Not unlawful for persons to combine to

persuade others to combine.

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CHAPTER XXVIII.

An Act relative to persons combining and encouraging other persons to combine.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That it shall not be unlawful for any two or more persons to unite, combine or bind themselves by oath, covenant, agreement, alliance or otherwise, to persuade, advise or encourage, by peaceable means, any person or persons to enter into any combination for or against leaving or entering into the employment of any person, persons or corporation.

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be it enacted, That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed.

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

Approved February 14, 1883.

Salaries, mode of payment.

CHAPTER XXIX.

An Act prescribing the manner of payment of salaries or wages of officers and employes of cities of the first class.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the salaries or wages of the officers and employes of cities of the first class shall be paid by warrants drawn to the order of each of said officers or employes on the city treasurer and signed by the mayor or acting mayor of each of said cities, and in no other way.

2. And be it enacted, That all acts and parts of acts incon- Repealer. sistent with the provisions of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed.

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

diately.

Approved February, 14, 1883.

CHAPTER XXX.

An Act ratifying the settlement of past due assessments.

ratified.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly Assessments of the State of New Jersey, That all assessments adjusted, settled and paid in the manner provided in the act entitled "An act in relation to past due taxes and assessments," which said act was approved March twenty-third, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, which assessments were assessed subsequent to the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, be and the same are hereby ratified and confirmed, and the land affected thereby forever discharged from the same; nothing herein shall be construed as ratifying any compromise of any tax.

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

Approved February 20, 1883.

CHAPTER XXXI.

An Act concerning cities of the third class.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly Term of office of the State of New Jersey, That in cities of the third class of members of the term of office of members of the board of education shall cation.

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Shall divide themselves into classes, &c.

be for as many years as there are members of such board of education elected from each ward; and that at each annual municipal election after the next succeeding election, each ward shall elect one member of such board of education.

2. And be it enacted, That at the next succeeding municipal election the members of the board of education shall be elected as heretofore, and at the first meeting of such board of education then elected, the members from each ward shall, by lot, divide themselves into classes, so that the term of office of one member from each ward shall expire in each succeeding year.

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

Approved February 20, 1883.

Term of office of members of council.

Shall divide themselves into classes.

CHAPTER XXXII.

An Act concerning cities of the third class.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That in cities of the third class the terms of office of members of the common council or other legislative body shall be for as many years as there are councilmen or members of such other legislative body elected from each ward; and that at each annual municipal election after the next succeeding election, one member of the common council or other legislative body shall be elected from each ward.

2. And be it enacted, That at the next succeeding municipal election the members of the common council or other legislative body shall be elected as heretofore, and at the second meeting of such common council then elected the members from each ward shall, by lot, divide themselves into classes, so that the term of office of one member from each ward shall expire in each succeeding year.

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

Approved February 20, 1883.

CHAPTER XXXIII.

An Act concerning township officers.

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taxes raised

poses in any

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly Township.comof the State of New Jersey, That no township committee shall mittee not to have authority to supervise the expenditure, within the cor- penditure of porate limits of any borough situate within the township, of for road purtaxes raised for road purposes, if said borough has control borough. of its streets by its act of incorporation, and has officers lawfully charged with the making and repairing of streets in said borough; and the proportion of taxes for road purposes required by law to be expended within the borough limits shall be paid over to the proper officers, to be expended under the control of the municipal authorities.

2. And be it enacted, That all acts, general or special, Repealer. inconsistent herewith, be and the same are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect immediately. Approved February 20, 1883.

CHAPTER XXXIV.

An Act to authorize townships to employ police.

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1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly Authorized to of the State of New Jersey, That it shall be lawful for the employ police inhabitants of any township in this state, at their annual pensation. meeting, to vote by ballot to authorize the employment, by the township committee, of one or more police officers for said township, and to fix and determine the amount to be expended for the services of such police officer or officers, whose duty it shall be, upon view and without warrant, to apprehend and arrest all persons committing breaches of the

Term of office and compensation to be

fixed by town

tee.

Proviso.

peace in said township, and in like manner to apprehend and arrest all disorderly persons in said township, and bring them before a justice of the peace in said township, to be dealt with according to law.

2. And be it enacted, That such police officer or officers shall be appointed and discharged or dismissed at such times ship commit- by and hold their positions for such times and periods only as the township committee, thus authorized by the inhabitants of the township, shall from time to time and in each case see fit and determine, and shall receive such pay and compensation for their services, respectively, as shall be fixed and agreed upon by the said township committee; provided, that the compensation to be made to all such officers so to be appointed and employed, shall not in the aggregate exceed the amount fixed and determined by the inhabitants of the township, at the annual meeting, to be expended for the services of its police officer or officers, which amount so to be paid to said officers shall be assessed and raised by taxation, in the same manner as other taxes are assessed and raised for township purposes.

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

Approved February 20, 1883.

Appropriation.

CHAPTER XXXV.

A Supplement to an act entitled "An act to establish a bureau of statistics upon the subject of labor, considered in its relation to the growth and development of the state industries."

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the sum of three thousand dollars be and is hereby appropriated for the current expenses of said bureau.