2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect imme diately. Approved March 15, 1881. Municipal corporations au CHAPTER CIV. An Act to authorize municipal corporations to contract for a supply of water for public uses. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of thorized to con- the State of New Jersey, That it shall be lawful for the city tract for a sup- council, township committee or other governing body of any for public use. municipal corporation in this state, by whatever name such ply of water governing body may be called, to enter into and make a contract and agreement, with any existing aqueduct board or water company for a year or term of years, for the obtaining and furnishing of a supply of water to be used by and within such municipal corporation for the purpose of extinguishing fires, and for such other public uses and purposes as may be found necessary or convenient; which contract and agreement when so made shall be the valid and lawful contract of such municipal corporation, as well as of the said aqueduct board or water company, according to the tenor thereof; and the levied and as- sum or sums of money in such contract, agreed to be paid in real and perso- each year by any such municipal corporation, shall be levied nal property. and assessed as a tax upon the real and personal estate within Money agreed to be paid to be sessed upon Proviso. Proviso. such municipal corporation, and liable to taxation for other municipal purposes, and the said real estate and personal property is hereby made liable to the assessment and collection of such tax; provided, however, and it is hereby expressly enacted that no such agreement and contract shall be made, for a period longer than ten years in any one term, and that the amount of payment in such contract agreed to be made in any year by any municipal corporation, shall not exceed a sum equal to one dollar for each inhabitant of such municipal corporation, unless the proposition be approved by a majority of the legal voters in such municipal corporation at an annual or special election, to which the same may be submitted; and provided, that this act shall not apply to any city now sup plied with water for public use pursuant to an existing contract or arrangement with some board or corporation. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 15, 1881. CHAPTER CV. A Supplement to "An act respecting the Court of Chancery" [Revision], approved March twenty-seventh, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five. Chancellor an tional vice 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of thorized to apthe State of New Jersey, That in addition to the vice-chancellor point an addiprovided for in the act to which this is a supplement, there chancellor. shall hereafter be another vice-chancellor, who shall be a counsellor at law of at least ten years' standing, and who shall be appointed by the chancellor and commissioned by the governor under the great seal of the state, and who shall continue in office for seven years from the date of the commission. Powers, duties chancellor. 2. And be it enacted, That the powers, duties and compen- and compensasation of the vice-chancellor appointed by virtue of this act tion of viceshall be similar to those of the vice-chancellor appointed by virtue of the act to which this is a supplement. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect imme diately. Approved March 15, 1881. CHAPTER CVI. An Act to amend an act entitled "An act to establish a system of public instruction " [Revision], approved March twentyseventh, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four. Section to be amended. State tax imposed. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That section seventy-seven of the act entitled "An act to establish a system of public instruction" [Revision], approved March twenty-seventh, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, be and is hereby amended so as to read as follows: 77. And be it enacted, That for the purpose of maintaining free public schools there shall be assessed, levied and collected annually upon the taxable real and personal property in this state, as exhibited by the latest abstracts of ratables from the several counties, made out by the several boards of assessors, and filed in the office of the comptroller of the treasury, a state school tax equal to four dollars for each child in this state between the ages of five and eighteen years, as exhibited by the next preceding school census, which tax shall be assessed, levied and collected at the same time and in the be raised by same manner in which other taxes are assessed, levied and collected; but if the moneys received by any township from the tax imposed by this act shall not be sufficient to maintain free schools for at least nine months in each year, then the inhabitants thereof may raise by township tax such additional amount as they may need for that purpose in the same manner as such taxes have heretofore been raised. Additional amount may townships. Comptroller shall apportion 2. And be it enacted, That section seventy-eight of said act be and is hereby amended so as to read as follows: 78. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the tax among the comptroller aforesaid to apportion the said tax among the counties. several counties, in proportion to the amount of taxable real statement. and personal estate of said counties respectively, as shown by the ratables respectively, as aforesaid, and it shall be his further duty to transmit, on or before the first day of April of And transmit each year, to the county collector of each county, a statement of the amount of said tax apportioned to and payable by said county, and said county collector shail lay said statement before the board of assessors of the townships and wards Duties of asses- within his county at their next annual meeting, to apportion the taxes among said townships and wards, and said assessors shall thereupon proceed to apportion said school taxes as other taxes are apportioned, and to assess the same according to law. 3. And be it enacted, That section eighty of said act be and is hereby amended so as to read as follows: sors. education shall moneys among 80. And be it enacted, That ten per centum of the full State board of amount of money annually raised by virtue of the seventy-apportion seventh section of this act shall be known as a reserve fund, the counties. and shall be apportioned among the several counties of the state, by the state board of education, equitably and justly, according to their own discretion, on or before the fifteenth day of April subsequently to the aforesaid apportionment by the comptroller of the treasury; and it shall be the duty of the state superintendent of public instruction, on or before the tenth day of January next ensuing said apportionment, to draw orders on the comptroller of the treasury, and in favor of the county collectors, for the payment of ninety per centum of the amount of school tax paid by the counties respectively; and the said county collectors shall apply for and be entitled to receive the amount of said orders as soon as the same are received; and the said superintendent shall also draw his orders in favor of the respective county collectors, for such portion of the reserve fund as shall have been apportioned to the counties respectively, as aforesaid, which orders shall be payable when the said reserve fund has been paid by the several counties; provided, that no portion of said moneys shall Proviso. be used for the support of sectarian schools. 4. And be it enacted, That section eighty-one of said act be and is hereby amended so as to read as follows: intendents moneys among cities and dis 81. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the County supercounty superintendent of each county to apportion annually shall apportion to the districts and cities of his county, the state school the townships, moneys, together with the interest of the surplus revenue tricts. belonging to said county, and such other moneys as may be raised for school purposes upon the basis of the last published school census; provided, that all children residing in Proviso. fractional districts situated in two or more adjoining townships, shall be included in the census of that township in which the fraction containing the school house is situated; and provided Proviso. ulso, that no district shall receive from all state and county funds less than two hundred dollars; and that districts with forty-five children or more, shall not receive less than three undred and fifty dollars. 5. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immeliately. Approved March 16, 1881. One director of any manufacturing company to be a state. Proviso. CHAPTER CVII. A Supplement to an act entitled "An act concerning corporations," approved April seventh, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five. 1. BE IT ENACTED, by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That it shall not be necessary for resident of this more than one of the directors of any cotton, woolen, chemical or other manufacturing company organized under any law of this state, to be an actual inhabitant and resident of this state; provided, that every such company having only one of its directors, an actual inhabitant and resident of this state shall, in addition to the matters required by the first section of the act entitled "A supplement to an act entitled 'An act concerning corporations," " approved April seventh, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, which supplement was approved March eighth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, also at the same time and manner therein provided, designate and file in the office of the secretary of state of this state the name and place of abode of such resident director. Repealer. 2. And be it enacted, That all acts or parts of acts so far as they conflict with this supplement are hereby repealed, and that this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 16, 1881. orders concern CHAPTER CVIII. An Act concerning cities in this state. Resolutions or 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of ing the issuing the State of New Jersey, That no motion, resolution or order concerning the issuing of water scrip or bonds, or the contro of scrip or bonds or con |