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AN ACT to repeal so much of the act entitled, "An act to es tablish three new townships in the county of Warren, to be called the townships of Hope, Franklin and Harmony; and also to annex a part of the township of Knowlton to the township of Oxford, in said county," passed February fifteen, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, as relates to the township of Knowlton.

Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED, by the Council and General As- Part of formsembly of this State, and it is hereby enacted by the authority or act repealed. of the same, That the sixth section of the act entitled An act to establish three new townships in the county of Warren, to be called the townships of Hope, Franklin and Harmony, and also to annex a part of the township of Know}ton to the township of Oxford, in said county," passed FebFuary fifteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, be, and the same is hereby repealed.

Passed March 13, 1844.

AN ACT to dissolve the marriage contract between Eli Farrow, of Gloucester county, and his wife Ann.

Sec. 1: BE IT ENACTED by the Council and General Eli and Ann Assemby of this State, and it is hereby enacted by the au Farrow dithority of the same, That the marriage contract between voreed. Eli Farrow, of Gloucester county, and Ann, his wife, be, and the same is hereby dissolved, as fully and to all intents and purposes, as if they had never been joined together in matrimony.

Passed March 13, 1844.

Part of former act repealed.

Act when to

AN ACT to repeal so much of the act entitled "An Act to authorise the inhabitants of the townships of Westfield, New Providence, Rahway and Caldwell in the county of Essex, to vote by ballot at their township meeting, passed February 20th, 1841," as relates to, or is binding upon the inhabitants of the township of Rahway, in the county of Essex, and for other purposes.

Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Council and General As sembly of this State, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That so much of the act entitled "An act to authorise the inhabitants of the townships of Westfield, New Providence, Rahway and Caldwell, in the county of Essex, to vote by ballot at their township meetings," as relates to or is binding upon the inhabitants of the township of Rahway in the county of Essex, and so much of the act entitled "An act to authorise the inhabitants of the township of Union in the county of Essex, and the inhabitants of the township of Tewksbury in the county of Hunterdon, to vote by ballot at their annual town meetings, passed 24th February, 1843," as relates to or is binding upon the inhabitants of the township of Tewksbury aforesaid, be, and the same is hereby repealed.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect take effect. immediately on the passage thereof.

Passed March 13, 1844.

Each party entitled to

A further supplement to the act entitled "An act relative to juries and verdicts."

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 upon the trial of any issue in any challenge 6 civil suit or action, in any court of this state, except as hereinafter mentioned, each party shall be entitled to challenge

Jarors.

peremptorily, as their names are drawn from the box, six of the general panel of jurors summoned and returned by the sheriff or other officer; and upon the trial of any indictment where peremptory challenges are not now allowed, the defendant or defendants shall be entitled to challenge peremptorily as their names are drawn from the box, six of the general panel of jurors summoned and returned by the sheriff or other officer; and upon such challenge being made, in any case, the drawing of jurors shall continue until the names of twelve jurors not thus challenged shall be drawn.

Act not to

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall not extend have operato, or have operation in the courts for the trial of small causes, tion in courts and other cases before justices of the peace..

for trial of small causes.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the party applying for a struck jury, shall pay the fees for striking the same, and also struck Juries pay each juror, sworn or affirmed, seventy-five cents each per day, during the time they are engaged in trying the cause and shall have no allowance therefor, upon taxation of costs; Provided, that this section shall not extend to, or effect juries of view.

Act when to

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect take effect. immediately after the passage of the same. Passed March 13, 1844.

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AN ACT to erect a part of the county of Gloucester into a new county, to be called the county of Camden.

Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Council and General AsCounty of sembly of this State, and it is hereby enacted by the authority Camden esof the same, That the seven townships of Camden, tablished. Waterford, Newton, Union, Delaware, Gloucester, and Washington, now composing a part of the county of Gloucester, be, and the said townships are hereby erected into a separate county, named, and hereafter to be called the county of Camden, and the inhabitants of each and every of the said townships respectively shall be and they and each of them are hereby vested with, entitled unto, and hereby authorized to exercise and enjoy all the franchises, powers, privileges, immunities and authority, and shall be, and hereby are made.

Inhabitants

subject to all the rules, regulations and government which the other townships in this state by law are entitled and subincorporated ject to, and the inhabitants of the said seven townships, are and style of hereby incorporated and declared a body politic in law, that incorporation is to say the inhabitants of the township of Camden, shall

When officers

of Camden

county to have jurisdiction.

be and hereby are styled and known by the name of the inhabitants of the township of Camden, in the county of Camden; the inhabitants of the township of Waterford, shall be, and hereby are styled, and known by the name of the inhabitants of the township of Waterford in the county of Camden; the inhabitants of the township of Newton shall be, and hereby are styled and known, by the name of the inhabitants of the township of Newton, in the county of Camden: the inhabitants of the township of Union shall be, and hereby are styled and known by the name of the inhabitants of the township of Union in the county of Camden: the inhabitants of the township of Delaware, shall be and hereby are styled and known by the name of the inhabitants of the township of Delaware in the county of Camden: the inhabitants of the township of Gloucester, shall be and hereby are styled and known by the name of the inhabitants of the township of Gloucester, in the county of Camden: the inhabitants of the township of Washington, shall be, and hereby are styled and known by the name of the inhabitants of the township of Washington, in the county of Camden.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the judges and justices of the peace and all other county officers, except the clerk, surrogate and prosecutor of the pleas, within the said townships, hereby erected, into a new county, shall continue to hold, exercise and enjoy their several and respective offices and appointments within the present limits of the said county of Gloucester, with all the powers and privileges thereunto belonging, until the ninth day of April next, and all courts at the time of the passing of this act existing and being within the present limits of said county of Gloucester, shall continue to have and exercise, respectively, jurisdiction within the same, until said ninth day of April next in the same manner as if this act had not passed, and from and after the ninth day of April next, and until their respective terms of office in and for the county of Gloucester, shall expire, all persons in office at the time of passing this act, resident within the bounds of the said county of Camden, and every of them shall hold, exercise and enjoy their respective offices, with all the power, authority, privileges and emoluments thereunto belonging, within the said county of Camden as fully and effectually to all intents and purposes as if they had been elected and appointed to their said offices respectively within

the said county of Camden: Provided however, that all Proviso. such county officers shall file an oath of office with the clerk

of said county of Camden, on or before the said ninth day of April next.

affected.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That all actions, suits, appeals, Suits depend prosecutions and other legal proceedings commenced or that ing not to be may be commenced or depending in the supreme court or in any court, or before any justice of the peace, within the former limits of the said county of Gloucester, before the ninth day of April next, shall not in any wise be affected by this act; but the same may and shall be continued and prosecuted in the same manner as if this act had not been passed, any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding.

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process, &c.,

Sec 4 And be it enacted, That from and after the ninth Sheriff of day of March instant, the sheriff of the county of Gloucester, Gloucester to or his deputy shall execute all process to him directed in the said county of Camden, and in case of the disability of the in Camden. said sheriff the coroners of the said county of Gloucester shall execute all such writs and process, and shall make return of all such writs and process in the courts to which they are made returnable, and shall continue to act and be responsible in his or their official capacities until the next annual election in the said county of Camden.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That the jail of the city of, Camden is hereby constituted the jail of the said county of Camden, and for the confinement of all prisoners of the said county of Camden, and after the sixteenth day of March, instant, it shall be lawful for all officers of the said county of Camden to commit offenders to the city jail of the said city of Camden, until otherwise ordered as hereinafter provided.

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Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That the first town meetings Town meetin the said county of Camden shall be held at the times and ings where places they would have been held had they continued in the county of Gloucester, and they shall hereafter be held annually at such places in the said townships as the electors thereof from time to time shall direct and appoint by virtue of the existing laws of this state.

Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That William R. Cooper, Commission Isaac Hinchman and Joseph Saunders, or any two of them ers to fix be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners on the part quota of tax of the county of Gloucester, and that John W. Mickle, John and divide K. Cowperthwait and Joseph C. Collings, or any two of them, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners on the part of the county of Camden, to attend at the court house in the county of Gloucester on the sixteenth day of March instant,

property, &c.

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