County clerks to furnish

state board of of physicians.

health with list

medicine and surgery," approved March twelfth, one thousand eight hundred and eighty.

2. And be it enacted, That in order to secure to the state board of health a full record of all physicians and surgeons who under the laws of this state are required to give certificates of death, it shall be the duty of the county clerk of each county of the state to furnish to the state board of health a list of the names of all physicians and surgeons who have deposited with him copies of their diplomas, together with the date of their respective diplomas, and the name and place of the institution purporting to confer such diploma, and each county clerk shall yearly furnish to the state board of health a similar list of those physicians and surgeons hereafter depositing diplomas with him, and shall include in such list also the names of those physicians and surgeons filing affidavits with him, as mentioned in the second section of this act; and each county clerk shall keep in a suitable book an index of the names of all physicians and surgeons depositing diplomas or filing affidavits in pursuance of this act or the acts to which this is a supplement; and for every name indexed and furnished to the state board of health as hereinbefore provided, the county clerk so indexing and furnishing such name, shall be entitled to receive from the state board of health, through its secretary, the sum of six cents.

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

Approved March 22, 1883.

Acknowledgments declared valid.

CHAPTER CIX.

Supplement to "An act respecting conveyances" [Revision], approved March twenty-seventh, anno domini eighteen hundred and seventy-four.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That all acknowledgments and proofs of deeds, mortgages and other writings, and certifi

cates thereof, heretofore taken or made before or by a commissioner of deeds in and for this state, whose term of office had expired at the time of taking such acknowledgments or proof and making the certificate thereof, and the records of such deeds, mortgages, and other writings, are hereby confirmed, and made valid, and legal and effectual to the extent that the same would have been valid, legal and effectual if the term of office of the commissioner taking such acknowledgment or proof had not expired.

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

Approved March 22, 1883.

CHAPTER CX.

A Supplement to an act entitled "An act for the preservation of fish," approved April fifth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That section three of the act to which this is a supplement shall be amended so as to read as follows:

3. And be it enacted, That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to set any net or seine of any description across any channel, thoroughfare, inlet, creek or any other waters of this state, for the purpose of taking or catching of fish, at any time during the year, except between the first day of November and the first day of March in each and

every year.

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2. And be it enacted, That from and after the passage of Not lawful to this act it shall not be lawful to use any net or seine of any net or seine in description for the purpose of taking or catching of fish in certain localithe waters of the Mullica river, or its tributaries, above a certain times. line drawn due west from Deep Point, in the township of Little Egg Harbor, in the county of Burlington, across the

Proviso.

river to the township of Galloway, in the county of Atlantic, and below the bridges at Port Republic, over Nacot creek, at Green Bank, over the Mullica river, at Bridgeport, over the Wading river, and at New Gretna, over Bass river, except between the first day of November and the first day of April in each and every year; provided, that nothing in this act shall be so construed as to prevent the catching of moss bunkers as now provided by law.

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

Approved March 22, 1883.

Provisions of act to apply to certain sidewalks.

Proviso.

Repealer.

CHAPTER CXI.

A Supplement to an act entitled "An act for the formation of borough commissions," which act was approved March seventh, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the provisions of the act to which this is a supplement, relating to or regulating the grading and otherwise improving or repairing of sidewalks and the removing of obstructions therefrom, and the fixing and determining the width, grade and construction of the same, shall apply to all sidewalks in front of all unimproved lots within three hundred feet of any improved property; provided, that where a grade for a sidewalk has already been established, any change made therein by order of the commission shall be at the expense of the borough.

2. And be it enacted, That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act, be and the same are hereby repealed.

3. And be it enacted, That this act shall be deemed and taken to be a public act, and shall take effect immediately. Approved March 22, 1883.

CHAPTER CXII.

A Supplement to the act entitled "An act to authorize certain townships of this state to issue bonds," passed March twenty-first, eighteen hundred and eighty-one.

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1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly Township of the State of New Jersey, That in all cases where new bonds may create have been or shall be issued by any township mentioned or sinking fund. included in the provisions of the said act, for the purposes therein stated, it shall be lawful for the township committee. of said township, by resolution, to create and establish a sinking fund for the payment and redemption of the said bonds; and to appoint, and remove at pleasure, five or more respectable freeholders of said township to act as the commissioners of the said fund, and to require freehold security to be given by them in such sum as to said committee may seem expedient for the honest and faithful discharge of their duty as such commissioners, and to fill any vacancy or vacancies which may occur in the number of the said commissioners; and to cause such sum or sums of money to be annually assessed, levied and collected in the said township in the same manner as state and county taxes are or may be assessed, levied and collected therein, as may, in the opinion of the said committee, from time to time be required for an annual instalment or instalments to the said sinking fund, and that the moneys so raised shall be paid as soon as collected unto the said commissioners, and invested by them under the direction of the said committee and in the corporate name of the township; the said commissioners shall report annually, under their hands, of the manner in which the said moneys shall have been invested by them, and of the true condition. of the said fund, and that said report, after having been found by the township committee to be correct, shall be published in any newspaper or newspapers printed and circulating in said township; and that no security belonging to the said fund shall be sold, assigned or transferred without the order

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of the said committee, attested by the signatures of the chairman thereof, and the township clerk; and that the compensation of said commissioners shall be determined by said committee.

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

Approved March 22, 1883.

Appropriation.

Appropriation.

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pay appropriations.

CHAPTER CXIII.

An Act for the support of the state reform school for boys.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the sum of seven thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated for the completion and furnishing of the new family building of the reform school for boys.

2. And be it enacted, That the sum of two thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated for the erection of a store-house for grain and potatoes.

3. And be it enacted, That the treasurer of this state be and is hereby directed to pay the trustees of the school the aforesaid sums upon the warrant of the comptroller.

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

Approved March 22, 1883.

Preamble.

CHAPTER CXIV.

An Act to authorize the appointment of commissioners to the Southern Exposition.

WHEREAS, It is announced that an exposition will be held at Louisville, Kentucky, beginning August first, one