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the Surrogate of the county of Bergen, a true statement of Account of sales the amount of said sale or sales, to be by him recorded and to be exhibited filed in his office; and that the said trustees shall be accounta- Bergen. to Surrogate of ble for all moneys received by them, by virtue of this act, deducting their reasonable and necessary expenses, and a reasonable compensation for their services, to be allowed by the said Surrogate, of the county of Bergen, and shall account for the same to the Orphans' Court for the county of Bergen accordingly.

Passed February 24, 1835.

AN ACT to incorporate the Bridgeton Beneficial Society, of the county of Cumberland, New-Jersey.

WHEREAS, a number of citizens of the county of Cumberland, in this state, have formed themselves into a society, for the purpose of raising a fund, sufficient for the relief of each other, in case of disease, age or accident: AND WHEREAS, they have, by a committee, represented to the legislature of this state, the expediency of being constituted a body corporate, so as to enable them to hold property, and more safely to vest their funds in stock, or other securities, for the purposes of their association; Therefore,

Preamble.

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 Janies B. Potter, Daniel Elmer, H. R. Merselles, Isaac Tittsworth, William Riley, David Reeves, Benjamin Thompson, Isaac B. Husted, John Hire, Jr. and James M. Riley, and all such other persons, not exceeding three hundred, as now are or hereafter shall, become members of the Bridgeton Beneficial Society, be, and they are hereby contituted and declared, to be a body corporate and politic, in fact and in law, by the name of the " Bridgeton Beneficial Society ; " and by such name, they shall have succession, and Style of incorpor be persons in law capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, answering and being answered unto, defending and being defended, in all courts of law and equity whatever; and that they and their successors, may have a common seal, and shall have power to make, change and alter

ration.

of election of

officers.

the same at their pleasure; and by their name as aforesaid, and under their common seal, may make, enter into and execute, any contracts or agreements, touching and concerning the objects of said corporation.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the members of said society, or as many of them as can conveniently attend, shall meet on the first Thursday of April next, and on the first Time and mode Thursday of April, annually thereafter, at some suitable time and place; of which meetings, notice for the space of ten days shall be given in one of the newspapers of this state, and then and there by a plurality of votes of those present, proceed to elect a president, vice-president, secretary, assistant secretary, treasurer, and such other officers and assistants as they shall find necessary for conducting their affairs according to their constitution and by-laws; and that the said president shall keep in his custody the common seal of said company, and at the expiration of his term of office shall deliver it over to his successor.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the estate and property, of what kind soever the same may be, now held by the sociObjects, duties ety, shall be vested in the body politic and corporate hereby and powers of incorporation. constituted; which said body politic and corporate, shall, by the name and title aforesaid, be able and capable in law, to purchase, receive, take and hold, for the use and benefit of said society, and for the purposes alone expressed in the preamble of this act, any lands, tenements, hereditaments, and any sum or sums of money, rights, goods, and chattels, by the gift, alienation, devise or bequest, of any person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, legally authorized, and able Limitation of es to make the same: provided, that the clear yearly income or tate to be owned value of the real and personal estate of the said corporation,

Corporation

laws.

shall not exceed the annual sum of two thousand dollars.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That the said corporation be, and they are hereby authorized to make and use, and from time to time, to alter and amend, as to them may appear exmay make con- pedient, such general form of a constitution, and such bystitution and by-laws for the transaction of business, and for affecting the persons of the association aforesaid, as to the members of the said society or the major part of them, duly met, shall be deemed right and proper, provided nothing in the said constitution and by-laws be contrary to the constitution and laws of the United States, or of the State of New-Jersey.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That the said corporation shall not use any of their funds for banking operations, or in any other way except for such benevolent purposes provided for by this act.

Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for

the Council and General Assembly of this State, at any time hereafter, to amend, repeal, or modify this act, as they shall think fit.

Passed February 25, 1835.

AN ACT authorizing the sale of a part of the State Lands at Paterson.

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 Attorney General be, and he is hereby authorized to sell and convey in behalf of this State, unto the A lot at PaterTrustees of the first particular Baptist Church of Paterson, a plot, not exceeding two acres, of the land at Paterson, belonging to the State, for the uses and purposes of a burial ground; and that he fix the price of the same, agreeably to the present just and proper value thereof.

Passed February 26, 1835.

son authorized to be sold.

A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT to the Act entitled "An
Act for the punishment of crimes.”

WHEREAS, several instances of the degrading practice of prize- Preamble,
fighting, have lately occurred in this state, and the existing
laws are believed to be inadequate effectually to prevent
the introduction and prevalence of this evil; Therefore,
Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Council and General As-
sembly of this state, and it is hereby enacted by the authority
of the same, That every person who shall be engaged in any

fight or combat, with fists, commonly denominated prize-fight- Penalty for prize ing, whether such fight or combat be for money or any other fighting. valuable thing, or merely to test the skill or bodily powers of the pugilists or combatants, and every person who shall be aiding, assisting or abetting, in any such fight or combat,

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shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment not exceeding two years, or by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or both.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That if any captain, commandant or owner of any steam boat, or other vessel, shall knowingly permit such boat or vessel to be used in, or for the conveyance or transportation of persons into this state, for the purpose of being engaged in, or aiding, assisting, abetting or witnessing any such fight or combat, as is mentioned in the first section of this act, he or she shall be deemed guilty bringing persons of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment, not exceeding two years, or by fine, not exceeding five hundred dollars, or both.

Penalty for

into the state for

fighting.

Penalty for

being present at a prize fight.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That every person who shall be present at any such fight or combat, as is mentioned in the first section of this act, coming from a foreign state for the purpose of witnessing the same, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment, not exceeding one year and one day, or by fine not exceeding two hundred dollars, or both.

Passed February 26, 1835.

A geological and

mineralogical survey of the

state authorized

to be made.

AN ACT to provide for a Geological and Mineralogical Survey of the state of New-Jersey.

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 Governor or person administering the government of this state, be, and he is hereby empowered, to employ some suitable and scientific person or persons to make a Geological and Mineralogical survey of the state, and make a report thereon to the next session of the Legislature, and that he be authorized to draw upon the Treasurer, for any sum, not exceeding in the whole, one thousand dollars, in order to defray the expenses of the same.

Passed February 26, 1835.

AN ACT for the relief of Nathan Bolles.

WHEREAS Eliza Clapp, wife of Henry W. Clapp, late of the town of Newark, in the county of Essex and state of NewJersey, died seized of a small lot of land, lying in the said town of Newark, being butted and bounded as follows: beginning at a corner of a lot set off to Abby J. Bolles; thence running along her line, south sixty-five degrees east nine chains and forty-six links to Joseph Baldwin's corner Preamble. thence southwesterly along his line to the corner of a lot set off to Mary T. Norris; thence along her line north sixty-five degrees west nine chains and forty-six links, to a corner of a lot set off to Abby J. Bolles; thence along her line north twenty-six degrees east sixty-three links, to the place of beginning; the above described lot being designated as lot No. 2, on map No. 9, as set off to the said Eliza Clapp, by commissioners appointed to make partition of the real estate of Ezra Baldwin, deceased, among his children: AND WHEREAS, the said Eliza Clapp, left Caroline M., Cornelia W., Henry B. and Elizabeth I. Clapp, her children and heirs at law, being minors under the age of fourteen years; AND WHEREAS, it was much for the interest and advantage of said minor children, that the said lot of land and premises which was wholly unproductive and waste, should be sold, and the proceeds thereof invested in some productive funds for the use and benefit of said infant children: AND WHEREAS, the said Henry W. Clapp, the father and guardian of said minor children, did on the seventeenth day of April, A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty-three, sell and convey the said lot of land and premises to the said Nathan Bolles, in fee simple; Therefore,

Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Council and General Assembly of this state, and it is hereby enacted by the authority Title of Nathan of the same, That the title of the said Nathan Bolles, in and Bolles to certain to the above described lot of land and premises, be, and the same is hereby confirmed, and made valid and effectual in him, his heirs and assigns forever.

Passed February 26, 1825.

lands confirmed.

AN ACT to authorize the sale of the Wood and Timber standing on certain Real Estate, of Peter Drummond, of the county of Monmouth, a lunatic.

WHEREAS, Peter Drummond, of the county of Monmouth, a

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