CHAPTER CCXXVII.

Supplement to the act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Ridgfield Park Hotel Company," approved March eighteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly Title changed. of the State of New Jersey, That the title of the act to which this is a supplement be and the same is hereby changed to "The Teaneck Improvement Company," and all the rights, powers, privileges and franchises conferred upon the said "The Ridgfield Park Hotel Company," be and the same are hereby conferred upon and granted to the said "The Teaneck Improvement Company."

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

Approved March 19, 1872.

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CHAPTER CCXXVIII.

An Act to incorporate the Teaneck Water Company.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Corporators the State of New Jersey, That George H. Coffey, John V. H. Terhune, Charles Rohr, Lyman B. Bunnell and I. Augustus Johnson, their successors and assigns be and hereby are created a body corporate, under the title of "The Teaneck Water Company," and shall be capable of purchasing, holding and conveying any lands and chattels necessary or proper for the object of the corporation hereby created. 2. And be it enacted, That the capital stock of the company shall consist of two hundred and fifty shares of one

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hundred dollars each, with the privilege to increase the number of shares to five hundred.

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3. And be it enacted, That a majority of the corporators Commissionmay open books to receive subscriptions to the capital stock; boks of subthat the company may commence operations, as soon as one hundred and fifty shares have been subscribed for, and ten thousand dollars paid in; that the corporators aforesaid shall form the first board of directors, and hold their office until their successors are chosen; and that there shall be an annual meeting of the stockholders held on the first Monday of October, in each year, for the purpose of electing directors and transacting other business of the company; provided always, that a neglect to elect directers on the day Proviso. aforesaid, shall not work a forfeiture of the charter.

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4. And be it enacted, That the Teaneck Water Company Authorized to are hereby authorized to construet and operate water works operate water at Teaneck, in Bergen county, and to this end are empowered to build reservoirs, pumps, drains and other structures, to make drains, lay pipes, clean and excavate streams, and to do any and all lawful acts necessary and expedient to procure water for the domestic and public uses of the citizens of Teaneck and places adjacent thereto; and it shall be lawful for the said company, by its agents, to enter at all times upon May enter on all lands or waters west of the Northern Railroad of New Jersey in the townships of Englewood and Ridgefield, in the county of Bergen, and survey, excavate and bore for water, and locate pipes, drains, reservoirs and other buildings (doing no unnecessary damage to private property), and when said location shall have been determined upon, shall cause a map to be made of all lands, except streets now in use, which they require for the purpose aforesaid, and file the same in the office of the clerk of Bergen county; and then it shall be lawful for the said company, by its servants or contractors, to enter upon and hold the same for reservoirs, conduits, and all other purposes necessary for completing the works hereby contemplated, subject to such compensation as is hereinafter provided for.

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5. And be it enacted, That in case of legal incapacity or Procee lings the absence of the owner, and in other cases, where the company downpany cannot agree with the owner or the owners on the price, the company shall serve personal notice upon the owner, if known and in the state, or if unknown or out of the state, shall publish notice in one of the newspapers

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printed in Bergen county, that the company intends to make application to one of the judges of the court of common pleas in said county, on a day and at a place named, and not less than twenty days from the service or publication thereof, for the appointment of three commissioners, and on said day and at the place named in said notice, the said judge shall make said appointment under his hand and seal, and it shall be the duty of said commissioners, having first taken an oath or affirmation before some person authorized to administer the same, faithfully and impartially to examine the matter in question and make a true report, according to the best of their skill and understanding, to meet at such time and place as they shall designate, giving at least fifteen days notice of their said meeting, as herein before directed, and on the day so appointed, to proceed to view and examine the said lands, and make a just and equitable estimate of the value of the same, and assess the damages which will accrue from erecting said works; and the said commissioners shall report in writing to the parties interested, the whole amount which the company must pay each owner, stating in said reports the metes and bounds of the lands assessed, which said report the said company shall have filed in the office of the clerk of Bergen county, to remain on record therein, and a copy thereof, certified by the clerk of said county, shall, at all times, be considered as plenary evidence of the right of said company to have, hold, use, occupy, possess and enjoy the land so described, and it shall be the duty of said company to pay the owner or owners the amount assessed as aforesaid; or in case the owner or owners refuse to receive the same, or live out of the state, or are incapacitated by law to receive the same, then said sum shall be paid and delivered to the clerk of said county, to be by him retained for such owner, and upon making payment in either of the ways above stated, the title of the premises mentioned in the said award, and so paid for, shall be vested in said company.

6. And be it enacted, That if said owners, or any of them, are dissatisfied with the report of the commissioners in the preceding section, the said party so dissatisfied may appeal to the circuit court of said county at its next term, whereupon the said court shall hear and determine the whole matter, in the same manner as if said owner summoned the said company to appear before them; and if the jury upon trial of the cause shall find a greater sum than the commissioners

have awarded or the company offered in favor of said owner or owners, then judgment thereon, with costs, shall be entered against the company, which shall constitute a lien upon the premises in question; which said lien shall have priority over any other incumbrance which said company may have given; but if the said jury shall find the same or less amount than the company shall have offered, or the said commissioners awarded, then the person appealing shall pay the costs in such manner as the court shall direct.

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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 whereby to injure any conduit, pipe, cock, machine, tank, reservoir, works, buildings, or structure whatsoever, or any thing appertaining to the works of said corporation, or whereby the same may be stopped, obstructed or injured, the person or persons so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and being thereof convicted shall be punished by a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars, or imprisonment, not exceeding two years, at hard labor, or both; provided, such criminal prosecution shall not impair the right Proviso. of action for damages by a civil suit, which is hereby authorized to be brought for such injury as aforesaid, by and in the name of said corporation, in any court having cognizance of the same.

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8. And be it enacted, That said company be, and they Empowered are hereby fully authorized and empowered to lay their pipes streets, &c. beneath such public roads, streets, avenues and alleys, as they may deem necessary for the purpose aforesaid, free of all charge, to be made by any person or persons, or body politic whatsoever for such privilege, and also place hydrants at the crossings or intersections of the said streets and alleys; provided, that the said pipes shall be laid at least two feet Proviso. below the surface of the same, and shall not, in anywise, unnecessarily obstruct or interfere with the public travel or damage public property, and that the earth excavated in laying said pipes shall be replaced so that the surface of the ground shall be in as good condition as the same was before said excavations were made.

9. And be it enacted, That the said company may sell Water rents. and dispose of the water issuing from said reservoirs, aque

ducts or pipes, for such price or prices, as annual rents, and under such restrictions as they may think proper.

10. And be it enacted, That if the work of constructing Limitation.

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said reservoirs and appendages shall not be commenced within the term of five years from the date of the approval of this act, the same shall be null and void.

11. And be it enacted, That the said company shall have power to borrow money not exceeding two-thirds of their capital stock paid in, and to secure the same by bonds or other evidences of debt, bearing interest not exceeding seven per centum per annum, and mortgage upon their property and franchises and privileges, and by such other assurances as they may deem expedient.

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

Approved March 19, 1872.

CHAPTER CCXXIX.

An Act to incorporate the Wildey Hall Association of Camden County, New Jersey.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the Corporators. State of New Jersey, That George F. Fields, Jesse W. Starr, John F. Starr, William Allen, P. G. Stephani, H. B. Wilson, James W. Wroth, Thomas Meryweather, Josiah W. Horn, Charles S. Garnett, their successors, and such persons as are now, or hereafter may be associated with them, shall be, and hereby are ordained, constituted and declared a body politic and corporate, in fact and in law, by the name, style and title of "The Wildey Hall Association of Camden County, New Jersey."

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2. And be it enacted, That the object of said incorporation shall be the purchase of a hall known as "the Wildey Hall," and located in the city of Camden; and it shall be lawful for said corporation to use, rent, or lease any part thereof, and permit to be used such parts of the hall or building as shall not be necessary for holding meetings, for the purpose of carrying on any trade or business therein, not in