nor in any out house, yard or garden connected therewith, any vinous, fermented, spirituous, strong or intoxicating liquors; nor violate the laws made concerning inns and taverns; but shall during the said term, in all things respecting him or her as an inn-holder and tavern-keeper use and maintain good order and rule, and find and provide good, wholesome and suficient lodging, diet and entertainment for man, and stabling and provender for horse, and observe the directions. of the law relating to inns and taverns, then this recognizance to be void, or else to remain in full force and virtue."

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That the applicant for such license to keep a temperance inn and tavern shall pay to the Fees for Court and clerk the same fees for said license, recognizance, License, &c. and rates, as are provided for in the fifth and seventeenth sections of said act concerning inns and taverns; but shall be wholly exempt from the tax imposed and provided for in the Proviso.

thirteenth section of said act.

Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That the Courts of Common Pleas shall exercise the like discretion, in granting such license, and in prescribing rates for the regulation of prices under the same, as is provided for in said act concerning inns and taverns, and the several supplements thereto. Passed March 3, 1842..

AN ACT to divorce Ann Elizabeth Hand from her husband
Richard Hand.

BE IT ENACTED by the Council and. General Assembly of this State, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Ann Elizabeth Hand, of the county of Cumberland, Ann Eliza be, and she is hereby divorced from her husband, Richard beth Hand Hand, and that the marriage contract heretofore existing her husband between them, be, and the same is hereby as fully and Rich'd Hand. absolutely dissolved, as if they had never been joined in

matrimony.

Passed March 4, 1842.

divorced from

Names of

AN ACT to incorporate the New England Manufacturing
Company of South Trenton.

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 Stephen Hansen, David S. Brown, John H. Corporators. Shortridge, Thomas J. Stryker, William Grant, John C. Benson, Benjamin Fish, Joseph C. Potts, William R. Hansen, and their associates and successors, are hereby made a body politic, by the name of "the New England Manufacturing Company of South Trenton," for the purpose of Style and objects of manufacturing, bleaching, and printing all goods of which incorporation. cotton or other fibrous materials form a part, and all machinery incident thereto, and for the transaction of such other business as may be necessarily connected therewith, and may erect such mills and other works as may be necessary to carry on such branches of manufacture and business; and they shall have power to raise by subscription a capital of five hundred thousand dollars.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the said company may lawfully become seized and possessed of so much real and personal estate in South Trenton, or within three miles thereof, as may be necessary and useful for the purposes of said Powers and corporation, and may dispose of the same; may sue and privileges of be sued, in all courts whatsoever; may have a common Incorporation seal, alter and renew the same at pleasure; may make bylaws for their regulation and government, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the United States or of this state; provided, said company shall not make any dividends among the stockholders, except from the actual profits of the company; nor shall the company go into operation until the amount of fifty thousand dollars of the capital stock be pald in, and an affidavit or affirmation thereof, by a majority of the directors, shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the capital stock of said corporation may be divided into as many shares as the proprietors shall think fit, which shall be numbered in progressive order, beginning at one; and each shareholder shall have a certificate, under the hand of the treasurer and the seal of the corporation, expressing the number of shares, Shares to be the progressive numbers thereof, and certifying that he is the owner thereof; which shares shall be considered personal property, and be transferred upon the books of the

considered

personal

property.

company in such manner as their by-laws may direct ; and the transfer books, and the books containing the names of stockholders, shall at all times during business hours be open to the inspection of all parties interested.

Shares for

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That all instaliments declared to be due, pursuant to the by-laws of said company; and feited for nonupon the non-payment of all or any part thereof, for payment of twenty days after the same has become payable, the trea- instalments. surer may advertise for twenty days, in a newspaper printed at Trenton, and sell at public auction, so many of such delinquent's shares as may be necessary to pay the sums duc, by such delinquent, with all incidental charges.

bona fide, and

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That the amount of the capital stock herein before prescribed to be paid in before he company goes into operation, shall be paid bona fide, aid not Amount of in notes or obligations, whether secured by pledge of stock capital stock or otherwise, and so of any increase of capital thereafter shall be paid made; and no part of the capital stock shall be withdrawn nor in notes and refunded to the stockholders, until all the liabilities of or obligations the said company are discharged; and in case of any violation of any of the provisions of this section, the stockholders in said company shall be liable, jointly and severally, for all debts previously contracted by the company.

statement.

Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That in the month of January, Time of main each and every year the company shall, after the passage king annual of this act, publish a statement in one of the newspapers printed in the county of Mercer, signed by the president and a majority of the directors, and verified by their oaths or affirmations of the amount of capital paid in, and the amount of all existing debts due from the company; and no dividend shall be declared or paid to the stockholders when such dividend or payment would render the company insolvent ; and the debts of the company shall at no time exceed the Debts of comamount of its capital actually paid in; and in case of any

violation of the provisions of this section, all the stock-exceed the holders of the company shall be liable, jointly and seve- amouut of rally, for all debts previously contracted by the company, capital actuand for all that shall be contracted before such publication ally paid in.

shall be made.

Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That Stephen Hansen, David S.

Brown, Thos. J. Stryker, John H. Shortridge, William R. First meeting Hansen, or any two of them, may call the first meeting of by whom and said company, at Trenton, by advertising the same in when to be some newspaper, printed in Trenton, two weeks previous called. to said meeting; and the members of said corporation, at that or any subsequent meeting, by a vote of the majority

Powers of directors.

Limitation of act

of those present or represented, allowing one vote to each share not over twenty, may choose such directors, officers, and agents, as they may deem necessary, prescribe their duties, assess instalments, and fix the time of their payment, make by-laws, and transact such other business of the corporation as shall be lawful and they may deem necessary.

Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That this act shall be and continue in full force for and during the term of thirty years, and no longer; nevertheless, the legislature, at any time hereafter, may alter, anel, or repeal the same. Passed March 4, 1812.

Preamble.

AN ACT to enable Henry Baker, one of the executors of the Last Will and Testament of Joseph Quimby, deceased, to execute the trust created by the said Will.

WHEREAS, it is represented that Joseph Quimby, late of the township of Westfield, in the county of Essex and state of New-Jersey, departed this life in the month of March, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirtyfive, leaving a last will and testament, duly executed, bearing date the seventh day of August, one thousand eight hundred and thirty; which said will has been duly proved, and letters testamentary granted unto Gideon Ross and Henry Baker, the executors thereof; whereby, among other things, the said testator did direct his executors, or the survivor of them, to sell and convey, at their discretion, either at public or private sale, within one year after his decease, or as soon as convenient, all his estate, both real and personal; and after the payment of debts and two small legacies, did give the residue of his estate to his executors in trust, as a fund to be applied by them for the support of his wife Mary M. Quimby, and directed them to place his estate at interest, and to appropriate the interest and so much of the principal, from time to time, as might be necessary for the support of his wife, upon condition that his wife should accept the same in lieu of her dower in his whole estate, and that she should give to his executors, within six months after his decease, or when demanded, a release of all her

claim to his estate in dower or otherwise, excepting her interest in the said trust estate; and in case his wife should refuse to accept the said trust estate in lieu of her dower, that his executors should pay the said trust to other persons named in the said will; AND WHEREAS, it is represented that the said Mary M. Quimby has, from the time of the death of the said testator to the present time, been in a constant state of mental aberration and derangement, so as to be incapable of executing a release of her dower in the estate of the said testator, and of accepting or refusing the benefits offered in the said trust; and has ever since the death of the said testator been maintained by the said executors, out of the said estate; AND WHEREAS, the income of the said estate has decreased through the decay of the buildings and improvements thereon, so that the profits of the same are insufficient for the maintenance of the said Mary M. Quimby; AND WHEREAS, it was the intention of the said testator, that the income arising from his estate, and as much of the principal thereof, as from time to time, should be needed for that purpose, should be appropriated for the support and maintenance of his wife; AND WHEREAS, a number of the persons interested in the residue of the estate, after the death of the said Mary M. Quimby, have petitioned this legislature, representing that the interest of all parties concerned would be greatly enhanced by a speedy sale of the said property, and praying a law to enable the said executors to execute the trust reposed in them by the said testator, and to sell the said real estate for the purposes ordered by the said will; and the same appearing to this legislature to be reasonable and just: AND WHEREAS, Gideon Ross aforesaid has requested to be released from the duties imposed upon him by said will:-Therefore,

Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Council and General Assem- Trustee aubly of this State, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, thorized to That Henry Baker, of Westfield, in the county of Essex, sell and conand state of New-Jersey, be, and he is hereby appointed vey real es trustee, with full power to sell, dispose of and convey the tate of Jos. Quimby, and real estate whereof Joseph Quimby, late of the said county of to make and Essex, deceased, died seized, situate in the towuship of deliver a Westfield, in the said county of Essex; which said real deed or deeds estate consists of the one-half of a two story frame dwellinghouse and about nine acres of land, with a barn and other out buildings, and, also, about sixty acres of out lands, situate in the township of Westfield in the county of Essex, in the manner directed by the said will, as soon as conve

therefor.