of said James Boggs, deceased, or either of them, to be by them administered and distributed according to the directions of the said last will of the said Robert Morris, deceased, among the several persons entitled; and that the said trustees, last named, or the survivor of them, should from time to time make and state an account of the execution of the said trust, and report the same to the chancellor of this state, for the time being, to be by him from time to time allowed, corrected, and finally confirmed, as in and by the provisions of said act, and the preamble thereto, will fully appear; and whereas, the said John S. Blauvelt departed this life more than three years ago; and whereas, the said William Van Hook, the surviving trustee, created in and by the provisions of said act, hath become very aged and infirm, being more than seventy years old, and physically incompetent to the inspection, examination and proper disposition of said remaining real estate, as such trustee, (which real estate is situate in different portions of the several counties of Monmouth, Ocean, Morris and Sussex, respectively,) and resides out of the state of New Jersey; and whereas, the said William Van Hook hath been, upon his own petition therefor, by the supreme court of the state of New York, having cognizance and jurisdiction of the person of said William Van Hook, and of the subject matter of said executorship of said James Boggs, deceased, and in and by the final judgment and decree of said court, dated eighth May, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, removed from the executorship of the estate of said James Boggs, deceased; and whereas, no account of the execution of said trust by said act of the legislature created, has ever been made and reported to the chancellor of this state, by the said trustees, or by the said William Van Hook, as surviving trustee, or otherwise, as required by said act; and whereas, Charles S. Boggs, Mary R. Blauvelt, J. Lawrence Boggs, Julia C. Manwaring and Robert M. Boggs, of Middlesex county, and Maria B. Olden, of Mercer county, New Jersey, and Thomas Boggs, Henry Boggs and R. Beaumont Boggs, by their attorney, Thomas Boggs; Richard Tremain, Thomas Tremain and Samuel Boggs, all of Halifax, Nova Scotia, persons interested in, and entitled to the proceeds of said real estate remaining unsold, have petitioned the legislature of this state to pass an act discharging said William Van Hook, as such surviving trustee, and to appoint Charles S. Boggs and J. Lawrence Boggs, two William Van Hook discharged from of the devisees of the will of said Robert Morris, deceased, and interested in said real estate, trustees for the sale and conveyance of such lands and real estate of said Robert Morris as may remain unsold, and to empower them to make and give a good title to said lands; and whereas, the situation of said lands and the kind and character thereof are such that the same ought very soon to be prepared for sale, by surveys and maps thereof being had and made, and to be disposed of, and sold, at an early day-therefore, 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the said William Van Hook be trusteeship. and he hereby is, henceforth discharged and removed from the further execution and performance of the trusts conferred upon and reposed in him under and by the terms of said act of the legislature of the state of New Jersey, passed November third, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, as to the sale and disposition of said real estate; and the power and authority thereby given to grant, bargain, sell and convey the said real estate described and referred to in said act, be, and from the date of the passage of this act, henceforth are wholly revoked and taken away from the said William Van Hook, as such surviving trustee created by said act. Charles S. Boggs and J. Lawrence tuted trustees. 2. And be it enacted, That all the title to all the remaining part of the said residuary real estate of the said Robert Boggs consti- Morris, deceased, devised in trust in manner aforesaid, and the title to all the real estate which was held by the said Robert Boggs and James Boggs, or the survivor of them, as part of the estate of said Robert Morris, deceased, be and the same is hereby passed over, conveyed to and vested in Charles S. Boggs and J. Lawrence Boggs, of Middlesex county, state of New Jersey, and the survivor of them; and the said trustees, or the survivor of them, be and are hereby authorized to grant, bargain, sell and convey the same, or any part thereof, from time to time, at public or private sale, and in such manner, and to such purchaser or purchasers, as they, or the survivor of them, shall think discreet and proper, and for the best interest of the several persons entitled to the proceeds thereof under the will of the said Robert Morris, deceased. Duties of trustees. 3. And be it enacted, That the proceeds of the sale of said. real estate shall, by the trustees aforesaid, or the survivor of them, from time to time, after deducting therefrom all costs, charges, fees and expenses incident to the creation or execution of said trust, be paid over to, and distributed, according to the directions of the said last will of the said Robert Morris, deceased, among the several persons entitled; and that the said trustees, or the survivor of them, shall from time to time. make and state an account of the execution of the said trust, and report the same to the orphans' court of Middlesex county, to be from time to time allowed, corrected, and finally confirmed. 4. And be it enacted, That all deeds and conveyances made and executed under and by virtue of this act, shall be as good and valid, and shall be sufficient to pass the estates and interests that thereby may be granted, as fully and effectually as if the same were made and executed by the said Robert Morris, or any of his trustees or executors, or the survivor of them. 5. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved February 16, 1863. Confirmation. CHAPTER L. AN ACT to authorize the inhabitants of the several townships in the counties of Cumberland and Burlington, and the township of Union, in the county of Ocean, to raise money. thorized to at town meet vance to vol 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Township authe State of New Jersey, That the inhabitants composing the raise money several townships of the counties of Cumberland and Burling-ings to pay alton, and the township of Union, in the county of Ocean, are unteer fund. hereby authorized and empowered, each at their next annual town meeting, to raise by tax, in the same manner as other moneys are raised for township purposes, and in such sums as they may think necessary for the purpose of refunding any moneys that may have been advanced by the inhabitants. of any one of the townships of said county, as a township bounty fund, that has been paid to volunteers in the United States service, in the army or navy of the government, and for no other purpose. pald over. 2. And be it enacted, That upon the order of the township Money, how committee of each township, the collector shall pay over to the subscribing parties the amount subscribed and paid, which shall be shown by the subscription list, or the testimony of some person authorized at a public meeting of the inhabitants to receive the same. Approved February 18, 1863. Preamble. Board of free authorize raise money. CHAPTER LI. AN ACT to authorize the board of chosen freeholders of the county of Gloucester, and the several townships thereof, to raise and borrow money. WHEREAS, the rebellion now existing in the United States of America has involved the said county of Gloucester and the several townships thereof considerably in debt, in the payment of bounties and maintenance of the families of the soldiers who have volunteered in the service of this state and the United States; and whereas, doubts have arisen as to the legal right of the said board and the township committee to borrow or raise money by imposing taxes for the liquidation of the same-therefore, 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of holders may the State of New Jersey, That the said board of chosen freetownships to holders shall have the power to direct any sum to be raised by the several townships thereof that may be necessary to pay off and discharge the debts already incurred by the said board for such bounty and maintenance, and that the said board be hereby authorized to borrow any further sum which may be needful for the further maintenance of the families of such as are now, or may hereafter volunteer or be drafted in such service. Town meetings to order assessors to 2. And be it enacted, That the town meeting of the several townships in the county of Gloucester be authorized, at their raise money. next or any subsequent annual town meeting, to order the assessor of the township to raise such sums as have already been paid to volunteers in the service of this state or the United States as bounty to induce them so to volunteer. Money, how assessed and collected. 3. And be it enacted, That the money so to be raised either by the said board of chosen freeholders or the annual town meeting, shall be assessed, levied and collected by the same township officers, at the same time and in the same manner as the state, county and township taxes are or have been assessed and collected, and pay the same over in like manner as county and township taxes are paid, and that no extra compensation shall be charged for so assessing, collecting and paying over the same. may borrow 4. And be it enacted, That the board of chosen freeholders Freeholders of the said county of Gloucester be authorized to borrow any money. amount contemplated by this act, in anticipation of the levying and collecting the same as aforesaid, by making bonds and warrants of attorney to the lender, in any convenient sum, signed by the director of the said board and the county collector, which shall be considered as legally binding the said county; and that the money so ordered to be raised by the said board shall be applied to the paying off the bonds so made by order of the said board. 5. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved February 18, 1863. CHAPTER LII. AN ACT to amend the charter of the Woodbury Fire Association in the county of Gloucester, passed December twentyfifth, eighteen hundred and twenty-six. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Name of inthe State of New Jersey, That all the owners of dwelling corporation. houses and other buildings, and all occupants thereof, and all holders of store or household goods, all lumber or wood, or the contents of barns and other outbuildings, or manufactured or unmanufactured materials of any description, liable to injury by fire, situate in the present limits of the borough of Woodbury, in the county of Gloucester, be and hereby are created and declared to be a body politic and corporate, under the name and style of "The Woodbury Fire Association." 2. And be it enacted, That the capital stock of said asso- Capital stock ciation, vested in real and personal estate, shall not in the $8,000. aggregate exceed the sum of eight thousand dollars, and shall |