AN ACT to confirm the last will and testament of George Dillin, deceased.

WHEREAS George Dillin, late of the township of Jackson, in Preamble. the county of Monmouth, in this state, in and by his last will and testament in writing, signed, sealed, and published in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, bearing date the fifth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, did, among other things, on the death of his wife, Sarah Dillin, order his estate divided between Sharlet Dillin and John Dillin, or the survivor of either; and whereas the said Sarah and Sharlet Dillin have departed this life, leaving the said John Dillin sole survivor; and whereas, by reason of there being but two subscribing witnesses to the said will of the said George Dillin, deceased, the same is insufficient to pass real estate, and the said devise therein to the said John Dillin is void and unavailing, and thereby the clear intention of the said testator, George Dillin, deceased, has been entirely defeated; and it appearing by the petition of the said John Dillin, verified by affidavit, that the said testator left no heirs at law, and that the intention of the said testator would be effected by confirming his will-therefore,

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

The said last will and testament of the said George Dil- Will of G. Dillin, late of the township of Jackson, in the county of Mon- lin confirmed. mouth, deceased, bearing date as aforesaid, and the several bequests and devises therein contained, shall be, and the same are hereby declared to be as good, valid, and effectual in law, to all intents and purposes, as if the said will had been executed, published, signed, and declared in the presence of three subscribing witnesses, in the manner prescribed by law. Approved, February 5, 1845.

A further supplement to the act entitled, "An act respecting conveyances," and to an act entitled, "An act to register mortgages," passed the twenty-seventh of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-six.

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

SEC. 1. The governor of this state be, and he is hereby auAppointment of thorized to name, appoint, and commission one or more comadditional commissioners in each, or such of the several territories of the thorized. United States and the District of Columbia, as he may think

missioners au

Act, when to take effect.

expedient, and where such appointments shall not be incompatible with the laws of the territory or district where such commissioner or commissioners may reside; which commissioner or commissioners shall have the same authority, powers, privileges, and remunerations which are granted to the commissioners of the respective states, by the act to which this is a supplement.

SEC. 2. This act shall take effect immediately after the passage thereof.

Approved, February 12, 1845.

Preamble.

A further supplement to "An act to set off the township of
Van Vorst, in the county of Hudson."

WHEREAS, by the seventh section of an act supplemental to
"An act to set off the township of Van Vorst, in the county
of Hudson," which said supplement was passed the twenty-
ninth day of February, A. D. eighteen hundred and forty-
four, it was enacted that said act should go into operation
on and after the second Monday in April, then next, pro-
vided it should be approved by three-fifths of all the legal
voters of the said township, at a public meeting to be called
for that purpose, upon ten days' previous notice thereof, by
written advertisements to be set up by the township com-
mittee of said township, and it should then, if approved, be
considered a public act; and whereas the said supplemental
act has been submitted for the approval of the legal voters
of the said township, at an election for that purpose held in
said township, at which election sixty-four votes were given

in favour of said law, and three votes were given against the same; and whereas doubts have arisen whether the whole number of votes given at such election did amount to threefifths of all the legal voters of the said township, and doubts have arisen as to the validity of said supplemental act; and whereas taxes have been assessed, under the authority given by the said supplemental act, and improvements have been made by virtue of the power and authority therein contained-now therefore,

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

SEC. 1. The said act entitled, "A supplement to an act en- Former act detitled, an act to set off the township of Van Vorst, in the clared valid. county of Hudson," passed the twenty-ninth of February, A. D. eighteen hundred and forty-four, be, and the same is hereby declared to be valid and in force; and that all acts, doings, and proceedings, which have heretofore been had or done, and which shall have been in pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred by the said supplemental act, passed, as aforesaid, on the twenty-ninth day of February, A. D. eighteen hundred and forty-four, be declared valid and operative in law, in the same manner and to the same extent, as if the said supplemental act had become a law of this state on the second Monday in April, A. D. eighteen hundred and forty-four.

SEC. 2. The assessments authorized to be made by virtue of Assessments, the said supplemental act, shall hereafter be made upon petition how made. of the owners of a majority of the lots interested in such improvement for which such assessment shall be made.

Vacancies, how

SEC. 3. In case of a vacancy in any office of the said township, occasioned by death, disqualification to hold such office, supplied. resignation, or removal from said township, such vacancy shall be filled by a majority of the town committee of the said township; and the officer or officers so appointed by the said town committee shall hold their offices till the next annual election in the said township, and till others officers shall be appointed to supply such vacancy.

SEC. 4. This act shall take effect immediately after the pas- Act, when to sage thereof.

Approved, February 12, 1845.

take effect.

Provisions of former act extended.

Act may be altered, &c.

AN ACT to extend the act incorporating state banks in New
Jersey.

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

SEC. 1. The act entitled, "An act to establish state banks in New Jersey," passed January twenty-eighth, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, with the supplements thereto, be, and the same are hereby extended and declared to be continued, so far as regards "the president, directors, and company of the State Bank at Morris," until the first Monday in February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.

SEC. 2. The legislature may at any time hereafter modify or repeal this act.

Approved, February 13, 1845.

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rators.

AN ACT to incorporate the Hudson County Dry Dock and Wet
Dock Company.

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

SEC. 1. Dudley S. Gregory, Timothy L. Smith, William B. Jenkins, Darwin F. Rockwell, Peter McMartin, Henry M. Traphagen, Benjamin O. Edge, John G. McLaughlin, Selah Hill, Charles P. Lewis, and Luke Hemenway, and others, their associates, successors, and assigns, shall be, and hereby are constituted and declared to be a body corporate and politic, Style of incor- by the name of "the Hudson County Dry Dock and Wet Dock

poration.

Company," for the purpose of building, erecting, and constructing dry docks or wet docks, and other conveniencies and structures, to be used to raise, repair, and build ships and boats, whether propelled by steam or any other method; and also for the purpose of building and procuring work and machine shops, necessary and convenient, where the work, repairs, and erections can be done and made, for the useful and successful operation of the said dry docks and wet docks; and also to build and construct all such piers, bulkheads, and abutments as may be necessary or desirable to aid in the accomplishment of the

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purpose of this act, the same to be situated in the county of
Hudson, in this state; and, by that name, they and their suc-
cessors may have perpetual succession, and shall have power
to sue and be sued, and to defend and be defended, in all courts,
either in law or equity; and, by that name, may also have, pur- ers.
chase, possess, and enjoy, to them and their successors, lands,
tenements, and hereditaments, goods, chattels, and effects, of
what nature and kind soever, necessary for the purpose of this
corporation, and all other real estate which shall have been
bona fide mortgaged to said corporation by way of security,
or conveyed to them in satisfaction of debts previously con-
tracted in the course of business, or purchased at sales upon
judgments or decrees which shall have been obtained for such
debts, and the same may grant, demise, alien, and dispose
of at pleasure for the benefit of said company; and the said
corporation shall have the power to lease or hire such lands,
tenements, and hereditaments as may be necessary and con-
venient to carry into effect the objects of the said company;
and also may have a common seal, and alter and renew the
same at pleasure; and also may make and establish such by-
laws and regulations as to them shall seem necessary and ex-
pedient for the well ordering and government of the said cor-
poration, and put the same in execution; provided they be not Proviso.
contrary to the laws of this state or of the United States.

tion of directors.

SEC. 2. The stock, property, and concerns of the said company shall be managed and conducted by eleven directors, being stockholders, one of whom shall be president, who shall hold their offices for one year; the election for said directors shall be held in the township of Jersey City, in said county of Hudson, at such time and place in said township, and in such manner, as shall be directed by this act and by the bylaws of this corporation; public notice shall be given of the election, not less than twenty days previous, in a newspaper or newspapers, printed and published in this state, nearest the place where the said election shall be held; the said election Mode of elecshall be made by such of the stockholders of this corporation as shall attend for that purpose in their proper persons or by proxy; all elections for directors shall be by ballot; each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for every share by him held, not exceeding five shares, and one vote for every additional five shares; the candidates having the greatest number of votes, being stockholders, shall be directors; the directors chosen at one election shall be capable of serving, by virtue thereof, until another election shall be held and another board of directors chosen; the directors so chosen may appoint such point officers. officers and superintendents as they may deem expedient, at such compensation as they may think proper, and remove the

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