Overs ers of highways. Repealer. in each of said districts, and said notices shall define the dividing line between said districts as herein described. 7. And be it enacted, That all overseers of highways in the township of Hillsborough shall, after the passage of this act, be elected in their respective road districts on the Saturday immediately following the annual meeting; at least five days' public notice of such election shall be given by the clerk of said township, and conspicuously posted in each ward district, giving the hour and place of holding such election. 8. And be it enacted, That all acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed, and that this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 22, 1872. Election of chosen freeholders Powers and duties. Repealer. CHAPTER CCCXV. A Further Supplement to an act entitled "A Further Supplement to an act entitled An Act incorporating the inhabitants of townships, designating their powers and regulating their meetings," "approved April fourteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, which supplement was approved March fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty eight. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the inhabitants of the city of Trenton, in the county of Mercer, shall be entitled and required at their annual charter election, to elect in each ward in said city of Trenton one chosen freeholder, to represent said ward in the board of chosen freeholders of said county, instead of five to represent said city, as now required by the supplement to which this is a further supplement. 2. And be it enacted, That the chosen freeholders so elected shall be elected in the same manner and for the like term, and shall be invested with the same powers, perform the same duties and be subject to the same laws as other chosen freeholders in this state. 3. And be it enacted, That all acts and parts of acts in consistent with the provisions of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 22, 1872. CHAPTER CCCXVI. An Act to refund a certain tax, and to confirm the boundaries of School District Number Thirty-three, in the township of Oxford, in the county of Warren. WHEREAS, taxes have been assessed and collected for school Preamble. house building purposes, by the trustees of school district number thirty-two (formerly number six), of the township of Oxford, in the county of Warren, during the years eighteen hundred and sixty-eight and eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, from the taxable inhabitants of school district, number thirty-three, then forming an integral part of said district number six and number thirty-two, but latterly by act of assembly, number four hundred and sixty five, approved March seventeenth, eighteen hundred and seventy, constituted a separate district; and whereas, the trustees of said school district, number thirty-three, have since built and occupied for the purpose intended a commodious school house at great cost to them, while work upon the school house of district number thirty-two (formerly number six), was deferred until the autumn, eighteen hundred and seventy one, and is still incomplete; therefore, in view of the justice due the taxable inhabitants of school district number thirty-three. refunded. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the trustees of school district Taxes to be number thirty-two, in the township of Oxford, in the county of Warren, shall, on or before the first day of January, anno domini eighteen hundred and seventy-three, refund and pay over unto the trustees of school district number thirty Trustees to apply moneys three, all taxes collected of the taxable inhabitants, or upon taxable property within the said school district number thirtythree, during the years eighteen hundred and sixty-eight and eighteen hundred and sixty-nine. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the trusrefunded. tees of school district number thirty-three, to apply all moneys thus refunded in conformity with this act, in liquidation of their indebtedness incurred for school house building purposes. Boundaries confirmed. Repealer. 3. And be it enacted, That the boundaries of school district number thirty-three be, and remain the same as established by decision of the county superintendent, and approved by the secretary of the state board of education, August first, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and that all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the foregoing be, and the same is hereby repealed. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 22, 1872. Council to issue public on request of ers. CHAPTER CCCXVII. An Act supplemental to an act entitled "A Further Supplement to an act entitled 'An Act respecting Public Schools in the town of Phillipsburg,'" approved March sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy one. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That upon the request of "The Commissioners of Public Schools of the Town of Phillipsburg, commission made in the manner prescribed in the third section of the act to which this is supplemental, the common council of the town of Phillipsburg shall, within the space of thirty days from the date of said request, issue bonds, to be designated "public school bonds," to the amount of ten thousand dollars, in the manner and under the regulations prescribed in the first section of the act to which this is a supplement, for the payment of which bonds the credit and the whole property of the town of Phillipsburg shall be pledged, and which bonds, or the net proceeds thereof, shall be delivered to the treasurer of "The Commissioners of Public Schools of the Town of Phillipsburg,' and in case said common council shall neglect or refuse to deliver said public school bonds, or the net proceeds thereof, to said treasurer, within the time specified, then it shall be lawful for The Commissioners of Public Schools of the commissionTown of Phillipsburg" to issue said public school bonds, in upon refusal the manner and under the regulations prescribed in the third section of the act to which this is a supplement. 66 ers may issue of council. bouds. 2. And be it enacted, That the common council of the town Payment of of Phillipsburg shall provide for the payment of the public school bonds, to be issued under the authority of this act, and the interest thereon, in the manner and under the regulations prescribed in the second section of the act to which this is a supplement; provided, that not more than five thousand dol- Proviso. lars of the principal of said bonds shall be made redeemable in any one year. ers to sell 3. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for "The CommissionCommissioners of Public Schools of the Town of Phillips- bonds. burg" to sell said public school bonds, under the regulations prescribed in the third section of the act to which this is a supplement, and said commissioners shall apply so much of the Proceeds, how net proceeds thereof as may be necessary to the payment of the debt incurred in the erection of the public school buildings. in the third ward of said town, and if any surplus shall remain, the same shall be applied to the repairing of the public school buildings of said town. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 22, 1872. 48 applied. Preamble. can meeting of voters. CHAPTER CCCXVIII. An Act to enable the Rowandtown School District Number Eleven, in the township of Haddon, in the county of Camden, to raise by tax and loans, the money necessary to build a public school house within the said district. WHEREAS, it has been represented that the public school house in the Rowandtown School District Number Eleven, in the county of Camden, is in a dilapidated condition, and in regard to size and other deficiencies unfit for the purposes of education; and that the taxable inhabitants of said district are desirous to raise by tax and loans sufficient money for the purpose of erecting and building a new school house in the said district, therefore, 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Tu tees may the State of New Jersey. That in order to enable the legal voters of Rowandtown School District Number Eleven, in the county of Camden, to borrow money for the purpose aforesaid, they are hereby empowered, by the consent of a majority of the legal voters of said district, present at a special meeting to be called by the trustees of the said school district, to be held at the present school house in said district, by advertisements signed by the said trustees, or a majority of them, and posted up in at least three of the most public places within said district, at least ten days before the day on which said meeting is appointed to be held, setting forth in said advertisements the time, place and object of the said meeting, which meeting shall be held between the hours of seven and nine o'clock in the afternoon of the day so appointed, to authorize the trustees of said district to raise by loan such sum or sums of money, not exceeding three thouraise money sand dollars, as a majority of the legal voters present at such meeting shall agree to; and further, it shall and may be lawful for the taxable inhabitants so assembled, for the purpose aforesaid, to order an annual poll tax of not less than one, nor more than four dollars on each tax payer, to be levied annually for the space of three years, and no longer; and for the sum or sums of money so determined to be raised Trustees au thorized to by loan. |