Managed by

directors.

sistent with the objects of the association as the board of directors may desire.

3. And be it enacted, That the business affairs and estate of said corporation shall be managed and conducted by a board of directors, to consist of the officers of the association, and seven other members of the association representing various evangelical denominations, each of which said persons constituting said board of directors as aforesaid, shall be a member in good standing of an evangelical church, and that the present board of directors of the Young Men's Christian Association, of Plainfield, New Jersey, shall constitute the first board of directors, to manage and conduct the affairs and estate of the corporation created by this act, and shall hold their offices until the regular annual election of the associa tion, or until others are elected to fill their places. May make by- 4. And be it enacted, That the said corporation may adopt such a constitution and by-laws, and the board of directors such by-laws and rules as they may at any time deem best for the regulation of their business, the management of their affairs, the choice, powers and duties of its officers and agents as are not inconsistent with the character of the corporation and the laws of the state.

laws, &c.

May change and alter con

5. And be it enacted, That the constitution and by-laws of stitution, &c. the present Young Men's Christian Association, of Plainfield, New Jersey, and the by-laws and rules of the present board of directors of the same shall be the constitution and by-laws of this corporation, and the by-laws and rules of the board of directors of the said corporation, until said corporation and board of directors may see fit to change and alter the same in the manner and way provided for in said constitution, by-laws and rules.

May change officers, &c.

Proviso.

May receive

6. And be it enacted, That the said corporation may at all. times have the power to change and alter the number and nature of the offices for which they shall elect officers, and to change and alter the number of members constituting the board of directors, and the time and places of their annual elections for the same, in accordance with the mode and manner laid down in the constitution of said corporation; provided, the said alteration and change be not contrary to the character of the corporation and the laws of this state.

7. And be it enacted, That the body corporate created by and hold real this act, shall be capable of taking by purchase, gift, devise or bequest, and holding and conveying any real or personal

and personal property.

estate, moneys or other articles for the uses of said corporation, not exceeding in value seventy-five thousand dollars.

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

Approved March 1, 1872.

CHAPTER CXIX.

An Act to authorize Union Lodge, Number Eleven, of Free and Accepted Masons, of Orange, New Jersey, to borrow money and mortgage and convey certain lands.

WHEREAS, by a certain deed bearing date the first day of Preamble. April, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-three, which deed is recorded in Book M eight of Deeds, for Essex county, on pages eighty-nine and ninety, Simeon Harrison did grant, bargain, sell and convey certain lands in said deed mentioned and described, unto the said "Union Lodge, Number Eleven, of Free and Accepted Masons, of Orange, New Jersey," in trust, nevertheless that the said premises. were to be used, occupied, possessed and enjoyed by the said lodge forever thereafter as a place of meeting for said lodge, and the rents, issues and profits arising and accruing from said premises, were to be used, enjoyed, appropriated and applied by the said lodge for the proper and legitimate purposes connected with the objects and charities of said lodge, and to no other purpose whatsoever, except to the relief of the widows and orphans of members of the said lodge; and whereas, the said Simeon Harrison did, by a certain other deed, bearing date the first day of May, in the year eighteen hundred and seventy, which last mentioned deed is recorded in Book W fourteen of Deeds, for Essex county, on pages three hundred and sixty-four, &c., grant, bargain, sell and convey to the said lodge whatever reversionary rights, title and interest he might have in and to said lands and premises; and whereas, it may be desirable for said lodge to mortgage or sell and convey

said lands and premises, or a part thereof, and doubts have been suggested as to the power of said lodge to mortgage or convey said lands and premises divested of and from said uses and trusts without legislative aid; for remedy whereof, and to remove all and any such doubts,

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of May sell and the State of New Jersey, That Union Lodge, Number Eleven, convey lands of the Free and Accepted Masons, of Orange, New Jersey,

May borrow money.

May issue bonds.

be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to grant, bargain, sell and convey the said lands and premises described in said deeds or any part thereof, to any person or persons, and for such consideration, as they may deem proper, and to execute and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof, under their common seal, a good and sufficient deed or deeds therefor, which deed or deeds shall convey to and vest in said purchaser or purchasers, a good and valid title in fee simple to said premises freed and fully discharged of and from said use and trust and all and every use and trust mentioned and set forth in said deed.

2. And be it enacted, That the said Union Lodge, Number Eleven, of Free and Accepted Masons, of Orange, New Jersey, be and they are hereby authorized to borrow any sum or sums of money that they may find necessary for the purpose of erecting a building or buildings on the lands and premises conveyed to them as aforesaid and improving the

same.

3. And be it enacted, That for the purpose of securing the payment of said loan or loans, the said Union Lodge, Number Eleven, of Free and Accepted Masons, of Orange, New Jersey, are authorized to make and execute in their corporate name to the lender or lenders of said moneys, a bond or bonds, conditioned for the payment of said loan or loans, at such time or times from the date thereof, and in such installments as they may deem proper, and as they may be able to agree upon, with such lender or lenders with interest at the rate of seven per centum per annum, payable half yearly, and may secure the payment of the same by executing a mortgage or mortgages in their corporate name, upon the said lands and premises, or any part thereof, which said bond or bonds shall be a valid and subsisting debt against said Union Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, of Orange, New Jersey, and which said mortgage or mortgages shall be a valid lien or liens upon said lands and premises freed and

discharged of, and from said use and trust, and all and every use and trust mentioned and set forth in said deed, and of all liability on the part of the mortgagee or mortgagees to see to the application of the money so loaned.

4. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect im. mediately.

Approved March 1, 1872.

CHAPTER CXX.

A Further Supplement to an act entitled "An Act to create from part of the town of Orange, in the county of Essex. a new township to be called the township of East Orange, approved March fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the township of East Orange, Districts. in the county of Essex, shall be divided into and shall comprise three districts, to wit: the Ashland district, the Franklin district and the Eastern district; and the Ashland district shall comprise and consist of all the territory contained within the boundaries of school district number thirty-seven, of the county of Essex; the Franklin district shall comprise and consist of all the territory contained within the boundaries of school district number thirty-eight, of the county of Essex; and the Eastern district shall comprise and consist of all the territory contained within the boundaries of school district number thirty six, of the county of Essex; and the boundaries Boundaries, of said districts shall be those defined in the incorporation of said school districts; and each of said districts shall constitute and be an election district.

terms of office

committee.

2. And be it enacted, That hereafter the township commit. Election and tee of East Orange shall consist of seven persons, two of of town whom shall be elected by the legal voters of each election district of said township, and one of whom shall be elected by the legal voters of the township at large; that at the next annual election of township officers the legal voters in each

Act extended,

Officers to be elected.

Powers and duties of township committee.

district shall elect by ballot one person to serve as a member of the township committee for the term of one year, and one for the term of two years; and the legal voters of the township, voting in their respective districts, shall at the the same time elect one person from the township at large to serve as member for the term of one year; and annually thereafter there shall be elected in and for each district one person to serve as member of the township committee for the term of two years, and in and by the township at large one member for the term of one year.

3. And be it enacted, That the provisions of the supplement to an act entitled "An Act to regulate elections," which supplement was approved April twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, shall extend to and be in force in respect to the election districts established by this act and the elections to be held therein; and the present township committee of the township of East Orange, shall appoint the officers of elections and provide places for holding the same within ten days after the passage of this act.

4. And be it enacted, That the provisions of an act entitled "An Act relative to commissioners for taking acknowledgments and proofs of deeds," and the several supplements thereto, shall be so construed as to allow to each of the said districts of East Orange two commissioners of deeds; and the legal voters in each of the said districts are hereby authorized to elect two persons to be constables at each annual spring election; and the legal voters of said township are authorized to elect one person to be auditor of

accounts.

5. And be it enacted, That in addition to the powers and duties already belonging to the township committee of East Orange, the said committee shall have power, and it shall be their duty, by resolution of a majority of their number, to appoint a township overseer of the poor, and overseer of the roads, and to fix and determine their compensation or salaries, and also to settle and determine the compensation or salaries. of the township clerk and auditor; to provide at the expense of the township all necessary and proper office room, places for meetings and elections, furniture and safes for the convenience of public business, and the proper and safe keeping of the records, maps and other property of the township; to employ and compensate detectives or constables, and use such efficient means for maintaining the peace, preventing