Penalty for injuring dock. Act, when from time to time to rebuild, and repair the same, and to lay vessels at said dock or wharf, and receive dockage and wharfage for the use of said dock or wharf, from any person or persons using the same; provided, that this act shall not affect the legal rights of any person whatever. 2. And be it enacted, That if any person or persons shall destroy or in any way injure the said dock or wharf, such person or persons shall be responsible, and shall make good all damage which the owner or owners may sustain, recoverable by action of trespass, in any court having jurisdiction of the same. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immeto take ef- diately. fect. Approved February 2, 1847. $50 to be Genung. AN ACT for the relief of Mary Genung, of the township of Chatham, in the county of Morris. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of paid to M. the State of New Jersey, That the treasurer of this state is hereby authorized and directed to pay to Mary Genung, widow of Isaac Genung, a soldier of the Revolutionary war, or her order, fifty dollars per annum, during her natural life, in semiannual payments of twenty-five dollars each, the first payment to be made on the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and forty-seven. Approved February 3, 1847. Dock on Sa AN ACT to authorize George T. Boon, Lawrence H. Boon, and Robert M. Boon to erect and build docks, wharves, and piers in front of the land now owned by them on Salem creek, in the county of Salem. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the lem creek State of New Jersey, That George T. Boon, Lawrence H. to be built. Boon, and Robert M. Boon, all of the town and county of Sa authorized lem, be, and are hereby authorized and empowered to erect and build all such docks, platforms, wharves, and piers in front of the land now owned by them on Salem creek, between lands of Minor Harvey and John S. Wood, in the town and county of Salem, as may be necessary and suitable for a steamboat or other landing, and extend the same below low water mark in the said Salem creek, as far as may be requisite or necessary for said purposes, and to reclaim and improve the lands under water in front of said tract of land owned by the said George. T. Boon, Lawrence H. Boon, and Robert M. Boon, so far as may be necessary for the purposes of wharves and docks, and to hold and enjoy the same, to them and their heirs and assigns for ever, and charge and collect dockage and wharfage from any person or persons using said docks, wharves, or piers; provided, that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to impair the legal rights of any other person or persons, or to authorize any interruption or hinderance to the navigation of said Salem creek. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect imme- Act, when diately. Approved, February 3, 1847. to take effect. A supplement to an act entitled, "An act to ascertain the times. and places of holding certain courts," approved April eighteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six. tain courts 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Time of the State of New Jersey, That the several courts in said act holding cermentioned, which by said act are to be holden in the county altered. of Middlesex on the fourth Tuesday of February, May, August, and November, and in the county of Warren on the second Tuesday of March, June, September, and December, shall, after the first day of May next, be holden at the times following, and not otherwise: in the county of Middlesex, on the second Tuesday of March, June, September, and December, respectively; in the county of Warren, on the fourth Tuesday of February, May, August, and November, respectively. 2. And be it enacted, That the provisions of the act to which Part of forthis is a supplement, inconsistent with this act, are hereby re-mer act repealed. pealed when this act takes effect. Act, when to take effect. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall go into effect on the first day of May next. Approved February 4, 1847. Boundaries AN ACT to set off from the township of Evesham, in the county of Burlington, a new township, to be called the township of Medford. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of oftownship. the State of New Jersey, That all that part of the township of Evesham, in the county of Burlington, that lies eastwardly of the boundaries following, to wit: beginning at a station in the middle of the south branch of Rancocas creek, and opposite the mouth of Mason's creek; thence up the channel of said Mason's creek to a stone at or near the head of Darnel's millpond, standing north, twenty-three degrees west, thirteen chains and fifty links from the middle of the bridge over said creek on the Mount Holly road; and from thence, on a course of south, four degrees west, to the line of Camden county, shall be, and the same hereby is established a separate township, to be called the township of Medford. ed. 2. And be it enacted, That the inhabitants of that part of Township incorporat- the township of Evesham that lies eastwardly of the boundaries above mentioned be, and they and their successors are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name of "the inhabitants of the township of Medford, in the county of Burlington;" and that the inhabitants of that part of said township of Evesham that lies westwardly of the above mentioned boundaries be, and they and their successors are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name of "the inhabitants of the township of Evesham, in the county of Burlington;" which said two townships, in their corporate capacities respectively, shall be entitled to all the rights, powers, privileges, and advantages, and subject to the same regulations, duties, and liabilities as the inhabitants of the other townships in the said county of Burlington may be entitled to or subject to by the existing laws of this state. Time and place of first town 3. And be it enacted, That the townships of Medford and Evesham, hereby created, shall each hold their first town meetmeeting. ings on the day appointed by law for holding the annual town meetings in the other townships in said county of Burlington, the former to be held at the town hall (cross-roads), within the said township of Medford, and the latter at the house of Richard L. Cox, called the Green Tree tavern, within the said township of Evesham, and afterwards at such place in their respective townships as the inhabitants of each shall determine, in manner prescribed by law. divide pro 4. And be it enacted, That the township committees of the Committee townships of Evesham and Medford shall meet on the second to allot and Monday in April next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, at the perty. town hall aforesaid, and shall then and there proceed by writ ing, to be signed by a majority of those present, to allot and divide between the said townships all the property and money on hand or due, in proportion to the taxable property and ratables, as valued and assessed by the assessor within the respective limits of the said two townships at the last assessment; and the township of Medford shall be liable to pay their just proportion of the debts, if any there be; and if any of the members of the said township committee should neglect to meet, as aforesaid, those present may proceed to make such division, and their decision, or the decision of a majority of them, shall be final and conclusive; provided, that it shall and may be lawful to adjourn the above meeting to such time and place as a majority of those assembled, as aforesaid, may think proper, not, however, to exceed ten days from the time of the first meeting. to release 5. And be it enacted, That the township committee of the Township said township of Evesham shall have power, and they are committee hereby authorized and empowered, to sell and release to the said township of Medford all the right, share, and interest of the said township of Evesham in and to the real estate now belonging to the said townships, respectively, or any part thereof, for such sum or sums of money as may be agreed upon by the committees of the townships interested, and to make and deliver good and sufficient deed or deeds for the same; and that the township committee of the said township of Medford shall also have power, and they are hereby authorized and empowered, to sell and release to the said township of Evesham all the right, share, and interest of the said township of Medford in and to the real estate now belonging to the said townships, respectively, or any part thereof, for such sum or sums of money as may be agreed upon by the committees of the townships interested; or that the committees of both said. townships, or a majority of them, may sell to private individuals all or any part of the real estate now belonging to said townships, and to make and deliver good and sufficient deed or deeds for the same, and in all cases to allot and divide the pro B* Land in ships, how ceeds of the sales in manner prescribed in the fourth section of this act. 6. And be it enacted, That all such farms and other parboth town- cels of land as are now held as separate and distinct tracts, taxed. and are situate on and along both sides of the aforesaid boundary line, and between the head of Darnel's mill-pond and Hewling's mill stream, shall be assessed by, and the tax thereon paid to the township in which the principal buildings thereon are now standing; and if no such improvements thereon at this time, the same to be assessed and paid to the township having within its limits the greater part of such tract of land; and that such assessment shall not be hereafter affected by any change of ownership in the same, or any part thereof whatso Medford to ever. Right of the 7. And be it enacted, That nothing in this act contained township of shall be construed to impair or in anywise affect the right of Surplus re- the said township of Medford in and to any portion of the survenue not plus revenue of the general government, to which the said impaired. township may now or at any time hereafter be entitled in the distribution of said surplus revenue. Act, when 8. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect on the to take ef- first day of March next. fect. Approved February 4, 1847. Managers. Their terms of office. AN ACT to provide for the organization of the State Lunatic Asy lum, and for the care and maintenance of the insane. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That Thomas J. Stryker, Lewis W. R. Phillips, Eli F. Cooley, Stacy G. Potts, and Richard Stockton, of the county of Mercer; Daniel Haines, of Sussex; John S. Darcy, of Essex; James Parker, of Middlesex; Charles Ridgway, of Burlington, and Isaac S. Mulford, of Camden, be, and they are hereby appointed managers of the State Lunatic Asylum, and shall hold their offices as follows: the said Thomas J. Stryker and John S. Darcy shall hold their offices until the first day of February, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight; the said Lewis W. R. Phillips and Richard Stockton shall hold their offices until the first day of February, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine; the said Eli F. Cooley and Stacy G. Potts shall hold their offices until the |