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3. And be it enacted, That where the Orphans' Court of the proper county has made an order to shew cause, as is mentioned in the nineteenth section of the act to which this is a supplement, either on the application of the said executor or administrator, or of a creditor or creditors, as is directed in the twentieth section of the act, entitled "An act to ascertain the powers and authority of the ordinary and his surrogates to regulate the jurisdiction of the Prerogative Court, and to establish an Orphans' Court in the several counties of this state," passed thirteenth June, eighteen hundred and twenty, if the said executor or administrator shall, at the term mentioned in the said order, neglect or refuse to give bonds, with sureties, as aforesaid, then, and in every such case, the said court shall forthwith, by sentence, revoke or repeal the letters testamentary or letters of ad ministration of such executor or administrator neglecting or refusing, and thereupon the surrogate shall grant letters of administration or letters testamentary with the will annexed, to such person or persons having right thereunto, as will give bonds in manner and form aforesaid, who may have every lawful and proper action against such removed executor or administrator, to recover the amount of all moneys, assets, goods, or chattels received by such removed executor or administrator, and not applied according to law, as well as all damages done or committed by such executor or administrator, in respect of the estate in his hands: Provided, that this act shall not go into operation until the first day of July next.

A. Passed December 11, 1823.

AN ACT for arranging, repairing, and preserving the public arms and accoutrements.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Council and General Assembly of this State, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That it shall be the duty of the quartermaster general to cause to be constructed in the room of the state-house occupied as an arsenal, such additional racks as the same will conveniently contain, for the arrangement of the arms lately received from the United States; also to fit and prepare the adjoining room, upon the north side, for the same purpose, previously causing it to be lathed and plastered.

2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the quartermaster general to cause the arms heretofore in the arsenal to be repaired, cleaned, and oiled, in a workmanlike manner; and to clean and oil the accoutrements in the attic story, as far as the same may be necessary.

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3. And be it enacted, That the governor of this state be authorized to settle the accounts that may accrue under the provisions of this act, and to draw upon the treasurer of this state for such amount as may be necessary to satisfy the expenses thereof, and that he render an account to the legislature, at their next session.

4. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the quartermaster general, hereafter carefully to compare the returns made by the respective brigade inspectors, of the number and condition of public arms and equipments, in the respective regiments inspected, with the number actually loaned to such regiment; and if the number does not fully appear on the respective returns, or their good condition is not manifested, the said quartermaster general shall, as soon as may be, cause the public arms and equipments of such regiment to be returned to his care: he is also authorized to cause all such arms belonging to the state, deposited in any place, or in possession of any person or persons not under lawful responsibility, to be returned to the arsenal, and he is hereby required to keep any arms and equipments returned in pursuance of this act, separate from those now in the arsenal; and it shall be the duty of the quartermaster general, on the first week of every session of the legislature, to lay before them a particular return of all the arms and equipments belonging to the state, the number loaned out, in whose hands, and whether they remain under proper responsibilities, including in said return all the camp equipage in his charge; and the quartermaster general is authorized to require, from the respective brigade inspectors, such particular returns as may give every information requisite fully to carry this section into effect.

C. & A. Passed December 11, 1823.

A SUPPLEMENT to the act, entitled "An act constituting an Independent Battalion in the town of Newark," passed November twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and twenty-two.

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Council and General Assembly of this State, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the first section of the act to which this is a supplement, shall be construed as to authorize a troop of horse to be attached to the battalion, which shall not be required to do common militia duty, except with the battalion.

A. Passed December 3, 1823.

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A further Supplement to the act, entitled "An act constituting an Independent Battalion in the town of Newark."

1. BE IT ENACTED by the Council and General Assembly of this State, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the moneys annually collected from fines imposed on delinquents in the said battalion be appropriated to the uses and purposes of the said battalion, under the direction of the battalion court of appeals, with whom the paymaster shall annually settle his accounts: and that the president of the said court shall annually make a specific report to the adjutant-general of this state, of the manner and the purposes for which the said moneys shall be disbursed, which report shall be subject to the inspection of the legislature.

A. Passed December 9, 1823.

TO THE

PUBLIC ACTS.

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AN act to abolish Imprisonment for Debt, in certain cases, 47
A Supplement to an act, entitled "An act against Usury,'
passed the eighth day of February, one thousand seven
hundred and ninety-seven,

A Supplement to an act, entitled "An act to establish a
new township in the county of Salem, to be called the
township of Centreville,"

An act to regulate the fisheries in Mulica's River,

A Supplement to an act, entitled "An act concerning Idiots
and Lunatics," passed the twenty-eighth of February, one
thousand eight hundred and twenty,

An act directing the manner of appointing Prosecutors of
the Pleas of the State in the several counties thereof,
An act respecting Trustees,

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A further Supplement to an act, entitled "An act for the
more easy partition of lands held by coparceners, joint
tenants, and tenants in common," and the act, entitled
"An act to ascertain the power and authority of the or-
dinary and his surrogates to regulate the jurisdiction of
the Prerogative Court, and to establish an Orphans' Court
in the several counties of this state,"
An act establishing an Independent Regiment of Horse
Artillery,"

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A Supplement to the act, entitled "An act for the preser-
vation of Clams and Oysters," passed on the ninth day
of June, eighteen hundred and twenty,"

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A further Supplement to the act, entitled "An act to incor-
porate the Medical Society of New-Jersey,"

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A Supplement to the "Act directing the appointment of
Surrogates," passed November the twenty-eighth, one
thousand eight hundred and twenty-two,

A Supplement to the "Act concerning Taxes,"

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