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A supplement to " An act to establish a new township in the county of Burlington, to be called the township of Coaxen," passed February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and fortyfive.

BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, as follows:

SEC. 1. The name of the township of Coaxen, in the county Corporate name of Burlington, shall be changed to Southampton, and the in- of township changed. habitants of said township shall hereafter be styled and known by the name of "the Inhabitants of the township of Southampton, in the county of Burlington."

SEC. 2. All parts of the act to which this is a supplement, Part of former not consistent herewith, shall be, and the same are hereby re- act repealed. pealed; and this açt shall take effect immediately. Approved, April 1, 1845.

A further supplement to the act entitled, "An act for the government and regulation of the state prison," passed February twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight.

BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, as follows:

SEC. 1. The bond required to be given by the keeper, in the fifth section of the act to which this is a supplement, shall Amount of bond hereafter be in the sum of five thousand dollars, instead of two thousand dollars, as therein prescribed.

SEC. 2. The inspectors shall make their report of the state of Time of making the prison, to the legislature, as required in the sixth section of annual report. the same act, on or before the third Tuesday of January, in

each year, instead of the first Tuesday in November, as therein provided.

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SEC. 3. The inspectors shall have power to remit the costs Costs of of prosecution of any prisoner, and any debt due from him to cution may be the state for his support in said prison, upon a recommenda- remitted. tion from the keeper, certifying that such prisoner is, in his opinion, unable to earn more than is sufficient for his clothing

and maintenance, or that such prisoner has conducted himself
in an orderly and proper manner.

SEC. 4. The keeper of the prison shall have his accounts When annual ready for examination and settlement on the second Tuesday of January, in every year, and for that purpose may close his accounts for the year on the thirty-first day of December pre

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SEC. 5. He shall prepare, on or before the second Tuesday of January, annually, an abstract of all expenditures and rement of expend- ceipts of money for the prison, the amount of labour done, the raw materials purchased, the articles manufactured or prepared and sold, all the bills of transportation, and the taxed bills of costs which have been certified by him, and shall lay the same before the committee annually appointed by the legis lature to settle the accounts of the state prison, and before the legislature itself, at such times as it shall direct.

SEC. 6. So much of the act to which this is a supplement, as Part of former is inconsistent with the provisions of this act, is hereby react repealed. pealed.

Act, when to take effect.

SEC. 7. This act shall take effect immediately after it be comes a law.

Approved, April 1, 1845.

Preamble.

AN ACT to release to Betsey Cook the right and title of the
state of New Jersey to certain land and premises in the
township of Saddle River, in the county of Bergen.

WHEREAS Robert Cook (a coloured man), late of the county
of Bergen, died intestate, possessed of a certain house and
lot of ground, containing about one acre, situate in the
township of Saddle River, in said county, and of some per-
sonal property; and whereas Robert S. Gould, esquire, of
the said county of Bergen, hath taken out letters of admin-
istration upon the estate of said decedent, who hath exhausted
all the personal property of said intestate in the payment of
his debts, and there are other debts still remaining unpaid; ia
and whereas it is represented that the said Robert Cook left

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no heirs capable of inheriting the said real estate, and that the same has escheated to the state of New Jersey, under and by virtue of the laws in such case made and provided; and whereas it is also represented that the said real estate is sufficient to satisfy said debts, and leave a small surplus; and whereas the said Robert Cook has left a widow, without the necessary means of support and maintenance; and it being right that said debts should be paid out of said real estate, and the balance secured for the benefit of said widow; and whereas it is also represented that the said Robert Cook, in his lifetime, conveyed away, by deed, said house and lot, and that said conveyance was made and executed by way of mortgage, and that the said Robert S. Gould, as administrator as aforesaid, paid off and satisfied the debt for which the same had been so conveyed, and, upon such payment being made, the person to whom the said real estate had been conveyed, as aforesaid, reconveyed the same to the said Robert S. Gould, as administrator as aforesaid, in whom the legal title is now vested-therefore,

BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, as follows:

leased.

SEC. 1. All the right, title, interest, property, claim, and Right of state in demand of the state of New Jersey, of, in, and to the said certain lands rehouse and lot of land, with the appurtenances, situate in the township of Saddle River, in the county of Bergen aforesaid, of which the said Robert Cook died seized and possessed, is granted, remised, released, and confirmed unto the said Betsey Cook, widow of the said Robert Cook, and to her heirs and assigns for ever; and said administrator is hereby authorized to execute a good and sufficient deed therefor, to the said Betsey Cook; provided nevertheless, that said deed shall not be executed to, nor the legal title vest in the said Betsey Cook, as aforesaid, until she shall have fully paid off and satisfied all the debts lawfully contracted by the said Robert Cook, in his lifetime, and now remaining unpaid; and provided also, in case the said Betsey Cook shall neglect or refuse to pay and satisfy said debts and expenses of administration within one year from the time this act becomes a law, the said administrator is authorized and empowered to sell the said land and real estate, at public vendue, after giving the notice required by law to be given in cases of sales of real estate made by order of the orphans' court for the payment of debts, and shall execute a conveyance to the purchaser therefor, and, after satisfying said debts and all necessary expenses, pay the surplus, if any remain, to the said Betsey Cook, her executors or administra

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Act, when to take effect.

SEC. 2. This act shall take effect immediately after it shall become a law.

Approved, April 2, 1845.

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AN ACT to incorporate the Camden Water Works Company.

BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, as follows:

SEC. 1. Isaac Cole, Benjamin W. Cooper, Charles Kaighn, Henry Allen, William Folwell, Nathan Davis, Benjamin T. Davis, John W. Mickle, and James Elwell, and their associates, are hereby authorized and empowered to introduce into, and supply the city of Camden, in this state, with pure water. under such terms, regulations, and conditions as the city council of said city shall, by ordinance, ordain and establish; and the said Isaac Cole, Benjamin W. Cooper, Charles Kaighn, Henry Allen, William Folwell, Nathan Davis, Benjamin T. Davis, John W. Mickle, and James Elwell, and their associates, are hereby incorporated, as a body politic and corporate in law, Style of incor- under the name of "the Camden Water Works Company," with a capital of fifty thousand dollars; and may have a common seal, and may have, hold, occupy, and possess real estate, in the city of Camden, sufficient for erecting water works necessary to supply said city with water; and shall have full power to lay pipes for conducting the water, and erecting their water works on and through the public streets, lanes, and alleys of said city, under such regulations as the city council shall direct, as aforesaid; provided the consent of the owner or owners of any property to be taken for the erection of said works shall first be obtained.

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SEC. 2. Subscription books to the capital stock of the said company shall be opened, within thirty days after this act shall become a law, by the said Isaac Cole, Benjamin W. Cooper, opened. and Henry Allen, who are hereby appointed commissioners to receive subscriptions of the said stock, at such times and places as they, or a majority of them, shall direct, giving at least two weeks' notice thereof in the newspapers printed in said city of Camden.

Capital stock to

be divided into shares.

SEC. 3. The said, capital stock of fifty thousand dollars shall be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, and shall

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be held as personal estate; five dollars shall be paid to the said commissioners, or some one of them, úpon each share at the time of subscribing; and when two hundred shares shall be subscribed, the said commissioners shall call a meeting of the stockholders, at such time and place, in the city of Camden, as they, or a majority of them, shall direct, giving at least three weeks' notice of such meeting in the newspapers printed in said city of Camden; and the stockholders shall, at such meeting, choose five directors, being stockholders, to manage to be chosen. the affairs of said company; the said commissioners shall appoint some fit person to be judge of such election; said directors are hereby empowered to appoint a president, treasurer, secretary, and all such officers, agents, workmen, and labourers as may be necessary to carry into effect this act, and to take such bonds and security as said board of directors may deem proper; in the election of directors, each share shall have one vote; all future elections shall be held at such times, in the city of Camden, as the by-laws of said company may prescribe and establish.

SEC. 4. The said company shall not employ any part of Restriction. their capital in banking operations.

SEC. 5. The legislature may at any time hereafter alter, Act may be reamend, or repeal this act.

Approved, April 2, 1845.

pealed.

AN ACT to authorize the sale of the school house and lot, in school district number seven, in the township of Orange, in the county of Essex, known as the Academy District.

WHEREAS Abraham Harrison, Moses B. Canfield, Nelson Preamble. Lindsley, Abner Winans, Edwin White, and Philip Kingsley, the president and trustees of said school district number seven, together with sundry others, inhabitants of said township of Orange, have by their petition set forth, that Matthew Condit, on the thirtieth day of December, A. D. seventeen hundred and eighty-five, by his deed of conveyance, duly executed, did convey unto the Rev. Jedediah Chapman, Col. John Condit, and Henry Squier, a certain lot of land in the township of Orange, in said county of Essex, in this state, of the dimensions following, to wit: one chain and thirty-six links front on Main-street in Orange aforesaid, and

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