Proviso. Proviso. Proviso. Repeater. direction of the said mayor and common council, who shall have power to appoint a superintendent of such construction; and such officers' compensation may be fixed by the said mayor and common council, and shall be paid to said officer by the said company; provided however, that said railway and branches shall be constructed, so far as it is along or upon such streets or highways, in such manner as not to interfere (any more than a well constructed street railroad necessarily does) with the common public travel; and provided further, that nothing herein contained shall affect the seventh section of said act; and provided further, that no other than animal power shall be used to propel their cars through the streets or avenues of the city of Hoboken or the city of Hudson, without the consent of the respective mayor and common council of said cities being first had and obtained. 2. And be it enacted, That so much of said sixth section as limits the route of said railway to be located near the tollhouse of the Paterson and New York Plank Road be and the same is hereby repealed. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 18, 1863. Ordinances may be amended. Proviso. CHAPTER CLIV. A further supplement to an act entitled "An act to incorporate the city of Hudson," approved April eleventh, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the common council shall have power to amend at any time, by ordinance and without application therefor, any ordinance for flagging sidewalks, curbing and guttering, and to complete the improvement in accordance with such amended ordinance; and all assessments made for the payment of the expenses of such improvement, when completed, and all sales of real estate for the payment of such assessments shall be as legal and valid and as good and effectual in law as if the said improvement had been made in accordance with the original ordinance therefor; provided, such amended ordinance shall in no case extend the improvement beyond the limits mentioned in the original ordinance. nances re 2. And be it enacted, That the common council shall have May pass ordipower to pass ordinances to vacate any street or avenue, or garding streets any part or section of any street or avenue in said city, upon application from the property owners upon any avenue or street in said city. 3. And be it enacted, That all such parts of the act to Repealer. which this is a supplement, and of any supplement thereto, as are inconsistent with any of the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall be deemed a public act and shall take effect immediately. Approved March 18, 1863. CHAPTER CLV. AN ACT for the relief of the sureties of Henry B. Beatty, formerly sheriff of the county of Hudson. WHEREAS, Daniel R. Van Reyper, Daniel Keenan, Joseph Preamble. Aldridge, Hugh Slater, and John Sylvester, all of the county of Hudson aforesaid, were sureties on the bond of said Beatty for twenty thousand dollars, dated the tenth day of November, in the year eighteen hundred and fiftyseven, conditioned for his faithful performance of his duty as sheriff of said county for and during his term of one year; and whereas, the said bond has heretofore been prosecuted, and a judgment rendered thereon, to wit: on the tenth day of November, A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty-seven; and whereas, the said Daniel R. Van Reyper, Daniel Keenan, and John Sylvester, have paid all the claims and demands heretofore made against them upon said judgment; and whereas, the said judgment now stands uncancelled of record against them; and whereas, the said sureties are informed and believe that all claims and demands whatsoever against the said sheriff, or against his sureties, for the term aforesaid, have been presented and satisfied, and the said sureties desire that their property should not remain encumbered by the said judgment, which interferes with their disposal thereof; and whereas, Daniel R. Van Reyper, Edwin R. V. Wright, Hugh Slater, Christian Becker and Jasper Prior, all of the county of Hudson aforesaid, were sureties on the bond of said Beatty for twenty thousand dollars, dated the ninth day of November, in the year eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, conditioned for his faithful performance of his duty as sheriff of said county for and during his term of one year; and whereas, the said bond has heretofore been prosecuted, and a judgment rendered thereon, to wit: on the twenty-second day of October, A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty-nine; and whereas, the said Daniel R. Van Reyper, Edwin R. V. Wright, Hugh Slater, Christian Becker, and Jasper Prior, have paid all the claims and demands heretofore made against them upon said judgment; and whereas, the said judgment now stands uncancelled of record against them; and whereas, the said sureties are informed and believe that all claims and demands whatsoever against the said sheriff or against his sureties for the term aforesaid, have been presented and satisfied, and the said sureties desire that their property should not remain encumbered by the said judgment, which interferes with their disposal thereof. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of preme court the State of New Jersey, That the clerk of the supreme court of the state of New Jersey cause to be published in one newspaper in each county of said state, (or in case no newspaper is published in any county, then in the newspaper that most generally circulates in any such county,) a notice to all persons having claims or demands against the said Beatty, as sheriff of said county, from November, A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, to November, A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, or against his sureties, such notice to be published at least once a week for six weeks, to present such claim in writing, on or before the first day of January next, to the clerk of the supreme court, at his office in Trenton, stating the particulars of such claim. Clerk of su to give notice. When judg ments cau. celled. Expenses, how paid. 2. And be it enacted, That in case any such claims shall be presented as aforesaid, and shall be paid by said sureties, and if no claims shall be presented as aforesaid, then, upon filing in his office proofs of the publication of the notices as herein directed, it shall be the duty of such clerk, by virtue of this act, to cancel the said judgments by a proper entry in the margin of the record. 3. And be it enacted, That to enable the clerk of said court to pay the expenses attending the execution of this act, the said sureties shall deposit with him a sufficient sum of money to cover the expenses of advertising said notices; and the said clerk shall be allowed the sum of fifty dollars for his services by this act, to be paid by said sureties, and for cancelling said judgments. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 18, 1863. CHAPTER CLVI. A supplement to the act entitled "An act to establish a new township in the county of Warren, to be called the township of Phillipsburgh," approved March seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-one. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Name chanthe State of New Jersey, That the township of Phillipsburgh, ged. in the county of Warren, shall hereafter be called and known by the name of "The township of Lopatcong." 2. And be it enacted, That the inhabitants of said township, Incorporated. constituted by the act to which this is a supplement a body politic and corporate in law, by the name of "The inhabitants of the township of Phillipsburgh, in the county of Warren," shall hereafter be styled and known as a body politic and corporate in law, by the name of "The inhabitants of the township of Lopatcong, in the county of Warren." 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 18, 1863. Preamble. Acts of city legalized. May issue bonds. CHAPTER CLVII. AN ACT to confirm the acts of the city council of the city of WHEREAS, the city council of the city of Elizabeth did, for 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the said expenditure is hereby declared to be legal, and that the said certificates of indebtedness so issued shall be and are hereby declared valid in law, against the said corporation, the same as if they had been issued by an express act of the legislature for that purpose. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the city council of the city of Elizabeth to issue bonds of the said city, for the whole amount expended by them for the purpose aforesaid, to bear interest not exceeding seven per centum per annum, and provide for the payment thereof by tax or otherwise. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 18, 1863. Orange Brigade. CHAPTER CLVIII. Supplement to the Militia Law. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the persons now by law liable to do duty in the militia in the township of East Orange, |