as judge of election or town clerk shall be entitled to hold any office in said township to which they, by a majority of the legal voters of said township may be elected; provided, that in case of the absence or inability Proviso. to serve of any of said persons appointed by this act, a majority of legal voters present may fill such vacancy.

Elections to be by

8. And be it enacted, That the inhabitants of the township of Westampton and Eastampton shall vote by ballot ballot. at their first town meeting, and annually thereafter for the election of township officers according to the provisions and restrictions of an act entitled "An act to authorize the inhabitants of the several townships of the state to vote by ballot at their town meeting," approved March twenty-second, one thousand eight hundred and sixty, and the supplements thereto, shall apply to the townships of Westampton and Eastampton.

to meet and allot

erties and mon

9. And be it enacted, That the town committees of the Town committees townships of Westampton and Eastampton shall meet on and divide propthe Monday next after the annual town meetings in the eys, &c. said townships of Westampton and Eastampton, at Rancocas Hall, in the village of Rancocas, in the township of Westampton aforesaid, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, and then and there proceed by writing, signed by a majority of those present, to allot and divide between the said townships all properties and moneys on hand or due in proportion to the taxable property and ratables, as taxed by the assessor within their respective limits at the last assessment; and the inhabitants of the township of Westampton and the inhabitants of the township of Eastampton shall be liable and required to pay their just proportions of the debts respectively, if any there be, and shall receive their just proportion of all property, if any there be; and if any of the persons comprising either of the township committees should neglect or refuse to meet as aforesaid, those assembled may proceed to make the division, and the division of a majority of those present shall be final and conclusive.

plus revenue not

10. And be it enacted, That nothing in this act shall be The right to surso construed to impair or in anywise affect the rights of to be impaired or each of the said townships of Westampton and Eastampton in and to their just and legal portion of the

affected.

Assembly dis

trict.

surplus revenue of the general government, and the interest due or becoming due thereon.

11. And be it enacted, That the townships of Westampton and Eastampton shall form part a of the third assembly district of the county of Burlington.

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

Passed February 11, 1880.

Preamble.

Township divided.

Boundaries of Cinnaminson township.

CHAPTER XVIII.

An Act to divide the township of Cinnaminson, in the county of Burlington, into two townships.

WHEREAS, The inhabitants of the township of Cinnaminson, in the county of Burlington, have become so numerous that it is impracticable for them to meet and transact the township business, at their annual and other town meetings, with convenience and good order, in one assembly, for remedy whereof;

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the township of Cinnaminson, in the county of Burlington, shall be and the same is hereby divided into two townships, in the following manner, that is to say; all that part of said township west of a line running from Charles Haines' flood-gatesby the Delaware river, in a southeasterly direction (parallel with the public road leading by Taylor's station, on the Camden and Amboy railroad to New Albany), in a straight line to the northern boundary line of the township of Chester, shall constitute and be known as the township of Cinnaminson; all that part lying east of Delran township. the said line shall constitute and be known as the township of Delran.

Corporate name.

2. And be it enacted, That the inhabitants of the township of Cinnaminson are a body politic and corporate in law, and shall be styled and known by the name of

"The inhabitants of the township of Cinnaminson, in the county of Burlington," and shall be entitled to all rights, powers, authority, privileges and advantages, and subject to the same regulations, government and liabilities, as the inhabitants of the other townships in the said county of Burlington are or may be entitled or subjected to by existing laws of this state.

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

ing when and

4. And be it enacted, That the inhabitants of the town- Next town meetship of Cinnaminson shall hold their next annual town where held. meeting at Harris' Hall, in the village of Westfield, in said township, on the second Tuesday of March next.

where and when

5. And be it enacted, That the inhabitants of the town- Town meeting ship of Delran shall hold their first town meeting at the held. town house in said township on the second Tuesday of

March next.

to meet, allot and and money.

divide properties

6. And be it enacted, That the town committees of the Town committees townships of Cinnaminson and Delran shall meet on the Monday next after the annual town meetings in the said townships of Cinnaminson and Delran, at the town house in the township of Delran, aforesaid, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, and then and there proceed by writing, signed by a majority of those present, to allot and divide between the said townships all properties and moneys on hand or due, in proportion to the taxable property and ratables, as taxed by the assessor within their respective limits at the last assessment; and the inhabitants of the township of Cinnaminson and the inhabitants of the township of Delran, shall be liable and required to pay their just proportion of the debts, respectively, if any there be, and receive their just proportion of all property, if any there be; and if any of the persons comprising either of the township committees

Right to surplus revenue not to be affected.

Assembly district.

should neglect or refuse to meet as aforesaid, those assembled may proceed to make the division, and the division of a majority of those present shall be final and conclusive.

7. And be it enacted, That nothing in this act shall be so construed to impair, or in anywise affect the rights of the said township of Delran in and to its just and legal portion of the surplus revenue of the general government and to the interest due or becoming due thereon.

8. And be it enacted, That the township of Delran shall form part of the second assembly district of the county of Burlington, as heretofore, when included within the township of Cinnaminson.

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

Passed February 12, 1880.

Unlawful to sell liquors, &c.,

within certain

limits.

CHAPTER XXIV.

An Act to prevent the sale of intoxicating liquors within one mile and a half of the Island Heights Camp Meeting Ground, in Ocean county, New Jersey.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That it shall not be lawful to sell, vend or barter spirituous liquors, wine, ale, beer or any intoxicating liquors of any kind whatever, within one mile and a half from Island Heights Camp Meeting Ground, in Ocean county, state of New Jersey, except for medicinal purposes, at regular drug stores and under the Penalty for vio- prescriptions of regularly practicing physicians; any person or persons offending against the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and fined fifty dollars and costs for each offence, said fine to be paid to the overseers of the poor for the support of the poor of the county.

lation of this act.

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

A Supplement to "An act to provide for establishing and marking the boundary line between the counties of Passaic and Bergen," approved April fourth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.

to establish and

of boundary line

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Commissioners the State of New Jersey, That the commissioners appointed mark remainder under the act to which this is a supplement, and who and file survey. have ascertained and established a portion of the boundary line between the counties of Bergen and Passaic, shall proceed without unnecessary delay to establish and mark the remainder of such boundary line, and within four months after the taking effect of this act shall complete such work, and file in the office of the secretary of state the survey required to be made and filed by the act to which this is a supplement.

Amount of ex

penses and com

pensation of commissioners, &c.,

whom taxed.

2. And be it enacted, That in taxing and allowing the expenses of such survey and the compensation of the commissioners and their employees and agents, as pro- by vided in the act to which this is a supplement, the justice of the supreme court holding the circuit in Bergen and Passaic counties, or in his absence the president judges of the courts of common pleas of said counties, may tax and allow not exceeding eight hundred dollars for such. expenses and compensation, which sum shall include every expense heretofore and hereafter incurred by said commissioners in the necessary performance of their duties under this act and the act to which it is a supplement; which costs and expenses having been taxed as Costs and exaforesaid shall be equally paid by the said counties to an paid. amount not exceeding the said sum; but no moneys

penses by whom