Preamble. the township of Warren in said county; which deed contains the following clause, to wit: WHEREAS, the said Thomas Auten, lately, to wit: on the 10th day of March, 1830, purchased at the marshal's sales of the real estate of Robert Arnold, sold at the suit of the United States, two certain lots of land, situate in the township of Warren, in the possession of Nathan Coon, for the purpose and intention that said lots shall be employed by their rents, issues and profits, to the support and maintenance of William Arnold, an idiot, aged about thirty years, said to be the natural son of the said Robert Arnold, and in charge of said Nathan Coon; and further, it was set forth in said deed that said Nathan Auten should hold the said lands in trust, and apply the profits to the support of said idiot; and if the profits should not be sufficient, the said trustco was authorized to sell so much of said lands as might be necessary, &c. : that the lands remaining unsold at the death of said idiot to be employed by said trustee for the benefit, support and comfort of the said Nathan Coon and Mary his wife, during their lives; AND WHEREAS, it appears that the said idiot is dead, leaving about thirty-three acres of land unsold; that the rents, issues and profits are insufficient to support the said Nathan Coon and wife; and that they have petitioned the legislature for a law authorizing said trustee to make sale of the remainder of said land-Therefore, Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Council and General Assembly of Nathan Auten this State, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, authorized to That the said Nathan Auten be and he is hereby authorized sell certain lands. and empowered to make sale at public vendue, of the said lands, (giving notice thereof, as is required to be given by administrators, in cases of sales of real estate,) and to make a good and sufficient title and titles for the same. Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That before said trustee shall make sale of said real estate, he shall enter into bond to the governor of this state, with such sureties and in such sum as the judges of the Orphans' Court of the county of Somerset shall determine; conditioned for the faithful pergive bond to formance of the trust assigned him by this act; which bond shall be filed in the surrogate's office of said county. Trustee to Governor. Proceeds of sale, how to be applied. Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That it shall be and is hereby made the duty of the said trustee to apply the money arising from the sale of said real estate, to and for the support of the said Nathan Coon and Mary his wife, during their lives and the life of the survivor, (after deducting the necessary costs and charges arising from the execution of this trust.) be cited be Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That the said trustce shall be Trustee may liable to be cited before said Orphans' Court, by any person interested in said matter. Passed March 11, 1842. Court. AN ACT to defray Incidental Expenses. Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Council and General Assem-Certain incibly of this State, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of dental charthe same, That it shall be lawful for the treasurer of this state, ges directed to pay to the several persons hereinafter named, the following to be paid. sums, viz : 1. To William Marseilles, for repairs to government house and premises, eleven dollars and thirty-six cents. 2. To Charles Scott, for binding laws, twenty-eight dollars and seventy-five cents. 3. To Jonathan Cook, for wood for state house, twelve dollars and seventy-five cents. 4. To Samuel R. Hamilton, for postage as Quarter Master General and carting arms to state arsenal, by Edward Davis, Washington Reed, and William A. Green, and William A. Taylor, thirteen dollars and thirty cents. 5. To Clemens & Baker, for sundries to state arsenal, four dollars sixty-eight cents. 6. To Daniel Baker, for services of extra hands at state arsenal, ten dollars. 7. To William Grant, junior, for work done at state arsenal, four dollars twelve cents. 8. To Blackfan & Wilkinson, for lumber for state arsenal, nine dollars and thirty-five cents. 9. To Jonathan S. Fish, for coal for state arsenal, sixteen dollars and twenty-five cents. 10. To Thomas Upton, for stove for state arsenal, five dollars and ninety cents. 11. To S. & J. G. Brearley, for sundries for state arsenal, nine dollars and sixty-seven cents. 12. To Jonathan S. Fish, for coal for state house, one hundred and six dollars and twenty-five cents. 13. To Isaac Southard, Treasurer, for expenses, packing Laws, Supreme Court Reports, Journals of Council, Minutes. of Legislature, United States Laws, and for extra travelling expenses, to obtain loans, to receive interest on loans, dividends on stock, &c. and for office rent, &c. one hundred and fiftyseven dollars and six cents. 14. To George M. Furman, for care of assembly room and sundries for same, forty-one dollars and eighty-seven cents. 15. To Reuben Betchel, for two dozen chairs for chancery room, nineteen dollars. 16. To Samuel R. Gummere, for books, desks and stools for chancery office, ninety-eight dollars and fifty cents. 17. To Jasper Scott, for materials and work to the government house, nine dollars and eighty-seven cents. 18. To Fish, Green & Company, for materials to repair government house, forty-two dollars and eighty-seven cents. 19. To Sylvester Van Sickle, for cushioning chairs and upholstering clerk's desk, nine dollars. 20. To Daniel Fenton, for books and stationery for office of Secretary of State, eight dollars and thirteen cents. 21. To Bird & Weld, for work done to press and seals, making stamp, &c. at Secretary of State's office, eighteen dollars and fifty cents. 22. To Isaac Dunn, for work done at Secretary of State's office, tine dollars. 23. To Reuben Betchel, for painting chairs at office of Secretary of State, three dollars. 24. To Thomas Upton, for stove pipe and work done at the furnaces for state house, forty-seven dollars and eighty-eight cents. 25. To F. R. Lafaucherie, for sundries furnished for state house, twenty-three dollars and ninety two cents. 26. To V. T. Brownere, for Map and Gazetteer of the United States, for Secretary of State's office, ten dollars. 27. To W. W. Norcross, for candles for Assembly, fortyone dollars and ninety-five cents. 28. To McCoy & Weart, for use of carriage and horse for committee on state prison accounts, six dollars. 29. To John McKelway, for copy of the census of this state, as filed in Joseph C. Potts' office, District Clerk, ten dollars. 30. To S. & J. G. Brearley, for sundries, for government house, nineteen dollars and eighty-nine cents. 81. To Enoch W. Green, for work and materials, making new desks, tables, &c. for the Assembly room, sixty-nine dollars and four cents. 32. To George W. Howell, for mason repairs in Council chamber, two dollars. 33. To Morris, Tasker & Morris, (Philadelphia,) for examining and furnishing materials for the heating furnaces of the state house, by order of the legislature, thirty-three dollars and eighty-seven cents, 34. To Union Transportation Line, for freight of cannon from New-Brunswick to Trenton, ten dollars. 35. To Charles C. Yard, for sundries for state library, five dollars and ninety cents. 36. To J. R. S. & W. S. Barnes, for hardware for Secre tary's office and state house, and stationery for Council, twentyfour dollars and forty-seven cents. 37. To Philip J. Gray, for advertising Court of Appeals, &c. ten dollars. 33. To William Hancock, for repairs done to heating apparatus in state house, nine dollars and seventy-five cents. 39. To Samuel Prior, jr. for indexing Votes and Proceedings, and stationery for the House of Assembly, three hundred and forty-five dollars. 40. To Daniel Fenton, for balance on stationery for 1841, thirteen dollars and thirty-five cents. 41. To Jonathan Steward, for stationery for Council and state offices, one hundred and forty-five dollars and sixty cents. 42. To H. Canfield, for sundries for Council, eight dollars and ninety cents. 43. To Charles Scott, for journal for Council, seven dollars. 44. To William D'Hart, for stationery for Council, three dollars and thirty-seven cents. 45. To H. C. Boswell, for ink for Council, one dollar twentyfive cents. 46. To W. W. Norcross, for candles and sundries for Courcil, sixty-two dollars and forty-seven cents. 47. To Sherman & Harron, for printing for legislature, eight hundred four dollars and ninety-four cents. 48. To James T. Sherman, for forty copies of Sitgreave's Manual, sixty dollars. 49. To Sherman & Harron, for printing report of the Trustees of the School Fund, one hundred and two dollars fiftyfour cents. 50. To Justice & Mills, for printing for Council, four hundred and six dollars. 51. To Joseph Justice, for publishing laws, &c. forty-two dollars and six cents. 52. To Joseph Justice, for stationery for Council, twelve dollars and thirty-eight cents. 53. To Phillips & Boswell, for printing blanks, &c. for Secretary's office, eighty-four dollars. 54. To Phillips & Boswell, for balance on current printing, eleven dollars ninety cents. 55. To Staten Jefferies, for work done to state-house, one dollar eighty-two cents. W 56. To David Witherup, for work done to state-house, eight dollars and six cents. 57. To Wm. A. Benjamin, for serving subpoenas in the matter of the complaint of George Titman against William R. Sharpe, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Warren, for alleged official misconduct, and for horse hire, travelling expenses, &c. forty-five dollars. 58. To the following persons for attendance before the Committee of the House of Assembly, at Trenton, as witnesses, and for travelling fees in the said matter of complaint against the said William R. Sharp, to wit: To Robert Shay, nine dollars. To John F. Klein, one dollar. 59. To Robert E. Horner, for stationery for Council, twenty- Passed March 11, 1842. |