and to whom notice had been given as aforesaid, refuse to pay the said taxes, on account of the irregularity of the proceedings of the said collector; and whereas doubts exist as to the authority of the said constable to collect the said taxes under and by virtue of the said warrants, and the township committee, on behalf of the inhabitants of the said township, have sought relief in the premises-therefore, BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, as follows: It shall and may be lawful for, and it is hereby declared to be the duty of the said constable to levy and make the taxes so in arrear, under and by virtue of the said warrants, and to proceed upon the same, respectively, in the manner required by the act entitled, "An act concerning taxes," passed June tenth, seventeen hundred and ninety-nine, and the several supplements thereto; provided, that a return of the said warrants in the manner required by the said act shall be sufficient, if made by the said constable within forty-five days after the passage of this act. Approved, March 13, 1845. A supplement to the act entitled, "An act relative to fishing in Oldman's creek, in the counties of Salem and Gloucester," passed March fifth, eighteen hundred and thirty-six. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, as follows: SEC. 1. If any person or persons hereafter shall violate the Penalty for vioprovisions of the act to which this is a supplement, by beating, olating provisplashing, belling, or making other noises in Oldman's creek sions of act. (it being the division line between the counties of Salem and Gloucester), or Beaver creek (being a branch thereof in the county of Salem), for the purpose, or with the intention of molesting, disturbing, or impeding shad or other fish in their natural course, either up or down either of said creeks, between the first day of March and the first day of July, such person or persons shall be liable to the penalty in said law set forth, the one half thereof to be, paid to the person prosecuting the same, and the remainder to the overseer of the poor, for the Act, when to take effect. use of the poor in the township wherein the offence shall have been committed; and the boat or boats, net or nets, used by any person or persons for the purpose of violating the act to which this is a supplement, shall be liable for the penalty set forth in said act; and it shall be lawful for the constable having the process to collect said penalty, to levy upon and sell such boat or boats, net or nets, made use of in unlawfully disturbing the fish in said creeks in manner aforesaid. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect immediately after it becomes a law. Approved, March 13, 1845. Boundaries of township. Inhabitants of corporated. AN ACT to set off or re-establish, from the township of Harrington, in the county of Bergen, a new township, to be called the township of Washington. 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 Harrington, in the county of Bergen, that lies west of the Hackensack river, which, on the thirtieth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty, constituted the township of Washington, shall be, and the same hereby is established a separate township, to be called "the township of Washington." SEC. 2. The inhabitants of that part of the township of Harrington that lies west of Hackensack river, which, on the thirWashington in- tieth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty, constituted the township of Washington, be, and they and their successors are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name of "the Inhabitants of the township of Washington, in the county of Bergen;" and the inhabitants of that part of the said township of Harrington that lies east of the Hackensack river be, and they and their successors hereby are constituted a body politic and corporate, Harrington in by the name of "the Inhabitants of the township of Harrington, in the county of Bergen;" which said two townships, in their corporate capacities, respectively, shall be entitled to all the rights, powers, privileges, and advantages, and subject to the same regulations, duties, and liabilities as the inhabitants Inhabitants of corporated. of the other townships in the said county of Bergen may be entitled or subject to. SEC. 3. Every person whose legal settlement shall be in the Settlement of present township of Harrington, in the county of Bergen, at paupers. the time when this act shall go into operation, who is now chargeable, or shall hereafter become chargeable as a pauper, shall be supported by, and have his or her legal settlement in that one of the said new townships hereby created within the bounds of which he or she resided at the time of acquiring such settlement, or in the bounds of which the person from whom such settlement may be derived resided at the time of acquiring such settlement. Bonds, &c., for dren. SEC. 4. All orders of filiation or bastardy, or for maintenance, and all bonds, recognizances, and securities for the perform- maintenance of ance of such orders, or relating thereto, or for the indemnity bastard chiland relief of the present township of Harrington for the support of any bastard or other person that now is, or may become chargeable to said township, made or entered into, or to be made or entered into, shall enure to the benefit of that one of the new townships, hereby created, in which such bastard or other person shall have a legal settlement by virtue of this act; and such township, or other person by law authorized, may proceed and prosecute upon such order, bond, recognizance, or security, in the same manner as if the same had originally been made, given, or entered into for the benefit, and in the name of such newly created township; and in such proceeding or prosecution such order, bond, recognizance, or security shall be received and given in evidence, and shall support the same, as if such newly created township had been in existence at the time when the said order, bond, recognizance, or security was made or given, and mentioned therein by its corporate name. SEC. 5. The inhabitants of the township of Washington, First annual hereby created, shall hold their first annual town meeting, town meetings on the second Monday of April next, at the house of Peter A. and Harrington. of Washington Jersey, innkeeper, within the bounds of said township hereby created; and the inhabitants of the township of Harrington, hereby created, shall hold their first annual town meeting, on the second Monday in April next, at the house of Abraham J. Blauvelt, innkeeper, within the bounds of said township of Harrington, hereby created; and afterwards, at such place in the respective townships as the inhabitants of each shall determine, in the manner prescribed by law. Committees to SEC. 6. The township committees of the townships of Harrington and Washington shall meet on Monday, the twenty- apportion profirst day of April next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, at the perty. pealed. house of James Bogart, innkeeper, in the township of Washington, before mentioned, and shall then and there proceed by writing, to be signed by a majority of those present, to allot and divide between the said townships all the property and money on hand, due, or to become due, in proportion to the taxable property and ratables, as valued and assessed by the assessor, within the respective limits of the said two townships, at the last assessment; and the township of Washington shall be liable to pay their just proportion of the debts, if any there be; and if any of the members of the said township committees shall neglect to meet as aforesaid, those present may proceed to make such division; and their decision, or the decision of the majority of them, shall be final and conclusive; provided, that it shall and may be lawful to adjourn the above meeting to such time and place as a majority of those assembled as aforesaid may think proper; and at such meeting the books and papers which belonged to the former township of Washington, and all bonds and securities, and other property, belonging, by law, to said new township of Washington, shall be delivered to the township committee of said new township of Washington. SEC. 7. The act entitled, "An act to annex a part of the township of Franklin, in the county of Bergen, to the township Former act re- of Washington, in said county," passed March the thirteenth, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, shall be, and the same is hereby repealed, and the part of Franklin therein intended to be annexed to Washing. ton, shall be, and the same is hereby made part of the said township of Franklin. Act, when to take effect. SEC. 8. This act shall take effect on the second Monday in April next, and not before. Approved, March 19, 1845. AN ACT relative to the sale and disposition of the real estates of infants. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, as follows: wards in chan SEC. 1. Whenever an infant shall be seized of any lands or Minors, in certenements, or be entitled to any term to come in any lands tain cases, to be in this state, and it shall be represented to the chancellor, on cery. behalf of said infant, by his or her guardian or next friend, that his or her interest requires that the said lands or term should be sold or disposed of, the chancellor may, in a summary manner, proceed to inquire into the merits of the application; and from such time the infant shall, as far forth as relates to such property, its proceeds and income, be considered a ward of the court of chancery. an. SEc. 2. On every such application the chancellor shall, in Chancellor to his discretion, appoint a suitable guardian or guardians of the appoint guardiinfant in the premises, who shall give bond to the infant, to be filed with the clerk of the court of chancery, in such penalty and with such surety as the chancellor shall direct, conditioned for the just and faithful performance of the trust reposed in such guardian, and for the observance of such orders and directions as the chancellor shall from time to time make in the premises in relation to such trust; which bond, if forfeited, may be prosecuted in any court having cognizance of the same, by the direction of the chancellor. Chancellor may SEC. 3. After such bond shall be given and filed as aforesaid, the chancellor may proceed in a summary manner, by direct sale of reference to a master, to inquire into the merits of such appli- lands. cation; and whenever, and as often as it shall satisfactorily appear to the court that the interest of the infant requires, or will be substantially promoted by a sale or other disposition of the lands or term of such infant, or of any part or parts thereof, the chancellor may direct a sale or other disposition of such lands or term to be made by the guardian or guardians, in such way and manner, and with such restrictions, as shall be deemed expedient; and all sales, dispositions, and conveyances, made in good faith in pursuance of, and in conformity with the direction of the court, when confirmed, as herein after mentioned, shall be valid and effectual as if made by such infant when of full age; provided however, that nothing in this Proviso. act contained shall authorize the sale or disposition of any lands or term for years against the provisions of any last will or conveyance by which the same were devised or granted to such infant. |