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the same fees shall be allowed and paid as before directed; but if on the first view, as before mentioned, the report of the persons appointed, or a majority of them, shall be in favor of the company, the same fees shall be allowed as before prescribed, and paid by the person making complaint; and in case three of the township committee aforesaid are not disinterested, then the said judge shall appoint, in the same manner above prescribed, one or more respectable freeholders of the township or townships, who may be disinterested, to serve in the place and stead of any member or members of the township committee so disqualified.

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14. And be it enacted, That this act shall not take effect Act, when to until the public highways upon which the said turnpike road or roads is authorized to be located and made are vacated as public highways according to law.

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15. And be it enacted, That the said corporation shall General possess the several powers, and be subject to the restric tions and liabilities, contained in the act entitled "An act concerning corporations," approved the fourteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, so far as the same is applicable.

Approved March 18, 1859.

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CHAPTER CLXXII.

AN ACT to equalize taxes in the county Passaic.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That whenever any tax shall be directed to be assessed and raised for state or county purposes in the county of Passaic, it shall be the duty of the assessors of the several wards of the city of Paterson, for the purpose of determining the quota of such state or county tax to be paid by the several wards of said city, to deduct from the valuation of the real and personal estate assessed to the person or persons, or incorporated companies, set down in their respective duplicates, the whole amount of the debts due, and owing by such person or persons, or incorporated companies, excepting debts due and owing to creditors not residing in this state; and the proportion or quota of tax to be levied and collected in each ward of said city, for state or county purposes, shall be fixed and adjusted by the assessors of the several townships and wards in said county, at their annual meeting upon the valuation of the real and personal estate assessed in each ward of said city, after deducting the said debts from such valuation as aforesaid.

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

Approved March 18, 1859.

CHAPTER CLXXIII.

A SUPPLEMENT to the charter of the city of Salem.

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1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of License for the State of New Jersey, That it shall not be lawful for any spirituous person or persons, to sell within the corporate limits of the city of Salem, any spirituous liquors in quantities less than. five gallons, without having first obtained a license therefor from the mayor and common council, or a majority thereof in council convened, of said city, in whom shall be vested the exclusive right and power of granting such licenses, and who may exact such restrictions and penalties as they deem necessary in relation thereto. Approved March 18, 1859.

CHAPTER CLXXIV.

AN ACT to confirm the will of Redmond S. Cox, deceased.

WHEREAS, Redmond S. Cox, single man, late of the county Preamble. of Sussex, now deceased, on the second day of September, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, did make and execute, under his hand and seal his last will

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and testament, and thereby, after the payment of his just debts and funeral expenses, did devise and bequeath all the rest and residue of his estate unto his brother, John B. Cox, to him, his heirs and assigns, forever, and did appoint Joseph Strader, executor thereof; AND WHEREAS, also, the said Redmond S. Cox, at the time of the making of the said will, was a little under full age; that the said Redmond S. Cox has left no real estate, but died possessed of and entitled to about six hundred dollars personal estate; that the said John B. Cox is the only brother of the said deceased of the whole blood; AND WHEREAS, by reason of the non-age of the said Redmond S. Cox, doubts have arisen as to the legality of the said will, and it being represented that no serious objection exists to the said will, therefore,

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the said last will and testament of the said Redmond S. Cox, deceased, be and the same is hereby in all things confirmed and declared to be as valid and effectual as if he had been of full age, at the time of the execution thereof, and shall be so held and considered in all the courts, and by all the officers of this state. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately.

Approved March 18, 1859.

CHAPTER CLXXV.

AN ACT to authorize the inhabitants of the township of Deerfield, in the county of Cumberland, to vote by ballot at their annual town meetings.

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1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of officers to be the State of New Jersey, That the inhabitants of the town- ballot. ship of Deerfield, in the county of Cumberland, authorized by law to vote at their town meetings, are hereby authorized and required to elect by ballot, and not otherwise, at their annual town meetings, the following officers, until otherwise required by law, whose qualifications shall be the same as are or may be fixed by law: that is, a township clerk, a judge of election, an assessor, a collector, two chosen freeholders, two surveyors of the highway, three commissioners of appeal, one or more overseers of the poor, one or more pound keepers, a township committee. consisting of five persons, a town superintendent of public schools, as many justices of the peace as the inhabitants of said township may be constitutionally entitled to elect, and one or more constables; and shall also, upon the same ballot, vote for the amount of money to be raised for the support of the poor, for school purposes, for the repair of roads, and all other money necessary for township purposes, and for the places of holding the next annual town meeting and the election of state and county officers.

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2. And be it enacted, That the overseers of the highways Election of of the several road districts in the township of Deerfield, highways. in the county of Cumberland, shall be elected by the legal voters of the several road districts as they may be arranged from time to time by the township committee; and for the purpose of carrying this provision into effect, it shall be the duty of the township committee to give public notice as shall hereafter be directed in the third section of this act, which shall be within six days after the next annual

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