AN ACT to prevent the vending, burning, or exploding of fire crackers, squibs, turpentine balls or fire serpents. Sale of fire 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 not be lawful for any person to sell, crackers, &c. barter, or exchange, or to offer or exhibit for sale, barter or prohibited. exchange, any fire cracker or squib in this state. Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall not be lawful for Exploding fire any person to burn, explode or throw any burning fire crack-crackers, &c. prohibited. er, squib, turpentine balls or fire serpents in this state. Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That any person offending Penalty for of against the provisions of the first section of this act, shall fending against forfeit and pay for each and every offence, the sum of ten first section. dollars. Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That any person offending Penalty for of against the provisions of the second section of this act, shall second section. fending against forfeit and pay for each and every offence, any sum not less than one or exceeding five dollars. How forfeitures are to be re plied. Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That the forfeitures mentioned in this act, may be recovered in the name of any person who will sue for the same, before any justice of the peace of the covered and apcounty where the offence is committed, in an action of debt, with costs, one half for the use of the proecutor, and the residue for the use of the poor of the township where the offence is committed. Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That this act shall be in when act to force and operation on and after the first day of July next, and take effect. not before that time. Passed February 18, 1835. H Camden and authorized to ral road to South river. Roads already AN ACT to authorize the Camden and Amboy Rail Road and Transportation Company to construct a lateral Rail Road, from their main road to South River, in the County of Middlesex. 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 Camden and Amboy Rail Road and Transportation Company, to construct a lateral rail road or branch, from any point in their main road, within half a mile of their bridge, over South river, to one or more point or points on South river, not further distant from their said bridge, than half a mile; Provided always, that the assent of the owner or owners of the land over which such lateral road may pass, shall first be obtained. Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the company, to construct and keep in repair, good and sufficient wagon-ways or passages, over the said lateral rail laid not to be ob- road or branch, where any public or other road may cross the same, so that the passage of carriages, horses and cattle, on said roads, shall not be prevented or obstructed thereby. structed. Road a pubile highway. Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the said rail road, when completed, shall be deemed a public higeway; Provided always, that persons using the same, shall conform to such regulations as to the description of cars, time of starting, and rate of travelling, as may be prescribed by the said The Camden and Amboy Rail Road and Transportation Com pany. Passed February 18, 1835. Preamble. AN ACT authorizing the sale of the Real Estate of Mary WHEREAS, the overseers of the poor, of the township of Free- land, in said county, containing about seventeen acres ; and, also, of an undivided interest in a certain other tract, (being pine land,) in said county, which are of but small value, and that the same, if sold, would, in part, support the said Mary Freeman; and requesting Legislative aid in the premises, and the same appearing just and proper; Therefore, 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 President of the board of chosen freeholders, of the said county of Monmouth, for the time being, be, and he is hereby authorized to make sale of the said premises of the said Mary Freeman, at public vendue Lands of Mary and outcry, to the highest bidder, first giving public notice Freeman, to be of the time and place of such sale, by advertisements set up sold. in five of the most public places in said county, and in one of the public newspapers, circulating in said county, for at least sixty days preceding such sale; and that the said President, be authorized to execute good and sufficient deed or deeds for the same, to the purchaser or purchasers thereof; and that he pay over the proceeds of such sale, after deducting the expenses thereof, to the county collector, for the time being, of the said county of Monmouth, for the use of the said Mary Freeman, to be applied for her maintenance and support, so far as the same will extend, so long as she remains chargeable to said county; and that, in the event of her death, before the expenditure of the same, in her support, that the balance be paid over, by the county collector, for the time being, to her legal representatives. lid. Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the sale and conveyance made as aforesaid, shall be as effectual in the law, to convey Deed to be vathe interest and estate of the said Mary Freeman, in the premises, to the purchaser or purchasers, as if the same had been made by the said Mary Freeman, if capable of making the same. Passed February 18, 1835. Preamble. Lande autho AN ACT for the relief of the infant children of Edward WHEREAS, Edward Thebaud, Louis Thebaud, Jules Thebaud, 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 said Edward Thebaud, guardian and father of the said Edward, Louisa, Jules, Paul, Gustave and Mathilde, be, and is hereby authorized and empowered to grant, rized to be sold. bargain, sell, and convey the lands, tenements, hereditaments, and real estate, aforesaid, of the said minors, his children, and of such child and children as may be hereafter begotten between the said Edward Thebaud, and the said Emma his wife, entitled to any share or shares, or any interest in said premises, and to make and execute a deed and deeds thereof, and therefor, which shall be as good and ef fectual to grant, bargain, sell, convey, and assure the said lands, tenements and real estate, and the hereditaments and appurtenances to the same belonging, to the purchaser or purchasers thereof, as if the said deed or deeds were made by the said Edward, Louisa, Jules, Paul, Gustave and Ma thilde, the said minors, and by such other child and children of the said Edward Thebaud, and Emma his wife, as may hereafter be begotten between them, and entitled to any interest in said premises, after they and each and every of them had attained his, her, and their full age of twenty-one years. Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the said Edward Thebaud, shall report the said sale or sales, to the Orphans' Court, for the said county of Morris, which shall sit next after such sale or sales, to be by said court allowed and approved, and the said Edward Thebaud, shall then and there enter into a the Governor. bond, with sufficient security, (being one or more competent freeholders of the said county of Morris) to the Ordinary of To give bond to this state, in such sum as shall be required by the said Orphans' Court for the county of Morris, conditioned for the payment of the purchase money of said premises, without interest to said minors, and to such other children hereafter to be begotten, entitled to any interest in said premises or their heirs, at such time and times as they would repsectively have come into possession of said premises, and in such proportion and proportions, as they might respectively have claimed to said premises, if no sale or sales thereof had been made, but in the same manner and by the same rule of law as if this act had not been passed, and they had taken real and not personal estate. Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the said bond, shall be Bond to be filed. filed in the Orphans' Court for the county of Morris, to and for the use and benefit of the said children. Passed February 18, 1835. AN ACT to authorize a Trustee to sell certain Real Estate, whereof Enoch Thorn died seized. WHEREAS, Enoch Thorn, late of the township of Chesterfield, in the county of Burlington and state of New-Jersey, about eight years ago departed this life, intestate, leaving a widow and eight orphan children, to wit: William B. Thorn, Thomas Thorn, Maria Thorn, Susan Thorn, Eliz- Preamble, abeth Vanderbeek, formerly Elizabeth Thorn, Sarah Forsyth, formerly Sarah Thorn, Enoch Thorn, and Catharine Thorn: AND WHEREAS, Catharine Thorn, widow of the said Enoch Thorn, hath since departed this life: AND WHEREAS, Sarah Forsyth, one of the aforesaid children of Enoch Thorn, hath also since departed this life, leaving an only child, Amos Forsyth; the said Amos Forsyth being a minor, under the care of his father; and the aforesaid Catharine Thorn being also a minor, under the care of her paternal uncle, George Thorn: AND WHEREAS, the said Enoch Thorn was, at the time of his death, seized in fee simple, of a certain farm and improvements, situate in the township and county aforesaid, and the heirs of the said Enoch Thorn, having petitioned the Legilature, that a per |