tract with other 20. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said Company aucompany, at any time during the continuance of its charter, thorized to conto make contracts and engagements with any other corpora- corporations for tion, or with individuals, for transporting or conveying any tra transportation, kind of goods, produce, merchandise, freight, or passengers between the northern termination of this road and the Hudson river opposite to the city of New York, or between any intermcdiate point or points on the line thereof, and to enforce the fulfilment of such contracts. authorized. 21. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said Branch road company to construct, or to permit to be constructed under this charter, a branch railroad to Pompton from a suitable point on the main road, to be of the same or less width with the main road; and the like privileges and immunities, provisions and restrictions, shall be extended for the construction and use of such branch, as apply to the main line.、 22. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said Rates of tollcompany to demand and receive, for carrying each passenger over said main road, at the rate of four cents per mile, and for the transportation thereon, of every species of property and freight, at the rate of six cents per ton per mile; and where passengers or freight are carried upon said road in vehicles, and by means not belonging to the company, they may demand and collect, as tolls therefor, at the rate of two cents per mile per passenger, and at the rate of four cents per ton per mile. ment of costs to 23. And be it enacted, That as soon as the railroad, with Annual stateits appendages, shall be finished so as to be used, the president be made. and treasurer of said company shall file, under oath or affirmation, a statement of the amount of the costs of said road, including all expenses, in the office of the secretary of state; and annually thereafter, the president and treasurer of the said company shall, under oath or affirmation, make a statement to the legislature of this state of the proceeds of said road; and as soon as the net proceeds of said road shall amount to seven per centum upon its cost, the said corporation shall pay to the treasurer of this state a tax of one half of one per centum on the cost of said road, to be paid, annually thereafter, on the first Monday of January of each year; provided, that no other tax or impost shall be levied or assessed upon the said company. Act may 24. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the legislature, at any time hereafter, to alter, modify, or amend this amended. act, whenever in their opinion the public good shall require it. Approved, March 4, 1846. act amended. A supplement to an act entitled, " An act to incorporate the BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the twentieth section of the act Part of former to which this is a supplement be, and the same is hereby so amended as to extend the time of ten years, therein mentioned, to twenty years, anything in the said act to which this is a supplement to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved, March 5, 1846. AN ACT to establish a new township in the county of Salem, to be called the township of Upper Pittsgrove. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That all that part of the township of Boundaries of Pittsgrove, in the county of Salem, contained within the fol township. Inhabitants incorporated. lowing bounds, that is to say: beginning at the north-westerly corner of the county of Cumberland, at a place known by the name of Newkirk's Corner, and runs thence along the line between the counties of Salem and Cumberland south, fortyseven degrees east, one hundred and two chains and thirty links, to a stake in said line and on lands of John Stull; thence north, forty degrees and forty minutes east, five hundred and forty-five chains, to the Gloucester and Salem county line; thence, along the said line, to the head of Oldmans creek; thence down the said creek, the several courses thereof, to the corner of Pilesgrove township; thence, along the line of said Pilesgrove township, to the corner of Pilesgrove and Upper Alloways Creek townships; thence, along the line of Upper Alloways Creek, to the place of beginning, shall be, and hereby is set off from the township of Pittsgrove, in the county of Salem, to be called and known by the name of " the township of Upper Pittsgrove." 2. And be it enacted, That the inhabitants of the township of Pittsgrove are constituted a body politic and corporate in law, and shall be styled and known by the name of “the Inhabitants of the township of Upper Pittsgrove, in the county of Salem," and shall be entitled to all the rights, powers, au thorities, privileges, and advantages, and subject to the same -regulations, government, and liabilities, as the inhabitants of the other townships in said county of Salem are or may be entitled or subject to by existing laws of this state. 3. And be it enacted, That the inhabitants of the township Time and place of Upper Pittsgrove shall hold their first annual town meeting of holding first at the Pole tavern, in said township of Upper Pittsgrove, on town meeting. the second Tuesday in March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six. Town commit 4. And be it enacted, That the town committees of the townships of Upper Pittsgrove and Pittsgrove shall meet, on tees to divide the Monday next after the annual town meeting in the said property. townships of Upper Pittsgrove and Pittsgrove, at the inn of John Stevenson, at Pittstown, 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 assessment; and the inhabitants of the township of Upper Pittsgrove shall be liable to pay their just proportion of the debts, if any there 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 decision of a majority of those present shall be final and conclusive. 5. And be it enacted, That this act shall go into effect on Act, when to the second Tuesday in March, eighteen hundred and forty- take effect. six. Approved, March 6, 1846. A further supplement to an act entitled, "An act authorizing the banking and improving of certain marsh, meadows, and swamps, in the township of Fairfield, in the county of Cumberland," passed the first day of February, eighteen hundred and sixteen. Payment for BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the board of chosen freeholders dam authorized. of the county of Cumberland are hereby authorized and required to pay unto James B. Parvin, William Moore, and Benjamin Rush Bateman the sum of thirty dollars; which sum they expended in cutting the dam, as required of them by the supplement to the before mentioned act, approved April first, eigh teen hundred and forty-five. Approved, March 6, 1846. township. AN ACT to extend the southern boundary line of the township of Millstone, in the county of Monmouth. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the southern boundary line of the Boundaries of township of Millstone, in the county of Monmouth, shall commence in the public road one rod west of Britton's tavern, and shall run thence south, six degrees and thirty minutes east, as the needle pointed in February, eighteen hundred and fortyfour, over Sugar-loaf Hill to the Ivanhoe, and thence continue the same course to the middle of the Mount Holly road; thence north-easterly, along the middle of the same, to the point in said road where the line of Millstone, at its formation, struck the said road; and all that part of the township of Jackson, in the county of Monmouth, lying northward of the aforesaid bounds, shall be, and the same is hereby set off from the said township of Jackson, and annexed to the township of Millstone. in said county. Act, when to take effect. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect imme diately. Approved, March 6, 1846. AN ACT to provide for the assessment and collection of taxes in the township of Acquackanónk, in the county of Passaic. bles. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That it shall be the duty of the as- Time for taking sessors of the several townships in the county of Passaic, to account of ratatake an account of the ratable property in the said several townships, between the twentieth day of April and the twentieth day of June, in each year hereafter. 2. And be it enacted, That the said assessors shall meet an- Annual meeting nually, on the second Monday in July, at the court-house in the of assessors. said county, and perform the duties required to be done in and by the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth sections of the act entitled, "An act concerning taxes," passed the tenth of June, seventeen hundred and ninety-nine. 3. And be it enacted, That the commissioners of appeal Annual meeting in cases of taxation in and for the township of Acquackanonk, of commissioners of appeal. in the county of Passaic, shall convene annually, on the second 1 Tuesday of September, for the purpose of discharging the duties of their office, instead of the second Tuesday of Novem=ber, as heretofore. 4. And be it enacted, That the collector or collectors of Collectors to the township of Acquackanonk shall annually give the notice, give notice. and perform the duties required by the tenth section of the "Act concerning taxes," on the first day of August, instead of the first day of October, as heretofore. 5. And be it enacted, That the collector or collectors of the Duties of col township of Acquackanonk, in the county of Passaic, within lectors. [thirty days after the receipt of the transcript or duplicate of the assessment of taxes for the township of Acquackanonk, shall demand payment of the tax or sum assessed on each individual in said township, in person or by notice left at his or her place of residence, and also, give notice of the time and place of the meeting of the commissioners of appeal; and the said collector or collectors shall pay the taxes by him or them collected, and the fines and forfeitures by him or them received by virtue of any law of this state, to the county collector of the county, by the twenty-second day of October in every year. 6. And be it enacted, That in case of the non-payment of List of delin taxes at the time appointed, the township collector or collec- quents to be tors of the township of Aquackanonk shall make out a list of made out the names of the delinquents, with the sums due from them, respectively, thereto annexed, and deliver the same to some justice of the peace of the county, on the twentieth day of L |