meeting at the Green Grove school house, in said township, on the second Tuesday in March, anno domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, and annually thereafter on the second Tuesday in March, at such place as the said inhabitants may determine.

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and divide

4. And be it enacted, That the township committees of Township the townships of Evesham and of Mount Laurel shall meet meet and allot at the Evesboro hotel, in the township of Evesham, on the moneys, &c. Monday next succeeding the annual town meetings in said townships of Evesham and of Mount Laurel at ten o'clock in the forenoon of said day, and then and there proceed, by writing signed by a majority of those members present, to allot and divide between the said townships, all properties and monies on hand or due, in proportion to the taxable property and ratables, as taxed by the assessor of the township of Evesham, within their respective limits, at the last assessment; and the inhabitants of the township of Evesham, and the inhabitants of the township of Mount Laurel, shall be liable and required to pay their just proportion of the debts respectively; and if any of the persons comprising either of the township committees aforesaid should neglect or refuse to meet as aforesaid, those assembled may proceed to make the said division, and shall have full power to adjourn from time to time, and to such place as they think proper, and the decision of a majority of those members present shall be final and conclusive.

5. And be it enacted, That of the township committee Terms of office and commissioners of appeal chosen at the first town meeting of the inhabitants of the township of Mount Laurel, one member of the township committee, and one commissioner of appeal shall serve for three years; one member of the township committee and one commissioner of appeal shall serve for two years, and one member of the township committee and one commissioner of appeal shall serve for one year, their terms of service to be determined by themselves by lot; and thereafter at each annual town meeting, one member of the township committee and one commissioner of appeal shall be elected for three years.

filled.

6. And be it enacted, That in case at any town meeting Vacancy, how of the inhabitants of the township of Mount Laurel, two or more candidates have an equal number of votes, or in case any person elected shall refuse to accept of the office to which he was elected, or in case of the removal of any officer

Commission

mark dividing line.

from the township, or in case a vacancy occurs from any other cause, it shall be the duty of the township committee of said township (unless they shall deem a special town meeting for the purpose advisable, and in that case they shall have power to direct the calling of a special town meeting as now provided by law), to fill such vacancy without unneces sary delay; and immediately after they shall have made any such appointment, they shall notify the clerk of the township, who shall enter the same on the township book containing the minutes of the proceedings of town meetings, and shall also notify the person or persons so appointed or chosen, and shall transmit a statement thereof to the clerk of the county.

7. And be it enacted, That Freedom C. Lippincott, of the ers to run and township of Evesham, and David E. Darnell, of the township of Mount Laurel, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to run and mark the dividing line of the townships of Evesham and Mount Laurel, and that the expenses and reasonable compensation of said commissioners be equally paid by said townships.

Repealer.

8. And be it enacted, That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act, be and the same are hereby repealed.

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

Approved March 7, 1872.

Power to lay

CHAPTER CLIV.

A Further Supplement to the act entitled "An Act to incorporate Morristown."

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey. That the common council of Morrisout and open town shall have exclusive jurisdiction of the laying out and vacating of all streets and highways, roads and alleys within. the corporate limits of said town, and shall have power to lay

streets, &c.

out and open any street, road, highway or alley within said town, and to order and cause any street, road, highway or alley already laid out, or which may hereafter be laid out, to be vacated, and to take and appropriate for such purpose any lands aud real estate, upon making compensation to the owner or owners thereof, as is hereafter mentioned and provided.

tention to be

2. And be it enacted, That in proceeding to lay out and Notice of inopen, or vacate any street, road, highway or alley within given. their corporate limit, the said common council shall give notice of their intention so to do, in accordance with the provisions of the second section of an act entitled "A Further Supplement to an act entitled 'An Act to incorporate Morristown,'" approved April sixth, eighteen hundred and sixtyfive, which supplement was approved April ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and in their proceedings to acquire the title to property taken for the purpose of any such street, road, highway or alley, and in providing for payment of the cost of the same, and for the expenses of opening and grading the same, shall be governed by the several provisions of said supplement, which are hereby declared to apply to the laying Act to apply out and opening and grading of streets, roads, highways and alleys, as well as to the straightening, altering and widening

of the same.

3. And be it enacted, That the third section of an act en- Amendment. titled "A Further Supplement to an act entitled 'An Act to incorporate Morristown,' approved April sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, which supplement was approved March second, eighteen hundred and seventy, shall be so amended that the words "ten thousand dollars," contained in said section, shall be stricken out, and the words "twelve thousand and five hundred dollars" inserted in place thereof, and said supplement shall be read and construed accordingly; and the fourth section of said supplement shall be so amended Amendmen. that the words "eight thousand dollars" therein contained shall be stricken out, and the words "eleven thousand dollars" inserted in place thereof; and said fourth section shall be read and construed accordingly.

bonds.

4. And be it enacted, That the corporation of Morristown May Issue be and is hereby authorized to issue bonds to an amount not exceeding twelve thousand dollars, in sums of not more than one thousand and not less than one hundred dollars, to be signed by the mayor and countersigned by the town clerk,

Proceeds of sale of bonds,

ated and used.

and sealed with the corporate seal of said town, and to have written or printed thereon the words "fire bond;" and one thousand dollars, in amount of said bonds, shall be made payable in each and every year, from and after the maturity of the bond which matures the latest of those heretofore issued by said corporation, so that the whole amount shall become due and payable in twelve years from and after the maturity of the bond which matures the latest of those heretofore issued by said corporation; and said bonds so to be issued shall bear interest at seven per centum per annum, payable semiannually, and shall be exempt, in the hands of any holder, from any tax to be levied by said corporation for its corporate purposes; and the said common council of Morristown shall have the power to raise the money, by taxation, to pay the principal and interest of the said fire bonds so to be issued as the same mature in addition to the tax they are now authorized to raise, and in the same manner as other taxes are assessed and raised by said corporation.

5. And be it enacted, That the proceeds of the sale of said how appropri- bonds so to be issued shall be appropriated and used by said common council, first, towards the payment of the mortgage debt now existing upon the real estate owned by said corporation, and second, towards the purchase of new hose for the fire department of said town; and said common council shall have power to dispose of said bonds at their market value.

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

Approved March 7, 1872.

CHAPTER CLV.

An Act to set off a new township in the county of Middlesex, to be called the township of Cranbury.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That all that part of the townships

of South Brunswick and Monroe, in the county of Middlesex, Boundaries. lying within the boundaries and descriptions following, to wit: Beginning in the middle of Millstone river, at the point where Devil's brook empties into the same, and running thence up the middle of Devil's brook the several courses thereof to the middle of the highway running from Gray's Mills to Plainsboro; thence in an easterly direction to the village of Plainsboro; thence along the middle of the road leading from Plainsboro to Scott's Corner, and following said road until it intersects the Cranbury and New Brunswick turnpike; thence easterly along the new road until it intersects the public road leading from the village of Washington to Cranbury; thence northeasterly along said road to Pleasant Hill school house; thence easterly along the middle of a new road to a bend in the same by the dwelling house of Timothy McCartey; thence southerly direct to the point where the public road crosses the Camden and Amboy railroad, near the dwelling house of John S. Dey; thence southwesterly along the Camden and Amboy railroad to the high bridge on the public road leading from Cranbury village to Cranbury station; thence southerly following the middle of the most direct public road leading from the said high bridge to Wyckoff's Mills to where it strikes the public road leading from said Wyckoff's Mills to the Red Tavern; thence a due south course (as the needle now points) to the channel of Wyckoff's mill pond, which is the Millstone river; thence following the middle of the said Millstone river the several courses thereof to the place of beginning, shall be and hereby is set off from the said townships of South Brunswick and Monroe, and made a separate township, to be called and known by the name of "The Township of Cranbury."

name.

2. And be it enacted, That the inhabitants of the town- Corporate ship of Cranbury shall be, and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, and shall be styled and known by the name of "The Inhabitants of the Township of Cranbury, in the County of Middlesex," and shall be entitled to all the rights, powers, authority, privileges and advantages, and subject to the same regulations, government and liabilities as the inhabitants of the other townships in the county of Middlesex.

ings.

3. And be it enacted, That the inhabitants of the said Town meettownship of Cranbury hereby created, shall hold their first annual town meeting at the inn of William Stults, in the