Election off cers. Proviso. Road districts Officers. village of Cranbury, on the day appointed by law for holding the annual town meetings in the other townships of the county of Middlesex, and annually thereafter at such place in the said township of Cranbury as a majority of the legal voters of said township shall determine; that at their said town meetings they shall vote by ballot until it shall be otherwise determined according to law; and that all the provisions and restrictions of an act entitled "An Act to authorize the inhabitants of the several townships of this state to vote by ballot at their town meetings," approved March twentysecond, one thousand eight hundred and sixty, and of the supplements thereto, shall apply to the inhabitants of the township of Cranbury. 4. And be it enacted, That Ezekiel Silvers, Matthew A. Rue and D. Chambers Lewis, be and they are hereby appointed judges of election, to hold and preside over the first town meeting, and Edwin A. Brown is hereby appointed town clerk of said township of Cranbury, to hold their respective offices until their successors are elected and qualified in their stead; and any person acting as judge of election or town clerk, shall be entitled to hold any office in said township to which they, by a majority of the legal voters of said township, may be elected; provided, that in case of the absence or inability to serve of any of said persons so appointed by this act, a majority of the legal voters present may fill such vacancy. 5. And be it enacted, That Ezekiel Silvers, Matthew A. Rue and D. Chambers Lewis, or a majority of them be, and they are hereby authorized and required to divide the said township of Cranbury into convenient road districts, and to report the same in writing to the clerk of said township, who shall lay the same before the legal voters present at the opening of the polls, on the morning of the first annual town meeting, which said districts shall remain in force until otherwise altered or changed by the township committee. 6. And be it enacted, That the inhabitants of said township of Cranbury shall elect, at their first annual town meeting, such officers as are authorized to be chosen in the other townships of the county of Middlesex, and shall vote on the same ballot for the amount of money to be raised for school purposes, for the making and repair of roads, for the support of the poor, and for such other purposes as may be authorized by law. di vide property, 7. And be it enacted, That the town committee of the Town comtownship of Cranbury, together with the town committees of meet and the respective townships of South Brunswick and Monroe, c shall meet on the second Tuesday of April next, at the inn of William Stults, in the village of Cranbury, in the township of Cranbury, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, and shall then and there proceed by writing signed by a majority of the members of each township committee, to allot and divide between the said townships all their paupers which are hereby chargeable to that township within the bounds of which they shall have acquired their settlements respectively, and to allot and divide between the said townships all property and moneys on hand or due, in proportion to the taxable property and ratables as valued and assessed by assessors, within their respective limits of the said townships at their last assessments; and the inhabitants of the said township of Cranbury shall be liable to pay their just proportion of the debts, if any there be due, and to support and maintain the paupers so allotted to them; and if any of the persons composing either of the town committees shall refuse or neglect to meet as aforesaid, those assembled may proceed to make the said allotment and division, and the decision of a majority of those present shall be final and conclusive; provided, that it shall and may be lawful to adjourn the Proviso. above meeting to such time and place within the said township of Cranbury as a majority of those assembled may think proper. strued. 8 And be it enacted, That nothing in this act shall be so Act, how conconstrued as to interfere with the officers now elected in that part of the townships of South Brunswick and Monroe respectively, set off and called the township of Cranbury, nor with the commissions of justices of the peace nor commissioners of deeds, until they shall expire by their own limitation. to be surveyed 9. And be it enacted, That the committee of the said Boundary line township of Cranbury shall cause the boundary lines of said. township to be surveyed and marked when necessary. 10. And be it enacted, That the township of Cranbury Assembly dis shall form part of the third assembly district of the county of Middlesex. trict. 11. And be it enacted, That all acts and parts of acts incon- Repealer. sistent with the provisions of this act be, and the same are hereby repealed, and that this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 7, 1872. Pension. CHAPTER CLVI. An Act for the relief of Anna Atkinson, widow of a soldier of the Revolution of one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the sum of fifty dollars be paid, by the treasurer of this state. to Anna Atkinson, widow of a revolutionary soldier, upon the passage of this act; and at the rate of fifty dollars per annum thereafter be paid to her, semi-annually, during her lifetime. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 7, 1872. Pension. CHAPTER CLVII. An Act for the relief of James F. Price, a soldier of the war of one thousand eight hundred and twelve. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the sum of one hundred dollars be paid, by the treasurer of this state, to James F. Price, a soldier of the war of one thousand eight hundred and twelve, upon the passage of this act, and at the rate of one hundred dollars per annum thereafter, be paid to the said James F. Price, quarterly, during the term of his natural life. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 7, 1872. CHAPTER CLVIII. An Act to authorize the construction of a draw or swing bridge over the Elizabethtown Creek. draw bridge. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That it shall be lawful for the board May build a of chosen freeholders of the county of Union, to build and maintain, or permit to be built and maintained, a good and sufficient bridge over Elizabethtown creek, with a suitable draw or swing therein, of not less than forty feet in width, which bridge shall be located at or near the point where Second street intersects said creek at Elizabeth. opening draw works. 2. And be it enacted, That if any person shall open the Penalty for draw or swing of said bridge, and leave the same open for and injuring more than fifteen minutes, when the same is not absolutely necessary for the passage of a vessel or boat through the same, or if any person shall cut, remove or destroy any piece of timber, or shall remove or destroy any iron or stone work belonging to said bridge or abutment thereof, or otherwise wilfully damage, or cause to be damaged, the said bridge or any part thereof, he or she so offending shall, for every offence, forfeit and pay the sum of fifty dollars over and above the damage done to said bridge, to be recovered in an action of debt before any court of competent jurisdiction, with costs of suit, by any person who shall sue for the same; one half of said sum for the use of the prosecutor, and the other half for the use of said county, to be paid to the collector thereof. 3. And be it enacted, That in case it shall become necessary for the accommodation of persons and vehicles passing Freeholders may make regulations and employ keeper. Proviso. Proviso. over, or of vessels or boats passing through the said bridge, to have the same put in the charge or care of some suitable person or corporation for that purpose; then and in that case it shall be lawful for the said board of chosen freeholders for the time being, to make such contract and regulations, with such person or with the city of Elizabeth, as they shall deem necessary, for the better accommodation aforesaid; provided, they be in accordance with the preceding sections of this act; and provided, that no person or corporation shall at any time charge or receive any toll whatsoever for crossing the said bridge. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 7, 1872. Pension. CHAPTER CLIX. An Act for the relief of Enoch Ireland, of the county of 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the treasurer of the state be and he is hereby authorized and required to pay to Enoch Ireland, of the county of Atlantic, who was a soldier in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, or to his order, the sum of one hundred dollars per annum, during the term of his natural life, in equal quarterly payments of twenty-five dollars each; the first payment to be made on the first day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-two. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 7, 1872. |