What real es

tate may be held by com. pany.

Proviso.

the same, That it shall be lawful for the Elizabeth Town and Somerville Rail Road Company, incorporated by an act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Elizabeth Town and Somerville Rail Road Company," passed the ninth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight bundred and thirtyone, to have and to hold real estate, at such convenient places along the line or lines as may be sufficient and necessary for the use of said company, and at the commencement and termination or terminations of the road or roads authorized to be constructed by the said act, or by the act entitled "A Supplement to an act entitled an act to incorporate the Elizabeth Town and Somerville Rail Road Company," passed the eighth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, as the said company may deem expedient and necessary for the uses and purposes mentioned in the thirteenth section of the said original act; Provided, that the real estate authorized by this act to be held by the said company, shall not exceed four acres, in any one county through which the said rail road or rail roads shall pass, shall be subject to the same taxes as other freehold estate, and that the proviso to the thirteenth section of the said original act be, and the same is hereby repealed.

Passed, February 16, 1836.

Preamble

AN ACT for the relief of the heirs of John Tillman, deceased.

WHEREAS, John Tillman, late of the township of Hardwick, in the county of Warren, in the state of New Jersey, died seized of certain real estate, situate in the counties of Sussex and Warren; and by his last will and testament, bearing date the ninth day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, devised said real estate, as follows, to wit: the rents of said real estate to his wife Elizabeth Tillman, so long as she should remain his widow, in lieu of her dower, the incomes of which to be applied to her own use and the education and bringing up of his children not of age; but if she should marry, then the rents and produce of said real estate, to be appropriated to the use of his children

not of age, or if they should be of age, then to be equally divided among them; and at the decease of said Elizabeth, or in case she should marry, that the said real estate, should be equally divided among his children "or their heirs"; And whereas, at the time of the death of the said John Tillman, there were living, his wife, the said Elizabeth Tillman; his children, Joseph Tillman, William Tillman, David Tillman, Andrew Watson Tillman, Sarah intermarried with Charles Crane, and Charlotte Tillman, and grand children, John T. Vought, son of Elizabeth Vought, deceased, a daughter of said John Tillman, and John T. Hart, and Mary M. Hart, children of Mary Hart, deceased, daughter of said John Tillman: And whereas, the said Elizabeth Tillman, widow of said John Tillman, William Tillman, David Tillman, Andrew Watson Tillman, Charles Crane, and Sarah his wife, John T. Hart, and Mary M. Hart and William Hart, guardian of said John T. and Mary M. Hart; John T. Vought, and Andrew Vought, jr. father of said John T. Vought, have memorialized this legislature, setting forth that said Charlotte Tillman, has since died intestate without heirs of her body; and that "the buildings and fences upon said real estate, are very much out of repair, and are daily becom ing more so, and that the interest of said heirs, would be greatly promoted by an immediate sale of said real estate," but that no sale or division of said estate can be made by reason of the minority of some of the said heirs, to wit: the said Andrew Watson Tillman, John T. Vought, John T. Hart, and Mary M. Hart; and have petitioned this legislature to authorise a sale of said real estate, and to divide the proceeds thereof among the said heirs, after appropriating the interest of one third of the same, to be paid to the said Elizabeth Tillman, during her natural life or her widowhoodtherefore,

Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Council and General Assembly of this State, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the sume, That the said Joseph Tillman, one of the executors of the last will and testament, aforesaid, be, and he is hereby authorized and empowered to grant, sell, convey, and dispose of all the said real estate, as to him may seem most expedient and advantageous, for the best price he can obtain for the same, by public sale at Johnsonburgh, in the county of Warren; first giving previous notice of said sale, by advertisement for four weeks successively, in a newspaper printed in the county of Warren, and by handbills in five or more public places in the township of Hardwick, in the county of Warren, and township of Green, in the county of Sussex; and when sold to execute in due form of law in his own name, good and sufficient deed or deeds of conveyance for the same.

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Executors att thorised to sell

real estate.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That before the said Joseph Tillman shall sell the said real estate as aforesaid, he shall enter into To give bond. bond to the Governor of this state, with two or more sufficient sureties, to be approved of by the surrogate of the county of Warren, in the sum of ten thousand dollars, and deposited in the office of said surrogate, conditioned for the security, distribution and payment of said purchase money, as follows, to wit: one third thereof to be secured by bond and mortgage on said land, the interest thereof to be paid to said Elizabeth Tillman, yearly, during her natural life or her widowhood, and the principal sum to be paid to said petitioners according to their proportionate shares, their heirs or assigns, from the day of the death of said widow, and the remainder to be distributed among said heirs according to the direction of said last will and testament, and that the shares which may be due to said minors, shall be secured upon real estate by bond and mortgage, to be approved by the Orphans' Court of said county of Warren, the interest thereof to be paid to the guardian of said minors annually, according to their respective shares, and the principal to be paid to said minors as they respectively arrive at the age of twenty-one

Distribution of proceeds.

years.

Passed, February 15, 1836.

Preamble.

AN ACT to authorize George Vliet, and Elizabeth K. Vliet, his wife, of the county of Warren, to sell and convey certain lands therein mentioned.

WHEREAS, it hath been represented to the Legislature, that William Vliet, senior, of said county, conveyed to his son, George Vliet, and Elizabeth K. his wife, and to the heirs of the said George Vliet, seventy-five acres of land, bounded by the Pagest Creek, on the West, and lands of James Fleming on the east, situate, lying and being in the township of Independence, in said county, by deed bearing date the twenty

fifth of February, A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty-one :And whereas, the said William Vliet, senior, and George Vliet, and Elizabeth K., his wife, have petitioned the Legislature for a law to authorize the said George and Elizabeth, to sell and convey the said lands-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 George Vliet, and Elizabeth K. Vliet, his G. Vlict and wife, of the county of Warren, be, and they are hereby fully au- wife authorthorized to sell and convey, the seventy-five acres of land, as men- ised to sell tioned and as described in the deed recited in the preamble of this certain lands. act, and to execute to the purchaser and purchasers thereof, a deed of conveyance in fee simple for the same; which deed and deeds shall vest in the purchaser and purchasers, and his and their heirs and assigns, as good, perfect, and absolute an estate of inheritance, as was vested in the said William Vliet, senior, at the time of his deeding the same to the said George Vliet, and Elizabeth K., his wife, as aforesaid; subject nevertheless to such incumbrance and incumbrances as may have been put upon the same, by the said George Vliet, and Elizabeth K., his wife, or either of them.

Passed, February 16, 1836.

AN ACT to regulate the fishing, at certain times of the year in the Passaic river, in the counties of Morris and Essex.

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 from and after the passing of this act, it shall not be lawful for any person or persons, to fish with any Fishing with net, seine, fykes, cribs, or other device, in or across said river, seines at cer between the great falls at Paterson, to the line of the counties of tain seasons prohibited. Morris and Somerset, on said river, at any other time or season, except, only, between the first day of October and the first day of May, yearly and every year; and any person so offending, shall forfeit and pay the sum of ten dollars for each and

Former act repealed.

every such offence, to be sued for and recovered with costs of suit, in an action of debt, by any person, before any justice of the peace of the county, wherein such offence shall have been committed, one half of the forfeit money to be paid to the person prosecuting the same, and the remainder to the collector of the township, wherein the offence shall have been committed, for the use of the township: Provided, that nothing in this act shall be construed or taken to prevent any person or persons from fishing with a hook and line at any time of the year.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the act entitled "An Act to regulate the fishing at certain times of the year, in the Passaic river, in the counties of Morris and Essex," passed the second day of March, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, be, and the same is hereby repealed. Passed, February 17, 1836.

poration.

AN ACT to incorporate the New Brunswick Manufacturing
Company.

Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Council and General Assembly of this State, and it is hereby enacted by the authority Style of incor- of the same, That James C. Van Dyke, James Neilson, Little ton Kirkpatrick, James S. Nevius, A. S. Neilson, Eward S. Carrol, George P. Molleson, and their associates, and their successors, shall be, and they are hereby incorporated and made at body politic, by the name and style of "The New Brunswick Manufacturing Company," for the purpose of manufacturing cotton, wool, flax, and hemp, silk, iron, copper, and machinery, at the city of New Brunswick, in the county of Somerset, in this state, and dyeing, printing and bleaching the same, or any part thereof, and carrying on the business incident to the same, and shall have power to raise, by subscription, in shares of one hundred dollars each, a capital of five hundred thousand dol Jars, and as soon as five hundred shares shall be subscribed, the individuals above named, or any four of them, may, by public notice of thirty days, given in one or more of the public newspapers printed in the city of New Brunswick, call a meeting of