which the parties may agree upon, aid the said company in the construction of its said railroad. 19. And be it enacted, That if the said railroad shall not Limitation. be commenced within five years and completed within ten years from the fourth day of July next ensuing, then and in that case this act shall be void. 20. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 17, 1870. CHAPTER CCCCLXIII. An Act for the relief of Phebe Burroughs, widow of Enoch Burroughs, of the county of Mercer. WHEREAS, Enoch Burroughs, a private of the war of eighteen Preamble. hundred and twelve, in the company of Captain Garret D. Wall, did during his lifetime receive from the United States government, a land warrant for sixty acres of land, for services rendered in said war; and whereas, said Enoch Burroughs, died on the twenty-eighth day of December, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, leaving an aged and infirm widow, dependent upon her friends for support; and whereas, said widow, did after his death receive from the United States government a warrant for sixty acres of land; and whereas, neither he nor his widow has ever received anything further for said services; therefore, 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Pension. the State of New Jersey, That the treasurer of the state is hereby authorized and required to pay to Phebe Burroughs, widow of Enoch Burroughs, deceased, of the county of Mercer, the sum of one hundred dollars per annum, to be paid half yearly, on the first day of April and the first day of October; and that the receipt of said Phebe Burroughs, or her order, shall be a sufficient voucher for the treasurer for all moneys paid by virtue of this act. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 17, 1870. May borrow money. May issue bonds and se CHAPTER CCCCLXIV. An Act to authorize the Trustees of School District Number Twenty-two, in the County of Essex, to borrow money to erect a School House. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the trustees of school district number twenty two, in the county of Essex, be, and they are hereby authorized to borrow any sum of money not greater than fifteen hundred dollars, that they may find necessary for the purpose of erecting a school house upon the lot of ground now belonging to said school district. 2. And be it enacted, That for the purpose of securing cure the same the payment of said loan, the said trustees are authorized to by mortgage. make and execute in their corporate name to the lender or Interest and installments by tax. lenders of said money, a bond conditioned for the payment of said money in three years from the date thereof, in annual installments of not more than five hundred dollars each, with interest at the rate of seven per cent. per annum, payable half-yearly, and may secure the payment of the same by executing a mortgage in their corporate name upon the land now owned by said district, which bond shall be a valid subsisting debt against said district, and which said mortgage shall be a valid lien upon real property. 3. And be it enacted, That the trustees of said school disto be raised trict, or a majority of them, shall and must on or before the twentieth day of May, in each and every year, hereafter certify under their hands to the assessor of taxes for the township of Livingston, in Essex county, the amount which will be necessary to pay the interest money, as well as any installment of principal money which will become due upon said bond during the then ensuing year; which sum the said assessor is hereby authorized and required, when making his yearly assessment of taxes, to assess as a special tax upon the personal property of the inhabitants of said school district, and upon the real estate situate within said district, in the same manner as other township taxes are, or shall be, assessed; which special tax shall be, by the officer now or hereafter provided by law for the collection of other taxes for said township, collected at the same time and in the same manner as other township taxes are or shall be collected, and shall be by him separately accounted for and paid over by him, immediately, to the trustees of said district. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 17, 1870. CHAPTER CCCCLXV. An Act to divide School District Number Six, in the township of Oxford, and county of Warren, and create a New District. WHEREAS, school district number six, in the township of Ox- Preamble. ford, and county of Warren, does not afford sufficient accommodations for the large number of scholars residing in said district; therefore, 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Boundaries of the State of New Jersey, That school district number six, in school district the township and county aforesaid, be and the same is hereby divided into two school districts, thereby creating a new district to be known as school district number thirteen, of the township of Oxford aforesaid; the boundaries of which shall be as follows: commencing on the top of the hill northwest of Oxford Furnace; thence running along the middle of the highway by lands of Thomas Buckley and others to the line of the school district known as the Little York District; Trustees. thence in a northerly direction to the Buttsville District; thence along the line of the Buttsville District, in a westerly course, to the intersection of the Bridgeville road and the Oxford Furnace road; thence in a southerly course to the line of the Little York District, and thence to the beginning; and the inhabitants of said district shall be subject to all the laws of this state relative to schools not inconsistent with this act. 2. And be it enacted, That Lewis Hausman, Morris R. Temple and Joseph McConnell, be and they are hereby appointed trustees of said school district, and shall hold their office until the first Monday in September next, when said district shall proceed to elect new trustees in conformity with the general school law of this state; the trustees hereby appointed shall perform all the powers and duties, and be subject to the same restrictions as is contained in the act entitled "An Act to establish a system of public instruction," approved March twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty seven. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 17, 1870. Boundaries. CHAPTER CCCCLXVI. An Act for the Improvement of the Town of Keyport, in the 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the limits of the town of Keyport, in the county of Monmouth, for the purposes of this act, shall be as follows, viz: beginning at Mattawan creek, on the line dividing the townships of Mattawan and Raritan, running along said line to the road leading to Mechanicsville; thence along said road to Mechanicsville; thence along the road to Union until it strikes Chingarora creek or brook; thence along said creek or brook until it reaches the Raritan bay; thence westerly along said bay and Mattawan creek to the place of beginning. commission election. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful Election of for such of the legal voters of the said town of Keyport as ers and inmay reside within the aforesaid limits, on the first Monday of sectors of May next, to assemble at the public hall or such place in the town of Keyport as may be designated by the inspectors of election (printed notices of which shall be previously put up in at least twenty five of the most public places in said town, and in which printed notices the aforesaid boundaries shall be specified), on the said first Monday in May next, and then and there by ballot and by a plurality of the votes, elect five commissioners and three inspectors of election, only two of whom shall belong to the same political party; and as soon after said election as the said commissioners shall be sworn into office as hereinafter provided, they shall be denominated. "The Board of Commissioners of the Town of Keyport," Name. and by that name they and their successors forever hereafter, shall and may have perpetual succession, shall be capable of suing and being sued in all courts of this state, and by that name may make contracts and agreements, and make regulations and ordinances for the purpose of carrying out and effecting the objects and purposes of this act. ing and clos tion. 3. And be it enacted, That at the election herein before Time of openmentioned, Wilson Brown, James Henry Bedle and Sidney ing the polls. II. Sproul, or such of them as may consent to act, or the survivors or survivor of them shall act as inspectors, and Richard H. Ogden shall act as clerk; that at such election the polls shall be opened at twelve o'clock, m., and close at four o'clock, p. m, that the persons elected shall hold their offices for one year from the said first Monday of May next, and until their successors are elected and sworn into office; that on the first Monday of May, yearly and every year there- Annual elecafter, the legal voters aforesaid shall and may hold a like election at such place in said town as may be designated by the said board of commissioners, who shall by ordinance prescribe the time of opening and closing the polls at such election; and the mode and manner of conducting it; provided, Proviso. however, that said election shall be by ballot, and the polls at said election shall be open at least from twelve o'clock, m., until four o'clock, p.m., of all which public notice shall be given by the said board of commissioners at least ten days before such election; provided, also, that in case of the death, Proviso. |