made to, and confirmed by the said orphans court as valid and effectual in law, and the said administrator had been directed, by rule of said court, to execute a good and sufficient conveyance in the law to the said Joseph P. Tooker for the lands described in the said deed of conveyance; which said deed of conveyance is hereby declared to convey to and vest in the Interest vested said Joseph P. Tooker, his heirs and assigns, at the time of the delivery of the said deed to the said Joseph P. Tooker, all the estate, right, title, and interest which the heirs-at-law of the said Isaac W. Littell, deceased, had therein at the time of the aforesaid sale. Passed February 17, 1843. in purchaser. A further supplement to the act entitled, "An act respecting conveyances," and to an act entitled, "An act to register mortgages." missioners authorized. 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 governor of this state be, and he is hereby Appointment of authorized to name, appoint, and commission one additional additional comcommissioner in each of the states of New York and Pennsylvania; which commissioner shall have the same power and authority as is now granted to commissioners appointed under and by virtue of the first section of an act entitled, " An additional supplement to the act entitled, an act respecting conveyances," and to an act entitled, " An act to register mortgages,' passed the third of November, eighteen hundred and thirty six. Passed February 17, 1843. K 66 99 Names of corporators. AN ACT to incorporate the Union Total Abstinence Beneficial 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 David Smith, junior, James Denny, John P. Leap, William Sack, Samuel S. Thompson, James D. Simpkins, Jonathan Hannah, John K. Lowderback, John H. Simpkins, Thomas C. Price, Isaac Shute, Charles C. Holton, James Flanigin, Abel Biddle, David Zanes, John Burden, William Biddle, and such other persons as now are or hereafter shall become associates of the Union Total Abstinence Beneficial Society of Upper Penns Neck, Salem county, New Jersey, shall be, and they are hereby constituted and declared to be a body politic and corporate, in fact and in law, by the name of Style of incor- "the Union Total Abstinence Beneficial Society of Upper Penns Neck," Salem county, New Jersey. poration. vileges. Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the said corporation, by such name, shall have perpetual succession, and be a body Powers and pri- politic and corporate in law, capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, defending and being defended, in all courts of law and equity; and may have a common seal, and may have power to alter the same at their pleasure, and, by their common seal, enter into and execute contracts and agreements; and such corporation shall have full power to make and adopt such laws and regulations as they may proper, not inconsistent with the laws of the United States or of this state. Capital stock, how applied. How officers elected. think Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the capital stock of the said corporation shall not exceed the sum of five thousand dollars, which shall be applied to the nursing and attendance of members while sick, the purchase of necessaries for sick. members, the payment of physicians' and surgeons' bills, the funeral expenses of deceased members, and such other incidental expenses as may be needful to further the objects of the said society. Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That the said corporation shall have power to elect, annually, or oftener, if necessary, out of their own body, a president and such other officers and assistants as shall be necessary for the proper management of the affairs of said corporation, according to their laws; and the president shall keep in his custody the common seal of the corporation, and deliver it over, at the end of his term of of fice, to his successors. Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That the constitution and by-laws how enforced. of the said corporation shall be binding and imperative on the different members, and may be enforced by suit against de- Constitution faulting members, in the corporate name of said company, be- and by-laws, fore any court having competent jurisdiction; provided, that in all suits between the said corporation, and a member or members thereof, any of the said members may be witnesses for either party. Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That the legislature may, at any time hereafter, alter, amend, modify, or repeal this act, as they may think proper. Passed February 17, 1843. Act may be altered, niodified, or repealed. AN ACT to repeal the act entitled, "A supplement to the act entitled, an act relative to the probate of wills." act repealed. 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 act entitled, "A supplement to the act Supplement to entitled, an act relative to the probate of wills," passed the twenty-eighth of February, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, be, and the same is hereby repealed. Passed February 17, 1843. A further supplement to the act entitled, "An act securing to mechanics and others payment for their labour and materials in erecting any house or other building, within the limits therein mentioned," passed the third of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-five. Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Council and General As sembly of this State, and it is hereby enacted by the authority Provisions of of the same, That the provisions of the act to which this is a former act exsupplement, shall be extended to, and be in full force and effect tended. Act, when to take effect. within the limits of the city of Burlington, in the county of Burlington. Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall go into effect immediately after the passage thereof. Passed February 20, 1843. Preamble. Time for commencing road extended. AN ACT respecting the Paterson and Ramapo Railroad Com pany. WHEREAS the Paterson and Ramapo Railroad Company was chartered in March, eighteen hundred and forty-one, and, on account of the depressed state of the money market, the commissioners have not deemed it expedient to open the subscription books for the stock thereof; and whereas it is proper that the said charter should be continued in existence -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 act entitled, "An act to incorporate the Paterson and Ramapo Railroad Company," passed the tenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, shall not become void if the said railroad shall not be commenced by the fourth day of July next, anything in the seventeenth section of the said act to the contrary notwithstanding. Passed February 21, 1843. A further supplement to the act entitled, "An act authorizing the enclosure of a certain tract of land, situate in the township of Caldwell, in the county of Essex, called the Hetfield swamp," passed the twenty-eighth day of January, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine. operation of for 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 all the lands and premises now belonging to Certain lands Ženas C. Crane, Caleb Crane, Moses P. Crane, and Nathaniel S. exempted from Crane, or any or either of them, and included within the boun- mer act. daries mentioned in the first section of the act to which this is a further supplement, and every part thereof, shall be, and the same are hereby exempted and discharged from the effect and operation of the said act to which this is a supplement, and every section and clause thereof, as fully, to all intents and purposes, as though the same were not included within the boundaries aforesaid; provided always, that nothing in this act contained shall release or discharge the said lands and premises, or the owners thereof, from any assessment heretofore made in pursuance of the act to which is a further supplement. Passed February 21, 1843. Proviso. AN ACT for the relief of John Beem, of the county of Hun terdon. $50 per annum Beem. 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 treasurer of this state for the time being shall, and is hereby authorized and required to pay to be paid to J. John Beem, of the aforesaid county, a soldier in the service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war, or to his order, the sum of fifty dollars per annum, to be paid to the said John Beem, in half-yearly payments, from the passing of this act, during the lifetime of the said John Beem, the first payment to be made on the passage of this act; and |