CHAPTER 103. An Act to amend an act entitled "An act relating to, regulating and providing for the government of cities," approved April eighth, one thousand nine hundred and three. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: amended. 1. Section seventy-three of the act entitled "An act Section 73 relating to, regulating and providing for the government of cities," approved April eighth, one thousand nine hundred and three, be and is hereby amended so as to read as follows: bonds. rate. 73. Bonds or obligations, funds for the liquidation Issuance of and discharge of which are not provided for in the current tax levy of the year in which they are issued, may be issued upon the faith and credit of the city only as hereinafter provided; all such bonds, when authorized as herein provided, shall be signed by the city treasurer and countersigned by the mayor, attested by the signature of the city clerk and the seal of the city; such Time and bonds may run for any period fixed by the city council, not to exceed a period of thirty years from the date of issue, and be of such denomination and payable at such place in gold coin, and bearing such rate of interest, payable semi-annually, not to exceed four and one-half per centum per annum, as the city council may by ordinance or resolution determine; before any such bonds Bond issue shall be issued, however, and before any resolution of recommended the city council shall be passed authorizing the same, the said city council shall, by resolution, recommend such issue, stating therein the amount proposed and the purpose or purposes for which such bonds or the proceeds thereof are to be used; upon the passage of such resolution the question of the approval of such resolution by council. Question of bonding city submitted to voters. Ballots. Result of election ascertained. Notice of election. Election, how conducted. and the authorization of such issue to the amount and for the purpose or purposes stated, shall be submitted to the legal voters of such city at the next municipal election held therein after the adoption of such resolution by printing upon the ballots used at such election for the choice of municipal officers, at the foot of the ballot and after the names of the officers to be voted for, the words "for the issue of bonds as recommended," and also immediately beneath the said words the words, "against the issue of bonds as recommended," and if the said words "for the issue of bonds as recommended" are marked off or defaced on any ballot it shall be counted as a ballot against such issue, and if the words "against the issue of bonds as recommended" are marked off or defaced on any ballot, it shall be counted as a ballot in favor of such issue, and it shall be the duty of the election officers holding such election to ascertain and report the number of ballots cast at such election in favor of issuing bonds as recommended and against issuing such bonds, and forthwith report the same to the city clerk of such city by a statement in writing signed by them, and it shall be the duty of the said city clerk to report the same to the city council of such city at its next meeting thereafter. The city council may submit the question of such bond issue to the voters of the city at a special election, of which special election, and the object thereof, at least thirty days' notice shall be given by advertisements, signed by the city clerk, posted in at least three public places in each ward of such city and printed once each week for at least three weeks in a newspaper published and circulating in the city; at such special election the only question submitted shall be: "In favor of the issue of bonds according to resolution of council, dated (inserting in said blank the date of such resolution), or "Against the issue of bonds according to resolution of council, dated (inserting in said blank the date of such resolution); said election shall be by ballot, shall be held by the election officers of the city upon the day appointed by the council; the polls shall be kept open for the time provided by law for gen eral elections in said city, and such election shall be in all respects conducted and the vote canvassed in the manner provided by law for such general elections; there shall be no registration for such election, but the Register. board of election shall procure and use at such special election a certified copy of the register of voters used at the last preceding general election, and no person shall be entitled to vote whose name does not appear on said register. If a majority of the ballots cast at such election shall contain the words "In favor of bonds according to resolution of council dated (inserting in said blank the date of such resolution), it shall then be lawful for the council to issue such bonds. And whereupon, if it shall be found that the resolu- If approved. tion of the said city council has been approved by a majority of the voters voting at such general or special election, it shall be so declared by the said city council, and the result of such election shall be entered upon its minutes, and the said city council may thereafter proceed to authorize the issue of bonds so recommended and approved, and when so issued, the said bonds and the proceeds thereof shall be used exclusively for the purpose or purposes designated in such resolution reccmmending the issue thereof, and the adoption of the resolution by the city council declaring the said result shall be deemed and taken as final and conclusive evidence of the result of the said general or special election. The limit of the bonding power in such city is fixed at fifteen per centum of the value of property thereon as rated for taxation, as shown by the last duplicates of assessment for taxes made therein, and such limitation shall in no case be exceeded. 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Approved April 25, 1907. Limit of power. bonding Section amended. Attendance at electrocution. CHAPTER 104. An Act to amend an act entitled "An act concerning the infliction of the penalty of death," approved April fourth, one thousand nine hundred and six. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1. Section six of an act entitled "An act concerning the infliction of the penalty of death" be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: 6. It is the duty of the principal keeper of the State prison to be present at the execution and to select and invite the presence, by at least three days' previous notice, of twelve reputable citizens of full age, of whom at least two shall be physicians. Such principal keeper must also, at the request of the criminal, permit such ministers of the gospel, priests or clergymen of any religious denomination, not exceeding two, to be present at the execution. He shall, in addition to the persons hereinbefore designated, appoint four assistants, who shall attend the execution. He shall also authorize and permit the duly-accredited representatives of daily newspapers and the Associated Press and the Standard News Association, not exceeding one from each, and the total number not to exceed six, to be present at such execution for the purpose of giving to such newspapers and associations correct and authentic accounts of such execution. He shall permit no other person to be present at such execution except those designated in this section. 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Approved April 25, 1907. CHAPTER 105. An Act to amend an act entitled "An act concerning the infliction of the penalty of death," approved April fourth, one thousand nine hundred and six. Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: amended. 1. Amend section three of an act entitled "An act Section concerning the infliction of the penalty of death," approved April fourth, one thousand nine hundred and six, to read as follows: apparatus for electrocution. 3. The Board of Inspectors of the State Prison shall, Building and immediately upon the passage of this act, provide a suitable place by the erection of a building or otherwise within the State Prison enclosure, which shall be under the control and supervision of said Board of Inspectors, who shall provide for the care and management thereof, and shall cause an electrical apparatus, suitable and sufficient for the infliction of the punishment of death, to be constructed and placed in such place, together with the necessary machinery and appliances for the execution of convicted criminals, in accordance with this act. 2. This act shall take effect immediately. Approved April 25, 1907. CHAPTER 106. An Act relating to persons or corporations engaged in the business of transmitting money to foreign countries, or of buying or selling foreign money, or of receiving money on deposit to be transmitted to foreign countries. Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1. Hereafter no person or corporation shall engage in the business of transmitting money to foreign coun Certificate of essary. authority nec |