ther into the river than the ware or fike is set or constructed; and shall neither beat nor drive said river in any manner, channel; in order to molest or disturb the natural run nor to beat of shad or fish in any part of the same. or drive said river. Penalty for act. 2. And be it enacted, That if any person or persons shall offend against this act, or any offending part thereof, he, she, or they, so offending, and against this for every such offence, shall forfeit and pay the sum of forty dollars, with costs of suit, to be sued for and recovered in the name of any person who shall make complaint thereof, before any justice of the peace in said county, the one half to the prosecutor and the other half to the overseer of the poor, to and for the use of the poor of the township wherein such offence was committed. ries. AN ACT to incorporate parts of the townships of Passed February 27, 1804. Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the council and general assembly of this state, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That all that part of the townships of Westfield and Elizabeth-Town, lying within the Bounda following lines, to wit: beginning at the bridge that crosses Rahway river, a small distance below Elias Williams's saw-mill, from thence running south, thirty-eight degrees and five minutes west, one hundred and seventy chains and nine links to John Ross's mill-pond, on Robertson's branch; thence south-westerly along up said branch as it runs until it comes to the county line between Essex and Middlesex; thence along the said county line, as it runs, north eighty-seven degrees east, three hundred and fifty-five chains and thirty-three links to Mordecai Marsh's mill-pond on Rahway river; thence along down the said Rahway river to the sound; thence up the sound to the mouth of Thompson's creek, near Halstead's point; thence along up said creek to Dr. Isaac Morse's mills; thence continuing along up said creek to a bridge crossing the same in the lower road leading from Rahway to ElizabethTown; thence along the lower road as it runs, north thirty-five degrees and thirty minutes west, forty-six chains and seventy links, to land late of Benjamin Winants, deceased; thence running north, fifty-one degrees and forty-eight minutes west, one hundred and five chains and thirty-one links to where formerly stood the sign post to the eastward of the wheat sheaf tavern; thence crossing the main road to the road leading to Raritan; thence along said road by the dwelling house of Abraham Clark, esquire, deceased, and Robert Clark, until it comes to the school-house, standing on the westermost corner of the plantation, formerly belonging to Samuel Williams, deceased, by the road; thence running north seventy degrees west, one hundred and eighteen chains to Rahway river, near Jeremiah Garthwaite's dwelling-house; thence running along down Rahway river as it runs to the aforesaid bridge, the place where it first began, shall be, and hereby is set off from the townships of Westfield and Elizabeth-Town, and made a separate township, to be called "The Name. township of Rahway." 2. And be it enacted, That the inhabitants P Powers, of the township of Rahway shall be, and they privileges, are hereby vested with and entitled to all the &c. [Rev.276] powers, privileges and authorities, and shall be, and are hereby made subject to the like regulations and government which the inhabitants of the aforesaid township of Westfield are subject and entitled to; and that the inhabitants of the said township of Rahway be and they are hereby incorporated, styled and known by the name of "The inhabitants of the township of Rahway in the county of Essex ;" and entitled to all the privileges, advantages and authorities which the other townships in the said county are entitled to by virtue of the laws of this state. [Residue of the act relates to the time and place of the first town-meeting, and to the division of monies, debts, &c. and the apportionment of the poor.] and of the AN ACT respecting Clerks in Chancery and Clerks of the Supreme Court. Passed February 27, 1804. Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the council and general assembly of this state, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, Clerks in That from and after the passing of this act, evechancery ry person who shall be appointed clerk in supreme chancery, or clerk of the supreme court, shall, before he enters upon the execution of his ofappointed fice, or be admitted to take the oath or affirmation prescribed by law to be taken for the due bond with and faithful discharge of his said office, if a court, hereafter to give sureties. clerk in chancery, before the chancellor, for the time being, and if a clerk of the supreme court, before one of the justices of the supreme court, enter into bond to the state of New-Jer sey, with at least two good and sufficient sureties, being freeholders in said state, jointly and severally, in the sum of five thousand dollars, to be approved of by the said chancellor, or the said justice of the supreme court; which bond, with the condition thereof, shall be in the form hereinafter mentioned; and when so executed, shall, together with the oath or affirmation of office, when subscribed, be recorded in the secretary's office, and filed in the same, to be by him kept among the public papers of his office. 2. And be it enacted, That the bond to be entered into as aforesaid, by the said clerk in chancery, or the said clerk of the supreme court, and their sureties, with the condition thereof, shall be in the form following, that is to say: Form of Know all men by these presents that we A. B. C. D. and E. F. of are held and firmly bound unto the state of New-Jersey, in the bond. the sum of five thousand dollars, money of the United States, to be paid unto the state of New-Jersey; to the which payment, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, and administrators, jointly and sev erally, firmly by these presents: sealed with our seals, dated the day of in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and The condition of this obligation is such that if the above bounden A. B. shall well and truly execute the office of clerk in chancery, or clerk of the supreme court, (as the case may be) of the state of New-Jersey, and in all things touching and concerning the said office, shall well and truly, faithfully and impartially, execute and perform the same, according to law, The pre as well with respect to all persons concerned, as to the said state of New-Jersey, and at the expiration of his said office, shall deliver all monies deposited in his office, together with the books, papers and records remaining in the same, or appertaining thereto, to his successor in office, then this obligation to be void, otherwise to be and remain in full force and virtue. 3. And be it enacted, That the present clerk in chancery; and the present clerk of the susent clerks preme court, shall within twenty days after the aforesaid passing of this act, enter into bond to the state bond with of New-Jersey, and deposit the same in the sureties. Secretary's office in the manner herein before prescribed. to give Said clerks out and set 4. And be it enacted, That the said clerk in to make chancery, and the said clerk of the supreme up in their court, shall make out in writing, a fair copy of offices co- all the fees he is by law entitled to receive, and pies of all shall set the same up in public view in said office, which shall there remain for the informaentitled by tion of all concerned. the fees they are law to re ceive. Clerks in 5. And be it enacted, That the present clerk in chancery, and the present clerk of the suchancery preme court, and every person who shall hereand of the after be appointed clerk in chancery, or clerk court, to of the supreme court, shall reside, and keep reside in his office within the city of Trenton. supreme Trenton. AN ACT to provide for the establishment of Markets for the sale of Live Stock, in the several coun ties of this state. Passed February 29, 1804. Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the coun cil and general assembly of this state, and it is |