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ing line: beginning at the Saddle river creek, at the upper end of Daniel Perry's mill pond, opposite the course of the road leading from the Saddle river road to Fairfield; thence a straight course to said road; thence, along the middle of said road, until it intersects the road leading from New Prospect to Paramus; thence across said road, the course of the aforementioned road, direct to the Paterson and Ramapo railroad; thence along said railroad, northerly, to the Hohokus brook; thence along said Hohokus brook, westerly, until it crosses the public road leading from Campgaw to Paterson, at the upper end of John Halsted's mill pond; thence westerly, along the line between lands of Andrew G. Ackerman, Abraham J. Hopper, Henry Sturr, Conrad Sturr, and Peter H. Pulis, on the north, and Lewis Youmans and others on the south, to the middle of the road leading from Wycoff to Campgaw, at the southeasterly corner of lands of Peter H. Pulis; thence westerly, along the middle of said road, to the division line between lands of Henry B. Winter and Daniel Thomas; thence a straight course to the middle of the Yaupoh road, north of the house, of David Bertholf, at the intersection of the mountain road leading from Wynockie; thence a northwesterly course through the Ramapo mountain, parallel with the New York state line, to the line between the counties of Bergen and Passaic, shall be, and the same is hereby set off into a separate township, to be called and known by the name of the township of Hohokus, in the county of Bergen.

2. And be it enacted, That the inhabitants of the said townincorporat ship of Hohokus shall be, and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate in law, and shall be styled and known by the name of "the Inhabitants of the township of Hohokus, in the county of Bergen," and shall be vested with and entitled to all the rights, power, authority, privileges, and advantages, and subject to the same regulations, government, and liabilities, as the inhabitants of the other townships in the said county of Bergen.

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3. And be it enacted, That the inhabitants of the township Bown meet of Hohokus shall hold their first annual meeting at the house of John W. Ramsey, at Mount Prospect, in said township of Hohokus, on the day appointed by law for holding the annual town meetings in the other townships in the county of Bergen; and at the hour of eight in the morning they shall viva voce choose, by plurality of votes, one fit person to preside at and superintend said meeting, and also a clerk; which officers, sochosen, shall perform the duties now required by law of such officers; and afterwards the town meeting shall be held at such place as the said inhabitants shall determine in the manner prescribed by law; and shall vote for their township officers

and all appropriations of money by ballot, as heretofore when constituting a part of the township of Franklin.

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4. And be it enacted, That the town committees of the Town comtownships of Franklin and Hohokus shall meet, on the first mittee to diMonday after the next annual town meeting in said townships, ty at the inn now occupied by Andrew G. Ackerman, at Campgaw, in said township of Hohokus, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of said day, and shall then and there proceed by writing, signed by a majority of the township committee present, to allot and divide between the said townships of Franklin and Hohokus all the property and moneys on hand or due, in proportion to the taxable property and ratables, as valued and assessed by the assessor of the township of Franklin at the last annual assessment; and the inhabitants of the township of Hohokus shall be liable to pay their just proportion of the debts, if any there be; and if any of the town committee shall neglect or refuse to attend the meeting as aforesaid, those present may proceed to make such division, and shall have full power to adjourn from time to time, and to such place as they think proper; and their decision, or the decision of a majority of them, shall be final and conclusive.

5. And be it enacted, That all paupers who may be charge- Settlement able to said township of Franklin at the time this act goes into of paupers. operation, shall thereafter be chargeable to and supported by that township within the bounds of which they have respectively acquired their legal settlements.

ers to survey

6. And be it enacted, That Garret Van Dein, James Young, Commissionand Abraham H. Lydecker, or any two of them, be, and they ne are hereby appointed commissioners to run, survey, and ascertain the line herein before mentioned; which said commissioners shall, before the second Monday in April next, execute and discharge the duties of their said appointment, and be paid the charges and expenses of the same, in the same manner, in all respects, as if they had been appointed commissioners for the purpose by the inferior court of common pleas of the county of Bergen, upon the application of the board of chosen freeholders of the said county, except that it shall not be necessary for the said commissioners to give notice of the time and place of meeting to perform the duties of their appointment.

7. And be it enacted, That the preceding section of this act when act to shall go into effect immediately after the passage thereof, and take effect. that the remaining sections shall go into effect on the second Monday in April next.

Approved February 5, 1849.

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Trustees to regulate and improve grounds.

Penalty for

AN ACT for the protection and preservation of the burying ground adjoining the premises of the First Presbyterian Church in Newark.

WHEREAS it is represented, by the petition of lotholders, that the said burying ground has long been one of the principal places in Newark for the interment of the dead, where now lie the remains of a large number of her former inhabitants; that the title to the said ground is vested in separate owners of lots, some of whom have removed from Newark, and the right of many others is in numerous, remote, and unknown descendants, and there is no sufficient power to regu late, superintend, or protect it, or seek redress for injuries committed by encroachments or otherwise; and that it is liable to be desecrated, and become an object painful to relatives and a reproach to the living; that access to said burying ground is over the lot on which the said First Presbyterian Church is erected, with which lot it is connected-therefore,

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the trustees of the said First Presbyterian Church in Newark, and their successors, be, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to superintend, regulate, protect, and improve the said burying ground; and for the protection of the same, and to prevent and redress all en croachments or intrusions thereon, they are hereby authorized to prosecute any proper suit or action, in the name of "the Trustees of the First Presbyterian Church in Newark," in any court of competent jurisdiction in said state; and, for the pur poses of any such action, the said trustees shall be deemed to be in the lawful possession of said burying ground.

2. And be it enacted, That if any person or persons, what Zepredations soever, shall wilfully commit any injury to the monuments, grave-stones, fences, trees, or shrubbery in said burying ground, or commit any other trespass thereon, every person or persons so offending shall forfeit and pay, for each offence, the sum of ten dollars, and pay all damage exceeding that sum, to be recovered by an action of debt in the court for the trial of small causes, in the name of said trustees as aforesaid; and all sums recovered shall be expended by them for the improvement said burying ground.

3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect imme diately.

Approved February 6, 1849.

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A supplement to an act entitled, "An act to incorporate the Newark Gas Light Company," passed March twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and forty-five.

creased.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Capital stock the State of New Jersey, That it shall be lawful for the direc- may be intors of the said Newark Gas Light Company to enlarge their capital stock, by adding to the sum heretofore authorized the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, to be subscribed in such manner and at such time or times as they may deem expedient and proper.

may enforce

2. And be it enacted, That the board of directors shall have Directors the same power and authority to call in and enforce the pay-payment. ment from the subscribers of the additional capital stock, hereby authorized, as is contained in the aet to which this a supplement in relation to the capital stock thereby authorized.

mer act re.

3. And be it enacted, That so much of the eleventh section Part of forof said act, to which this is a supplement, as limits the duration pealed of the charter of the company to twenty years, be, and the same is hereby repealed, and that the charter of said company shall be extended to thirty years from and after the passage of

this act.

4. And be it enacted, That this supplement shall take effect immediately.

Approved February 7, 1849.

AN ACT to validate and confirm certain official acts and proceedings of the orphans' court of the county of Cumberland.

WHEREAS, under and by virtue of the third section of the act entitled, "An act to ascertain the power and authority of the ordinary and his surrogates, to regulate the jurisdiction of the prerogative court, and to establish an orphans' court in the several counties of this state," it has been the uniform practice of the orphans' court of the county of Cumberland to commence its terms on the Monday preceding the day fixed by law for holding the courts of general quarter ses sions of the peace of said county; and whereas such has been the practice of said orphans' court up to, and including the term of November last past; and whereas, by an act

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entitled, "An act to ascertain the times and places of holding certain courts," approved April eighteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, it is enacted that the orphans' court of the county of Cumberland shall be held on the second Tuesday of February, May, August, and November, respectively, and not otherwise; now, therefore, in order to obviate any injury which might accrue to persons interested, from the above facts, and in order to validate and confirm all proceedings had and done by said orphans' court on the Mondays preceding the day fixed by law for holding the courts of general quarter sessions of the peace of said county, since the act entitled, "An act to ascertain the times and places of holding certain courts," took effect

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of ceedings of the State of New Jersey, That all orders and decrees, and all other official acts and proceedings, made or had by or before. the orphans' court of the county of Cumberland, on the several Mondays preceding the day fixed by law for holding the courts of general quarter sessions of the peace of said county, since the act entitled, "An act to ascertain the times and places of holding certain courts," approved April eighteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, took effect, shall, and the same are hereby declared to be as valid and effectual, to all intents and purposes, as if such orders and decrees, and other official acts and proceedings, had been made or had on the Tuesday next succeeding the day on which they respectively bear date. Official acts 2. And be it enacted, That all official acts and proceedings declared va had, made, or done by the surrogate of the county of Cumberland, on the several Mondays preceding the day fixed by law for holding the courts of general quarter sessions of the peace of said county, since the act entitled, "An act to ascertain the times and places of holding certain courts," approved April eighteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, took effect, and all advertisements and notices given by said surrogate of acts or things to be done on such Mondays by the orphans' court of said county, since the said act took effect, shall, and the same are hereby declared to be as valid and effectual, 'to all intents and purposes, as if such official acts and proceedings had been made or done by said surrogate on the Tuesday next succeeding the day on which they were made or done; and all such advertisements and notices by him given shall, and the same are hereby declared to be as valid and effectual, to all intents and purposes, as if such advertisements and notices had been given by said surrogate for the Tuesday next succeeding the Monday for which they were respectively given.

3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect imme. diately after the approval thereof.

Approved February 9, 1849.