A SUPPLEMENT to the Act, entitled "An Act to create the County of Hudson."-Passed February twenty-second, one thousand eight hundred and forty. 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 several Courts now directed by law to be holden in and for the county of Hudson, on the fourth Times of holding Tuesday of April, the fourth Tuesday of July, the first Courts in Tuesday of October, and the fourth Tuesday of December, Hudson Co. annually, shall hereafter be held in and for the said county, on the second Tuesday of March, the first Tuesday of June, the third Tuesday of September, and the second Tuesday of December, annually. Sec. 2. Be it enacted, That the Courts now directed Times of by law to be holden in and for the county of Bergen, on holding the third Tuesday of September-shall, hereafter be held courts in in and for the said county, on the first Tuesday of October, Bergen Co. annually. to be held. Sec. 3. Be it enacted, That the several Courts of the County of Hudson, now by law directed to be held at the Lyceum Building, in Jersey City, may, when deemed ne- Courts, where cessary by the said Courts, or any of them, be held in such other place than the Lyceum Building, in Jersey City, as they may direct, until a Court House shall be built or procured for said county. Prisoners may be confined Sec. 4. Be it enacted, That the Sheriff of the county of Hudson shall be, and hereby is authorized, whenever he shall think it necessary for their safe keeping, to carry in Essex such prisoner or prisoners as may be committed to his cus- county jail. tody, to, and confine them in the jail of the county of Essex; and the keeper of the said jail is hereby required to receive, and safely keep, every such prisoner so delivered to him in the same manner, and under the same penalties, as he is, or may be, by law required to keep and provide for the prissoners of the county of Essex, until such prisoners shall be demanded by the proper officer or officers of the said county of Hudson, or by other due and legal authority. And the Keeper to resaid keeper shall be entitled to receive from the Board ofceive comChosen Freeholders of the said county of Hudson, such fees pensation. and compensation for the support of the prisoners, so committed to the said jail as aforesaid, as are, or shall be allowed by the Board of Chosen Freeholders of the county of Essex. Sec. 5. Be il enacted, Act, when to sections of this act, That the second, third, and fourth shall go into effect immediately take effect. after the passage thereof; and the first section, on the first day of May next. Passed March 11, 1842. of Hamilton. AN ACT to establish a new township in the county of Mercer, to be called the township of Hamilton. 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 all that part of the township of Nottingham, in the county of Mercer, which lies within the following Boundaries of limits, to wit: Beginning in the middle of the Delaware the township and Raritan Canal, where the same crosses the Assanpink creek, and in the middle of said creek, and following the middle of the said canal to the confluence thereof with Crosswicks creek, the dividing line between the counties of Mercer and Burlington, and to the middle of said creek, thence up the same, the several courses thereof, to the line between the counties of Monmouth and Mercer, thence along said line, and along the line between the said township of Nottingham and the township of East Windsor and West Windsor, in the said county of Mercer, to the middle of the Assanpink creek, thence down the said Assanpink creek, the several courses thereof, to the place of beginning, shall be and the same is hereby set off from the said township of Nottingham, and established into a separate township, to be known by the name of "The township of Ham-ilton in the county of Mercer." Township of Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the inhabitants of the said township of Hamilton, shall be and they hereby are constituted a body politic and corporate and shall be styled and known by the name of "The inhabitants of the township of Hamilton in the county of Mercer;" and shall be corporated. entitled to all the rights, powers, authority, privileges and advantages, and subject to the same regulations, government and liabilities as the inhabitants of the other townships in the said county of Mercer are or may be entitled or subject to by the existing laws of the state. Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the inhabitants of the said township of Hamilton, shall hold their first annual town Time & place meeting, at the house now kept by John Ginglen, at Yards- of first annual ville, in the said township of Hamilton, on the day appointed town meeting by law for holding the annual town meetings in the other townships in the said county of Mercer. Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That all paupers who may be chargeable to the said township of Nottingham at the time Allotment of when this act shall go into operation, shall thereafter be paupers to be maintained by chargeable to and supported by that township within the each townbounds of which they shall have acquired their settlements, ship. respectively, or in which they may have resided at the time of acquiring their respective settlements; and all persons whose present settlements are in the said township of Nottingham, and who shall hereafter become chargeable as paupers, shall be supported by that one of the said townships of Nottingham and Hamilton, within the bounds of which they respectively resided, at the time of acquiring their respective settlements. Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That the township committees of the townships of Nottingham and Hamilton shall meet Time & mode of division of on the Monday next after the annual town meetings in the property and said townships of Nottingham and Hamilton, at the inn of pay't of debts Charles M. Warner, in the said township of Nottingham, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, and shall then and there, or as soon afterwards as may be, proceed by writing, signed by a majority of the members of each township committee, to allot and divide between the said townships all the property and moneys on hand or due, in proportion to the taxable property and rateables, as valued and assessed by the assessor, within the respective limits of the said townships at the last assessment; and the inhabitants of the said township of Hamilton shall be liable to pay their just proportion of the debts, if any there be, and to support and maintain the paupers so allotted to them; and if any of the persons composing either of the town committees should neglect or refuse to meet as aforesaid, those assembled may proceed to make the said division, and the decision of a majority of those present shall be final and conclusive Proviso. provided, that it shall and may be lawful to adjourn the above meeting to such time and place as a majority of those assembled as aforesaid may think proper. Rights of new Sec. 6. And be it enacted. That nothing in this act con- township to tained shall be construed to impair, or in any wise affect portion of the rights of said township of Hamilton of, in and to any nue not to be surplus reve. portion of the surplus revenue of the general government affected, Act, when to take effect. to which the said township may now or at any time hereafter be entitled, in the distribution of said surplus revenue. Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect on the second Monday in April next, and not before. Passed March 11, 1842. Receivers SUPPLEMENT to an Act entitled "An Act to prevent frauds by incorporated companies," passed February sixteen, eighteen hundred and twenty-nine. 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 whenever receivers or trustees, appointed or to be appointed, by virtue of the act to which this is a supplement, for the creditors and stockholders of any company, shall have charge of any canal, rail road, turnpike or other work of a public nature, in which the value of the work is authorized to dependent upon the franchise, and in the continuance of sell chartered which the public as well as the corporators and creditors of rights, &c. in certain cases. Such company have an interest, it shall be lawful for such receivers or trustees to sell or lease the principal work for the construction whereof the said company were incorporated, together with all the chartered rights, privileges and franchises, belonging to said company and appertaining to such principal work; and the purchaser or purchasers, lessee or lessees of such principal work, chartered rights, privileges and franchises, shall thereafter hold, use, and enjoy the same, during the whole of the residue of the term limited in the charter of said company, or during the term in such lease specified, in as full and ample a manner as the stockholders of such company could or might have used and enjoyed the same-subject, however, to all the restrictions, limitations, and conditions, contained in such charter. Provided, that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to apply to, or in any wise affect "The Morris Canal and Banking Company," or any other corporation authorized by law to exercise banking privileges. Proviso. Act to take effect immediately. Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall go into operation immediately on the passage thereof. Passed March 11, 1842. A SUPPLEMENT to the act entitled "An Act incorporating the inhabitants of townships-designating their powers, and regulating their meetings," passed the twenty-first day of February, seventeen hundred and ninety-eight. Assessors to Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Council and General Assembly of this State, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the take an oath. same, That from and after the fourth day of July next, the oath required to be taken by every 'assessor, under the nineteenth section of the act hereby amended, shall be in the following form: —— and Form of oath. "Ido solemnly and sincerely promise and swear (or affirm,) that I will truly, faithfully," honestly and impartially value und assess the ratable estates in the township of ——— in the county of that in making such valuations and assessments, I will, to the best of my knowledge and judgment, observe the directions of the law respeciing the same; and that I will make a true return of all such assessments to the board of assessors, at their meeting, required to be held on the first Monday of September by the third section of "An Act concerning taxes," passed the tenth day of June, seventeen hundred and ninety-nine." Board of As Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the board of assessors of sessors to the several counties shall annually make nett abstracts of make annual ratables for their respective counties from the assessments so returned. abstract of ratables. Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That so much of the nineteenth section of the act hereby amended, as prescribes the form Part of former act repealed. of the oath to be taken by assessors, be and the same is hereby repealed. Passed March 11, 1842. AN ACT to authorize Nathan Auten, of the county of Somerset, to sell certain Real Estate. WHEREAS, Thomas Auten, by deed dated the first of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, conveyed to Nathau Auten, about seventy-one acres of land, situate in |