clause in the said will ordering and directing "if any of his grand children, Michael, Isaac, or Margaret, should die leaving no lawful issue, then and in such case the survivors should have that property which he had devised to the deceased in equal portion, and share and share alike," had not been included in, or made part of said will.

Passed May 7, 1842.

Preamble.

Mercelis au

AN ACT to enable the administratrix of Cornelius E. Mercelis, deceased, to execute a contract made by him for the sale of real estate.

WHEREAS, Cornelius C. Mercelis, late of the township of
Manchester, in the county of Passaic, deceased, did, by wri-
ting, under his hand and seal, dated the eighth day of May,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
thirty-eight, covenant and agree to sell and convey to one
Richard Dyckman, his heirs and assigns, for the sum of two
hundred and fifty dollars, a certain lot of land and premises,
herein after mentioned, under which agreement the said
Richard Dyckman has paid part of the consideration mo-
ney; and whereas the said agreement had but one sub-
scribing witness thereto; and whereas the said Richard
Dyckman has since assigned all his interest in said agree-
ment unto one Cornelius Rutan, who is now in possession
of said lot; and whereas the said Cornelius E. Mercelis has
since died without executing or delivering a deed for the
and that Maria Mercelis hath been duly appointed
same ;
administratrix of his estate, and hath prayed the aid of the
legislature to enable her to execute the said agreement :—
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, That Maria Mercelis, administratrix of said Cornelius E. Mercelis, Administra. deceased, be and she is hereby authorized, in fulfilment of said trix of C. E. agreement, to make, execute, and deliver, unto the said Cornenelius Rutan, his heirs and assigns, a good and sufficient deed. execute a cer- conveying unto the said Cornelius Rutan and his heirs and astain contract. signs all the title, interest, and estate of which the said Cornelius E. Mercelis died seized of and in the lot of land and premises, with the privileges and appurtenances to the same belonging, in the said agreement named, situate in the township of Man

thorized to

chester, in the county of Passaic, in this state, being lot No. 29, as designated on a map of lots the property of Anthony J. Bleecker, situate on the south side of Washington-street; bounded northerly by Washington-street, easterly by a lot of Cornelius Rutan, southerly by lots fronting on Ellison-street, and westerly by a lot of Jacob Rutan, and being twenty-five feet front and rear, by one hundred feet deep; which said deed the said administratrix is authorized to deliver, upon the receipt by her of that part of the consideration money, with interest, which remained unpaid at the time of the death of the said Cornelius To account E. Mercelis; and which money the said administratrix is here- for proceeds. by directed to account for according to law, as a part of the personal estate of the said Cornelius E. Mercelis, deceased. Passed March 8, 1842.

AN ACT to incorporate the Fame Fire Company of Flemington.

corporators.

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 Samuel Hill, William P. Emery, Abraham Names of Fulper, Mahlon Fisher, Wilson Forker, John Capner, Charles Miller, Tunis Sargeant, Joseph P. Boss, and all other persons, not exceeding thirty in number, as now are, or hereafter shall become associates of the Fame Fire Company of Flemington, be, and they are hereby constituted and declared to be a Style of inbody corporate and politic, in fact and in law, by the name of Corporation "The Fame Fire Company of Flemington," and by such name they shall have succession, and be persons in law, capa- Powers. ble of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, answering and being answered unto, defending and being defended in all courts of judicature whatsoever; and that they and their successors may have a common seal, and shall have power to make, change, and alter the same at their pleasure; and by their corporate name as aforesaid, and under their common seal, make, enter into, and execute any contracts or agreements touching and concerning the objects of said incorporation; and shall have full power and authority to make, form, and adopt such a form of constitution, and such by-laws and regulations for their government, not inconsistent with the Con

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That upon recording the said certificate of incorporation, the former incorporation and body Estate vested politic shall cease and be dissolved; and all the estate, real and in present in-personal, held by virtue of the same, shall pass to and be vested corporation. in the body politic thus formed agreeably to this act, who shall be deemed to be the legal successors in office to the former body politic and corporate, and liable for their debts, and clothed with all their rights, powers and privileges.

Passed March 8, 1842.

Catharine
Ryerson

divorced.

AN ACT to divorce Catharine Ryerson from her husband John

Ryerson.

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 marriage contract which has heretofore existed between Catharine Ryerson (formerly Catharine Storms) of the county of Passaic, and her husband John Ryerson be, and the same hereby is absolutely dissolved.

Passed March 8, 1842.

Sheriff authorized to

A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT to the act entitled "An act for the punishment of crimes."

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 in all cases where process shall be served by a sheriff to compel the attendance of any witness in any criminal proceeding in any court of this state, the sheriff so serving said process is hereby authorized to take the recognizance of said witness take recogn- in like manner as a justice of the peace is now authorized to take such recognizance, in all cases where a recognizance is required, which recognizance shall be returned, and be of the same force and effect, and in case of forfeiture, shall be prosecuted in the same manner as if the same had been taken before a justice of the peace of this state.

izances.

Passed March 8, 1842.

AN ACT giving the assent of this State to the act of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, entitled "An Act to incorporate The Trenton City Bridge Company."

J

Act of the

Sec. 1. BB IT ENACTED by the Council and General Assembly of this State, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, State of That the assent of this State be and the same is hereby given Pennsylvania to the provisions mentioned and contained in an act of the Le- confirmed. gislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, passed the twenty-fourth day of February, one thousand eight hundred aud forty, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Trenton City Delaware Bridge Company," and the said act of the Legisla ture of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is hereby adopted, ratified and confirmed by this State, and the provisions thereof shall be in full force and effect within this State, and the said act of the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall be annexed to this act, and be published in the same manner as the laws usually are, and the Governor shall likewise cause an exemplified copy thereof to be deposited in the office of the Secretary of this State, and transmit an attested copy of this act to the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

of stock.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That Zachariah Rossell, Crispin CommissionBlackfan, Thomas J. Stryker, William Grant, Charles Parker, ers to receive Lewis P. Higbee, Joseph Wood, Joshua Hollinshead, and Joshua subscriptions Wright be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners on the part of the State of New-Jersey to receive subscriptions of stock in conjunction with the commissioners named in the first section of the said act.

Passed March 8, 1842.

AN ACT to incorporate the Trenton City Bridge Company.

WHEREAS, it is represented to the Legislature by the petition of a number of the inhabitants of the city of Trenton and Preamble. vicinity, that the erection of a bridge from the intersection of the Philadelphia road, and the road leading from Morrisville to Easton, over the river Delaware to the city of Treu

Amount of

ton, at Kirkbride's and Rutherford's ferry, would be of great convenience and accommodation to the public-Therefore,

Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the capital stock. Same, That the capital stock of the Trenton City Bridge Company shall amount to fifty thousand dollars, and the same shall be divided into two thousand shares of twenty-five dollars each; and the subscribers to the said capital stock shall pay the sum or sums of money for the share or shares by them respectively subscribed, at such periods and in such proportions as the direc tors of the said company may determine.

how to be

paid.

Sec. 2. That John Kirkbride, William B. Clymer, Samuel Commission Story, Robert P. Lovett, Edward L. Taylor, Daniel Y. Harers to receive man, Samuel Gilkieson, James Erwin, and Cyrus Cadwallader, subscriptions. of the state of Pennsylvania; and Zachariah Rossell, Crispin Blackfan, Thomas J. Stryker, William Grant, and Joshua Wright, of New-Jersey, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners on the part of this state, who, with commissioners to be appointed by the state of New-Jersey, shall be authorized to receive subscriptions to the capital stock at such times and places as they, or a majority of them, may direct, giving notice thereof in two of the newspapers printed in the county of Mercer, in the state of New-Jersey, and two of the newspapers printed in the county of Bucks, in the state of Pennsylvania, for at least three weeks, of the tires and places when and where Subscriptions the said subscriptions shall be received; and at the time of subscribing for the said stock, two dollars shall be paid upon each share subscribed for, to the commissioners or some of them, which money shall be deposited in one of the Trenton banks, subject to the drafts of the treasurer of the company, as soon as one shall be appointed; and that the residue of the subscrip tions shall be paid in such instalments, and at such times and places, and to such persons as the president and directors of the company shall from time to time direct and give public notice of, and upon failure of payment thereof as so directed, for thirty days thereafter, the said president and directors shall have power to forfeit the shares of each and every person so failing to pay the said instalments, or any of them, to and for the use of the said company; Provided, that if the number of shares subscribed for shall exceed the number of shares authorized by this act to be subscribed for, that the said commissioners shall apportion the said stock among such subscribers in proportion to the amount or number of shares by them subscribed as aforesaid.

Proviso.

How & when

Sec. 3. That when fifteen hundred shares are subscribed for, and five dollars paid on each share to the commissioners before a body politic, appointed, the said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall

to be created