AN AOT respecting the powers and duties of the president of the Senate. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, as follows: powers of vice SEC. 1. The powers, privileges, duties, and remunerations President of Segranted to, or imposed upon the vice president of Council by nate to exercise law, at and immediately before the time when the present con- president of stitution of the state took effect, shall hereafter be exercised, Council. enjoyed, and performed by the president of the Senate, so far as the same are not inconsistent with the present constitution; and all such powers or duties heretofore exercised or performed by the president of the Senate, are hereby ratified and confirmed, and shall have the same force and effect as if exercised or performed after the passage of this act. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect immediately after the pas Act, when to sage thereof. Approved, February 14, 1845. tako effect. AN ACT to reannex the township of Tewksbury, in the county of Somerset, to the county of Hunterdon. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, as follows: Hunterdon. SEC. 1. All that part of the county of Somerset embraced Tewksbury rewithin the limits of the township of Tewksbury shall be, and annexed to the same is hereby attached to, and made a part of the county of Hunterdon, and shall be subject to all the laws which the county of Hunterdon now is, or may be subject to; and the boundary line between the said township of Tewksbury and the township of Bedminister, in the county of Somerset, shall be hereafter the boundary line between the county of Somerset and the county of Hunterdon; and the corporate name of the inhabitants of the said township of Tewkbury shall hereafter be "the Inhabitants of the township of Tewksbury, in the county of Hunterdon." Sac. 2. The judges, justices of the peace, and other officers, within the limits of the territory hereby attached to the county and courts to exercise juris diction, for a certain time. Officers to hold of Hunterdon, shall continue to hold, exercise, and enjoy their appointments, several and respective offices and appointments, with the powers and privileges thereto belonging, within the limits of the said county of Somerset, until the second Monday of April next; and all courts at the time of the passing of this act existing and being within the aforesaid limits of said county of Somerset, shall continue to have and exercise jurisdiction within the same, until the second Monday of April next, in the same manner as if this act had not been passed; and on and after the second Monday of April next, and until their respective terms of office in the county of Somerset shall expire, all persons in office at the time of the passing of this act, resident within the township of Tewksbury, and all and every of them, shall hold, exercise, and enjoy their respective offices, with all the powers, privileges, and emoluments thereto belonging, within the limits of the county of Hunterdon, as officers of said county, as fully and effectually, to all intents and purposes, as if they had been elected and appointed to their said offices, respectively, within the said county of Hunterdon; provided, that all judges of the court of the common pleas, all justices of the peace, and commissioners for taking the acknowledgment and proof of deeds, shall take and subscribe the official oaths or affirmations required by law, within the said county of Hunterdon, on or before the first day of May next, and before they act in their respective offices as officers of the county of Hunterdon. Proviso. Actions, &c., to be affected. Proviso Judgments ob tained in Somerset county, to be of same force in Tewksbury. SEC. 3. All actions, suits, appeals, prosecutions, and other legal proceedings, commenced or depending in the supreme court of this state, or in any court, or before any justice of the peace within the county of Somerset, as the same stood before the passing of this act, before the second Monday of April next, shall be in no wise affected by this act, but the same shall and may be prosecuted in said county, and before said courts, in the same manner as if this act had not been passed, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding; provided, that in all such causes pending in the supreme court, where the defendant in any transitory action shall at the time when this act takes effect reside within the limits of the township of Tewksbury, or where, in any local action, the cause of action arose within that township, either party may, at his election, on application to said court for that purpose, have the venue in said action changed to the said county of Hunterdon, and the cause tried therein, as if the said action had originally been commenced in said county. SEC. 4. All judgments obtained, or that may hereafter be obtained, in any of the courts of the county of Somerset, upon any action, suit, or proceeding actually commenced or depend ing before the second Monday of April next, shall be of the same force and effect within the said township of Tewksbury as if this act had not been passed, and writs of execution or other legal process may be issued thereon, and directed to the sheriff or other lawful officer of said county, who is hereby authorized and directed to execute the same within the limits of the said county of Hunterdon, in the same manner as he should by law have done in case this act had not been passed; and upon such judgment or judgments a writ or writs of scire facias may issue, as allowed by law in other cases, directed as aforesaid; and thereupon such further proceedings shall be had therein as the party prosecuting the same would have been entitled to in other cases, and in the same manner as if this act had not been passed. SEC. 5. This act shall go into effect immediately after the Act, when to passage thereof. Approved, February 14, 1845. take effect. AN ACT to establish a new township in the county of Cumberland, to be called the township of Bridgeton. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, as follows: SEC. 1. All that part of the township of Deerfield, in the Boundaries of county of Cumberland, contained within the following bounds, township. that is to say: beginning at the mouth of the stream called Ogden's, or Stone-bridge run, where it empties into Cohansey creek; thence, up the middle of said run, or natural watercourse, the several courses thereof, to the western line of Samuel W. Seeley's line of land, where it crosses said run; thence, a straight course, to the head of Lebanon branch, about or at the late Joel Smith's corner of land; thence, down Lebanon branch, the several courses thereof, to the foot of Chatfield branch; thence, up said branch, the several courses thereof, to the head thereof; thence, a straight course, to the head of Coney's, or Parvin's branch; thence, down said branch, the several courses thereof, to Cohansey creek; thence, up the middle of said creek, to the place of beginning, shall be, and hereby is set off from the township of Deerfield, in the county of Cumberland, to be called and known by the name of "the town corporated. ship of Bridgeton:" this act shall take effect and be in force on and after the first Monday of March next. SEO. 2. The inhabitants of the township of Bridgeton are Inhabitants in constituted a body politic and corporate in law, and shall be styled and known by the name of "the Inhabitants of the township of Bridgeton, in the county of Cumberland," and shall be entitled to all rights, powers, authority, privileges, and advantages, and subject to the same regulations, government, and liabilities, as the inhabitants of the other townships in the said county of Cumberland are or may be entitled or subjected to by existing laws of this state. of first town SEC. 3. The inhabitants of the township of Bridgeton shall Time and place hold their first town meeting at the house of Edmund Davis, innkeeper, in Bridgeton, in the said township of Bridgeton, on the second Tuesday of March next. meeting in Bridgeton. of town meet SEC. 4. The inhabitants of the township of Deerfield shall Time and place hold their next town meeting at the school-house in Deerfielding in Deerfield. street, in the said township of Deerfield, on the second Tues day of March next. Committees to property. SEC. 5. The town committees of the townships of Bridgeton and Deerfield shall meet on the Monday next after the annual allot and divide town meeting in the said townships of Bridgeton and Deerfield, at the inn of Edmund Davis, in Bridgeton, at ten 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 moneys on hand or due, in proportion to the taxable property and ratables, as taxed by the assessor, within their respective limits, at the last as sessment; and the inhabitants of the township of Bridgeton 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 division of a majority of those present shall be final and conclusive. Approved, February 18, 1845. AN ACT to divide the township of Knowlton, in the county of Warren, and to establish a new township in said county, to be called the township of Blairstown. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, as follows: SEC. 1. All that part of the township of Knowlton, in the Boundaries of county of Warren, lying within the following boundaries, to township. wit: beginning in the line between Hope and Knowlton townships, at or near a hickory tree which stands near the house of Daniel McKean, and south-west from the free school-house; thence, running a straight line, to the north-east corner of the Knowlton church; thence north, forty degrees west, to the middle of the great road between Daniel Van Scoten's and Hainesburg, formerly Sodom; thence, running on a line parallel with the line between Knowlton and Hardwick townships, to the Pahaquary township line, on the top of the Blue ridge; thence, by the Pahaquary line, to the Hardwick line; thence, by the Hardwick line, to the Hope line; thence, by the Hope line, to the place of beginning, shall be, and the same is hereby set off from the township of Knowlton, and is hereby established into a new township, to be known by the name of "the township of Blairstown." SEC. 2. The inhabitants of the said township of Blairstown Inhabitants inshall be, and they hereby are constituted a body politic and corporated. corporate, and shall be styled and known as "the Inhabitants of the township of Blairstown, in the county of Warren," and shall be entitled to all the rights, powers, authority, privileges, and advantages, and subject to the same regulations, government, and liabilities, as the inhabitants of the other townships in the said county of Warren are or may be entitled or subject to by the laws of this state. First town SEC. 3. The inhabitants of the said township of Blairstown. shall hold their first annual town meeting at the house of John meeting, when Hull, in the township of Blairstown, on the day appointed by and where held. law for holding the annual town meetings in the other townships in the said county of Warren. SEC. 4. The township committees of the townships of Knowl- Committees to ton and Blairstown shall meet, on the Monday next after their allot property, first annual town meetings, at the house of Isaac Leyda, in the &c. township of Knowlton, at one o'clock in the afternoon, and shall then and there proceed, by writing, signed by a majority of the members of each committee, to allot and divide between the said townships all the property or moneys on hand or due, |