Preamble. Trustees au thorized to AN ACT to authorize Timothy Wiggin and William Hurry, trustee of Adeline W. Torrey, wife of William Torrey, to make a Rail Road on their lands, in the county of Monmouth. WHEREAS, it appears that Timothy Wiggin and William Hurry, trustee of Adeline W. Torrey, wife of William Torrey, are now the owners, in fee simple, of certain large tracts of land, situated in the county of Monmouth, in this state, late the property of the Monmouth Purchase Company, the most part of which is covered with wood and timber, which by reason of its distance from any navigable water, is comparatively of little value; AND WHEREAS, the said owners are desirous of making a rail road, with divers branches, on their said lands, to some point on Toms river, in said county, where said river is navigable, for the purpose of sending their wood, timber and other produce to market, and to transmit in return lime and manure, for the purpose of improving their said lands; and have petitioned the legislature for a law authorizing them to make such road; and it appearing that such petition is reasonable and just, and that the same will be to the interest of the said owners, and to that district of country:-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 that the said Timothy Wiggin and William Hurry, trustee as aforesaid, and their assigns, be and they are hereby invested with all the rights, powers and authority necessary and expedient to survey, lay out and construct a rail road, from some suitable point on their said lands, survey and in the county of Monmouth, to the navigable waters of lay out a rail road in the Toms river, with such branches on their said lands as may county of be necessary to intersect the same,, for the purposes aforeMonmouth. said, at their sole expense; said road and its branches not to exceed thirty feet in width, and where the same may pass across any public road, the same to be made and maintained by the owners aforesaid, so as not to interfere with the public convenience. thorized to Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said Timothy Trustees au- Wiggin and William Hurry, trustee as aforesaid, and their contract with agent or agents, be and they are hereby authorized to conthe owners of tract with the owner or owners of such tracts of land for the land for priv. privilege of passing by or over the same, and laying thereilege of lay. ing rails on their said rail road, and shall be entitled to hold and use thegeon. the same according to the terms of such contract. Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That if any person or persons shall wilfully or maliciously injure the said rail road, or Penalty for any of its branches, buildings, cars, works or machinery, injuring such person or persons shall forfeit and pay therefor, to the works, &c. owners thereof, three times the amount of the damages sustained by said injury, to be recovered by such owners, in an action of debt, with triple costs, in any court having cognizance of the same. of act. Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall be in force Limitation for twenty years, and that the legislature may, at any time, alter, modify or repeal the same; and that this act be Act may be deemed and taken as a public act, and at all times recogni- altered or rezed as such, in all courts and places whatever. pealed. Passed February 22, 1842. AN ACT to incorporate "The Union Temperance Beneficial Association of Camden, New-Jersey." WHEREAS, a number of the inhabitants of the city of Camden, in this state, have formed themselves into an association, or society, to which they have given the name of "The Union Temperance Beneficial Associ- Preamble. ation of Camden, New-Jersey," the object of which is, to raise a fund to be applied towards the relief or support of such of the members thereof as shall, by sickness, casualty or other cause, be rendered incapable of attending to their usual trade or calling; and, also, towards the decent interment of deceased members, or the deceased wives of members; AND WHEREAS, it is believed an act of incorporation will promote.the objects of the association, and add to the security of the property thereof; and the said association having, by petition presented to the legislature, prayed to be incorporated :-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 Caleb Roberts, Jesse Cole, Joseph C. Names of De Lacour, Edward Morgan, Edward Dougherty, George corporators. Finch, John T. Woolson, Henry Davis, and all such other persons, not exceeding four hundred, as now are, or here Style of incorporation. General. Officers and mode of electing. What real held by cor poration. after may become members of said society, be and they are hereby ordained, constituted, and declared a body corporate and politic, in fact and in law, by the name, style, and title of The Union Temperance Beneficial Association of Camden, New-Jersey," and by that name, they and their successors shall have continual succession, and be persons in law, capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, answering and being answered unto, defending and being defended, in all courts of law and equity whatsoever, in all manner of action and actions, suits, matters, complaints, and causes whatsoever; and that they and their successors may have and use a common seal, and shall have power to change and alter the same at pleasure; and by their name as aforesaid, under their common seal, may make and enter into, form, and execute any contracts or agreements relating to, or touching and concerning the objects of the said incorporation. Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That, for the more effectual accomplishment of the objects of the said corporation there shall be a president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, messenger, four stewards, and three trustees and such other officers and assistants as shall be deemed necessary; who shall be elected by ballot, by a majority of the members present, at a meeting convened for that purpose, of which two weeks notice shall be given, by publishing the same in a newspaper published at Camden, in the county of Gloucester. Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the estate and property, of what kind soever the same may be, now held, or which may be hereafter held by the said society, shall be vested and personal in the body politic and corporate hereby created; which estate may be said body politie and corporate shall, by their name and title aforesaid, be able and capable, in law, to purchase, receive, take, hoid, possess and convey, for the use and benefit of said association, and for the purposes expressed in the preamble of this act, any lands, tenements, hereditaments, and any sum or sums of money, rights, securities, goods and chattels, by gift, alienation, devise, bequest or otherwise, of any person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, legally authorized and able to make the same; provided, that the clear yearly value or income of the real and personal estate of the said corporation shall not exceed two thousand dollars. Proviso. Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That the said corporation be May make & and they are hereby authorized and empowered to make, adopt consti- adopt and use, and from time to time to alter, amend or change, as by them may be deemed expedient, such general form of constitution and by-laws, for the transaction of the tution and by-laws. business, and for effecting the purposes and objects of the Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That the sole and exclusive objects of the association hereby incorporated, shall be the Objects of inrelief of its respective members, when sick or disabled by corporation. bodily infirmities or otherwise, from pursuing their ordinary avocations, defraying the expenses incident to the decent interment of deceased members, or the deceased wives of members, as provided for in the constitution and by-laws of said association; and such other necessary expenses as may accrue in carrying into effect the objects set forth in the preamble, and in this, as well as in the foregoing sec-. tions of this act; and that no part of the funds of said cor-be used for poration shall be used for banking purposes, or in any banking other way, except as provided for in this act. Funds not to purposes. Act to take Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That this act shall go into effect immediately after the passage thereof, and that it shall effect immebe lawful for the Council and General Assembly of this diately, and state, at any time hereafter, to amend, repeal, or modify may be rethis act as they shall think proper. Passed February 23, 1842. pealed. AN ACT to divorce Nancy Vliet from her husband, Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Council and General Assembly of this State, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of her husband. the same, That the marriage contract heretofore existing Nancy Vliet between Nancy Vliet, of the county of Warren, and her divorced from husband, William Vliet, be and the same is hereby dissolved, as fully to all intents and purposes as if they never bad been joined together in matrimony. Passed February 24, 1842. K AN ACT to divorce Theodosia H. Cumming from her hus band Samuel T. Cumming. 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, Theodosia H. That Theodosia H. Cumming be and she is hereby divorCumming ced from her husband Samuel T. Cumming, and that the divorced from marriage contract heretofore existing between them, be and the same is hereby fully and absolutely dissolved; provided, nevertheless, that the issue of said marriage shall not be deemed illegitimate in consequence of this act. her husband. ter to be com mother. Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That Theodosia Coxe CumInfant daugh- ming, an infant daughter of the said Samuel T. Cumming mitted to the and Theodosia H. Cumming, being the only issue of said care of her marriage now living, be and she is hereby committed, during her infancy, to the care of her said mother, who shall be the guardian of said infant's person and estate during her minority; and that the said Samuel T. Cumming shall not have or exercise any power or control over his said daughter, during her minority, for or by reason of his paternity. S. T. Cum Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the said Samuel T. Cumming released ming be and he is hereby released from the civil obligation from obligation to main- to support and maintain his said daughter, which would tain daughter. have rested upon him in case this act had not been passed. Passed February 25, 1842. AN ACT authorizing the County Courts in the several counties in this state, to adjourn over in such a manner as the public convenience may require. 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 from and after the passage of this act, it shall be lawful for the Inferior Courts of Common Pleas, the Courts of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, and Orphans' Courts, in the several counties of this state, when in ses |