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CHAPTER XXXV.

An Act to authorize the trustees of School District Number
Sixteen, of the county of Burlington, in the township of
Beverly, to borrow money by issuing bonds to purchase
land for and erect and furnish a school building.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the trustees of school district Trustees may number sixteen, of Burlington county, New Jersey, be and borrow money they are hereby authorized to borrow any sum of money, not exceeding twenty thousand dollars in all, that they may find necessary, for the purpose of purchasing land, and erecting school buildings thereon, within said school district, and furnishing the same.

bonds.

2. And be it enacted, That for the purpose of securing May issue the payment of said loan, with interest, the said trustees may issue bonds in their corporate name and capacity, to the lenders of said moneys, in amounts not less than one hundred dollars each, with coupons attached; said bonds to draw interest at the rate of seven per centum, payable semi-annually, and to be redeemable at the pleasure of the board, in not less than two nor exceeding twenty years; and said bonds shall be registered, or not, at the option of the purchaser, in a book to be provided and kept for that purpose by said trustees; and said bonds shall be assignable at law, and shall be a first lien in the nature of a mortgage upon the lot of land and buildings thereon, to be purchased and erected with the proceeds thereof, and such lien may be enforced by any court of competent jurisdiction, in the same manner as ordinary mortgage liens now are, or hereafter may be enforced; provided, that the lien of such bonds may be postponed to the Proviso. lien of a mortgage for consideration money for said lot of land.

Special tax, how assessed

3. And be it enacted, That in order to provide for the pay-Speed ment of the said loan, as the same matures, with the interest and collected. which shall from time to time accrue thereon, it shall be the duty of the assessor of Beverly township annually to levy and assess upon the inhabitants of said district, and their

Treasurer.

fect when approved by

legal voters.

estates, according to the boundaries of said district, and in the same manner as other taxes are now levied and assessed, a special tax of two and one-half mills on each dollar of said personal and real estates, which assessment shall be collected by the officers now or hereafter authorized by law to collect township taxes, and shall be separately accounted for by him. to the school trustees quarterly, and to the people at the annual town meeting; and shall pay all interest coupons as they mature, and all balances remaining upon orders drawn by the board of trustees for the payment of bonds; said trustees to give preference in the redemption of bonds in the order of their number.

4. And be it enacted, That the funds raised by the negotiation of said bonds shall be received by the treasurer of said board of school trustees, and shall be accounted for by him to the district, and be used for the purposes mentioned in the first section of this act; and such treasurer shall, before he receives any portion of said loan, give good and sufficient security to the said district, by its incorporate name, to be approved by the trustees, for his faithful conduct in the execution of his office, and for rendering a just and true account of all moneys received and paid out by him, and for the payment to his successor in office of any balance found in his hands; and said successor shall also in his turn give like security with like condition.

Act to take ef 5. And be it enacted, That this act shall not take effect unless it be first approved by a majority of such legal voters of said school district, as may attend and vote at a meeting of said voters, held after ten days' notice thereof, given by the district oferk of said district, by at least five printed notices, put up in five of the most public places within said district, setting forth the time, place and objects of said meeting, which vote shall be taken by ballot, to be written or printed, or partially written and partially printed, with the words "for approval," or "against approval;" and the board of trustees shall constitute a board of election of the said school meeting, and shall declare the result; and in case Election, how of the absence or failure to serve of any or all of said trustees, then the inhabitants so assembled shall choose two of their number, who shall be judges of said election; and the said district clerk shall be clerk of said meeting, and shall keep a list of all voters who shall vote at said meeting; and the polls shall be kept open at least two hours, and the bal

conducted, &c.

lots shall be numbered and strung, and the result certified in
the same manner, as near as may be, as elections for mem-
bers of assembly now are; and the said poll-lists and ballots
shall be preserved and filed in the county clerk's office; and
if the election shall result in an approval of this act, the
said judges of election and district clerk shall make, sign,
and verify by oath or affirmation, before a competent officer,
a certificate of such result, which shall be filed and recorded
by the county clerk, in the book of religious corporations;
and the record thereof, or a duly certified copy, shall be ple-
nary evidence of such result; and the clerk of said district
shall annex to such certificate, to be filed and recorded there-
with, an affidavit of the posting of the notices of such meeting.
6. And be it enacted, That this act shall de deemed and
taken as a public act, and take effect immediately.
Approved February 14, 1872.

CHAPTER XXXVI.

An Act to create the Lafayette Masonic Hall Association.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That Isaac Van Soua, Jeremiah B. Corporators. Cleveland, James Stevens, E. M. Pritchard, Cornelius Vreeland, W. W. Edwards, John E. Halliday, Francis Clark, Andrew J. Martin, George R. Hillier, James R. Hillier, T. B. Chidester, John Cable, T. J. Mallory, Jacques Hill, Henry Klaproth, William Fitch, M. H. Gillett, John P. Culver and David Williams, their heirs and assigns, be and they are hereby created a body politic, in law and in fact, with all corporate powers, for the purpose of building and erecting a masonic hall in the county of Hudson, and state of New Jersey, to be known as the "Lafayette Masonic Hall;" and that Name. the aforesaid incorporators shall be the original trustees, with power to raise funds for the purchase of lands for the erection of said hall and building, either by stock, subscription or otherwise not in contravention of the laws of this state; and

Capital stock that the capital of said corporation, so as aforesaid, shall be thirty thousand dollars ($30,000), to be raised and created as the trustees, by their by-laws, shall designate.

Meetings of trustees.

Number of trustees may

&c.

2. And be it enacted, That said trustees shall hold their meetings in the county of Hudson; and, as soon as said hall shall be erected, at said hall.

3. And be it enacted, That they shall be empowered, by be increased, their by-laws, to increase the number of trustees by adding thereto, and decrease the same for any failure on their part to comply with the commands and directions of said by laws. 4. And be it enacted, That said incorporation shall be for thirty years, and that this act shall take effect immediately. Approved February 14, 1872.

Limitation.

CHAPTER XXXVII.

An Act to incorporate the Grand Encampment of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of the State of New Jersey.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Corporators. the State of New Jersey, That Augustus S. Clark, John H. Vinson, Hiram H. De Grofft, Lewis Parker, jr., David Campbell, John B. Love, Israel Harris, Aaron B. Crane, Nelson Benedict, Amos Howell, Jeremiah Griswold, Frank R. Force, Dayton B. Whitaker, Theodore A. Ross, William Gopsill, Benjamin T. Bright, John W. Matlack, A. Frank Carll, William B. Robertson, John E. Cheesman, William P. Mulford, James W. Wroth and Benjamin P. Thompson, and their associates, officers and members of the Grand Encampment of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of the State of New Jersey, and their successors, be and they are hereby constituted and declared to be a body corporate and politic in law, by the name, style and title of "The Grand Encampment of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of the State of New Jersey," and by that name they and their successors shall, and may at all times hereafter, be capable in law of having,

Name and powers.

purchasing, holding and possessing any lands, tenements, hereditaments and personal estate, purchased, devised or bequeathed by any person or persons, bodies corporate or politic, capable of making the same; and said corporation may sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, in any court of law or equity; and may adopt a common seal, and alter the same at pleasure, and possess generally all the powers, and be subject to all the liabilities of corporations under the laws of this state.

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

Approved February 14, 1872.

CHAPTER XXXVIII.

An Act to incorporate the Eureka Waste Cleansing Company.

powers.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That John D. Emack, C. S Emack, Corporators. Isaac S. Stover, Jacob Stover, Jordan H. Stover and Martin Wyckoff, and such other persons as may hereinafter become associated with them, or the survivors of them, their successors and assigns, shall be and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate in fact and in law, by the name of "The Eureka Waste Cleansing Company," for the purpose Name and of cleansing all kinds of waste and fibrous substances, and of extracting and purifying the oils therein; and for the purchase and sale of the same; and by their said name they shall have perpetual succession, and shall be capable of suing and being sued, and of pleading and being impleaded, and of receiving and granting, in its corporate name, property, real, personal or mixed; and of holding lands, and making a good conveyance thereot; and for the purposes aforesaid, shall or may, raise by subscription, by opening books therefor, or otherwise, a capital stock of twenty thousand dollars, to be capital stock. divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, with the

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