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Preamble.

CHAPTER LXXII.

An Act to confirm a deed of conveyance made by Ephraim
Coles, Thomas Lippincott, William B. Kirby, William C.
Brogan and Amos Cawman, trustees of Asbury Methodist
Episcopal Church, of Woodstown, Salem county, New
Jersey, to Reverend Benjamin F. Woolston.

WHEREAS, Ephraim Goles, Thomas Lippincott, William B. Kirby, William C. Brogan and Amos Cawman, trustees of Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church, of Woodstown, Salem county, New Jersey, by their certain deed of conveyance duly executed under their hands and seals, bearing date the eleventh day of August, eighteen hundred and fiftyseven, did grant, bargain, sell and convey unto Reverend Benjamin F. Woolston, and to his heirs and assigns forever, all that certain lot of land situate in Woodstown, Pilesgrove township, Salem county, New Jersey, and bounded as follows: beginning at a corner in the road leading from Woodstown to Daretown, and runs along said road (1) south forty-two and a-half degrees east, one chain and four links; thence along Enos Conover's lot, south forty-two and a half degrees west, two chains thirty-eight links to a corner; thence by a line parallel with the rear or back part of the church building and fifty feet therefrom, north forty-three and a-half degrees west, one chain and ten links; thence north forty-five and three-quarter degrees east, and running slightly north of the bodies of a row of maple or shade trees two chains thirty-eight links to the beginning, containing twenty-six hundredths of an acre, more or less; which said deed of conveyance is recorded in the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas of the county of Salem, in Book number twenty-two of Deeds, page five hundred and twelve, &c., as by reference thereto will appear; and whereas, there are doubts of the validity of said deed of conveyance, and of the right and power of the said Ephraim Coles, Thomas Lippincott, William B. Kirby, William C. Brogan and Amos Cawman, trustees as

aforesaid, so to make conveyance of and sell the said lot of land and premises, for remedy whereof,

valid.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the said deed of conveyance Deed declared be and the same is hereby in all things confirmed as valid and effectual in law, and shall be deemed and taken to convey to and invest in the said Benjamin F. Woolston, and his heirs and assigns, and estate of inheritance, in fee simple, of, in and to the said lot of land and premises therein described forever; and that the said deed of conveyance, or the record thereof, shall be received and taken in all courts of law and equity, as full and complete evidence thereof.

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

Approved February 21, 1872.

CHAPTER LXXIII.

An Act to incorporate the Navesink Bridge Company.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That Andrew Mount, Samuel Down, Corporators. Reuben Parsons, Bryan Lawrence, Lemuel Smith, Joseph G. Mount, Hermanus B. Duryea, Gilbert Giles, Thomas T. Kinney and Edward M. Hartshorne, and their successors, shall be, and they are hereby constituted and declared to be a body politic and corporate, in fact and in law, by the name and style of "The Navesink Bridge Company," and shall be ca- Name and pable in law and in fact of purchasing, having, holding, powers. using, letting, improving and disposing of such real and personal estate as may be necessary or expedient for the objects. and purposes of this incorporation, and may receive and make all deeds, sales, transfers, conveyances, grants, mortgages, bonds, leases, covenants, contracts, agreements and bargains, and be capable of doing all other acts and things whatsoever, proper and necessary for the objects and purposes of said incorporation.

Amount of capital stock.

Commission

ers to receive

2. And be it enacted, That the capital stock of said company shall be fifty thousand dollars, with the privilege of increasing it to seventy-five thousand dollars, and shall be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, which shall be deemed personal property, and the said shares shall be transferable only on the books of said company, in such manner as the board of directors by their by-laws shall direct.

3. And be it enacted, That the above named persons, or a subscriptions. majority of them, shall be commissioners to receive subscriptions to said stock, at such times and places as they may select, giving notice thereof at least two weeks prior to the opening of said books, by publishing the same in one newspaper in the county of Monmouth.

Installments, how paid.

Board of direc

tors to manage affairs.

Vacancy, how filled.

First directors

4. And be it enacted, That at the time of subscribing for said stock ten dollars shall be paid on each share to said commissioners, or either of them, which money shall be paid over to the treasurer of the company when appointed, and all future installments shall be paid at such times and places, and in such manner and amounts as the board of directors may from time to time determine; and every share of said stock on which all installments due shall have been paid, shall entitle the holder thereof to one vote, either in person or by proxy, at any authorized meeting of the stockholders; and every owner of land or other property, real or personal, necessary or proper to be purchased by said company, may be permitted by the board of directors to take stock for the amount of the whole or any part of his or her interest therein. 5. And be it enacted, That the company shall be managed by a board of ten directors, all of whom shall be stockholders, and one of whom shall be president, who shall hold their offices for one year and until others shall be elected in their stead; and that the directors shall be chosen by the stockholders of said company, annually, at such time and place and in such manner as shall be directed by the by laws of said corporation; and notice of such time and place shall be published at least two weeks previous thereto, in a newspaper published in the county of Monmouth.

6. And be it enacted, That a majority of said board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and all vacancies in the board of directors may be filled by said board at any time.

7. And be it enacted, That the first directors shall be the ncorporators herein before named, who shall respectively

Power to

bridge.

hold their office until others shall be legally chosen from the stockholders in their places as herein before provided. 8. And be it enacted, That said company shall have power erect and conto erect, construct and maintain a bridge in the county of struct a draw Monmouth across and over the Shrewsbury river, to cross from some point at the highlands of Navesink to the sea beach, the same being a continuation of Sandy Hook; and also to build piers for the support thereof; and also to erect abutments on either side of the river, said bridge to be at least sixteen feet wide, with a pivot draw, with two openings, to be at least eighty feet wide, and the bridge to be built in a substantial manner of wood or iron as the company may elect; provided, that nothing in this act shall affect the rights Proviso. of the state to lands lying under water.

ers to fix sit

9. And be it enacted, That Ezra A. Osborn, of Middle- Commissiontown; John S. Lufburrow, of Red Bank; Joseph G. Mount, of Navesink; Cornelius Britton, of Keyport; Charles J. Hendrickson, of Middletown; Andrew Brown, of Middletown, and Furman White, of Red Bank, shall be commissioners, a majority of whom shall fix and determine the site for the erection of said bridge at any point they may deem best adapted for the location of the same.

10. And be it enacted, That the said board of directors Rates of toll shall have power to fix the rates of toll for persons, animals and vehicles of every kind and description passing over said bridge; provided, however, said rates of toll shall not exceed Proviso. those fixed in "An Act to incorporate the Maurice River Bridge Company," approved March twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty four; toll gates may be kept at each end of the bridge, and the toll demanded and paid upon entering on the bridge, and the rates of toll be posted up conspicuously at the toll gates.

may stop per

11. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for any toll Toll gatherers gatherer having charge of said bridge to stop any person, sons from animal or vehicle from crossing said bridge where the tolls have not been first paid.

crossing.

avoidance of

12 And be it enacted, That all drivers of every descrip- Penalty for tion of vehicles, or persons on horseback shall not drive over toll. the bridge at a faster gait than a walk; also that if any person shall wilfully or forcibly pass over said bridge without having paid the legal toll, such person or persons in either of the above cases, shall forfeit the sum of ten dollars, besides being subject to an action for damages for every such

Penalty for injuring works.

May enter on lands, &c.

May borrow money and issue bonds.

Keeper to be employed.

offence, to be recovered by said company, by an action of debt or other proper action in any court of competent jurisdiction with costs of suit.

13. And be it enacted, That if any firm, person, or corporation shall wilfully or maliciously hinder the work of the construction of said bridge, or shall wilfully, maliciously, or negligently impair, injure, or destroy any of the property of the said company, or obstruct the use of the same, the firm, person or corporation so offending shall forfeit and pay to said company three times the damages sustained by such offence, to be recovered by suit in the name of this corporation, with costs.

14. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for said company, its officers and agents, to enter at all times upon lands and waters, for the purpose of surveying and establishing the location of such bridge, doing no unnecessary damage to private or other property; and said company shall have power to take such materials and lands as they may deem necessary to take or use in the construction and maintenance of said bridge, and the approaches thereto, first making compensation to the owners of said materials and lands therefor, in the same manner as is provided in section sixteen of the act herein before referred to, except that all publications in newspapers, required by said section, shall be made in the county of Monmouth, instead of the county of Cumberland.

15. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the said Navesink Bridge Company to borrow moneys, not exceeding in amount twenty thousand dollars, and to issue bonds therefor, secured by a mortgage upon the franchises and property, real and personal, of said company.

16. And be it enacted, That the said company shall at all times have a proper person or persons, at said company's expense, to attend the opening and closing of said draw, for the passage of vessels, or as otherwise required, and that each end of said bridge shall be sufficiently guarded to prevent accidents at all times when said draw may be open, and that the draw shall at all times, during nights, be kept open, except when the bridge may be in actual use for travel or transportation; and when open a red light shall be kept at each end of said draw, and a white light displayed when the draw is closed.

17. And be it enacted, That said company shall be at all

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