Salaries how paid.

Members of

Council and

Assembly, bow paid.

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.

All of which salaries shall be paid to the several officers before mentioned, their executors, administrators, or assigns, on 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.

Sec 2. And be it enacted, That there shall be paid to the vice president of Council and to the speaker of the House of Assembly, the sum of three dollars and fifty cents, each; and 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 the Council and Assembly, the additional sum of three doliars 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 certifi cate, to be produced to the treasurer, expressing the sum due and the number of days and miles, signed by the president or vice president of Council, for the members of Council, and by the speaker of the House of Assembly, or by John D. Field, Jonathan Pickel, William G. Hopper, James Clark, or any two of them, for members of Assembly.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That there shall be paid to Secretary of the secretary of Council and to the clerk of Assembly the Council and sum of three dollars and fifty cents, each, for every day sembly, how 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

Clerk of As

puid.

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.

bow paid.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That there shall be paid to Sergeant at the sergeant-at-arms, or to any person or persons acting arms and in that capacity, who shall attend the Council and House door keeper, of Assembly for the time being, and to the door-keepers of the Council and House of Assembly for the time being, the sum of two dollars, each, by the day, for each day, on 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 vicepresident of Council and the speaker of the House of Assembly, respectively.

Engrossing Sec. 5. And be it enated, That there shall be paid to clerk, bew the engrossing clerk, who shall engross the bills of Coun- paid. cil 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.

Act.

Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That this act shall be and continue in force for one year from the twenty fourth day Limitation of of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty three, and no longer; and the same shall go into effect immediately after the passage thereof. Passed November 8, 1843.

Treamble.

Administra

for author

ized to make deed, &c.

AN ACT to authorize and empower Thomas Cain, Junior, administrator de bonis non cum testamento annexo of Mary Bond, deceased, to make a deed for certain real estate sold by the executor of the last will of said Mary Bond to Richard J. Bond.

WHEREAS, it is represented to the satisfaction of this legislature, that Mary Bond, late of the city of Trenton, died, leaving a last will and testament, in and by which Thomas Cain, of said city, was appointed executor thereof; that the said Thomas Cain duly proved said will and assumed the burden of the execution thereof; that said Thomas Cain, in the course of his administration of said estate, having found the personal estate of the testatrix to be insufficient to pay her debts, made application to the Orphans' Court of Mercer county, and was by said court ordered to sell the whole of the real estate whereof said Mary Bond died seized in the county of Mercer, for the payment of her debts; that in pursuance of said order the said Thomas Cain exposed the said real estate to public sale, on the twenty-fifth day of February last, and sold the same to Richard J. Bond, who was the highest bidder, for the sum of one hundred dollars and fifty cents; that after making said sale and before reporting the same to the Orphans' Court of Mercer county, for confirmation according to law, the said Thomas Cain departed this life--and whereas, it is represented that there is no means by which the said sale can be perfected, and a title made, other than an act of the legislature; and whereas, Thomas Cain, Junior, administrator de bonis non cum testamente annero, of the said Mary Bond, deceased, hath prayed that he may be authorized to make a deed for said real estate to the said Richard J. Bond, and to receive the purchase money, for administration according to law and the will of the testatrix-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 said Thomas Cain, Junior, administrator de bonis non cum testamento annexo, of the said Mary Bond, deceased, be, and he is hereby authorized

and empowered to make a deed of conveyance to the said Richard J. Bond, for the real estate so sold to the said Richard J. Bond, by Thomas Cain, executor of the last will and testament of the said Mary Bond, deceased, and to receive from the said Richard J. Bond the purchase money of said real estate, and the same to administer ac cording to law and the will of the testatrix.

Foad.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That before the said Thomas Cain, Junior, shall proceed to act, he shall enter into bond Administrato the Ordinary, before the Surrogate of the county of tor to give Mercer, with sufficient surety, in the penalty of six hundred dollars, for the faithful application of the purchase money for said real estate according to law and the will of said Mary Bond, deceased.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the deed of conveyance of said Thomas Cain, Junior, shall vest in the said Richard J. Bond, the same title to said real estate as the said Mary Bond had at the time of her decease, as fully as Title vested in purchaser. if the sale by the said Thomas Cain, executor of the said Mary Bond had been reported to the Orphans' Court of Mercer county, and been by the said court confirmed as valid and effectual in law, and a deed of conveyance had thereupon been made by the said Thomas Cain, executor as aforesaid.

Passed November 9, 1843.

AN ACT to dissolve the marriage between Charles William Appleton and Tacy Maria Appleton, his wife.

Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Council and General As- Charles Wilsembly of this State, and it is hereby enacted by the au- liam and Tathority of the same, That the bond of matrimony hereto- cy Maria Apfore existing between Charles William Appleton and pleton diTracy Maria Appleton his wife, of the city of New Bruns- Vorced. wick, in the county of Middlesex, be, and the same is hereby fully and absolutely dissolved.

Issue of marriage to be legitimate.

Mother to

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, and declared, That Greenleaf Webb Appleton, the infant son of the said Charles William Appleton and the said Tracy Maria Appleton, being the only issue of the marriage between the said parties, shall be deemed and taken to be legitimate.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the said Greenleaf have guardi- Webb Appleton, be, and he is hereby committed during anship of in his infancy to the care and guardianship of his said

fant.

Father not to

mother.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That it shall not be lawful have authori- for the said Charles William Appleton, from henceforth, ty over infant to have, exercise, or assert any right or authority of, in, to, or over the said Greenleaf Webb Appleton, during his infancy aforesaid, for or by reason of paternity.

Passed, November 9, 1843.