Repealer. include any building not used and occupied with, or intended to be used and occupied with, the building for the cost of which the lien is claimed. 4. And be it enacted, That the words: "and no building or lands shall be liable for work done by any person not employed by the owner or his agent on his account," contained in the latter part of the second section of the act to which this act is a supplement, be and the same is hereby repealed. Approved March 14, 1863. Preamble. May provide by taxation for payment. CHAPTER CXLV. AN ACT to authorize the people of the corporation of New Brunswick, in the county of Middlesex, to raise by tax an amount necessary to pay the bounties advanced to the nine months' volunteers of said corporation. WHEREAS, the inhabitants of the corporation of New Brunswick, in the county of Middlesex, did advance to the nine months' volunteers for the United States service from said corporation, the sum of four thousand two hundred dollars, to aid the state in filling her quota of men called for by the governor, and relieve themselves from the odium of a draft and the severity of a conscription; and whereas, it is necessary that a law should be passed by the legislature to legalize the raising of said sum by taxation; therefore, 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the inhabitants of said corporation be and the same are hereby authorized to raise, by assessment on the taxable property in said corporation, a sum sufficient to liquidate the amount advanced and expended in payMode of pro- ing said bounty to said volunteers. ceeding. 2. And be it enacted, That the said assessment shall be made and collected at the same time and in the same manner as other taxes are assessed and collected. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 14, 1863. CHAPTER CXLVI. A supplement to an act entitled "An act concerning goats," approved March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty two. Weehawken. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Extended to the State of New Jersey, That all the provisions of the act to which this is a supplement shall apply to the township of Weehawken and the city of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 14, 1863. CHAPTER CXLVII. AN ACT respecting the "First Congregation of the Presbyterian Church, at Springfield," in the county of Union. WHEREAS, it is represented that the religious society hereto- Preamble. fore known as the "First Congregation of the Presbyterian Church, at Springfield," was duly incorporated under said name, by an act of the legislature of New Jersey, in or about the year seventeen hundred and fifty-one, and by that name has held and still holds property, both real and personal; and whereas, the certified manuscript copy of said act of incorporation has been lost within a few years last past, and no other copy of the same, written or printed, can be found after diligent search among the public records and elsewhere; and whereas, great inconvenience and possible loss will be occasioned thereby, unless legislative enactment shall prevent-therefore, 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Name of inthe State of New Jersey, That the religious society heretofore corporation. and now known as "The First Congregation of the Presbyterian Church, at Springfield," in the county of Union, be Election of trustees. confirmed. and the same is hereby declared to be a body corporate, in fact and in name, by its title aforesaid, and by that name shall have succession, and be capable of suing and being sued, impleading and being impleaded, in all courts of law and equity, may have a common seal and alter the same at pleasure, may have and hold property, real and personal, and sell and dispose of the same as other religious societies may do. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the members of the said congregation to elect, from year to year, at such time as they shall meet for that purpose, seven trustees, by whom all the affairs connected with the property of said congregation shall be managed, its secular business transacted, and its property disposed of, changed, mortgaged or conveyed, as by them may be deemed advisable; said trustees shall hold their office for the term of one year from the time of their election, and until their successors shall be elected; it shall be the duty of the said trustees to cause public notice to be given of the time and place of holding such election, at least ten days before such election, by setting up advertisements thereof in at least five public places within the bounds of said congregation. Title to estate 3. And be it enacted, That the title to all real and personal estate belonging to said congregation, and their liabilities and debts, shall be and remain unaffected by the loss of their said act of incorporation, and shall be held to be as if acquired or contracted by a corporate body, duly constituted by the laws of this state. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 14, 1863. May raise CHAPTER CXLVIII. AN ACT to authorize the inhabitants of the township of Bloomfield, in the county of Essex, to raise money to pay volunteers. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of money by tax. the State of New Jersey, That it shall be lawful for the inhabitants of the township of Bloomfield, in the county of Essex, to raise by tax at their next annual, and at any succeeding annual town meeting, money in the same manner as other moneys are raised, to pay whatever sums have been advanced or assumed by said township, or on its behalf, as bounties to volunteers, such moneys, when collected, to be paid to the town committee of said township. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 14, 1863. CHAPTER CXLIX. A supplement to an act entitled "An act to create from parts of the town of Orange and the townships of Caldwell and Livingston, in the county of Essex, a new township, to be called the township of Fairmount, approved March elevventh, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-two. township 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Alteration of the State of New Jersey, That all that part of the town of lines. Orange, in the said county of Essex, contained within the following bounds, to wit: Beginning at a point twelve chains westerly from the northwest corner of the bridge near the late residence of Alexander Sayre, deceased, on the dividing line between Orange and Bloomfield; thence running in a straight line to Francis Burnside's well; thence south in a straight line to the southwest corner of the gas works on White street; thence up the westerly side of said White street to the bridge; thence south in a straight line to the corner of the lands belonging to the heirs of Charles Lightipe, deceased, and the heirs of Jacob A. Sharp, deceased, on the south side of Main street; thence south in a straight line to the easterly line of Amos Stagg's lot; thence south in a straight line to a brook in Joyce street; thence along the line of said brook south to the north side of the Freemantown road; thence southwesterly along the line of said road to the county bridge near the school house; thence south down the brook to the South Orange line; thence west along the South Orange line to the southeast corner of Fairmount; thence north along the line of the township of Fairmount in its several courses to the Bloomfield line; thence along the Bloom Named West Property to be divided equitably. field line in its several courses to the place of beginning, be and the same is hereby set off from the town of Orange and annexed to and made a part of the township of Fairmount, in said county, to all intents and purposes as if said territory had originally been a part of said township; and that the act entitled "An act to create from parts of the town of Orange, and the townships of Caldwell and Livingston, in the said county of Essex, a new township, to be called the township of Fairmount," approved March eleventh, Anno Domini, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, shall have the same force and effect, within the territory hereby annexed, as they have heretofore held, and now rightfully have within the original limits of said township. 2. And be it enacted, That the name of said township of Fairmount be and the same is hereby changed to West Orange. 3. And be it enacted, That the town committee of the said township of West Orange, together with an equal number of the common council of the town of Orange, shall meet on the third Monday in April next ensuing, at Carmer's hotel, 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 town of Orange and the township of West Orange all property and moneys on hand now due or to become due, in proportion to the taxable property and ratables as valued and assessed by the assessors of the said town of Orange, within their respective limits, at the last annual assessment, and the inhabitants of the said township of West Orange, within the respective limits hereby annexed and set off from the said town of Orange, shall be liable to pay their just proportion of debts, if any there be, and if any of the persons comprising either the common council of the town of Orange or the town committee of the township of West 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. Regulation of 4. And be it enacted, That the respective annual amounts road honey. assessed in said township of West 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 West Orange to borrow money from |