GENERAL PUBLIC ACTS PASSED BY THE One Hundred and Fifteenth Legislature CHAPTER I. An Act to repeal an act entitled "An act for the formation and government of boroughs," approved March twelfth, one thousand eight hundred and ninety. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That an act entitled "An act for Repealer. the formation and government of boroughs," approved March twelfth, one thousand eight hundred and ninety, be and the same is hereby repealed. affected. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall not affect the Boroughs in validity and full legal force of any incorporation which existence not may have been heretofore created under the provisions of the act to which this is a repealer, and which has duly elected its officers under the same. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Passed February 3, 1891. Preamble. Does away in cities of the the necessity of to applications for renewal of licenses to hotels, saloons, &c. CHAPTER III. An Act regulating the renewal of excise licenses in cities of the second class. WHEREAS, It is deemed best that uniformity should exist in the cities of the same class as to the manner of granting renewals of licenses therein for the keeping of inns and taverns, saloons or victualing-houses; therefore, 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That hereafter in all cities of the second class with second class in this state (whether such licenses are now procuring free granted by a board of excise, or by commissioners of holders to certify excise, or by the governing board of such city or its city council), that after a license has once been granted in any such city to keep an inn and tavern, or a license to sell ale, beer and wine, or a license to keep a victualing-house with privilege of retailing spirituous liquors within such city, to any person or persons at any place in such license designated according to the terms of the charter of such city or cities as they now exist, it shall not be requisite in order to give such board of excise, or commissioners of excise, or city council, or other governing body jurisdiction to grant renewals of such licenses that a new application recommended by freeholders shall be first signed and presented to such board; but that the filing with the board or body authorized to grant and renew licenses in any such city of a petition for renewal, signed by the applicant, accompanied by a new bond of the same tenor as accompanied the first application, shall confer full power upon such board to renew such licenses for the term of one year; provided, always, that the freeholders who may have recommended the former application shall not be eligible as signers for any new application for the term of one year from the granting of such renewal; and provided further, that this act shall in no wise affect applications for new inns and taverns, or saloons or victualinghouses in such cities. Proviso. Proviso. 2. And be it enacted, That all acts or parts of acts, gen- Repealer. eral, special, local or private, inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed, and that this act shall take effect immediately. Passed February 10, 1891. CHAPTER IV. An Act to carry into complete effect in the state of New Jersey the provisions of an act of congress entitled "An act to apply a portion of the proceeds of the public lands to the more complete endowment and support of the colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts, established under the provisions of an act of congress approved July second, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two," which act was approved August thirtieth, one thousand eight hundred and ninety. WHEREAS, By an act of congress approved August thir- Preamble. tieth, one thousand eight hundred and ninety, the title of which is above recited, certain sums of money were appropriated to be paid annually to each state and territory for the more complete endowment and maintenance of colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts, established in accordance with an act of congress approved July second, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two; and whereas, the Rutgers Scientific School, maintained by "The Trustees of Rutgers College in New Jersey," is and always hitherto has been recognized as the agricultural college or agricultural department of the college eatablished in accordance with the said act of congress approved July second, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two; therefore, |