STATE OF NEW JERSEY: I, Henry C. Kelsey, Secretary of State of the [SEAL.] State of New Jersey, do hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the certificate of acceptance of "Act to consolidate and amend the act and supplements thereto incorporating the Anchor Life Insurance Company," approved April 4, 1872, as taken from and compared with the original filed in my office the twenty-sixth day of April, A. D. 1872, now remaining on file and of record therein. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal this twenty-sixth day of April, A. D. 1872. HENRY C. KELSEY. . CERTIFICATE OF ORGANIZATION AND ADOPTION OF CORPORATE NAME OF "THE UNITED NEW JERSEY RAILROAD AND CANAL COMPANY." Be it known to all whom it may concern, that at a meeting of the Joint Board of Directors of the Delaware and Raritan Canal Company, the Camden and Amboy Railroad and Transportation Company, and the New Jersey Railroad and Transportation Company, held at the office of the said Companies, in the city of Trenton, State of New Jersey, on the twenty-sixth day of April, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, the following preamble and resolution was adopted by the said Joint Board: WHEREAS, it appears by the minutes of the meetings of the stockholders of the Delaware and Raritan Canal Company, the Camden and Amboy Railroad and Transportation Company, and the New Jersey Railroad and Transportstion Company, that said companies have all consented to the consolidation of said companies into one company, as provided and authorized by the act of the Legislature of the State of New Jersey entitled "An Act to amend An affirmation, together with bonds of not less than five thousand dollars for each commissioner to the different township committees through which the road passes, for the faithful performance of their duties, shall be filed by the said commisioners, within five days thereafter, in the offices of the clerks of the townships through which the road passes; and any freeholder elected in conformity to the provisions of the ninth section of this act, as a successor in office to any of the commissioners, shall within five days after his election, and before exercising any authority under this act, in like manner, take and subscribe and file a like oath or affirmation and bond. officers, &c. to be made. 3. And be it enacted, That the said commissioners shall May appoint have power to employ legal counsel, also a civil engineer and all necessary assistants to effectually carry out the powers and authority granted in the first section of this act; and for the altering, widening and straightening of the said Bergen line road, the said commissioners and their employees may enter upon such lands and premises as may be necessary in making the surveys; and the said commissioners shall then cause a map to be made, showing the boundaries of the Map of lands land to be taken, as well as the manner in which the road has been widened, straightened, altered or vacated, together with a brief description of each parcel of land so taken; a schedule shall accompany said map, showing the amount of damage or benefit allowed in favor of each parcel of land; copies of this map, description and schedule shall then be filed in the office of the clerk of the townships through which the road passes, and the filing of the same shall be advertised for at least ten days in one or more newspapers published in the county of Hudson for objections thereto; and in case the commissioners and any of the property owners cannot agree upon the value of the award, the same shall be decided by Arbitrators to three arbitrators, who shall be disinterested freeholders of the be appointed county of Hudson, and appointed by any justice of the supreme can be made. court; provided, that as soon as the former commissioners have made their award, they may take any lands and im- Proviso, provements, including all buildings that may be necessary for the said altering, widening or straightening said road, upon. issuing to the owner or owners a certificate or certificates of indebtedness, as provided in section fifth of this act, for the damage done by taking the said land and improvements; the said damage to be determined as above provided for; but in when no agreement STATE OF NEW JERSEY: I, Henry C. Kelsey, Secretary of State of the [SEAL.] State of New Jersey, do hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the certificate of organization and adoption of corporate name of "The United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company," as taken from and compared with the original filed in my office the eigh teenth day of May, A. D. 1872, now remaining on file and of record therein. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal this eighteenth day of May, A. D. 1872. HENRY C. KELSEY. 66 AN ACT Giving the assent of this Commonwealth to two acts of the Legislature of the State of New Jersey, the one entitled "A Supplement to an act entitled A Further Supplement to an act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Belvidere Delaware Bridge Company,' passed the fifth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, which further supplement was passed the twenty-fourth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, the other entitled "A Further Supplement to the act entitled An Act to incorporate the Belvidere Delaware Bridge Company," approved March fifth, eighteen hundred and thirty-two. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the assent of this commonwealth be and the same is hereby given to the provisions mentioned and contained in two acts of the legislature of the state of New Jersey, one thereof approved the eighth day of March, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, entitled "A Supplement to and such certificates shall be receivable in payment for assessments laid by said commissioners as hereinafter provided for. penses of to be assessed titel. 6. And be it enacted, That the said commissioners shall after Costs and exthe widening, altering, straightening and grading said road grading, de, and the completion of said improvement assess the entire on lands benecosts and expenses thereof upon all the lands and real estate benefited thereby in proportion to the benefit received by said lands and real estate, and the said commissioners shall cause a map to be made showing the property assessed for said improvement, with the dimensions of the same, together with a schedule showing the different items of the whole amount of the assessment, and the assessment to the owner or owners of each plot or parcel of land assessed, whereupon the said commissioners shall give two weeks' previous notice in one or more of the newspapers published in the county of Hudson, and by notices posted in three public places along the line of the improvement, that they will meet at a convenient time and place to be named in said notice, to hear and weigh any and all objections which may have been presented in writing to said assessment, and thereafter correct and finally confirm the same, and notwithstanding any error in said assessment, in not naming the true owner or owners of any plot or parcel the assessment shall remain valid and effectual against such plot or parcel, and be collected in the manner hereinafter prescribed, and if any error be made in such assessment in not dividing any plot or parcel according to its actual ownership it shall not defeat or impair the assessment, but the commissioners shall, on application to them divide such assessments and apportion such parts. schedule. to remain a 7. And be it enacted, That the map and schedule men Map and tioned in the last section, when completed according to such when confinal correction and confirmation of the assessment shall be firmed, to be filed in the offices of the clerks of the townships through which the road passes, from which time the said assessment shall be a lien on the lands on which it is laid, and from said Assessments time when the assessment shall be made on account of the e altering, widening and straightening and improving, the said road shall be considered altered, widened, straightened, improved and vacated according to the said map, and the said commissioners may proceed to collect the assessment therefor, and the said commissioners shall make a copy of said Assessments, map and assessment list, which they shall place in the hands how collected entitled "A Further Supplement to the act entitled 'An Act to incorporate the Belvidere Delaware Bridge Company,' approved March fifth, eighteen hundred and thirtytwo, as the same remains on file and of record in this office. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Secretary's office to be affixed the day and year above written. F. JORDAN, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Filed June 18th, 1872, in the office of the Secretary of State of New Jersey. STATE OF NEW JERSEY: [SEAL.] HENRY C. KELSEY, I, Henry C. Kelsey, Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey, do hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy of a paper writing filed in my office the eighteenth day of June, A. D. eighteen hundred and seventy-two, as the same is taken from and compared with the original now remaining on file and of record in my said office. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal this eighteenth day of June, A. D. eighteen hundred and seventy-two. HENRY C. KELSEY. |