Damages, how assessed and paid. Special meet ings how called. sluice-races to be dug through any lots of said meadow or Sec. 13. And be it enacted, That the commissioners appointed by the second and tenth sections of this act, shall receive from the managers one dollar per day for every day they, or either Compensa of them, respectively, shall be employed in discharging tion to com missioners. any of the duties herein enjoined, all other aids and assistants by them employed, such compensation as the said commissioners shall deem equitable and just, to be paid by the managers, for the time being, out of the funds of the said company; and the fees, wages, or remuneration of all the officers chosen or to be chosen by the said meadow holders, shall be fixed and determined by a majority of the votes of said company, at its annual meeting. Sec. 14. And be it enacted, That the said managers shall provide, at the expense of the said company, a suitable book, Books of ac. in which shall be entered all their proceedings, and a just and counts to be true account of all moneys they may receive and expend'; and kept and ex- shall at every annual meeting exhibit the same, with vouchers hibited an nually. Penalty for or works. to the said company, and shall deliver the balance, if any there be in their hands, together with the said books, and all the other papers of the said company, to their successors in office; and the said managers shall be accountable for any moneys remaining in their hands, at the end of every year; and if the said managers refuse to pay over such balance to their successors, then and in that case, their successors in office shall sue for and recover the same in an action of debt, with costs, in any court of competent jurisdiction. Sec. 15. And be it enacted, That if any person or persons shall wilfully damage or injure the said banks, dykes, dams, sluices, gates, or any of the water works constructed, as heretofore directed, he, she or they shall for every such offence forfeit and pay fifty dollars, to be recovered, in action of debt, with costs, before any justice of the peace of any county in this 1 State; and shall be further liable to pay all damages that may in any case arise from such injury, to be recovered in an action of trespass, in any court having cognizance thereof, with costs of suit; and the managers for the time being, are hereby enjoined and authorized, to prosecute said action or actions, in the name of the said company, and to apply the money so recovered and received to repairing the works. Passed March 11, 1842. AN ACT to authorize the sale of certain Real Estate whereof Ann White, late of the county of Monmouth, deceased, died seized. WHEREAS, it is represented by the petition of Isaac P. White, that Ann White, late of the county of Monmouth, deceased, died seized and possessed of a certain lot or parcel of land, situate in the township of Shrewsbury, in the said county, without having made any last will or testament, and leaving the above named petitioner and Henry B. White, Eseck T. White, and Margaret Butcher and Elizabeth Butcher, children of Harriet Butcher,a deceased daughter of the said Ann White, deceased, her heirs at law-that letters of administration of the personal estate of the said deceased were granted in due form to the above named petitioner-that the said Henry B. White and Eseck T. White have since died, the former leaving his two sons Eseek White and John B. White, minors, his heirs at law, and the latter leaving his widow Elizabeth H. White, who hath signified her assent to the passage of the law above mentioned-that the above named petitioner is now the Guardian of the children of the said Henry B. White and Margaret Butcher, deceased, and that the said premises cannot be divided without great sacrifice of the value thereof, and that the same cannot now rent for the interest of the proper value thereof-and it appearing to be the interest of the parties that the same should be sold, and due notice of this application having been given, and no cause appearing to the contrary: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 the said Isaac P. White, Guardian as Preamble. thorized to sell real estate. aforesaid be, and he is hereby authorized and empowered to Guardian au- sell the said premises, at public vendue, to the highest bidder, first giving thirty days notice of the time and place of said sale in one of the public newspapers printed and circulated in said county of Monmouth, and also by handbills set up for the like space of time in at least ten of the most public places in the neighborhood of the said property previous to the day of sale, and when sold, to make, execute and deliver, in his own name as guardian as aforesaid, good legal and sufficient deed or deeds therefor to the purchaser or purchasers thereof; which said deed or deeds shall convey to and vest in the purchaser or purchasers of Interest vest- the said real estate all the right, title and interest of the said Ann White therein at the time of her decease. ed in pur. chaser. Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the said Guardian shall keep a fair, full and just account of the proceeds of the sale or sales made by virtue of this Act and of the costs and expenses thereof, and shall exhibit the said account under oath or affirmation to the Orphans' Court of the county of Account of Monmouth within six months after such sale or sales shall be made, to be approved by the said court and filed in the rogate's office surrogate's office of the said county, and the said Isaac P. of Monmouth. White, Guardian as aforesaid, after deducting from the sales to be filed in Sur Guardian to give bond to Ordinary. proceeds of the said sale or sales, all necessary costs and expenses and such reasonable commissions as shall be allowed by the said court, shall invest the residue thereof under the direction of the said Orphans' Court of the county of Monmouth, for the benefit of the parties interested therein according to their respective rights. Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the said Guardian before entering upon the execution of the trust reposed in him by this act, shall enter into bond to the Ordinary of this State, in such sum and with such security as the said Orphans' Court shall approve, conditioned for the faithful performance of the said trust, which bond shall be filed in the Prerogative Office of this State; and in case the said bond shall become forfeited, it shall and may be lawful for the Governor of this State for the time being, to order the same to be prosecuted at the request and for the benefit, and at the proper costs and charges of the person or persons aggrieved by such forfeiture. Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That no sale or conveyance made by virtue of this act, shall impair or in any wise affect impair rights the rights or interests of any person or persons whatever, other than the heirs at law of the said Ann White, deceased, or those claiming under them or either of them. of persons other than heirs. Passed March 12, 1842. JOINT RESOLUTIONS. authorized to RESOLVED by the Council and General Assembly of this State, That the Inspectors of the State Prison be authorized to Inspectors of purchase a Library, at a cost not to exceed one hundred State Prison dollars, to be placed under the care and direction of the purchase a keeper, for the use of the prisoners of said prison, to be library. paid by the treasurer of this state, out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated, on a draft drawn by said inspectors. Passed January 14, 1842. WHEREAS, agriculture is the great and paramount interest of this country, with which all the other great interests of the country are intimately connected; AND WHEREAS, Great Britain, France and other European nations, by enormous duties and other prohibitory restrictions, interdict the reception into their ports of many of our agricultural products, while their silks, wines, brandy, iron, cotton, woollen and other manufactures are admitted into this country at such low rates of duty as to induce excessive importations, and cause the export of large sums of coin, Preamble. on which the circulating medium of this country is based, which rates do not afford sufficient revenue for the support of the General Government, and to put the country in such a state of defence as the exigencies of the times. and the aspect of our foreign relations seem to require; AND WHEREAS, it is our deliberate opinion, that so long as foreign nations refuse a fair and reciprocal exchange of products, our commercial relations with them must be unequal and injurious to us; and that the proper remedy for this evil, from which our country is now suf fering greatly, is the imposition of such duties on imports as will countervail the injurious restrictions on our exports, give suflicient revenue for the support of government and national defence, and sustain and protect those manufacturing establishments, which the former policy of our government has built up, and which afford to the agriculturalists of the grain and provision producing states, the best and chief market for their products:Therefore, RESOLVED by the Council and General Assembly of this State, That the Senators and Representatives of this State in Congress, be requested to use their utmost exertions to procure such a revision of the tariff laws, as shall impose sufficient 'Senators and duties to effect these objects; and especially to afford, by Representatives request. discriminating duties, adequate protection to the various ed to endeav-branches of the manufactures of this State and of the United or to procure States; and that a copy hereof be transmitted to the Govthe tariff laws ernor of each of the several States of the Union, with a a revision of request that he will cause the same to be laid before the Amount of RESOLVED by the Council and General Assembly of this State, That the Treasurer of this State be authorized and directed to receive from the New-Jersey Rail Road and Transportation Company, the sum of eight cents for every passenger, transit duties and the sum of twelve cents for every ton of goods, wares, to be paid by or merchandise transported, or to be transported on the said N.Jersey R.R. Company's Rail Road, from the southern termination thereof & Trans. Co. in the city of New-Brunswick to Jersey City, or from Jersey Additional tax after expiration of certain time. City to the said southern termination, in full satisfaction of all claims for tax or transit duties of the State against said Company, under and by virtue of the act incorporating the same, until the expiration of five years from the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, when in addition to the said transit duties, he shall receive and collect yearly and every year, from the said Company, "a tax of one-quarter of one per cent upon their capital stock paid in ;" and after the expiration of ten years, from the said first day of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, "a tax of one-half of one per cent upon the true amount of the capital stock of said company., Passed March 4, 1842. |