AN ACT to incorporate the Hackettstown Fire Engine Com

pany:

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 William McCracken, John Bird, George Colclough, Jolin Vandoren, A. E. Guild, Mark Fleming, William Everitt, Benjamin Dickerson, John Rusling, James F. Compton, Robert Rusling, Henry H. Henderson, Peter Werts, William Bounting, Edward Bird, Ephraim D. Cramer, John H. Crane, Reading Bell, and all such other persons not exceedStyle of incor- ing fifty, as are, or shall become associates of the Hackettstown Fire Engine Company, be, and they are hereby constituted and declared to be a body politic and corporate, in fact and in law, by the name of "The Hackettstown Fire Engine Company."

poration,

Powers of corporation,

Amount of capital and its application.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the said corporation, by such name, shall have perpetual succession, and be a body politic and corporate 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 judicature, whatsoever; and that they and their successors, respectively, may have and use a common seal, and have power to make, change, and alter the same at pleasure; and by their common seal, may make, enter into, and execute any contracts or agreements touching and concerning the objects of said corporation, and shall have full power and authority to make, form and adopt such by-laws and regulations for their government, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this state, or of the United States, as they shall think proper.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the capital stock of said company shall not exceed the sum of one thousand dollars, which shall be solely and exclusively applied to the procuring, repairing, and maintaining the engine, hose, reservoirs of water, ladders, buckets, fire-hooks, and other implements and machines, and to such other incidental expenses as shall, to the said company, appear best calculated to secure the property of their fellow citizens from injury or destruction by fire.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That the said company shall have power to elect, annually, a president, vice president, secretary and treasurer, from their own body, and such other offiElection of of cers 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 in his

ficers,

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That all persons who now are, or hereafter shall become and continue actual members of the Members exsaid Hackettstown Fire Engine Company, as long as they are empted from militia duty. possessed of a fire engine, be, and they are hereby exempted from militia duty in time of peace: Provided, such person shall reside within two miles of the usual place of keeping their engine.

Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Council and General Assembly of this state, at any time here- Act may be after, to alter, amend, modify or repeal this act, as they shall altered or rethink proper.

pealed.

Passed, January 28, 1836.

AN ACT to authorize Elijah Blackwell, jr., to execute a certain contract for the partition of certain real estate, in the county of Warren, made between John M. Young, and Elisha Blackwell, deceased, on the part of the said Blackwell.

WHEREAS it appearing to the legislature, that Elisha Blackwell, deceased, late of the township of Independence, in the county of Warren, who died intestate, did, in his life time, make a parol agreement with the said John M. Young, of the same place, for the partition of a certain lot of land, containing fifteen and one-quarter acres, adjoining lands of Preamble. James Egbert, Abraham Larew, and others, situate in the township and county aforesaid, and that immediately after said agreement, each party took possession of their respective shares; And whereas the said Elisha Blackwell departed this life previous to a deed of partition having been executed between them, and a number of the heirs at law of the said Elisha Blackwell, deceased, being incompetent, by reason of their minority, to fulfil said contract; And whereas the said John M. Young has, by his petition, re

E. Blackwell

to execute

quested that Elijah Blackwell, jr., one of the children and heirs at law of the said Elisha Blackwell, deceased, be empowered to fulfil said contract-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 Elijah Blackwell, jr., one of the children and jr. authorised heirs at law of the said Elisha Blackwell, deceased, be, and he is hereby authorized and empowered to execute a deed of partition, pursuant to said agreement between the said John M. Young and said deceased, which deed shall have the same force and effect as if a deed of partition had been made and entered into between the parties in the life time of the said Elisha Blackwell.

deed of par.

tition.

Passed, January 28, 1836.

Pension granted J. Kesler.

AN ACT for the relief of John Kesler, sen., of the county of Gloucester.

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 treasurer of this state, for the time being, shall, and he is hereby authorized and required to pay to John Kesler, sen., of the aforesaid county, a soldier in the service of the United States, in the revolutionary war, or to his order, the sum of one hundred dollars, to be paid to the said Kesler, sen., annually, in quarterly payments, from the passing of this act, during the life time of the said John Kesler, sen., and the receipt of the said Kesler, or his order, shall be a sufficient voucher to the treasurer for such sums as may be paid by virtue of this act, in the settlement of his accounts. Passed, January 28, 1836.

AN ACT to authorize the sale of certain wood and timber belonging to Martha Ann Coles, of the county of Salem.

WHEREAS it hath been represented to the legislature by the
guardian of Martha Ann Coles, a minor of the county of
Salem, that the said minor is the owner of about thirteen
acres of woodland, in the township of Pilesgrove, in said
county; that the wood and timber thereon is ripe and much Preamble.
decayed and gradually diminishing in value, and that it would
greatly benefit the estate of the said minor if the said wood
and timber was sold, and the proceeds thereof placed at in-
terest for her use; and the said application appearing reason-
able, therefore-

Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Council and General Assemly of this State, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Margaret Coles be, and is hereby appointed trustee, with full power and authority to sell and dispose of at Trustee aupublic sale, (first giving thirty days notice by advertisements in thorised to five of the most public places in the township of Pilesgrove, sell wood and aforesaid) all the wood and timber standing upon the said real estate of the said minor, being a certain tract of thirteen acres, more or less, situate in the township of Pilesgrove, and county of Salem, and which was allotted to the said minor, as her portion of the real estate of her late father, Joseph Coles.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That before the said trustee shall enter upon any of the duties by this act authorized, she shall enter into bond to the governor of this state, his successors or assigns, with such freehold security, and in such sum as the Orphans' Court of the county of Salem shall direct and approve, for the true and faithful performance and execution of the said trust, in the manner authorized and required by this act; which bond shall be filed by the Surrogate of the county of Salem, and remain of record in his office, for the benefit of those whom it may concern.

timber.

Trustee to

give bond.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the said trustee shall make and exhibit to the Orphans' Court of the county of Salem, at Trustee to the next term after such sale, under oath or affirmation, a true account to statement in writing of the said sales, together with the names Orphans' of the purchasers and the quantity bought by each, with the price thereof, which statement shall be filed by the surrogate of said county, and remain of record in his office.

Court.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That the said trustee, after de- Proceeds of ducting from the amount of the sales, when received, such sum sale to be plaas shall be allowed by the said Orphans' Court for commissions ced at interest.

Proviso.

and expenses, shall place the balance thereof, at interest, upon
bond and mortgage, payable to the said minor, and shall hold the
obligation and securities so taken, as the guardian or legal re-
presentative of the said mission, for her use and benefit: pro-
vided, that if the said minor should die before she attain the age
of twenty-one years then the proceeds of such sale shall belong
to and be paid over to the heirs of the said Martha Ann Coles,
in the same manner as if this act had not been passed.
Passed, January 28, 1836.

Preamble.

AN ACT authorizing the sale of the real estate whereof
Elizabeth Holcombe died seized.

WHEREAS Elizabeth Holcombe, widow of Doctor George Holcombe, late of the county of Monmouth, deceased, died intestate, seized in her own right, in fee simple, of and in three several lots, or parcels of land, situate in the counties of Monmouth, Middlesex, and Burlington, in this state, leaving Emily Holcombe, Johnston Holcombe, Helena Fidler the wife of Thomas B. Fidler, Edward Holcombe, and Elizabeth Holcombe, her children and heirs at law, who thereupon inherited the said premises: And whereas the guardian of the said Johnston Holcombe, Edward Holcombe, and Elizabeth Holcombe, three of the said heirs, being infants, under the age of twenty-one years, hath represented to the legislature that a sale of the interest of the said minors in the said real estate, is necessary for their education and maintenance, and that their interests would be promoted by a sale thereof, and hath prayed that a sale of the said real estate may be authorized in such manner as shall best promote the interests of the said minors; And whereas Thomas B. Fidler and Helena his wife have, by their petition, prayed that authority may also be granted to sell and convey the interest of the said Helena Fidler in the said real estate; And whereas Emily Holcombe, the