principal of 13. And be it enacted, That for the purpose of paying Interest and the interest and principal of the bonds to be issued under bonds to be paid the provisions of this act, it shall be the duty of the town- by taxation. ship committee each year. to issue a warrant to the assessor of such township, directing him to assess upon the property subject to taxation in said township a sum equal to the amount of principal and interest which will fall due during the then current fiscal year; and all money so by warrant directed to be assessed, as well as any money voted and granted by the legal voters as herein provided, shall be assessed, levied and collected by the same persons, in the same manner, at the same times, and under the like fees, fines and penalties as the money raised by taxation in said township for other township and for county purposes. provisions of 14. And be it enacted, That all acts and parts of acts in- Repealer. consistent with the provisions of this act be and the same are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect immediately, except that no provision of any act which prohibits Exception of the pollution of any of the waters of this state used to certain act. supply any aqueduct or reservoir, or which are distributed for public use, is intended to be hereby repealed; and this act shall not be construed to authorize the discharge Act not to be of sewage or the contents of sewers into fresh water, or into any portion of a river or stream tributary thereto, in such manner as to defile a source of public water supply. Approved March 4, 1884. construed.. CHAPTER XXV. An Act to fix the salary of the bill clerks of the senate 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the bill clerk of the senate and the bill clerk of the house of assembly, shall each receive an annual salary of three hundred and fifty dollars. Salary. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 4, 1884. Sale of land not omission to publish advertisement of sale. Proviso. CHAPTER XXVI. A Further Supplement to "An act relative to sales of lands under a public statute or by virtue of any legal proceeding," (Revision), approved March twentyseventh, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of invalidated by the State of New Jersey, That no sale of land heretofore made shall be invalidated by reason of the omission to publish the advertisement of such sale in two newspapers printed and published in the county in which such lands are situate, but that any purchaser of lands at such sale, who shall have complied with the conditions of such sale shall be entitled to have a deed for the land so purchased, notwithstanding the sale was advertised in but one newspaper of the county in which the land is situated; provided, that where the sale has been made by direction of any court of competent jurisdiction, an order confirming such sale shall first be made by a judge thereof; which order shall be granted when the judge shall be satisfied that the land has been sold for a fair price and that it is proper in such case to make the order; and provided, further, that where the sale is not made by direction of a court, that then such sale shall be first confirmed by an order of a justice of the supreme court, when such justice shall be satisfied that the land has been sold at a fair price and that it is proper in such case to make the order; and a deed so given shall operate to transfer the title of the land to the purchaser as fully as if the sale had been advertised in two newspapers of the county where the land is situate; and provided, further, that nothing in this act shall be held to affect any litigation now pending. Provise. Proviso. Y 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. CHAPTER XXVII. A Supplement to an act entitled "An act for the preser- 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the proviso in section seven of an act for the preservation of sheep, approved April fourteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, as follows: certain proviso [Provided always, That nothing herein contained shall Repealer of extend to cases wherein a recovery of damages can be and section. obtained of the owner or owners of such dog or dogs as shall have committed the injury]; and also section four of a supplement thereto, approved March twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, be and the same are hereby both repealed. mittee empowerfound killing or &c., when owner 2. And be it enacted, That when any dog or dogs, bitch Township comor bitches, are found killing or worrying any sheep or ed to kill dog other domestic animals, and the owner shall refuse or fail worrying sheep, to kill the same as provided for in section six of said act refuses to do so. for preservation of sheep, approved April fourteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six; the township committee, upon complaint being made to them, shall have power and are hereby authorized and required to kill, or cause to be killed, such dog or dogs, bitch or bitches, the expense of which killing shall not exceed two dollars for each animal so killed, the same to be paid out of the money raised by the tax upon dogs. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 5, 1884. Section to be amended. Arms and equipments to be furnished national guard. CHAPTER XXVIII. An act to amend the fourteenth section of an act entitled "Supplement to an act entitled' An act for the organization of the national guard of the state of New Jersey,' approved March ninth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, and the various amendments thereto," which supplement was approved March fifteenth, 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 fourteen of the act entitled "Supplement to an act entitled 'An act for the organization of the national guard of the state of New Jersey,' approved March ninth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, and the various amendments thereto," which supplement was approved March fifteenth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, be amended so as to read as follows: [14. And be it enacted, That the quartermaster general shall, upon the application of the commandant of any corps of the national guard, who are uniformed according to law, furnish from the state arsenal, when in his opinion they can be spared without manifest injury to the service of the state, and of the United States, the number and kind of arms and equipments suited to the corps, he being first satisfied that the said corps is provided with a proper depository for such arms and equipments; and he Commandant of shall require the commandant of the company to give bond, with sufficient security, that the same shall not be loaned or suffered to go out of the possession of the company, and shall be kept in good order, and returned to the state arsenal when he shall so require; it shall be the duty of the quartermaster general carefully to examine the returns made to the adjutant general's office of the number and condition of public arms and equipments in the respective regiments and battalions, with the number company to give bond. SESSION OF 1884. be made to the actually loaned to the respective companies in such regiments or battalions; and if the number does not appear on the respective returns, or their good condition is not manifested, the said quartermaster general may with the approval of the major general commanding the division cause the public arms and equipments of such companies to be retured to his care; he may require all arms belonging to the state, deposited in any place or in possession of any person or persons, not under lawful responsibility, to be returned to the arsenal, and he is hereby required to keep any arms and equipments so returned separate from those already in the arsenal; it shall be the duty of the quartermaster general to make an annual report to Annual report to the governor and commander-in-chief of the number and condition of the arms and equipments belonging to the state, the number loaned out, in whose hands, and whether they remain under proper responsibilities, including in said return all camp equipage in his charge; and he is authorized to require from the respective inspectors of brigade such particular returns as may give every information requisite fully to carry this section into effect; he shall require annual returns from the captain or commanding officer of every uniformed corps, furnished with arms and equipments, the property of the state, on or before the first day of October in each year, of the actual situation, condition, and number of the arms and accoutrements, and the number of men actually enrolled, equipped and in uniform, doing military duty, of the respective corps; and in case of failure of such commanding officer to make such returns, or if the number of arms loaned to such corps does not fully appear on the respective returns, or their good condition is not manifest, the quartermaster general shall cause the said arms and equipments to be returned to his care; he may from time to time issue such orders and make such regulations as he may deem necessary and proper for the care and safe keeping and return of the military property of the state in the use of the uniformed companies; he may issue to any officer the arms and accoutrements required by him, for his use in the military service of the state, on payment of the regulation price, said price to be placed to the credit of |