Amendment. Amendment. which said meeting of the stockholders shall be held, and they, the stockholders, shall elect a board of directors of said company, who shall hold their offices for one year, and until others are duly elected in their stead; if there should be any deaths, resignations or refusal to act of any of the said directors of said company, then the remaining directors may elect to supply the vacancies so occasioned; provided, nevertheless, that none but those actually holding stock shall be allowed to vote at the above election of directors either in person or by proxy. 6. And be it enacted, That the sixth section of the said act be amended by striking out the words "to insure plate glass, window glass, mirrors, show cases, glass ware, statuary, ornaments, vases, china and crockery ware, of every kind and description whatsoever, and in every condition whatsoever, either stationary, in use or in transportation, against loss or damage by any accident or casualty whatever." 7. And be it enacted, That the eleventh section of said act be amended by adding thereto the following words, "and the said company may have a common seal, but are not required to affix it to the policies issued by them, and shall also have perpetual succession.' 8. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved April 4, 1872. CHAPTER DXC. An Act to incorporate the Beverly City and Township Gas and Water Company. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Corporators. the State of New Jersey, That John Jameson, Walter Freeman, F. L. Hovey, Thomas Henderson, S. W. De Coursey, D. L. Baumgardner, H. C. Thompson, D. P. Cubberley, Edwin Marter, W. Wilson, Charles Allen, C. E. Lloyd, W. Kain, Holbrook, and such other persons as may be hereafter associated with them, and their successors, shall be and they are hereby ordained, constituted and declared a body politic and corporate, in fact and in law, by the name of The Beverly City and Township Gas and Water Com- Name and pany," and shall be capable of purchasing, holding and conveying any lands, tenements, goods and chattels necessary or proper for the object of the corporation hereby created. powers. capital stock. 2. And be it enacted, That the amount of the capital stock Amount of of said company shall be fifty thousand dollars, with privilege to increase the same to two hundred thousand dollars, which shall be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, which shall be deemed personal property and transferable in such manner as the said corporation by their by-laws shall direct. ers to receive rectors. 3. And be it enacted, That the above named persons, or a Commissionmajority of them, shall be commissioners to open books to subscriptions. receive subscriptions to the capital stock of said corporation, at such time or times and place or places as they, or a majority of them, may think proper, giving at least fifteen days' notice of the same in one or more newspapers printed and published in the county of Burlington, and that at the time of subscribing, ten per centum shall be paid for each share subscribed for, to the commissioners, or some one of them, and as soon as ten thousand dollars of the capital stock shall be subscribed and paid in, such commissioners, or a majority of them, shall give like notice for a meeting of the stockholders to choose seven directors, a majority of whom shall be Election of diresidents of this state, and such election shall be made at the time and place appointed by such of the stockholders as shall attend for that purpose, each share of the capital stock entitling the holder thereof to one vote, and the said above named persons, or any two of them, shall be inspectors of the first election of directors of said corporation, and shall certify, under their hands, the names of the persons duly elected, and deliver over the subscription books and moneys paid in, deducting all necessary expenses previously incurred, to the said directors; and the time and place of holding the first meeting of the said directors shall be fixed by the persons named in the first section of this act, or any of them; and the directors chosen at such meeting shall hold their offices until the first Monday in May following said election, and until their successors shall be chosen; and there shall be an Annual elecannual election of directors by the stockholders on the first tion. Monday in May in every year thereafter, at such time and place as the board of directors for the time being shall direct and appoint, of the time and place of holding which election at least ten days' public notice shall be given in at least one newspaper published in Burlington county; and the said board of directors chosen at such meeting or at the annual election of said corporation, shall, as soon as may be after every election, choose out of their number a president, who shall be a resident of this state; and in case of the death, Vacancies, resignation or removal of the president or any director, such vacancy or vacancies may be filled for the remainder of the year in which they may happen by the board of directors, or a majority of them. how filled. Failure to elect not to dissolve. May call in amount sub penalty of forfeiture. 4. And be it enacted, That in case it shall happen that an election of directors shall not be made during the day when, pursuant to this act, it ought to be made, the said corporation shall not, for that cause, be deemed to be dissolved, but an election may be held at any other time, in the manner provided by law, and the directors for the time being shall continue to hold their offices until others shall have been chosen in their places. 5. And be it enacted, That a majority of the board of scribed under directors of the said corporation shall be competent to transact all the business of the said corporation, and shall have power to call in the capital stock of said company by such installments and at such times as they may direct; and in the case of non-payment of such installments, or any of them, to forfeit the share or shares upon which such default shall arise; and to open the books for further subscriptions of stock until the whole stock subscribed amounts to the sum of ten thousand dollars; and to make and prescribe such by-laws, rules and regulations as to them shall appear needful and proper, touching the management and regulation of the stock, property, estate and effects of the said corporation; and also shall have power to appoint such officers, clerks and servants as to them shall seem meet, and to establish and fix such salaries to said officers, clerks and servants, as to the said board shall appear proper, and shall have power to take from said officers, clerks and servants appointed by them, such security for the faithful performance of their respective duties as they may think right and proper. Power to build reservoirs, &c. and to make gas. 6. And be it enacted, That the said corporation shall have power and authority to make, build, construct and erect any gas pipes. and all buildings, tanks, reservoirs, works and machinery, for the manufacture of gas for lighting streets, buildings, manufactories, and so forth, from coal, resin or other material; or to connect with the works of other companies, and necessary and requisite to supply the inhabitants of the city and township of Beverly, New Jersey, with water and with gas; and shall have power to erect gas posts, burners and reflectors in the streets, roads, alleys, lanes and avenues in said city and township; and to lay down gas pipes and water pipes, or May lay down pipes for conducting the water and the gas in the streets, roads, alleys, lanes and avenues of the said city and township, and in the streets, roads, alleys, lanes and avenues that may be the boundaries of said city and township, or either of them, and other townships or places; and the said corporation shall have power to do all other things necessary to light the said city and township, or either of them, or any part of said city or township, or either of them, and the dwellings, stores, factories and other places therein, and to supply the inhabitants of said city and township, or any part of said city and township, or either of them, with water; provided, that the proviso. public travel shall at no time be unnecessarily affected or impeded by the laying of the said pipes, or the erection of said posts; and the streets, roads, side and cross-walks, lanes, alleys and avenues, shall not be injured, but all be left in as good and perfect condition as before the laying of said pipes or the erection of said posts; and provided also, that proviso. no private lands shall be in any way injured or defaced without permission in writing first had and obtained from the owner or owners thereof. injuring 7. And be it enacted, That if any person shall wilfully Penalty for impair, injure or wilfully do or cause to be done, any act or works. acts whatsoever, thereby to injure any conduit, pipe, cock, machine, tank, reservoir, works, building or structure whatsoever, or any other thing appertaining to the works of the said corporation, or whereby the same may be stopped, obstructed, or in anywise injured, the person or persons so offending shall be considered guilty of a misdemeanor, and being thereof convicted, shall be punished by fine not exceeding three hundred dollars, or imprisonment at hard labor not exceeding two years, or both; provided, such criminal prose- Proviso. cution shall not in any wise impair the right of action for damages by a civil suit hereby authorized to be brought for such injury, as aforesaid, by and in the name of said corpo Books of account. ration, in any court of the state having cognizance of the same. 8. And be it enacted, That the said corporation shall cause to be kept at their office, proper books of account, in which shall be fairly and truly entered all the transactions of the corporation, which books, together with the transfer book, shall at all times be open for the inspection of the stockholders. 9. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved April 4, 1872. Name. chase land for burial pur poses, &c. CHAPTER DXCI. An Act to incorporate the Union Cemetery Association of 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Corporators the State of New Jersey, That Nathan Stout, J. S. Manners, Chas. Quick, David Conover, Amos Sked, Richard Lowe, and L. S. Blackwell, and their associates, be and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate in law by the name of "The Union Cemetery Association of Wertsville," with the general powers and privileges of a corporation. Power to pur- 2. And be it enacted, That the said association shall have power to purchase, to take and hold in fee, a tract or tracts of land not exceeding twenty-five acres, in the vicinity of Wertsville, for the use and purposes of a cemetery, and erect thereon such buildings and other accommodations as the directors may deem suitable and necessary, and may sell or otherwise dispose of the sublots or plats in the said cemetery to the several purchasers or owners thereof, by a good and sufficient deed or deeds of conveyance, under the corporate seal of said association, and signed by the president and secretary thereof, to be used only as a cemetery, with the privilege of the several avenues, walks, passages and other accommodations therein and thereunto belonging, subject |