Administrators

convey certain real estate.

children, and to be distributed among them in equal portions, as they should arrive at the age of twenty-one years; of which said testament and last will he appointed William Bishop, now deceased, David H. Bishop, and William F. Fritts the executors. And whereas it is also represented that the said share of the said Ann Holcomb was, by the other executors, placed in the hands of the said William Bishop, deceased, to be disposed of according to the direction of said will, and that the said William Bishop applied the same towards the purchase of a certain farm and parcel of land, situate in the township of Raritan, adjoining lands of Henry Rockafellow, Albert S. Coxe, Samuel H. Case, and others, containing about one hundred and fifty acres of land, being the same on which the said Ann Holcomb and her said husband now reside, and took the title therefor in his own name in fee-simple; and that the said William Bishop has lately and suddenly departed this life, holding the fee-simple title to the said farm, without having made and published any last will and testament; and whereas the administrators and heirs-at-law of the said William Bishop, deceased, have, by their petition, prayed legislative aid in the premises, and that the said real estate may be conveyed to a trustee, to hold in trust for the purposes specified in the said will, and the prayer of the petition appearing to be just and proper— 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 John Higgins, Jesse Higgins, and James N. Reading, the administrators of the estate of the said William authorized to Bishop, deceased, and the survivors and survivor of them, be, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to make, execute, and deliver a good and sufficient conveyance in law of said farm and premises to Job Holcomb, one of the sons of the said Ann Holcomb, in trust for the said Ann Holcomb and her children, pursuant to the provisions of the will of the said Joseph Bishop, deceased; which said conveyance shall vest in the said Job Holcomb, as trustee as aforesaid, all the estate, right, title, and interest which the said William Bishop, deceased, had of, in, and to the said farm and premises, with the appurtenances, at the time of his death.

Passed November 10, 1842.

AN ACT for the support of the government of this state.

Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Council and General Assembly of this State, and it is hereby enacted by the authority Payment of offiof the same, That there shall be paid to the officers appointed cers provided for the administration of the government of this state, the se

veral sums following, viz:

To the governor of this state for the time being, at the rate of two thousand dollars by the year.

To the chief justice of the supreme court of this state for the time being, at the rate of fifteen hundred dollars by the

year.

To each of the associate justices of the supreme court of this state for the time being, at the rate of fourteen hundred dollars by the year.

To the treasurer of this state for the time being, at the rate of one thousand dollars by the year.

To the law reporter and chancery reporter of this state for the time being, at the rate of two hundred dollars, each, by the year.

To the attorney general of this state for the time being, at the rate of eighty dollars by the year.

To the quartermaster general of this state for the time being, at the rate of one hundred dollars by the year.

To the adjutant general of this state for the time being, at the rate of one hundred dollars by the year.

for.

Salaries, how

All of which salaries shall be paid to the several officers before mentioned, their executors, administrators, or assigns, on paid. warrants produced to the treasurer, signed by the governor or vice president of Council; and in case any of the said officers shall be removed from office, by death or otherwise, the salary of such officer shall cease and determine on such removal, and the salary of his successor shall commence from the time he shall be sworn or affirmed into office.

to be paid.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That there shall be paid to the Members of... vice president of Council and to the speaker of the House of Council and Assembly, the sum of three dollars and fifty cents, each; and Assembly, how to every member of Council and Assembly, the sum of three dollars for each and every day they have attended, or shall attend, this or any future sitting of the legislature; and to every member of Council and Assembly, the additional sum of three dollars for every twenty miles of the estimated distance, by the nearest route, between his place of residence and the seat of government, in going or returning, on a certificate, to be produced to the treasurer, expressing the sum due and the number of days and miles, signed by the president or vice

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president of Council, for the members of Council, and by the speaker of the House of Assembly, or by Samuel M. Oliphant, Charles H. French, William Paterson, Reuben Willets, or any two of them, for the members of Assembly.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That there shall be paid to the secretary of Council and to the clerk of Assembly the sum of three dollars and fifty cents, each, for every day they have attended, or may attend, this or any future sitting of this legislature; and the sum of eight cents by the sheet, computing one hundred words to the sheet, for entering the minutes of Council and Assembly and the joint-meeting in the journal; and eight cents by the sheet, computing one hundred words to the sheet, for a copy thereof for the printers, on a certificate produced to the treasurer, signed by the president or vice president of Council, for the secretary of Council, and by the speaker of the House of Assembly, for the clerk of Assembly.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That there shall be paid to the sergeant-at-arms, or to any person or persons acting in that capacity, who shall attend the Council and House of Assembly for the time being, and to the doorkeepers of the Council and House of Assembly for the time being, the sum of two dollars, each, by the day, for each day, on a certificate, to be produced to the treasurer, expressing the sum due and the number of days they have respectively attended, signed by the president or vice president of Council and the speaker of the House of Assembly, respectively.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That there shall be paid to the engrossing clerk, who shall engross the bills of Council and Assembly this session of the legislature, at the rate of eight cents by the sheet, computing one hundred words to the sheet, on a certificate of the amount, signed by the president or vice president of Council and by the speaker of the House of Assembly, respectively.

Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That this act shall be and continue in force for one year from the twenty-fifth day of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, and no longer; and the same shall go into effect immediately after the passage thereof.

Passed November 10, 1842.

AN ACT to amend the charter of the Hudson County Mutual
Insurance Company.

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 sixth section of the act entitled, "An act to incorporate the Hudson County Mutual Insurance Company auCompany," passed February eleventh, eighteen hundred and thorized to loan forty-two, is hereby amended, so that the said company may money. loan such portion of their money in hand as may not be immediately wanted for the purposes of said corporation, upon good and valid security, by bond or promissory notes; provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to au- Proviso. thorize said company to exercise banking privileges.

ensure proper

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the twelfth section of the Company may said act is hereby amended, so that the said company may ty. effect ensurance on property throughout this state; anything

in the act hereby amended to the contrary notwithstanding.

take effect.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect im- Act, when to mediately after its passage.

Passed November 10, 1842.

AN ACT to prescribe the time and manner of holding elections for representatives in Congress from this state.

districts.

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 this state shall be divided into five districts State to be difor the election of members of the House of Representatives, vided into five and that the counties of Cape May, Cumberland, Salem, Gloucester, and Atlantic shall compose one district, to be called "the First District;" the counties of Burlington, Monmouth, and Mercer shall compose one district, to be called "the Second District;" the counties of Hunterdon, Warren, and Sussex shall compose one district, to be called "the Third District;" the counties of Middlesex, Somerset, and Morris shall compose one district, to be called "the Fourth District;" and

Representa tives, how elected.

Elections, how conducted.

Time of elections.

Qualifications

for representatives.

Proviso.

Governor may call special election in cer

tain cases.

the counties of Essex, Hudson, Bergen, and Passaic shall compose one district, to be called "the Fifth District;" each of which districts shall elect one person to represent this state in the House of Representatives of the United States.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That at any and every election for a member of the House of Representatives, the persons in each of the said districts qualified to vote at such election shall vote for one person as such representative, and no more; and the person, in each of the said districts, having the highest number of votes shall be declared to be elected.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That every election held by virtue of this act, except as herein otherwise provided, shall be conducted, in all respects, in the same manner, and subject to the same rules and regulations, as are prescribed by the act entitled, "An act to regulate elections," passed the twelfth day of March, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, and the supplement thereto.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That on the second Tuesday of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, and on the Wednesday following, and thereafter at the several times prescribed by law for the election of members of the House of Representatives, an election shall be held in each of the said districts, to elect, for this state, one person in each of the said districts to be a member of the House of Representatives, who shall be a citizen of the United States, of the age of twenty-five years or upwards, and an inhabitant of the district in which he shall be elected, and who shall have been a citizen of the United States for seven years next preceding such election; provided, that if an election shall be held as provided for in the fifth section of this act, then no other election shall be held for the election of persons to represent this state in the House of Representatives in the twenty-eighth Congress, except a vacancy or vacancies shall occur in the representation.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That if the twenty-eighth Congress shall be convened at any time prior to the second Tuesday of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, it shall be the duty of the governor of this state forthwith to issue a writ of election, to elect, in each of the said districts, one member of the House of Representatives, in manner aforesaid; which writ of election shall be in the nature of a proclamation, and shall be signed by the governor, and shall specify the cause and purpose of such election, and the days on which such election shall be held, the first of which shall not be less than thirty, nor more than forty days from the date of such writ of election.