rents, profits and emoluments thereof; and shall have the privilege and authority to erect, build and maintain such bridges over any rivers or streams of water on the line of its railway as it may find expedient and necessary for full enjoyment of all the benefits conferred by this act.

statement

secretary of

be paid to the state.

14. And be it enacted, That as soon as the said railroad, Must file or any part of it, is in operation, the president of the said cost, &c, with company shall file, under oath or affirmation, a statement of state. the amount of the cost of the said railroad, including equipments, appendages, and all expenses, in the office of the secretary of state, and annually thereafter on the first Monday in January of each year, he shall under oath or affirmation, make a statement to the secretary of state of the cost, equipment, appendages and expenses of said road; and after the said railroad, or any part thereof shall be in operation, the said corporation shall pay to the treasurer of this state a tax Annual tax to of one-half of one per centum on the cost, equipments and appendages of said road, to be paid annually thereafter on the first Monday in January of each year, and such other taxes as may be assessed from time to time by a general law applicable to all railroads over which the legislature shall have power, for the purpose at the time of the passage of such law or laws, and until the said railroad or any part thereof shall be in operation, the said corporation shall be regularly assessed and pay tax for the value of its real estate, including improvements thereon, and personal property as now taxed in the city or cities, township or townships wherein it lies, at the same time and rate and in the same manner, for the same purposes, and by the same person or persons as other taxes assessed in said city or cities, township or townships; provided, that no other tax or impost shall be levied or assessed Proviso. upon said company.

15. And be it enacted, That the said railway or some part thereof shall be commenced within five years and completed within ten years from the fourth day of July next ensuing, otherwise this act shall be void.

Limitation.

contracts with

nies.

16. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for said com- May make pany to make contracts and engagements with any other cor- other compaporation or individuals for transporting or conveying any kind of goods, produce, merchandise, freight or passengers, and to enforce the fulfilment of such contract.

17. And be it enacted, That the said company shall have May borrow the power, and it is hereby authorized to make its bonds, and bond and

money on

mortgage.

State officers to pass free.

for the purpose of securing their payment to mortgage its real estate and personal property, railway or railways, and all the appurtenances, franchises, powers and privileges and rights belonging thereto, which it may possess under its act of incorporation, to such amount as it may deem expedient, and to sell or negotiate the same at such rate of interest or discount as it may deem for the best interest of the company without invalidation thereof by virtue of any statute of this state, and the said bonds and mortgages so sold or negotiated shall be valid and binding in law and equity, and the purchaser or purchasers under a decree in equity or foreclosure founded upon any such bond or mortgage, shall be invested with all the estate, rights, franchises, powers and privileges which are or may be conferred upon or possessed by said company under or by virtue of its act of incorporation and any supplements thereto, subject, nevertheless, to all restrictions, conditions and limitations contained therein.

18. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for any corporation to subscribe for, purchase and hold the stock and bonds of the said railway company.

19. And be it enacted, That the governor, chancellor, the justices of the supreme court, the attorney general, the judges of the court of errors and appeals of this state when travelling for the purpose of discharging the duties of their offices, and the members and officers of both houses of the legislature of this state shall pass and repass on the railroad of said company in their cars free of charge.

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

Approved March 25, 1868.

Corporators.

CHAPTER CCXXV.

An Act to incorporate the Bartlett Zinc Company.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That Franklin Osgood, Edwin R. Bennett, and Robert Reid, their associates, successors and

assigns are hereby created a body politic and corporate by the name, style and title of "The Bartlett Zinc Company.'

and hold real

2. And be it enacted, That the corporation hereby created May purchase is authorized to acquire and hold by purchase, lease or other- estate, &c. wise, such amount of real or personal property as may be necessary for the transaction of its business, and to sell, mortgage, lease or otherwise dispose of the same.

-poration.

3. And be it enacted, That the corporation hereby created Powers and is authorized to carry on the business of mining for and smelt-pectsof coring, manufacturing or otherwise working zinc or other ores, vending or disposing of the same or the products thereof, and the business operations of said company may be carried on at such places as the board of directors may determine.

4. And be it enacted, That the affairs of this corporation First directors shall be managed by a board of not less than three directors, and the persons named in the first section of this act shall be the directors of the company for the first year, or until their successors shall be duly elected, but the number of said directors may be increased from time to [time] as the by-laws may prescribe.

5. And be it enacted, That the amount of the capital stock of this company shall be one million of dollars, and shall be divided into shares of not less than five dollars each; and the amount of said stock may be increased, or the par value of the said shares altered on such terms and conditions as the directors of said company shall prescribe or determine.

Capital stock.

to stock.

6. And be it enacted, That the directors of said company Subscriptions are hereby authorized to receive subscriptions to stock in real or personal estate appropriate to the business of the company, or to purchase the same, and to issue stock in payment therefor, and all stock so subscribed or issued as above provided, shall be declared to be full stock, and not liable to any further call.

7. And be it enacted, That the said directors shall have Powers of di power to adopt such by-laws as they may deem necessary for rectors. the regulation of the business of the company, the number of certificates of which it shall consist, and their par value, the form of its certificate of stock and the mode in which it shall be transferred.

8. And be it enacted, That the company may have an office for the transfer of its stock, and the holding of meetings of the board of directors at such places as its by-laws may prescribe. 9. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect imme

diately, and the corporation hereby created shall possess the powers, and be subject to the restrictions and liabilities set. forth in "An act concerning corporations," approved February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, so far as the same are applicable.

Approved March 26, 1868.

wards.

CHAPTER CCXXVI.

A Further Supplement to an act entitled "An act to incorporate the City of Burlington."

Boundaries of 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the city of Burlington shall be divided into two wards in the manner following, viz: all that part of said city lying north of the Camden and Amboy railroad shall be the first ward of said city, and all that part of said city lying south of said railroad shall be the second ward of said city.

Common Council shall appoint inspectors of

elections.

2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the common council of said city within ten days after the passage of registry and this act, to appoint six persons, three in each of said wards, who shall act as inspectors of registry and election for said wards; each of the political parties shall be represented in said appointment; that the inspectors thus appointed, and those who shall be elected hereafter at the annual charter election of said city, shall sit at the polling places of their several wards from the hours of nine o'clock in the morning until nine o'clock in the evening on a day two weeks prior to said election, to prepare a correct list of persons qualified to vote at said election, and shall also sit on the Thursday prior to said election, during said hours, and at such places for the purpose of revising, correcting and completing said list, and shall give ten days' public notice of such sittings by handbills setting forth the time of commencing the registry, of revising the same, and of election, designating the place where they will sit, and signed by them, which said bills shall be set up in twenty of the most public places of each ward, and said

registrars and inspectors in each ward, or a majority of them, shall appoint a clerk, who shall prepare a correct list of the voters for the use of said registrars and inspectors on the day of election, said clerk to receive for his services the same fees as the other election officers; they shall also appoint one of their number as judge of election, who shall receive the ballots of those voting, and who shall designate one of the board who shall check off the name of each voter from the list before he has voted; provided, that no person shall be permit- Proviso. ted to vote whose name is not registered on said list of

voters.

council to be

classes.

3. And be it enacted, That the common council of said city Common shall consist of twelve members, who shall be elected at the divided into next charter election of said city after the passage of this act, which said members of common council shall, a. their first meeting, divide themselves into three classes by lot; the seat of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the first year, of the second class at the expiration of the second year, and of the third class at the expiration of the third year, so that four members of common council shall be chosen at each and every annual election thereafter to take the place of the four whose term of service shall then expire.

4. And be it enacted, That the registrars and inspectors so Registrars to as aforesaid appointed, and those annually elected hereafter, take oath. and the clerks shall, before they enter upon the duties of their office, take the like oaths or affirmations as required of the other officers of said city, and before the same officer by the tenth section of the act to which this is a supplement.

5. And be it enacted, That the ninth section of the act to which this is a supplement be so far amended that the word "six" therein be stricken out, and the word "seven" be inserted instead of the same.

6. And be it enacted, That at the next ensuing annual To be elected charter election of said city, and annually thereafter, there annually. shall be elected in each of the wards thereof three inspectors of registry and election for the term of one year, who shall be residents of said wards respectively, and qualified to vote therein at such election; and no ballot shall contain more than two names for such inspectors, and in case more than two names therefor shall appear on such ballot, the same shall only be void, and not counted as to said inspectors; the three persons who receive the highest number of votes therefor shall be taken to be elected inspectors of registry and