3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect imme

CHAPTER LXXVIII.

A supplement to an act entitled "An act for the relief of the Rahway school for colored children," approved January thirtieth, eighteen hundred and forty-nine.

Regulation of

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of school fund. the State of New Jersey, That the Rahway school for colored children shall be conducted as heretofore, under the care of the "Preparative Meeting of the Society of Friends," and the trustees of said school shall be entitled to receive their pro rata share of the money raised for school purposes in the city of Rahway.

Approved March 2, 1863.

CHAPTER LXXIX.

AN ACT for the relief of Euphemia Hall, an indigent blind person.

WHEREAS, it is represented by the principal of the Pennsyl- Preamble. vania Institution for the instruction of the Blind, that Euphemia Hall, a blind pupil of said institution from the county of Mercer, in this state, is an orphan, without a home or near relatives; that she has passed the full term of eight years authorized by law in said institution; that owing to her tender age when admitted, she has not yet completed her instruction, and if now discharged will be incapable of self support; that it would be greatly to her advantage to receive further instruction, and that she is

Time extended two years.

capable of making good progress in the acquisition of knowledge-therefore,

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the term of instruction of the said Euphemia Hall, at the said institution, shall be extended for the further term of two years from the first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and that the expense of the same shall be paid out of the state treasury, in the same manner as is prescribed by the act entitled "An act to provide for the instruction of indigent blind persons, inhabitants of this state," approved April tenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six.

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

Approved March 2, 1863.

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CHAPTER LXXX.

AN ACT to create from part of the town of Orange, in the county of Essex, a new township, to be called the township of East Orange.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That all that part of the town of Orange contained within the following bounds, to wit: beginning at a point on the line between the town of Orange and the township of South Orange, where the centre of Centre street, in said town of Orange, would intersect said line; thence in a northerly or northeasterly direction to a point on the north side of Main street, in the said town of Orange, where the line between the lands of Cabel G. Harrison and Nathan W. Parsons, near the corner of Baldwin and said Main street, would intersect the north side of said Main street; thence in a northerly or northeasterly direction to a large oak tree on the lands of and near the residence of William Patterson; thence in a northerly or northwesterly direction to a point on the east side of Park street, in said town of Orange, where the angle in said street, near the residence of Aaron Williams, would intersect said point; thence on in the direction of the last mentioned line, to the west side of

said Park street; thence in a northerly or northeasterly direction to a point in the centre of the bridge over the Nishayne brook, where the south side of Dodd street (or the street running from David Riker's store to the Orange Cemetery) would intersect said point; thence in a northerly or northeasterly direction, to a point in the centre of the north side of the bridge near the residence of Henry Stuckey, and thence in the line of the last mentioned line, to the line between the town of Orange and the township of Bloomfield, thence along the line between the said town of Orange and the said township of Bloomfield, to the line between the town of Orange and the city of Newark; thence along the line between the said town of Orange and the said city of Newark, to the line between the town of Orange and the township of South Orange; thence along the line between the said town of Orange and the said township of South Orange, to the place East Orange. of beginning, be and the same is hereby set off into a new township, to be called the township of East Orange.

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2. And be it enacted, That the inhabitants of the township Corporate of East Orange are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate in law, and shall be styled and known by the name of "The inhabitants of the township of East Orange, in the county of Essex," and shall be entitled to all the rights, powers, authority and privileges, and subject to the same laws, regulations, governments and liabilities, as the inhabitants of the other townships in the said county of Essex are or may be entitled or subject to by the existing laws of this state.

3. And be it enacted, That the inhabitants of the township of East Orange shall hold their first town meeting at the shop of Stephen W. Tichenor, in the said township of East Orange, on the second Monday in April ensuing.

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4. And be it enacted, That the town committee of the town- Division of ship of East Orange, together with an equal number of the the two towncommon council of the town of Orange, shall meet on the third Monday in April next ensuing, at the Park House, in the town of Orange, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, and may adjourn from time to time, as a majority of them may direct, and then and there proceed, by writing, signed by a majority of those present, to allot and divide between the said town of Orange and the said township of East Orange, all properties and moneys on hand, due, or to become due, in proportion to the taxable property and ratables, as taxed by the assessors within their respective limits at the last assessment; and the inhabitants of the township of East Orange shall be liable to

Three school districts.

Election by ballot.

pay their just proportion of the debts, if any there be due; and if any of the persons comprising either of the committees of the said town of Orange or the township of East Orange, shall neglect or refuse to meet as aforesaid, those assembled may proceed to make the said division, and the decision of a majority of those present shall be final and conclusive.

5. And be it enacted, That the inhabitants of the township of East Orange shall be liable to be assessed (in proportion to the taxable property and ratables as taxed by the assessors within their respective limits at the last assessment) for their just proportion of the tax, (the whole not exceeding the sum of forty thousand dollars) for which certificates were issued by the town of Orange; provided, the legislature of the state does pass an act authorizing the common council of the town of Orange to issue bonds for the redemption of said certificates; the said bonds being given for the purpose of redeeming the certificates which were given for raising volunteers for the United States service.

6. And be it enacted, That the territory in the township of East Orange shall be comprised and divided into three school districts, as follows: all the territory lying east of the centre of Cherry street, from the Bloomfield line to the Main street, and on from the said point on Main street to the east side of the town farm on the South Orange line, shall be the eastern school district; all the territory lying north of a line drawn from the junction of Cherry street and the Bloomfield line to the junction of Park and Washington streets, and on through the centre of Park street to the line between the town of Orange and the township of East Orange, shall be the Franklin school district; all the remaining territory in said town shall be the Ashland school district; and the said districts shall hold elections for school trustees in their respective school districts, according to the provisions of the general school law, on the first Monday in April, at the usual hour.

7. And be it enacted, That an act entitled "An act to authorize the inhabitants of the township of Orange and other townships to vote by ballot at their town meetings," approved March twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and forty-five, be extended to the township of East Orange.

8. And be it enacted, That Aaron B. Harrison be and is hereby appointed judge of election, and Charles Crane clerk of election, and they are hereby authorized to hold the first town election.

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9. And be it enacted, That the person who shall, at the first Money, &c. town meeting held for the election of town officers, be elected superintendent of public schools for the said township of East Orange, is hereby authorized and empowered to collect and receive from the town superintendent of the town of Orange, within twenty days after his election, all moneys apportioned and due to the several public school districts or parts thereof heretofore belonging in the said town of Orange and now included in the township of East Orange; and it shall be the duty of the said town superintendent of the town of Orange, to make out and deliver to the superintendent of the township of East Orange a statement of the amount due to each school district in the said township of East Orange.

10. And be it enacted, That the said township of East Orange shall constitute a part of the second assembly district in the county of Essex.

11. And be it enacted, That the respective annual amounts assessed in said township of East Orange, for the working and keeping in repair the roads and highways in said township, shall be paid to the township collector in money, and in order to defray the expenses of working the highways and public roads by him, it shall be lawful for the town committee of the said township of East Orange to borrow money, from time to time, in the corporate name of said township, and to secure the payment thereof by bond, note, or other instrument of writing, under the common seal of said township; provided, that all loans so made shall be based upon the cur- Proviso. rent taxes of the year, and shall not exceed in any one year the amount raised by the said township for the repairing of said roads, and the town committee of said township of East Orange shall appoint one or more overseers of the highways for said township.

12. And be it enacted, That an act entitled "An act to prevent horses, cattle, sheep and swine from running at large in the townships of Hackensack and Harrington, in the county of Bergen," approved February twelfth, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, be and the same is hereby extended to the said township of East Orange.

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13. And be it enacted, That the township committee of the Powers of said township of East Orange shall have power, in addition tee. to said act last above entitled, by a majority of their whole number, to pass all such ordinances, by-laws and regulations as they shall judge proper for any or all of the following purposes, namely: to establish and regulate one or more

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