respective townships, respectively, all properties and moneys on hand, due or to become due in proportion to the taxable property and ratables as taxed by the assessor of the township of Washington at the last assessment; and the inhabitants of the township of Randolph shall be liable to pay their just proportion of debts; and the town committee of the township of Randolph, or a majority of them, are hereby authorized to sign and deliver the corporate obliga. tions of the said township of Randolph for the payment of such debts, if any there should be, at such time as may be agreed upon between the respective committees, with interest, as may be agreed upon; and if any of the persons comprising either of the committees of said township shall neglect or refuse to meet as aforesaid, those assembled may proceed to make the said division, and the decisions of a majority of those present shall be final and conclusive; provided, Proviso. however, that the number of the town committee of the township of Washington present and acting thereon at such meeting shall not exceed three in number for this purpose. 6. And be it enacted, That the person who shall at the Duties of the first town meeting, held for the election of town officers, be elected or chosen superintendent of public schools for the said township of Randolph is hereby authorized and empowered to collect and receive from the superintendent of the township of Washington, within sixty days after his election, all moneys apportioned and due to the several public school districts, or parts thereof heretofore belonging to the township of Washington now included in the township of Randolph; and it shall be the duty of the township superintendent of the township of Washington to make out and deliver to the superintendent of the township of Randolph a statement of the amounts due to each school district in the township of Randolph.

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7. And be it enacted, That the said township of Randolph trict. shall constitute a part of the fourth assembly district of the county of Burlington.

8. And be it enacted, That the township of Randolph shall