no fees shall be paid to any person for driving or conveying any horses, cattle, sheep, or swine to the public pound in either of said townships, by virtue of this act, unless he or she shall be at the time a freeholder or householder of the said township, or is authorized in writing by such freeholder or householder. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 12, 1858. CHAPTER CXLI. Consistory authorized to assess rent on pews. AN ACT SUPPLEMENTAL to the charter of the Reformed Protestant Dutch church of Bergen Point. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the consistory of the Reformed Protestant Dutch church of Bergen Point be, and. they are hereby authorized and empowered to assess such sums of money as a ground rent, upon all the pews of their church, as may be necessary to defray the annual current expenses of the congregation; to be made payable in such manner as the said consistory, by their by-laws, may direct; and in default of the payment of said assessment, or ground rent, so assessed as aforesaid, for the space of one year, the said pew or pews may be sold for the shortest period of time practicable, under the direction of said consistory, to pay all arrears due thereon. Approved March 12, 1858. CHAPTER CXLII. A SUPPLEMENT to the act entitled “An act to incorporate the city of WHEREAS, by an act of the legislature of this state entitled Preamble. ny author vey proper ty to city. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Fire compathe State of New Jersey, That it shall and may be lawful for ized to conthe Rahway Fire Company to sell, convey, and otherwise dispose of to "the mayor and common council of the city of Rahway," hereafter to be elected by virtue of the provisions of the act entitled "An act incorporating the city of Rahway," upon such terms as shall be agreed upon between them, all real estate, engine-houses, engines, reservoirs of water, ladders, buckets, fire-hooks, and other implements and machines, as they may now possess, to the sole use and benefit of the said city of Rahway. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the said "the mayor and common council of the city of Rahway," and they are hereby authorized, to raise by tax, in addition to the amount limited in the eighteenth section of the act to which this is a supplement, any sum not exceeding four thousand dollars, for the purpose of purchasing the said property of the said "the Rahway Fire Company." City authormoney by ized to raise tax. 3. And be it enacted, That upon the purchase by the said Fire compa"the mayor and common council of the city of Rahway,' 22 ny disband"ed upon purchase of property. of the said property, the said "the Rahway Fire Company" shall be disbanded, and the act incorporating the same, and the supplements thereto shall be, and the same are hereby declared to be repealed. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 12, 1858. Amount to be paid on note. CHAPTER CXLIII. A SUPPLEMENT to an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Essex county Mutual Insurance Company," passed February thirteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-four. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of promissory the State of New Jersey, That, from and after the passage of this act, the amount or part to be immediately paid by every person who shall become a member of the corporation created by the act to which this is a supplement, by effecting insurance therein upon depositing his promissory note, as provided in the seventh section of said original act, shall not be limited to five per cent. of the amount of said note, but, instead thereof, shall not exceed the sum of twenty per cent. of said amount; which last named sum, or any part thereof, it shall be lawful for the said directors to demand and receive. Policy forfeited for non-pay ment of assessment. 2. And be it enacted, That, in case any such member shall neglect or refuse to pay the sum or sums assessed upon him as his proportion of any loss according to the provisions of the act to which this is a supplement, within the time CHAPTER CXLIV. A SUPPLEMENT to an act entitled "An act to establish the city of Elizabeth." ers to lay out nate lines of 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Commissionthe State of New Jersey, Whereas, there are several roads, and desighighways and streets within the city of Elizabeth, the lines streets, &c. of which are not and cannot be certainly ascertained by reason of the loss of the old surveys, plots, maps and marks thereof; for the better fixing upon and settling the lines and courses of said roads, highways and streets, the city council of said city shall and may appoint, from time to time, three disinterested freeholders of said city, as commissioners, who shall constitute a commission to run, mark, lay out and designate the lines and courses of any such street, road or highway as are not and have not been ascer tained and clearly designated, which said commission shall have full power and authority to run, mark, lay out and designate the lines of any such street, road or highway Proviso. City council may lay out and open streets, &c. Proviso. Proviso. within said city, and shall make a full and clear map or profile of said street, road or highway, or such part thereof as they shall run, mark and lay out, designating by permanent marks or monuments, the beginnings and endings. of said street or part thereof as aforesaid; which said map or profile upon being certified by them, or a majority of them, under their hands, and subsequently ratified by the city council, shall be recorded or filed in the office of the city clerk, and shall thereupon be full evidence of the street, road or highway, or part thereof, as the case may be, and of its lines and courses; provided, that private property shall not be taken without compensation to the owners; and said commissioners shall receive such compensation as the city council may order. 2. And be it enacted, That the city council may lay out and open any street, road, highway or alley, or park, in any part of said city, and cause any street, road, highway or alley already laid out, or which shall be hereafter laid out, to be vacated, altered, widened or straightened; and to take and appropriate for such purpose, any lands and real estate upon making such compensation to the owners as is hereinafter provided-said city council may likewise cause sewers or drains to be constructed in any part of said city, and if necessary, take and appropriate for such purpose any lands and real estate, upon making compensation to the owner or owners thereof as is hereinafter provided. And said city council may also order and cause any street, or section of a street, within the lamp and watch district of said city, to be gravelled, paved or macadamized, in such manner as they may deem advisable, at the expense of the owners of lands and real estate on the line of said street or section of a street; provided, that after any street, or section of a street, shall be once entirely gravelled, paved, or macadamized, at the expense of the owners of property as aforesaid, the city council shall take charge of and keep the same in repair, without further exclusive assessment on the property on such street, or section of a street; provided also, that all or any of the aforesaid improvements shall be |