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Bergen brigades, but in a remote and distant part of the state, and that the second division is composed of brigades in the adjoining counties, and that the ancient county of Bergen was originally and properly attached to the said second division; and whereas, also, it appears that no provision was made in the act to which this is a supplement, for the officers of the Hudson brigade to take and subscribe the oath or affirmation required by the act entitled, "An act establishing a militia system," by reason whereof the officers of said brigade cannot be dul qualified and enter upon the execution of their respective offices, and that the militia service is much neglected in said county of Hudson, in consequence thereof-therefore,

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 twelfth section of the act entitled, "An act to create the county of Hudson," as enacts that the Hudson brigade and the Bergen brigade shall be atPart of former tached to the first division of the militia of this state, be, and act repealed. the same is hereby repealed; and that the said Hudson brigade and the Bergen brigade shall be attached to the second division of the militia of this state.

Major general authorized to administer oath of office.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the general, or any field officer of said brigade, who is now or may be hereafter appointed, to take and subscribe the oath or affirmation required by the act entitled, "An act establishing a militia system," before the major general of the division to which said brigade is hereby attached; and such general or field officer, being thus qualified, shall have full power and authority to administer the oath of office to the other officers in said brigade; and all such officers shall thereupon be fully entitled to enter upon the execution of the respective offices to which they shall be appointed and commissioned. Passed February 10, 1843.

AN ACT relative to bridges in the county of Cumberland.

at a faster gait

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 it shall not be lawful for any person or per- Penalty for driv sons to drive any wagon, cart, sled, or sleigh, or any other ing over bridge kind of carriage or vehicle, or ride, lead, or drive any horse than a walk. or horses, mule or mules, or any description of cattle, over or upon any truss, lattice, or draw bridge, (or any bridge the arch of which is constructed of wood,) at a faster gait than a walk, such bridge or bridges being in the county of Cumberland; and every person or persons so offending shall forfeit and pay the sum of five dollars, for each and every offence so commit

ted, to be sued for and recovered by action of debt, with cost How to be recoof suit, in any court of competent jurisdiction, by any member vered. of the board of chosen freeholders of said county, in the corporate name of said board, for the use of said county; pro- Proviso. vided always, that this act shall not apply to any physician, or person going for any physician, or to any person riding express by order of any public officer of this state or of the United States, or to any person pursuing a fugitive fleeing from justice; provided further, that the board of chosen freeholders of said county shall cause to be fixed up, at each end of such bridge or bridges in said county, in some conspicuous place, in plain letters, "Five dollars fine for travelling over this bridge at a faster gait than a walk;" and on neglect of such notice the fne aforesaid shall not be incurred.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That if any person or persons Penalty for deshall wilfully deface such letters, or any of them, he, she, or facing letters. they so offending shall forfeit and pay five dollars, to be reco

vered in the manner directed by the first section of this act,

for the use of said county.

Passed February 13, 1843.

Preamble.

Style of incorporation alter

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A supplement to the act entitled, "An act to incorporate the
Jefferson Beneficial Society, of the county of Salem, New
Jersey," passed the eleventh day of March, eighteen hun-
dred and forty-two.

WHEREAS the society incorporated by the act to which this is
a supplement, have represented to this legislature, that be-
fore their said incorporation they were known by the name
of "the Jefferson Total Abstinence Beneficial Society," and
in that name had issued all their certificates of membership
and transacted all their business, and that a change of name
would cause the society much trouble and expense, and that
it is therefore desirable that the name at first adopted by
them should be also their corporate title-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 name and title of the said body politic, incorporated by the act to which this is a supplement, be, and the same is hereby altered to "the Jefferson Total Abstinence Beneficial Society;" by which name they shall be known in law, and shall have all the rights, powers, and privileges, and be subject to all the obligations and duties, which the said corporation would have possessed or been subject to, in case this act had not been passed.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That all suits and proceedings in law or equity, now pending, in which said corporation is a Suits now pend- party, shall, by order of the court in which the same are instituted, be continued by or against said corporation, under the new title hereby given them, upon the change of the name of said corporation being suggested upon the records in such suit or proceeding.

tinued under new title.

Passed February 13, 1843.

AN ACT to authorize the enclosure of a certain tract of salt meadow in the township of Lodi, in the county of Bergen.

Boundaries of

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 it shall and may be lawful for the owners and possessors of all that tract of salt meadow, situate, lying, lands authorizand being in the township of Lodi, in the county of Bergen, ed to be enand comprised, as near as may be, within the following limits, closed. to wit: beginning at a dam across Moonochy creek, which empties itself into the Hackensack river; thence up said creek, the various courses thereof, a northerly direction, to a ditch running between the meadows of Samuel C. Demarest, Jacob Outwater, and others; thence along said ditch, as the same runs, first a north-easterly, and then an easterly direction, until it comes to meadows of Albert Brinkerhoff; thence, across his meadows, to Lozen creek; thence along said creek, the various courses thereof, to the Hackensack river; thence, along said river, to the mouth of Moonochy creek aforesaid; thence up said creek, the various courses thereof, to the place of beginning, to fence the same in common, with such fences as are deemed and declared lawful, by an act entitled, act regulating fences," passed the twenty-third of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-nine, and to erect and maintain such gates, and build and keep in repair such bridges across ditches and creeks bounding the same, as the managers thereof, hereinafter mentioned, may deem proper; and that, from and after enclosing the same as aforesaid, no person or persons whatsoever shall drive or let in any horses, cattle, or sheep, with intent to let them run at large in sail tract; pro- Proviso. vided always, that nothing in this act contained shall be construed so as to prevent any person or persons from turning horses, cattle, or sheep on such part of the said tract as may to him, her, or them, and as shall be kept enclosed, by a suficient anlawful fence. separate from the remainder of

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Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That if any person or persons Penalty for driwhatsoever shall drive or let in any horses, cattle, or sheep ving in cattle. into the said tract, after the same shall have been enclosed as aforesaid, (except as is provided for in the first section of this act) or shall wilfully break down, destroy, or injure any part of the fence enclosing the same, or any of the gates or bridges aforesaid, such person or persons shall be liable to a penalty of ten dollars for each offence; and if any person or persons shall leave open any bars or gates in the fence enclosing said tract, either negligently or wilfully, such person or persons

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Cattle trespassing to be impounded, &c.

Time and mode

of electing managers and commissioners of appeal.

shall be liable to a penalty of two dollars for each offence; any of which penalties may be recovered, by and in the name of any owner or owners of any part of the said tract, in any court of competent jurisdiction in this state, in an action of debt, besides costs of suit; and the proceeds thereof, after paying the expenses of suing for and recovering the same, shall be applied to repairing the fences, gates, and bridges which are authorized by this act to be made.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That if any horses, cattle, or sheep shall be found running at large on any part of the tract enclosed as aforesaid, (except as is provided for in the first section of this act) it shall and may be lawful for any owner or possessor of any part of the said tract, to take and drive the same to any public pound in the township of Lodi, and if there be no public pound in said township, then to any public pound in the township of New Barbadoes; and shall, as soon as may be, make an affidavit, to be taken before any justice of the peace in said county of Bergen, stating that the same were taken running at large in the said tract; and such affidavit shall state a description of the horses, cattle, or sheep so taken, which affidavit shall be delivered to the pound-keeper where the horses, cattle, or sheep are impounded; and the person impounding the said horses, cattle, or sheep shall be entitled to receive for every head so taken and impounded the sum of thirty-seven cents, if not exceeding four, if more, then for every head so taken and impounded, the sum of twentyfive cents, to be collected, by the pound-keeper, of the owner, or from the sale of the said horses, cattle, or sheep, and the same shall be the measure of damages to be paid on such occasion; and the pound-keeper is directed to receive such beasts, and to proceed in the same manner, after the receipt of the same, as is directed in the case of distress for damage feasant, by the twelfth section of the act entitled, “An act regulating fences," passed the twenty-third day of January, seventeen hundred and ninety-nine; and he shall be entitled to the same fees, and subject to the same penalties for neglect of duty, as are allowed and imposed in and by the said act.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful, immediately after the passing of this act, for any owner or possessor of any part of the said tract to call a meeting of the owners and possessors thereof, by putting up advertisements, in three public places, specifying the time of meeting, one whereof shall be in the township of Lodi, and two in the township of New Barbadoes, at least ten days previous to the time of meeting; on which notice being given, the owners and possessors of the said tract shall convene at the house of David D. Demarest, innkeeper in the village of Hackensack:

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