First town meeting in Delaware.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the inhabitants of the township of Delaware shall hold their first town meeting at the school house at Ellisburgh, in the said township of Delaware, on the second Wednesday in March next.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That the inhabitants of the townTown meet- ship of Waterford, shall hold their next town meeting at the ing in Water Inn of Thomas B. Wright, at Longacomeing, in the said township of Waterford, on the second Wednesday of March

ford.

property, debts, &c.

next.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That the town committees of the townships of Delaware and Waterford, shall meet on the Committees Monday next after the annual town meeting in the said to apportion township of Delaware and Waterford, at the Inn of Joseph Ellis, at Ellisburgh, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, and then, and there, proceed by writing, signed by a majority of those present, to allot and divide between the said townships, all properties and monies on hand or due, in proportion to the taxable property and rateables, as taxed by the assessor within their respective limits, at the last assessment, and the inhabitants of the township of Delaware shall be liable to pay their just proportion of the debts, if any there should be; and if any of the persons comprising either of the township committees should neglect or refuse to meet as aforesaid, those assembled may proceed to make the said division, and the decision of a majority of those present shall be final and con clusive.

Passed February 28, 1844)

AN ACT to set off a new township in the counties of Monmouth and Middlesex, to be called the township of Mill

stone.

Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Council and General As Boundaries Sembly of this State and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the town. of the same, That all that part of the township of Upper ship of Mill. Freehold and Freehold in the county of Monmouth, and of the township of Monroe, in the county of Middlesex, lying within the boundaries and descriptions following, to wit:Beginning in the middle of the Mount Holly road, near

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Asher Smith's tavern, and where the road to Preston's factory strikes the same, in the township of Freehold; thence running along the middle of the road leading from the said Smith's tavern, to Hannah Clayton's Inn, to where the public roads cross near the said inn; thence following the middle. of the public road northerly to a point opposite the dwelling house of William Osborn; thence north twenty-nine degrees west, to the county line between Monmouth and Middlesex; thence westerly in a direct line through the township of Monroe, in the county of Middlesex, to the bridge over the Millstone brook, on the public road, near Daniel D. Reed's dwelling house; thence down the middle of the said Millstone brook, until it reaches the county line between Mercer and Middlesex, at or near the head of Peter Wikoff's mill pond; thence southerly, following the said county line, to the Monmouth county line; thence southwesterly following the said Monmouth county line to the bridge over the Assanpink brook on the York road; thence up the middle of the said brook easterly, till it strikes the bridge on the land of Joseph I. Ely, son of Isaac Ely, dec'd, in the middle of the new road leading from Hightstown to Britton's tavern, sometimes called the stone tavern; thence southerly in a direct line to a point in the public road one rod west of said Britton's tavern ; thence running as the needle now points, south six degrees and thirty minutes east, over Sugar-loaf hill, to the Ivanhoe, or north branch of Lahaway creek; thence up the middle of said Ivanhoe to its head, at a spring near the late residence of Elisha Karr, deceased; thence a due east course to the Mount Holly road; thence northeasterly along the middle of the said Mount Holly road, to the place of beginning, shall be, and hereby is set off from the said townships of Upper Freehold and Freehold, in the county of Monmouth, and Monroe in the county of Middlesex, and made a separate township to be called and known by the name of "The township of Millstone," and that all that part of the said township of Monroe, in the county of Middlesex, which lies within the above mentioned boundaries, shall be, and the same is hereby attached to and made a part of the county of Monmouth, and shall be subject to all the laws which the county of Monmouth now is or may be subject to, and the said line shall hereafter be the boundary line between the said county of Monmouth and the county of Middlesex.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the inhabitants of the said township of Millstone shall be, and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, and shall be styled and Inhabitants known by the name of "The inhabitants of the township of of township Millstone, in the county of Monmouth," and shall be entitled corporated.. to all the rights, powers, authority, privileges and advantages,

First town meeting.

Farm and

held.

and subject to the same regulations, government and liabili ties, as the inhabitants of the other townships in the said county of Monmouth are or may be entitled or subject to by. the laws of this state.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the inhabitants of the said townships of Millstone hereby created, shall hold their first annual town-meeting at the inn of Ezekiel Davison, in the village of Perrineville, in the said township of Millstone, on the day appointed. by law for holding the annual townmeetings in the other townships in the county of Monmouth.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That the poor house farm and all other property now belonging to the said township of Upper Freehold, shall hereafter belong to the townships of Millother proper stone and Upper Freehold, in the proportion of the tax asty, how to be sessed to the inhabitants of the said township of Upper Freehold, now residing within the bounds of each of the said townships, on the last duplicate, and shall be owned and held by them in common, and that the poor house farm and all other property now belonging to the said township of Freehold, shall hereafter belong to the townships of Millstone and Freehold, in the proportion of the tax assessed to the Inhabitants of the said township of Freehold, now residing within the bounds of each of the said last named townships, on the last duplicate, and shall be owned and held by them in com

paupers.

mon.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That the town committees of Settlement of the said townships of Freehold, Upper Freehold, and Millstone, shall meet on the second Tuesday of April next, at the inn of Ezekiel Davison, in the township of Millstone, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, and shall then and there proceed by writing, signed by a majority of the members of each township committee, to allot and divide between the said townships all their paupers, which are hereby chargeable to that township, within the bounds of which they shall have acquired their settlements respectively, and to allot and divide between the said townships all property and monies on hand or due, in proportion to the taxable property and rateables as valued and assessed by assessors, within the respective limits of the said townships, at the last assessments; and the inhabitants of the said township of Millstone shall be liable to pay their just proportion of the debts, if any there be, and to support and maintain the paupers so alloted to them; and if any of the persons composing either of the town committees shall refuse or neglect to meet as aforesaid, those assembled may proceed to make the said allotment and division, and the decision of a majority of those present, shall be final and con

clusive: provided, that it shall and may be lawful to adjonrn. the above meeting to such time and place as a majority of those assembled as aforesaid may think proper.

Monroe.

Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That all the paupers now Paupers of chargeable to the township of Monroe, in the county of Middlesex, whose settlements were acquired within the bounds of the said township of Millstone, shall be chargeable to, and supported by the said township of Millstone.

Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect and go into operation immediately after the passage thereof. Passed February 28, 1844.

Act, when to

take effect.

A supplement to the act entitled "An act to authorize the owners and possessors of a certain tract of woodland therein named, to prevent horses, cattle and sheep from running at large thereon," passed February twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and one, and the supplement thereto," passed January thirty-first, eighteen hundred and sixteen. ! 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 southerly line of lands of John and Jacob M. Demott, of the township of Hackensack, in the county of Bergen, shall from and after the passage of this act, constitute the southern boundary line of the tract of woodland mentioned in the first section of the act to which this is a supplement.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That if any horses, mules, cattle or sheep, shall be found running at large on any part of the tract enclosed, as aforesaid, 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 townships of Hackensack or Harrington, 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, mules, cattle or sheep so taken, which affidavit shall be delivered to the pound keeper, when the horses,

Southern

boundary of woodland.

mules, cattle or sheep are impounded; and the person impounding the said horses, mules or cattle, shall be entitled to receive for every head so taken and impounded, the sum of one dollar, and for every head of sheep, the sum of twelve and a half cents, to be collected by the pound keeper, of the owner, or from the sale of the said horses, mules, 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; and all trespasses and damages recovered by virtue of this act, shall be applied towards making and repairing the fences for said

enclosure.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That so much of the first section. Part of form of the act to which this is a supplement as is inconsistent with the provisions of this act, together with the third section of said act, be, and the same are hereby repealed.

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pealed.

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take effect.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall go into effect on and after the first day of April next.

Passed February 27, 1844.

AN ACT to repeal so much of the act entitled, "An act to authorize the inhabitants of the township of South Brunswick, in the county of Middlesex, and the inhabitants of the township of Upper Freehold in the county of Monmouth, to vote by ballot at their town meetings passed March 5th, 1841.” as relates to or is binding upon the inhabitants of Upper Freehold, in the county of Monmouth.

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 so much of the act entitled, "An act to authorise the inhabitants of the township of South