CHAPTER CLXXX. AN ACT entitled "An act appropriating the sum of twenty.five hundred dollars to the State Lunatic Asylum. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars be and is hereby appropriated to the State Lunatic Asylum for the purpose of improving and repairing the same; and that the state treasurer be and is hereby authorized to pay to the managers of the State Lunatic Asylum the same out of any moneys in the treasury not heretofore appropriated. Approved March 21, 1860. Penalty for conspiracy, &c. CHAPTER CLXXXI. A further supplement to the "Act for the punishment of crimes," approved April sixteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That if any person or persons shall, within this state, get up or enter into any combination, organization or conspiracy, with the intent and purpose of making or attempting to make a hostile invasion of any other state or territory of the United States, or shall engage in plotting or contriving any such invasion; or shall knowingly furnish any money, arms, ammunition, or other means in aid of such object, or shall in any way knowingly and wilfully aid, abet or counsel any such combination, organization or conspiracy, or any such hostile invasion, such person or persons shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall on conviction be punished by fine or imprisonment at hard labor, or both, the fine not to exceed one thousand dollars, and the imprisonment not to exceed the term of ten years. concealment nor. 2. And be it enacted, That if any person or persons having Penalty for knowledge of the commission of any of the misdemeanors of misdemeaaforesaid, shall conceal and not as soon as may be disclose and make known the same to some one of the justices of the peace of the county where the said misdemeanor was committed, he or they shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction, be punished by fine not exceeding three hundred dollars, or by imprisonment at hard labor not exceeding one year or both. to arrest, &c. 3. And be it enacted, That all the laws of this state which Laws relative relate to the arrest, commitment, bail and trial of persons charged with manslaughter, shall apply to the arrest, commitment, bail, and trial of persons charged with the misdemeanors mentioned in the first and second sections of this act. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 21, 1860. Preamble. Name changed CHAPTER CLXXXII. Supplement to an act entitled "An act to change the name of George Murphy Ennis to George Ennis Powell," approved February second, eighteen hundred and sixty. WHEREAS by an oversight and mistake George Murphy Ernest is called in said act "George Murphy Ennis," and his name is changed to "George Ennis Powell," instead of George Ernest Powell, as was intended, and it being desirable that said oversight and mistake be corrected-therefore, 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That wherever the word "Ennis" occurs in the title, preamble, or body of said act, the same be and is hereby changed to "Ernest." 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 21, 1860. Preamble. CHAPTER CLXXXIII. AN ACT to vest in the heirs at law of Ann Johnson, deceased, certain land and real estate in the county of Burlington, whereof William Ashton died seized. WHEREAS Ann Johnson, late of the township of Chester, in the county of Burlington, deceased, did, in her lifetime, make and execute her last will and testament, bearing date the sixteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, in due form of law, to pass real estate, and did therein and thereby, among other things, devise as follows, viz: "Item-I give and bequeath to my mother, Sarah Johnson, during her lifetime, the house and lot of land, containing about two acres, where she now resides, situate near the village of Westfield, in the township of Chester aforesaid, and at her death the same to go to William Ashton, his heirs and assigns, forever;" which said last will and testament was duly proved on the fifteenth day of September, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and forty-seven, before Charles M. Harker, esquire, then surrogate of the county of Burlington; and whereas, the said William Ashton having, by virtue of the said last will and testament of the said Ann Johnson, deceased, become seized of a remainder in fee of the said house and lot of land, afterwards, on or about the first day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, departed this life intestate, and without leaving lawful issue; and whereas, the said William Ashton was a natural child of the said Ann Johnson, and therefore, by the laws of this state, could not leave any collateral heirs capable of inheriting the said real estate; and whereas, the said Ann Johnson left her surviving, and who still survive, the following named persons, her brothers and sisters, to wit: William Johnson, Isaac P. Johnson, Charles Johnson, Joseph Johnson, Mary Ann Bowne (wife of Nathan Bowne,) and Esther Ballinger (wife of William Ballinger,) to whom the said land and real estate would have descended in case the said Ann Johnson had died intestate; and whereas, the said Sarah Johnson, the devisee for life of the said real estate, still lives, and is in the possession thereof; and whereas, by reason of the inheritance having, as is believed, escheated to the state, the said dwelling house and lot of land is becoming daily lessened in value, and Interest of state released. Proviso. will soon cease to be a comfortable home for the said Sarah Johnson-now therefore, 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the right, title and interest of the state, which now or hereafter may exist, by reason of the facts hereinbefore stated, of, in and to the dwelling house and lot of land situated in the township of Chester, in the county of Burlington, (being the same devised by Ann Johnson to Sarah Johnson for the term of her life, and after her death to William Ashton, his heirs and assigns forever,) now occupied by Sarah Johnson, be and the same is hereby released to the said William Johnson, Isaac P. Johnson, Charles Johnson, Joseph Johnson, Mary Ann Bowne, (wife of Nathan Bowne,) and Esther Ballinger, (wife of William Ballinger,) as tenants in common, to them and to their heirs and assigns forever; provided always, that nothing in this act shall interfere with the lawful claims of any other person or persons to said house and lands, other than those claiming from and under the state. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 21, 1860. |