ACTS OF THE FIFTY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF NEW-JERSEY. AN ACT to divorce Phebe West from her husband John West. Sec. 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 Phebe West, of the county of Monmouth, be, and she is hereby divorced from her husband John West, and that the marriage contract heretofore existing between them, the said Phebe West, and John West her husband, be, and the same is hereby as fully and absolutely dissolved as if they had never been joined in matrimony. Passed January 16, 1834. AN ACT to divorce Margaret McCabe from her husband James McCabe. Sec. 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 Margaret McCabe, of Nottingham township, in the couuty of Burlington, be, and she is hereby divorced from her husband James McCabe, and that the marriage contract heretofore existing between the said Margaret McCabe and James McCabe, be, and the same is hereby as fully and absolutely dissolved, as if they never had been joined in matri mony. Passed January 16, 1834. Preamble. Authorized to convey certain lands. AN ACT to authorize Chileon Beach to sell certain Real WHEREAS, it appears that Cornelia Beach, deceased, wife of Sec. 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 Chileon Beach, the surviving husband of Cornelia Beach, deceased, be, and he is hereby authorized and empowered to sell and convey to the said Chileon F. De Camp, the said two lots of land in accordance with said agreement, and all the right and title which she the said Cornelia Beach, had in her life time, in the same, upon the said Chileon F. De Camp, paying to the said Chileon Beach, the balance of the consideration money now due for the same under said agreement, and to execute and deliver as good and sufficient deed therefor, as his said wife or he and his said wife together, or separately could have done in her life time, and to be equally effectual in law as if done in her life time; provided nevertheless, that before the said Chileon Beach receive the balance of the consideration money, he give bond to the Governor of this state, in such sum and with such security as the Orphans' Court of said county may direct and approve; that the balance of the consideration money as above mentioned, at the decease of the said Chileon Beach, be paid to the said minor children or their legal representatives, in proportion to their respective rights in the same. Passed January 16, 1834. AN ACT to authorize the administrators of Jacob Krouse, deceased, to execute a certain contract made by said deceased, with one Michael Frackenthall, for the sale of real éstate. WHEREAS, it appearing to the legislature, that Jacob Krouse, deceased, late of the township of Nockamixon, in the county of Bucks, in the state of Pennsylvania, who died intestate, did, in his life time, make a parol agreement, with one Michael Fackenthall, for the sale of the undivided one Preamble. third of a certain island, in the township of Alexandria. in the county of Hunterdon, in this state, distinguished by the name of Loughley's Island, now known by the name of Saw-Mill Island, in the river Delaware near the foot of Lynn's Falls, containing one acre of land, more or less; and that all the purchase money has been paid; and whereas, the said Jacob Krouse, departed this life without having made a deed of conveyance for the aforesaid premises, to the said Michael Fackenthall, and the heirs at law of the said Jacob Krouse, deceased, being incompetent, by reason of their minority, to convey the same; and whereas, the administrators of the said Jacob Krouse, deceased, have by their petition requested, that they be empowered to make a deed to the said Michael Frackenthall, for the lot of land aforesaid-Therefore, Authorized to convey certain lands. Sec. 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 John Krouse and William Krouse, administrators of the said Jacob Krouse, deceased, be, and they are hereby authorized, and empowered to execute and deliver to the said Michael Frackenthall, a deed for the said lot of land and premises, pursuant to said agreement between him and said deceased, which deed shall have the same force and effect, as a deed from the said Jacob Krouse, in his life time, I would have had. Passed January 16, 1834. AN ACT to dissolve the marriage contract between William Sec. 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 marriage contract between William Lowrey of the county of Cumberland, and Sarah his wife, be, and the same is hereby declared to be dissolved: provided always, that nothing in this act contained, shall render illegitimate the issue of such marriage. Passed January 20, 1834. A SUPPLEMENT to an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Delaware and Jobstown Rail or McAdamised Road Company," passed February eleventh, eighteen hundred and thirty-three. Sec. 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 and may be lawful for the " Delaware and Jobstown Rail or McAdamised Road Company, incorporated extend the road by an act passed eleventh February, eighteen hundred and thirty-three," to continue and extend the said Rail or McAdamised road from the vicinity of New Lisbon, in the county Authorized to to Atlantic shore. of Burlington, by the most convenient and eligible route, to some point on the shore of the Atlantic ocean, between Tuckerton and Barnegat, and for that purpose, the said company shall have the same powers, privileges, and immunities as are granted by the act to which this is a supplement, and be subject to the same regulations, restrictions, and limitations, as are therein specified. creased. Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That in order to enable the Capital stock insaid company to extend the said road as is above mentioned, it shall and may be lawful for the company to increase their capital stock to the sum of two hundred thousand dollars above the capital specified in the act to which this is a supplement. Commissioners to receive sub stock. Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That John Chambers, James Newbold, Joseph Smith, Thomas Haines, and Watson New- scriptions for bold, shall be, and they hereby are appointed commissioners to open books of subscription for the said stock, in like manner, and upon the same terms as are prescribed in the said act. Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be law- When the road ful for the said company to commence the said road when one may be comhundred thousand dollars of the said additional stock shall menced. have been subscribed; and if the said road shall not be completed within ten years from the passage of this act, all the powers and privileges hereby granted, shall cease and become void. Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That the said company shall hereafter be known by the name, style, and title of the Delaware and Atlantic Rail Road Company. Passed January 20, 1834. AN ACT for the enclosure of a certain tract of Woodland, in the township of Harrington in the county of Bergen. Sec. 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 and may be lawful for the owners and possessors of all that tract of woodland, situate, lying and being in the township of Harrington, in the county of Bergen aforesaid, being butted and bounded as follows, viz: on the south by the cleared land of John C. Westervelt and the land enclosed. cleared land of Isaac Bogart; on the north by the cleared land and fenced woodland of Henry P. Westervelt and the Boundaries of |