general restrictions and liabilities set forth in "An act concerning corporations," approved on the fourteenth day of February, eighteen hundred and forty-six, so far as the same are applicable; and the legislature may at any time hereafter modify or repeal the same.

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

Approved February 11, 1858.

CHAPTER XXIII.

AN ACT to incorporate the Elizabeth Orphan Asylum Association.

WHEREAS, a number of females, inhabitants of the city of Preamble. Elizabeth and its vicinity, in this State, are desirous of organizing an association, the object of which is the support and moral and religious instruction of destitute children, and training them to habits of industry; and whereas, it is apprehended that the objects of the said association will be promoted by an act of incorporation -therefore,

corporators.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Names of the State of New Jersey, That Benjamin Williamson, Richard T. Haines, John J. Chetwood, Reuben Van Pelt, Garret Green, David Magie, Samuel Clarke, Nicholas Murray, Alfred De Witt, and their associates, are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, in fact, name, and law, by the name of "The Elizabeth Orphan Asylum Association," and by that name they and their successors shall have perpetual

General

powers.

Election of trustees.

Proviso.

succession, power to sue and to be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, in all courts and places whatsoever, to make a common seal, and the same to change at pleasure, and to purchase, take, have, hold, receive, and enjoy any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, in fee simple or otherwise, and any goods, chattels, legacies, donations, annuities, or other personal property, of what kind or quality soever, by gift, grant, devise, bequest, or otherwise, and the same to grant, convey, assign, sell, or otherwise dispose of, for the purposes of the said corporation; provided always, that the net yearly income of such estate shall at no time hereafter exceed in value the sum of ten thousand dollars, nor be applied to any other purposes than those for which this corporation is formed.

2. And be it enacted, That the property, affairs, and concerns of the said corporation shall be managed and conducted by twenty-one trustees, to be elected as follows, namely: on the first Wednesday of April next the said corporators shall name twenty-one females, residing in the city of Elizabeth or its vicinity, as trustees of the said association, and which persons so named shall constitute the first board of trustees; and at the first or subsequent meeting of the said trustees, after their said nomination, they shall proceed to divide themselves into three equal classes, one of which shall go out of office at the expiration of the first year, another at the expiration of the second year, and the other at the expiration of the third year; and on the first Wednesday of April, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, and every year thereafter, there shall be elected seven persons as trustees, who shall hold their offices for three years, and until others shall be elected in their stead, which election shall be held, under the direc tion of the trustees for the time being, at such place and upon such notice as they shall think expedient; and in case any vacancy shall happen in the said trustees by death, removal, resignation or otherwise, such vacancy may be filled by the said board for the remainder of the term or until the next election; provided, no person shall

vote at any such election other than the regular members of the said corporation, who shall have paid at least one dollar during the year next preceding such election, for the use of the said corporation, or shall have paid twentyfive dollars at one time, which shall constitute her a life member; and a majority of such members voting at any such election shall be required for the election of such

trustees.

incorpora

3. And be it enacted, That the object of the said corpora- objects of tion shall be the support and instruction primarily of desti- tion. tute children of the said city of Elizabeth and its vicinity, and as the means of the said corporation will admit, the support and instruction, under such regulations and upon such contributions as the said trustees shall ordain and require, of destitute children of other parts of this State, and to provide a suitable asylum for such children, to be located in the city of Elizabeth.

make by

4. And be it enacted, That a majority of the trustees shall Trustees to constitute a board for the transaction of business; and the laws. said board shall have power to make and prescribe such by-laws as to them shall seem needful, for the purposes of the said corporation, not inconsistent with this act, the constitution of the association, or the laws of this State; and the said trustees shall have power, by the by-laws of the said corporation, to delegate such administrative powers as they shall deem proper, to such committees of their own number as they shall appoint.

5. And be it enacted, That the said board shall, as soon as conveniently may be after the nomination of the trustees as aforesaid, and after every annual election, choose by ballot from their own number, a first and second directress, a secretary, and a treasurer, and such other officers as they may deem expedient; and the duties and powers of the said officers, the qualifications of membership, and of all officers of the said corporation, shall be defined by such by-laws of the said corporation as the board of trustees may make.

Trustees to appoint off

cers.

6. And be it enacted, That the property and effects of the Property not

to be taxed.

Public act.

said corporation held or used for the purposes contemplated by this act shall not be subject to the imposition of any tax or assessment whatever.

7. And be it enacted, That this act be and is hereby declared a public act, and that it shall be lawful for the senate and general assembly of this State, at any time hereafter, to amend, repeal, or modify this act, as they shall think proper.

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

Approved February 12, 1858.

Boundaries

of part of

ed to Ewing.

CHAPTER XXIV.

AN ACT to alter the northeastern boundary of the city of Trenton.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of city annex- the State of New Jersey, That all such part of the city of Trenton as lies northeasterly of the following line or boundary, to wit: beginning at the corner of the township of Lawrence and the city of Trenton, in the middle of the Delaware and Raritan Canal, running thence in continuation of the present line between the city of Trenton and the township of Lawrence, north thirty-one and a half degrees west, thirty-one chains and fifty links, more or less, across land of Edwin Gunning, the New Brunswick turnpike road, land of George J. Miller and Mahlon Moon, to the boundary line between the city of Trenton and township of Ewing, in the Princeton and Kingston Branch turnpike

road, be and the same is hereby annexed to the township of Ewing, in the county of Mercer, and shall be considered. as a part of said township of Ewing, anything in the act entitled "An act to incorporate the city of Trenton," passed the seventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, to the contrary notwithstanding; and that this act shall take effect from and after the passage thereof. Approved February 12, 1858.

CHAPTER XXV.

AN ACT to incorporate the Sussex County Agricultural Society.

corporators.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Names of the State of New Jersey, That Lewis Dunn, John R. Stuart, George H. Nelden, Robert Hamilton, Victor M. Drake, Jansen H. Beemer, Gabriel L. Dunning, John Rutherford, Thomas Lawrence, Hosea J. Harden, James L. Munson, Charles Mackerly, Nathan S. Roe, Martin Cole, John Schooley, Bowdowine Van Auken, Elias R. Goble, George C. Shaw, Isaac Snook, James N. Jaroleman, George M. Ryerson, and M. B. Titman, of the county of Sussex, and their associates and successors, shall be and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name of "The Sussex County Agricultural Society."

capital

2. And be it enacted, That the capital stock of said society Amount of shall be ten thousand dollars, with liberty to increase it to stock. twenty thousand dollars, which shall be divided into shares of twenty dollars each, and paid in by the stockholders at