ceal the same or convert them to his own use, or fail within four days to give information thereof to the nearest commissioner of wrecks in such county, on proof thereof had, he or they shall pay to the commissioner discovering the same, double the value of such property, to be recovered as aforesaid for the use of the state, if no owner appear and proves his property for the space of one year. 8. And be it enacted, That if any person or embez Stealing or persons shall steal or embezzle any stranded zling. property, or conceal the same, knowing it to have been stolen, such person or persons upon due proof thereof shall forfeit and pay to the owner or commissioner double the value of the stolen goods so proved against him or them, or found in his or their possession, to be recovered before any justice of the peace or any other competent jurisdiction, and the person or persons so feloniously taking or concealing the same, shall moreover be liable to be prosecuted on behalf of the state, and suffer as in other cases of theft. commis 9. And be it enacted, That should any commissioner appointed as aforesaid, either by Penalty on fraud or wilful neglect, abuse the trust reposed sioner. in him, he shall, upon conviction thereof, forfeit and pay double damages to the party aggrieved, to be recovered with costs, by action on the case, in any court of record, and shall thereafter be incapable of acting as a commissioner: And any constable or other person summoned as aforesaid, refusing or neglecting ble, &c. to give the assistance required for the saving any vessel or her cargo, shall forfeit and pay the sum of five dollars, to be recovered by any commissioner before any justice of the peace On consta Oath. Compensation. False lights, &c. in the county where such duties shall be required, to and for the use of the state. 10. And be it enacted, That the commissioners so appointed, shall, before they enter upon the duties of their office, respectively, take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation, to wit: "I, A. B. do solemnly swear, or affirm, that I will truly and faithfully discharge the duties of a commissioner of wrecks, in the county of agreeably to law, to the best of my skill and abilities: So help me God." And the commissioners appointed as aforesaid in their respective counties, where there may be any stranded or wrecked property cast on shore, or any such property coming into their hands where there appears no owner to claim the same, that such commissioner for his trouble shall receive a reasonable compensation to be agreed on by the parties, or as is directed in the second section of this act. 11. And be it enacted, That if any person shall put up false lights in order to bring any vessel into danger, or shall prevent the escape of a person who shall endeavor to save his life from any vessel so stranded, in danger of being stranded, or in distress, or shall wound such person with intent to kill him, or shall make or assist in making a hole in any vessel in distress, or steal her pumps, or wilfully do any act or thing tending to the immediate loss of such vessel, or whereby such vessel shall be lost or destroyed, then every person so offending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished by fine, not exceeding one thousand dollars, and by imprisonment at hard labor, not exceeding three years. 12. And be it enacted, That this act shall not take effect, except so far as relates to the appointment of commissioners, until the first when to day of June next; and that the act, entitled, be in force "An act concerning wrecks," passed the thirty-first day of May, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, shall after the said first day of June next, be, and the same is hereby repealed and made void. [Rev.385] AN ACT to amend an act entitled An act concerning wrecks. Passed November 28, 1806. 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 no person who shall be related within the third degree, to any person or persons claiming salvage or reward for preserving any vessel or saving any goods, agreeable to the act entitled An act concerning wrecks, passed the eighth day of March, eighteen hundred and six, or any person or persons having received salvage or a reward for saving any vessel or goods within three years preceding the time that he is chosen or called upon, shall be considered as indifferent and eligible to adjust and ascertain the reward to be allowed to persons employed under the directions of the beforerecited act, any thing therein contained to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding. Comp.152. A Supplement to the act entitled An act concerning Wrecks, passed March eighth, eighteen hundred and six. Passed February 28, 1811. 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 the bond to be executed by the commissioner or commissioners to be appointed by the court of common pleas, agreeably to the Comp.152. first section of the act to which this is a supplement, shall be in any sum not less than five thousand dollars and not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, at the discretion of the court. 2. And be it enacted, That so much of the Comp.152. first section of the act concerning wrecks, passed March the eighth, eighteen hundred and six, as comes within the purview of this act, shall be and the same is hereby repealed. A Supplement to the act, entitled, "An act relative to the supreme and circuit courts," passed the sixth day of June, seventeen hundred and ninety-nine. Passed March 10, 1806. 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 the supreme court of this state shall consist of a chief-justice and two associate justices. 2. And be it enacted, That that part of the [Rev. 393. act entitled "An act relative to the supreme Sec. 1.] and circuit courts," passed the sixth day of June, in the year seventeen hundred and nine ty-nine, which requires that the supreme court of this state shall consist of a chief-justice and three associate justices, shall be and the same is hereby repealed. AN ACT respecting clerks of the court of common pleas and general quarter sessions; also to provide for recording the warrants of attorney, pleadings, proceedings and judgments in the County of Hunterdon. Passed March 10, 1806. WHEREAS it has been represented to the legislature, that from the neglect of the late clerk of the county of Hunterdon, the warrants of attorney, pleadings, proceedings and judgments, in civil causes, which have been determined in the inferior court of common pleas of said county, since the fourteenth day of February, Anno Domini, seventeen hundred and ninety-nine, have not yet been recorded as the act of the legislature entitled "An act to regulate the practice of the courts of law," requireth; in consequence of which, parties, having resorted to the proper tribunals established by law for the recovery of their rights, and having established the justice of their demands, are deprived of that security for those demands which they are entitled to, and which the regular and final entry of the judgment on record is alone calculated to afford: Therefore, 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, [Rev.355] |