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Annual statement to be made.

Dividends.

Corporation not dis

solved for failure to

resident of the state of New Jersey; and the said directors shall be stockholders in said company, and shall hold their offices for one year and until others shall be chosen to fill their places; they shall be elected at the annual meeting of the stockholders, to be held on the first Tuesday of February, at such hour of the day, and at such place as the by-laws of the said corporation shall direct; and until such annual election shall take place, the associates named in this act, with such others, being stockholders, as they shall appoint, shall be the directors of the said corporation; a majority of the directors shall, on all occasions, when assembled at such place as the by-laws shall prescribe, constitute a board competent to transact business, and all business before them shall be decided by a majority of votes; and in case any vacancy shall occur in the board of directors, by death, resignation, or failure of the stockholders to elect the full number authorized by this act, the remaining directors for the time being, or a majority of them, shall have power to fill such vacancy by the appointment of any stockholder.

6. And be it enacted, That the said directors shall submit. to the stockholders, at their annual meeting, a written statement of the officers of said corporation, setting forth the amount of the capital stock paid in, the amount of money due to and from the corporation, as nearly as the same can be ascertained, that the same is correct to the best of their knowledge and belief.

7. And be it enacted, That dividends of so much of the profits as the directors may think advisable may be declared on the first day of January in every year, and to be paid to the stockholders, or their legal representatives, at any time on demand after the expiration of thirty days from such declaration.

8. And be it enacted, That in case it shall happen that an election of directors shall not be made upon the day deelect on day signated for that purpose, the said corporation shall not be deemed dissolved; but the stockholders may proceed to

prescribed.

hold an election on any other day, ten days' notice being given of the time and place of such election.

may be

Lands, &c., taken in pay

ment for

9. And be it enacted, That any land or property, or materials used in manufacturing up, which may be received in payment for subscription for stock, shall be taken at a stock. valuation approved by a majority of the board of directors, or by a majority of the stockholders.

count may

10. And be it enacted, That regular books of account shall Books of acbe kept in the office of said company in the county of be kept. Camden, to which books any stockholder may have free access, at all seasonable times, for the purpose of inspec tion; and that books of transfer of stock shall also be kept, and shall be evidence of the ownership of said stock, in all elections and other matters submitted to the decision of the stockholders of said corporation.

powers.

11. And be it enacted, That the corporation hereby created General shall possess the general powers, and be subject to the restrictions and liabilities, set forth in "An act concerning corporations," approved upon the fourteenth day of February, eighteen hundred and forty-six, so far as the same are applicable.

ameuded.

12. And be it enacted, That the legislature may alter, Act may le amend, or repeal this act whenever, in their judgment, the public good requires it.

Approved March 16, 1859.

Current printing of sonate.

Current

printing of assembly.

Journal of senate, &c.

Minutes of assembly,

&c.

Laws.

CHAPTER CLXI.

AN ACT regulating the public printing.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That David Naar, of Trenton, New Jersey, be employed to execute the current printing of the senate, during the present session thereof.

2. And be it enacted, That J. R. Freese, of Trenton, New Jersey, be employed to execute the current printing of the house of assembly, during the present session thereof.

3. And be it enacted, That William H. Hemenover, of Hoboken, New Jersey, be employed to print the journal of the senate and appendix thereto, and the proceedings of joint meeting, with an index, for the current year, in as compact a form as a proper execution of the work will admit.

4. And be it enacted, That Sharp & Chew, of Salem, New Jersey, be employed to print the minutes and appendix of the house of assembly, with an index thereto, for the current year; and that both the journal of the senate and minutes of the house of assembly shall be printed in every way to correspond in compactness and manner of execution and size of page, with a running head line, specifying the day and date of the month, as per sample of journal of the Vermont house of representatives of 1852, now on file in the office of the secretary of state of this state.

5. And be it enacted, That Tunis & Stout, of Freehold, New Jersey, be employed to print the laws which shall be enacted at the present sitting of the legislature, in as condensed a form as a proper execution of the work will admit of, on large octavo pages, trimmed as directed by the secretary of state, and bound as per sample filed with the secretary of state, and in all other respects, namely: printing, binding and paper, to correspond with the sample of

the laws of eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, now on file in the office of the secretary of state.

audited.

6. And be it enacted, That before the treasurer shall pay Bills to be for the printing hereby directed, the secretary of state shall audit the bills and certify to him in writing that the work has been executed in all respects as herein directed.

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

Approved March 16, 1859.

CHAPTER CLXII.

A SUPPLEMENT to the act entitled "An act for the preservation of deer and other game, and to prevent trespassing with guns," approved April sixteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six.

killing game

at certain

times.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Penalty for the State of New Jersey, That hereafter if any person or persons shall kill, destroy, or take any partridge, moor-fowl, grouse, quail or rabbit, except only between the first day of November and the first day of January yearly and every year, or any woodcock, except only between the first day of September and the first day of January, yearly and every year, he, she, or they, so offending, shall forfeit and pay for every partridge, moor-fowl, grouse, quail, rabbit, or woodcock, the sum of five dollars, for each and every offence, to be sued for and recovered in an action of debt,

with costs of suit, by any person who shall sue for the same, and on non-payment thereof shall be committed to the common jail of the county, for any period not exceed ing sixty days, and until the fine and costs are paid; and any person in whose hands or custody any partridge, moorfowl, grouse, quail, rabbit, or woodcock shall be found, that shall have been killed contrary to the provisions of this act, shall be deemed, taken and adjudged to be the killer and destroyer of said game, and liable to the penalties aforesaid.

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

Approved March 16, 1859.

CHAPTER CLXIII.

AN ACT to incorporate the Long-a-Coming, May's Landing and Tuckerton
Turnpike Company.

Commis- 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of

sioners to

scriptions.

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receive sub- the State of New Jersey, That all such persons as shall become subscribers to the capital stock hereinafter mentioned, their successors and assigns, shall be and they are hereby ordained, constituted, and made a body politic and corporate, in fact and in law, by the name of "The Long-a-Coming, May's Landing and Tuckerton Turnpike Company," and that Andrew K. Hay, Charles Wright, Samuel S. Cake,

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