CHAPTER CLXXV. An Act to incorporate the Powhatan Encampment, Number Thirty, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Moorestown, New Jersey. porators. name. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Names of corthe State of New Jersey, That Wallace Lippincott, Darling Conrow, George Conrow, George W. Hall, Samuel Carson, J. C. Stroud and William R. Lippincott, and their associates, officers and members of "Powhatan Encampment, Number Thirty, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of the State of New Jersey," and their successors, be and they are hereby constituted and declared to be a body corporate and politic in law, by the name, style and title of "Powhatan Encamp. Corporate ment, Number Thirty, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of the State of New Jersey," 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 May purchase any lands, tenements, hereditaments and personal estate, purchased, devised or bequeathed by any person or persons, body corporate or politic, capable of making the same, and also to have a common seal and the same to use at pleasure; provided, always, that the said corporation or body politic Proviso. shall not at any time hold or possess property, real, personal or mixed, exceeding in value the sum of ten thousand dollars. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 8, 1870. and hold lands Preamble. Names of corporators. Corporate name, and powers. Amount of CHAPTER CLXXVI. An Act to incorporate the Maurice River Manufacturing Com- WHEREAS, it is desirable to develop and improve the water 2. And be it enacted, That the capital stock of said company capital stock shall be one hundred thousand dollars, with power to increase the same to three million dollars, to be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, which shall be deemed personal property, and transferable in such manner as the said company by their by-laws may direct. Subscription 3. And be it enacted, That the above named persons, or a books to be majority of them, shall be commissioners to receive subscriptions to the capital stock of said company, and as soon as opened. directors. twenty thousand dollars of the capital stock shall be subscribed, such commissioners, or a majority of them, shall give notice to said subscribers of the time and place of meeting, to choose seven directors of said company, a majority of whom Election of shall be residents of this state, and such election shall be held at the time and place so appointed by such of the subscribers to said capital stock as may attend in person or by proxy, each share of said stock subscribed for entitling the subscriber thereof to one vote; at such election the above mentioned commissioners shall act as inspectors thereof, and shall certify under their hands the names of persons who may be elected, and shall thereupon deliver over to the persons so elected the subscription books and such moneys as may have been received by them. 4. And be it enacted, That the directors chosen at such Vacancies, meeting and at the annual election of said corporation shall how filled. as soon as may be after every such election, choose out of their own number a president, who shall hold his office until a successor shall be elected; and in case of death, removal, resignation or disqualification of any director, the vacancy may be filled by said board of directors; the said board of directors shall also have power to appoint a treasurer, secretary and such other officers and agents as they may deem necessary for the carrying on the business of said company. 5. And be it enacted, That in case it shall happen that an Not dissolved election of directors shall not take place at the time when, by this act, it should be held, the said company shall not for that cause be deemed dissolved, but such election shall be held at such other time as the directors for the time being. shall appoint; and such directors for the time being shall continue to hold their office until new ones shall be chosen in their place. by failure to elect directors to work for. 6. And be it enacted, That the election for directors shall Failure to pay be held at such times and places as the board of directors installment shall from time to time direct, of which election public notice feiture. shall be given for at least ten days in some newspaper published in the county of Cumberland; a majority of said directors shall be a quorum to transact all business of said corporation; they shall have power to call in the capital stock of said company by such installments and at such times as they may direct; and in case of non-payment of said installments, or any of them, to forfeit the share or shares on which default shall arise to and for the use of the corporation, and also to make and prescribe such by-laws, rules and regulations as to dams and water power. them shall seem needful and proper touching the management of the stock, property, estate and effects of said corporation. May construct 7. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said raceways for company when duly organized, to construct a dam or dams across the Maurice river at such point or points in the township of Landis, in the county of Cumberland, as they may deem most expedient to create ponds and reservoirs of water, and to construct raceways along the banks of said river, and in connection therewith to construct as many lateral or branch raceways, and such locks, weirs, buildings and other works. as the company shall deem expedient for the purposes of creating a water power, and using the same for the manufacturing of all articles or materials whatsoever; and the said corporation shall have full power to manufacture all articles and materials whatsoever, and of buying, selling and dealing in the same; and for the purpose of enabling said company to determine where said dams, raceways and other works of said company can be located and constructed to the best advantage, it shall be lawful for the said company, by its Right to enter agents, engineers, officers or other persons in their employ, on lands, &c. to enter upon all lands lying along said river, in the town Proviso. ships through which said river runs, whether the same may be covered with water or not, for the purpose of exploring, surveying and locating said dams, locks, raceways and other improvements, doing no unnecessary damage to private property; and when the location of said dams, locks, raceways and other improvements shall be determined, and a survey of the same deposited in the office of the clerk of the county of Cumberland, it shall be lawful for the said company, by any of its officers, agents, superintendents, engineers, contractors, workmen and other persons in their employ, to enter upon, take possession of, have, hold, use and occupy any such lands, and to make excavations and embankments, and all the necessary works and structures which may be deemed expedient to carry into effect the purposes contemplated by this act; provided, that where such lands are not pur chased by or given to said company, payment or tender of payment of all damages for the occupancy of said lands, to be determined as hereinafter provided, shall be made before the said company shall enter upon or occupy said lands, except for the purpose of surveying the same as hereinbefore mentioned. in case no owners of pro 8. And be it enacted, That if the said company or its of Proceedings ficers or agents cannot agree with the owner or owners of agreement can such required lands or water right, for the use or purchase thereof, or if by reason of the legal incapacity or the absence perty. of such owner or owners no such agreement can be made, as particular a description as the case will admit of, of land or water or other rights so required for the use of the said company, shall be given in writing, under the oath or affirmation of some engineer or proper agent of said company, and also the name or names of the occupants or owners, if known, to one of the justices of the supreme court, who shall require the said company to give notice of said application to the persons interested, if known and in this state, or if unknown or out of this state, to make publication as he shall direct for any time not less than ten days, and the said justice shall appoint a time and place for the appointment of three disinterested commissioners to view said lands; and at the time and place appointed, upon satisfactory evidence of the service or publication of said notice, the said justice shall appoint three disinterested commissioners to appraise the value of said lands and water rights, and the damages which may be sustained by the owner by the taking of the same by the said company; and the said commissioners having first taken an oath, in writing, faithfully and impartially to cute the duties of said appointment, shall, after giving five days' notice to both parties when said parties reside in this state, view the premises and hear the parties and their evidence, if so desired, and thereupon make such appraisement of the value of said lands or water rights, and of the damages sustained by the owner, said commissioners at the same time taking into consideration all the benefits to be derived from or in consequence of the said improvements, manufactories, water power, canal or artificial navigation to the said owner or owners, as to them shall appear just and proper, and shall transmit such appraisement and award in writing, under their hands, to the justice who appointed them, to be by him returned and filed in the office of the clerk of the said county of Cumberland, together with all the papers before him relating thereto, there to be kept as a public record; and if either party shall feel aggrieved by the said Proceedings in appraisement and award of the said commissioners, the party so aggrieved may appeal to the circuit court of said county of Cumberland. at the next term after said appraisement case of appeal. |