All carding machines, propelled by water or steam, and not connected with any cotton or woollen manufactory, any sum not exceeding three dollars. All cupola furnaces, any sum not exceeding fifteen dollars. All blast furnaces, other than cupola furnaces, any sum not exceeding thirty dollars. All saw mills, for each saw, any sum not exceeding eight dollars. All forges that work pig-iron, and forges and bloomeries that work bar-iron, immediately from ore or cinders, for each fire, any sum not exceeding six dollars. All rolling and slitting mills, any sum not exceeding thirty dollars. All paper mills, any sum not exceeding three dollars for each engine. All snuff mills, any sum not exceeding nine dollars. All starch factories, any sum not exceeding ten dollars. All powder mills, any sum not exceeding fifteen dollars. All oil mills or oil presses, any sum not exceeding nine dollars. All bark mills, propelled by water or steam, for grinding bark for sale, any sum not exceeding ten dollars. All fulling mills, not connected with any woollen manufactory, any sum not exceeding four dollars. Every ferry or toll bridge, any sum not exceeding twenty dollars. All tan yards where leather is tanned for sale or hire, each vat, any sum not exceeding thirty cents. All distilleries used for distilling spirits from rye or other grain, or molasses or other foreign materials, any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars. All other distilleries used for distilling, any sum not exceeding thirty dollars, having due regard to the size, capacity, and use of said stills. Every coach or chariot, any sum not exceeding five-dollars. Every phaton, coachee, or four-wheeled chaise, with steel or iron springs, any sum not exceeding four dollars. Every four-horse stage wagon, any sum not exceeding five dollars. Every two-horse stage wagon, any sum not exceeding two dollars and fifty cents. Every covered riding wagon, any sum not exceeding seventy-five cents. Every two-horse chair or curricle, with steel or iron springs, any sum not exceeding one dollar and fifty cents. Every riding chair, gig, sulky, or pleasure wagon, any sum not exceeding seventy-five cents. Every dearborn wagon, with steel, iron, or wooden springs, any sum not exceeding seventy-five cents. Every printing, bleaching, and dying manufactory, any sum not exceeding ten dollars. Every earthen or stone ware manufactory, any sum not exceeding seven dollars and fifty cents. Every glass or porcelain manufactory, where glass or porcelain ware is manufactured for sale, any sum not exceeding ten dollars. Every tobacco manufactory, other than snuff mills, conducted by steam, horse, or water power, having due regard to the extent and capacity of the same, any sum not exceeding ten dollars. . men. Every single man, whether he lives with his parents or not, Tax of single any um not exceeding one dollar and fifty cents, over and above the certainties made ratable by this act; if any single man be a householder, he shall be taxed as other householders are liable by law to be taxed; provided, that nothing in this section Proviso. shall be construed to subject any species of property to be taxed more than once; and that no property herein specifically mentioned as taxable, shall be subject to a tax as real estate. Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Manufacturers, assessors to assess all manufacturers, millers, lumber, wood, &c., not herein coal, and other merchants, of whatever kind not hereinbefore specified, how mentioned, according to the extent of their operations and the capital employed, as other certainties named in this act are taxed. to be taxed. or. Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of every Duty of assessassessor to make and carry out in his tax book, and the duplicate thereof, a just and true valuation of all the real estate made liable by law; and that the amount of tax assessed in each township, city, or borough, above what is raised from the certainties, shall be levied by a per centage upon such valuation. Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That the said sum of forty thousand dollars shall be assessed, levied, and collected in the manner Manner of asprescribed in the act entitled, "An act concerning taxes," sessing, levying, and collecting. passed the tenth day of June, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, and the several supplements thereto; and the several officers therein mentioned are hereby required to perform the several duties on them enjoined thereby, under the pains and penalties for neglect of duties imposed by said acts; and the assessors, collectors, and other officers concerned in the Fees of officers. assessment and collection of said tax, shall be entitled to the fees and compensation allowed by the before mentioned acts. M Act, when to take effect. Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That this act shall go into operation, and be in full force, immediately after the passage thereof. Passed February 22, 1843. AN ACT to authorize repairs to the New Jersey state arsenal. 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 quartermaster general be, and he is hereby authorized to make such alterations, improvements, and Repairs to arsenal authorized. repairs to the New Jersey state arsenal, for the preservation of the arms, ordnance, and accoutrements, as in his opinion may be deemed necessary; and that the treasurer pay the same out of any moneys in the treasury, not otherwise appropri ated, upon certificate of the commander-in-chief, provided the amount shall not exceed three hundred dollars. Passed February 22, 1843. Orphans court A further supplement to an act entitled, "An act to secure to creditors an equal and just division of the estates of debtors, who convey to assignees for the benefit of creditors," passed the twenty-third of February, eighteen hundred and twenty. 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 whenever the security given by any assignee, under and by virtue of the third section of the act to further security. which this is a supplement, shall be insufficient at the time of may direct assignee to give security. giving the same, or shall afterwards become insufficient, then it shall be the duty of the orphans court of the county in which the assignor resided at the time of making the assignment, to order and direct such assignee to give such further or other security to the ordinary, by bond in the usual form, as to the said court, after hearing the objection of creditors or persons concerned, shall seem proper; and if it should appear, upon examination, that any assignee hath embezzled, wasted, or misapplied all or any part of the estate assigned to him, or Proceedings in shall neglect or refuse to give such additional security as may case of refusal be ordered, then and in every such case, the said court shall to give further proceed to remove said assignee, and appoint some suitable person or persons in his stead, to fulfil the trusts contained in the deed of assignment, who shall give bond, with security, in manner aforesaid, and shall thereupon have all the power and authority of the said assignee under the deed of assignment, and be subject to the same duties and liabilities; and the assignee so appointed by the orphans court shall have actions of trover, detinue, or on the case, for such goods, chattels, or moneys as came to the possession of the assignee so removed as aforesaid, and shall be retained, wasted, embezzled, withheld, or misapplied, and no satisfaction made for the same. Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall go into ope- Act, when to ration immediately after the passage thereof. Passed February 22, 1843. take effect. AN ACT to divorce Stephen Budd from his wife Susan Elizabeth Budd. Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Council and General Assembly of this State, and it is hereby enacted by the authority s. Budd divoreof the same, That Stephen Budd, of the county of Morris, be, ed from his wife. and he is hereby divorced from his wife Susan Elizabeth Budd, and that the marriage contract now existing between them be, and the same is hereby absolutely dissolved. Passed February 23, 1843. Preamble. AN ACT to authorize James S. Springer, guardian of Lydia Moore, Robert Moore, Joseph Moore, and Mary Ann Moore, to release their right to certain real estate. WHEREAS Joseph Moore and Mary his wife, late of the county of Salem, in their lifetime, made an agreement with "the Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church of the township of Upper Penns Neck," in said county, to convey to the said trustees, in their corporate capacity, and their successors, in fee-simple, a certain lot of land, situate in said township, and bounded as follows: beginning in the road leading from Pedricktown to Perkintown, and runs, first, south, seventy degrees east, three chains and seventy-five links; thence, second, south, twenty degrees west, two chains and seventy links; thence, third, north, seventy degrees west, three chains and seventy-five links, to the said road; thence, along the same, fourth, north, twenty degrees east, two chains and seventy links, to the place of beginning, containing one acre, for the purpose of a cemetery;-and whereas, in consequence of said agreement, the said trustees took possession of said lot of land, and laid the same out as a cemetery;— and whereas the said lot has been since used as a place of burial, and numerous interments of deceased persons have been made therein;-and whereas the said Joseph Moore and Mary his wife, since making the said agreement, have departed this life without executing a deed for said lot of land, so that the legal title thereto is now vested in Rebecca Dolbow, the wife of George Dolbow, Lydia Moore, Robert Moore, Joseph Moore, and Mary Ann Moore, the children and heirs-at-law of the said Mary Moore, deceased, four of . whom, that is to say, Lydia Moore, Robert Moore, Joseph Moore, and Mary Ann Moore, are minors;-and whereas, in consequence of the minority of the said heirs, no legal conveyance for said lot of land can be now made; and the trustees, the said George Dolbow and Rebecca his wife, and James S. Springer, the guardians of the four minor children, have, by their petition, prayed legislative aid in the premises; and the said petition appearing to be reasonabletherefore, 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 James S. Springer, guardian of Lydia J. S. Springer Moore, Robert Moore, Joseph Moore, and Mary Ann Moore, be, and he is hereby authorized and empowered to execute a release to the said "the Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal authorized to release certain real estate. |