GENERAL PUBLIC ACTS PASSED BY THE One Hundred and Thirteenth Legislature CHAPTER I. A Supplement to an act entitled "An act to regulate elections," approved April eighteenth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six. closing of polls. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That in all elections, general, local or charter, to be held in this state, the polls shall Opening and open at six o'clock in the morning and close at seven o'clock in the evening, and shall be kept open during the whole day of election, between the hours aforesaid; provided, the board of election may adjourn the proceed- Proviso. ings in such election from one o'clock until two o'clock in the afternoon, or for such shorter time, between those hours, as they shall see fit. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved January 28, 1889. ROBERT S. GREEN, Governor. GEORGE T. WERTS, President of the Senate. ROBERT S. HUDSPETH, Speaker of the House of Assembly. the United States. CHAPTER II. An Act ceding to the United States jurisdiction over a lot of land, situate in the city of Hoboken, and for other purposes therein mentioned. WHEREAS, The United States have recently appropriated money for the erection of a building in the city of Hoboken for the accommodation of the post-office, the United States courts, pension and internal revenue offices; therefore, 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Lands ceded to the State of New Jersey, that jurisdiction of the land and its appurtenances that may be purchased in said city of Hoboken, for the erection of the aforesaid building, be, and the same is hereby ceded to the United States of America; provided, that all civil and criminal process, issued under the authority of this state, or any officer thereof, may be executed on said land in the same way and manner as if jurisdiction had not been ceded as aforesaid. Proviso. Lands, &c., ex. empted from taxes and assessments. 2. And be it enacted, That the said land, with its appurtenances and the building, and other property thereon, shall forever hereafter be exempted from all state, county and municipal taxation and assessment, so long as the same shall remain the property of the United States of America. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved February 5, 1889. CHAPTER III. A Supplement to an act entitled "An act regulating proceedings in criminal cases [Revision], approved March twenty-seventh, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four. to draw jurors. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That in all cases where, by the Duties of sheriff law of this State, the defendant or prisoner is entitled to the service of a panel or list of the jury, it shall be the duty of the sheriff to draw said panel or list of fortyeight jurors, so to be served, from the box in the presence of one of the judges of the court of common pleas of the county, or in the presence of the clerk of said court, from the general panel or list of jurors that may have been drawn and summoned to attend as jurors at the term at which such prisoner or defendant is to be tried. 2. And be it enacted, That all acts or parts of acts Repealer. inconsistent with the provisions of this act be and the same are hereby repealed, and that this act shall take effect immediately. Approved February 6, 1889. |