powers of the board, and they shall hold their office for one year and until others are elected in their stead, and shall have power to make by-laws for the government and management of said corporation, and shall hold their meetings at such times and places in this state as the by-laws may provide; and that until an election for directors shall be held, the persons named in the first section of this act shall be directors; and in case a vacancy shall occur in the board of Vacancies, directors by death, resignation, or a failure of the stockhold-how flied. ers to elect the full number authorized by this act, the remaining directors for the time being, or a majority of them, shall have power to fill such vacancy by the appointment of any stockholder.

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3. And be it enacted, That the stock of said corporation Principal of shall be deemed personal estate, and shall be transferable in cated. such manner as the by-laws may prescribe, but no dividends shall be made to the stockholders except from the net profits of the corporation; and that regular books of accounts of the corporation shall be kept, to which every stockholder shall have free access at reasonable times for the purpose of inspection, and that their principal office shall be in New Egypt, in this state.

4. And be it enacted, That the said company may be dis- How dissolved solved by a general meeting of the stockholders, specially called for that purpose; provided, that at least three fourths Proviso. in value of the stockholders shall concur therein; and upon such dissolution the directors for the time being, and the survivor or survivors of them, or such persons as the said stockholders shall appoint, shall be trustees for the settling all the affairs of the company, collecting and disposing of its property and assets, paying its debts and dividing the surplus among the stockholders, in proportion to their respective interests in the stock.

restrictions.

5. And be it enacted, That the said corporation shall possess Powers and the general powers, and be subject to the general directions and liabilities set forth in "An Act concerning corporations," approved February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and fortysix, so far as the same are applicable.

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

Approved April 15, 1868.

Provisions in section thirty

act not to ap

CHAPTER CCCCXLVIII.

Supplement to an act entitled "An Act to incorporate Jersey City," approved March eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-one.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of one of original the State of New Jersey, That the provisions of the thirty-first ply to Firth' section of the act to which this is a supplement shall not be teen hundred operative in the charter election for eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, as to the Fifth ward in the said city.

ward in eigh

and sixty.

eight.

2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately.

Approved April 16, 1868.

district.

CHAPTER CCCCXLIX.

An Act to equalize the Assembly Districts in the County of
Cumberland.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That for the purpose of electing members of the general assembly of this state, the county of CumFirst assembly berland shall constitute two districts: the first district to be composed of the townships of Hopewell, Stoe Creek, Greenwich, Fairfield, Deerfield and the city of Bridgeton; the Second assem- second district to be composed of the townships of Downe, Maurice River, Landis and the city of Millville; and that all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the above, be and the same is hereby repealed.

bly district.

2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately.

Approved April 16, 1868.

CHAPTER CCCCL.

A Further Supplement to the act entitled "An Act to regulate Elections," approved April sixteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the county of Morris shall constitute three assembly districts: the first district to be com- First assembly posed of the townships of Passaic, Chatham, Hanover, Morris district. and Mendham; the second district to be composed of the Second assemtownships of Jefferson, Rockaway, Boonton, Montville and bly district. Pequannock; the third district to be composed of the town- Third assem ships of Roxbury, Washington, Chester and Randolph.

2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately.

Approved April 16, 1868.

bly district.

CHAPTER CCCCLI.

An Act to authorize the extension of the State Prison.

for additional

prison.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Appropriation the State of New Jersey, That the inspectors of the state prison wing to state be and they are hereby authorized to build an additional wing to the state prison, for the purpose of providing room for the female convicts, and that for the purpose of defraying the expense thereof the treasurer is authorized to pay out of the state treasury to the said inspectors, on the warrant of the comptroller, the sum of six thousand dollars.

ers.

2. And be it enacted, That the said inspectors shall appoint Commissiontwo of their number, who, with the keeper of the state prison, shall be commissioners to superintend the erection of said buildings, under the direction of the board of inspectors.

3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately.

Approved April 16, 1868.

CHAPTER CCCCLII.

An Act to incorporate the Quarrymen's Benevolent Society of the city of Hudson.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That Edward Foley, Patrick Hanly, Michael McDonough, Martin Keaden, Thomas Reilly, Thomas Doyle, John Crosby, Thomas McConnell, Michael Dolan, James Dunlevy and John Reilly, and their associate officers and members of the Quarrymen's Benevolent Society of the city of Hudson, and their successors, be and they are hereby constituted and declared a body corporate, in fact and in law, by the name, style and title of "The Quarrymen's Benevolent Society of the city of Hudson," and by that name they and their successors shall and may at all times hereafter be capable in law of having, purchasing, holding and possessing any lands, tene ments, hereditaments and personal estate purchased, devised or bequeathed by any person or persons, body politic or corporate, capable of making the same; to make all proper and needful by-laws for the regulation of its members and property, and also to have a common seal and use the same at pleasure, and also to have all the powers and privileges ennmerated in the first section of the act entitled "An Act concerning corporations," approved February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six; provided always, that the said corporation or body politic shall not at any time hold or possess property, real, personal or mixed, the net income of which shall exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars.

2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately.

Approved April 16, 1868.

CHAPTER CCCCLIII.

An Act to divide the township of Hamilton, in the county of
Mercer, into two election districts.

first election

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the township of Hamilton, in the county of Mercer, shall be divided into two election districts, as follows: all that part of the said township lying west of the following line, viz: commencing where the railroad Boundary of bridge of the Belvidere and Delaware railroad crosses the district. Assanpink creek; and running thence in a straight line to Chambers street; thence southerly by Chambers street and Dayton avenue to the Lamberton road; thence along said Lamberton road by Robert H. Wright's farm to the westerly line of said Wright's farm; thence along said westerly line and the easterly line of the Lalor farm to the Delaware and Raritan canal; and thence in a straight line to the Delaware river, to be the Chambersburg election district, and all that second elecpart of said township east of said line to be the Hamilton Square election district.

tion district.

elections.

2. And be it enacted, That the registers and inspectors of omcers of; elections elected last November, shall preside at and conduct the 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 of the district in which he lives, and the inspectors or judges of election of the other shall appoint some person who shall be a legal voter in the district to act as district 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.

3. And be it enacted, That the inspectors of registry and election elected in November eighteen hundred and sixty-seven shall act as judges of election at the next November election and the next March election in said districts, and that at the election to be held in March, eighteen hundred and sixtyeight, 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.