Chardavoyne, of the county of Sussex, a soldier of the revo lutionary war, or his order, the sum of sixty dollars per annum, during his natural life, in semi-annual payments of thirty dollars each, the first payment to be made the fourth day of March next.

AN ACT to constitute and make Crosswicks creek a lawful fence from the place known as the mill-dam, at Groveville, down to the mouth of said creek.

WHEREAS, those valuable tracts of marsh and meadow land situate along the shores of the Crosswicks creek are so low Preamble. and much exposed to the ice and high freshets, that it is not practicable to make a fence stand along the same;and whereas, sundry people who have no right, do make it a common practice to drive their horses and cattle over Crosswicks creek into the said marsh and meadow land, whereby the same is rendered almost useless to the owners and proprietors, for remedy thereof

Creek mada

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 from and after the first day of April next, the said Crosswicks creek is declared, constituted a lawful and made a lawful fence from the place known as the mill- fence. dam, at Groveville, down to the mouth of the said creek, and if any cattle or horses shall wander or be driven over said creek, the owners of said cattle or horses shall be liable as trespassers, and all damages. accrued thereby shall be recovered in the same manner and form as is directed by the act entitled, "An act for regulating fences."

Passed February 16, 1844

Preamble.

Style of incorporation.

Powers.

AN ACT to incorporate the Mount Holly Female Benevolent Association.

WHEREAS, an association has existed in the town of Mount Holly, for a period of thirty years, under the name of the Female Benevolent Association, whose object has been, and " continues to be, to relieve poverty, suffering and distress; and it is believed that an aet of incorporation will promote the object of the society, increase its usefulness, and add to the security of its property;—and whereas, a memorial has been presented by its members, praying that the society may be incorporated; 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 all who now are, or hereafter shall become members of the said society, be, and they are hereby ordained, constituted and declared a body corporate and politic in fact and in law, by the name,and title of the "Female Benevolent Association, of Mount Holly," and by such name shall have succession and continuance, and be in law, capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, in all courts of law and equity, whatever; and that they and their successors may have and use a common seal, and the same may alter and amend at pleasure; and by their name as aforesaid, and under their common seal, may make and enter into, form and execute any contracts or agreements, relating to, touching or concerning the objects of the said corporation.

Sec: 2. And be it enacted, That the said corporation, be, May make and they are hereby authorized to make, adopt and use, constitution and from time to time, to alter, amend or change, as and by-laws; by them may be deemed expedient, such general form of a

Officers, when

and how appointed.

constitution and such by-laws, for the transaction of business, and for effecting the objects of its incorporation, as to the members, or a majority of the members present, duly met, shall be deemed right and proper: and that the names and number of the officers of the said corporation, with their powers, liabilities, rights and duties, respectively, shall be determined by and in the said constitution, and shall be elected annually by ballot, by a majority of the members present, at a meeting convened for that purpose, in the mode by the said constitution to be prescribed;-Provided, that nothing in the said constitution and by-laws, be repugnant to the constitution. and laws of this State, or of the United States.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the estate and property of what kind soever, the same may be, now held by the said so- What real ciety, shall be vested in the body corporate and politic, and personal hereby created; which said body corporate and politic, shall, estate may by the name and title aforesaid, be able in law, to purchase, be held. receive, take, hold and convey, for the use and benefit of the said corporation, and for the purpose of effecting the objects of its incorporation, any lands, tenements, and hereditaments, any sum or sums of money, rights, goods, securities and chattles, by gift, alienation, devise, bequest or otherwise, of any person or persons, bodies corporate or politic, legally authorized to make the same;-Provided, that the clear yearly income or value of the real and personal estate of the said corporation shall not exceed the sum of one thousand dollars.

Proviso.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That the objects of the said cor Objects of inporation shall be solely and exclusively of a benevolent and corporation. charitable nature, and that no part of the funds of the said corporation, shall be used for banking purposes, or in any other way except as provided for in this act.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Act may be Legislature of this State at any time, hereafter, to amend, amended or repeal or modify this act.

Passed February 16, 1844..

repealed.

AN ACT to authorzie Isaac P., White, trustee of Deborah Brower, to convey certain, real estate.

WHEREAS, it has been represented that Jacob Brower, of the township of Shrewsbury, in the county of Monmouth, hath heretofore made and executed a deed of conveyance of certain real estate in trust to Isaac P. White for the use and benefit of his wife Deborah Brower and children ;—and whereas, at the time of the execution of said conveyance, the said property was encumbered by mortgage to the amount of three hundred dollars, which mortgage is still a lien thereon:-and whereas, it appears that a part of said property can now be sold for the said sum of three hundred dollars, and Joseph King has agreed to give that sum for four acres thereof, and the existing encumbrance be

Preamble.

thorized to make con

veyance.

thereby discharged, but doubts having arisen whether the said trustee could make a good and valid title for the same, and legislative aid has been prayed in the premises; Therefore,

Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED, by the Council and General Trustees au- Assembly of this State, and it is hereby enacted by the au thority of the same, That the said Isaac P. White, trustee as aforesaid, be, and he hereby is authorized and empowered to make, execute and deliver to the said Joseph King a deed of conveyance for four acres of the said real estate, or so much thereof as will be sufficient to satisfy and pay the aforesaid mortgage, which said deed shall vest in the said Joseph King as good and valid a title to the same, as the said Jacob Brower had in and to the same at and before the execution of the said deed of trust, and the proceeds arising from such sale and conveyance as aforesaid, shall be applied by the said trustee to the payment and discharge of the aforesaid mortgage, and to no other purpose whatsoever; provided, that before the execution of the said deed to the said Joseph King, the said mortgage shall be cancelled as of record and delivered to the said Jacob Brower.

Proviso.

Passed February 16, 1844.

Phebe B.. &
Elisha G.

AN ACT to divorce Phebe B. Tayman from her hus band Elisha G. Tayman.

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 Phebe B. Tayman, of the county of Cape May, be, and she is hereby divorced from her Tayman di husband, Elisha G Tayman, and that the marriage contract now existing between them, be, and the same is hereby absolutely dissolved.

vorced.

Passed February 16, 1844..

AN ACT to authorize the erection of a bridge with a pivot or draw over Raccoon Creek, at Bridgeport, in the county of Gloucester.

thorized to

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 Board of Chosen Freeholders of the Board of county of Gloucester, be and they hereby are authorized to chosen freebuild, and at all times hereafter to rebuild, repair and main- holders autain a good and sufficient bridge over Raccoon Creek; at the build bridge. village of Bridgeport in said county, at or near the site of the present bridge, and as nearly in a line with the main street of said village, as the ground and other circumstances will admit of, with a draw or pivot, the opening to be made by the draw or pivot therein, to be at least thirty-six feet wide; and said opening to be made in such part of said bridge where the vessels and boats may pass through with the greatest convenience.

leaving open

or injuring

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That if any captain of a vessel, Penalty for or other person or persons shall open said bridge, or hoist the draw of said bridge (if any) and leave the same open or up, bridge. so as to prevent travellers and others from passing over the same, for more than fifteen minutes, when the same is not absolutely necessary for the passage of some vessel or boat through the same; or if any person or persons whatever, without lawful authority therefor, shall cut, remove or destroy any piece or pieces of timber, or any plank or planks belonging thereto, or any part of said bridge, draw or pivot, posts or piles, or shall remove any iron work or stone work of, or belonging to said bridge, or otherwise wilfully damage or do any act which may have a tendency to injure said bridge, he, she, or they shall, for every and each offence, forfeit and pay the sum of twenty dollars over and above the damage done to said bridge, to be recovered in an action of debt or on the case, in any court having competent jurisdiction, with costs of suit; one half of said sum for the use of the prosecutor and the other half for the use of the county of Gloucester, and on recovery to be paid into the hands of the collector of said county.

Former act

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That "An act to authorize the Board of Chosen Freeholders of the county of Gloucester to repealed. build a draw bridge over Raccoon Creek, near the mouth thereof," passed November eleventh, eighteen hundred and seven, be and the same is hereby repealed.