acres and one perch of land, or thereabouts; conveyed to said Thomas Wilson by Nathan Price, Esq. sheriff of Hunterdon county, by deed, dated the sixteenth day of June, A. D. eighteen hundred and nine, and recorded in the clerk's office of said county, in the record of deeds, Vol. sixteen, page thirteen, &c. lot No. four, situate in the said township of Hopewell, now in the county of Mercer formerly in the county of Hunterdon, adjoining lot No. one above mentioned, also, lands of John Dilts and the river road, from Trenton to Flemington, and containing fifteen perches of land, or thereabouts; conveyed to said Thomas Wilson, by George Ege, by deed, dated the twentieth day of June, A. D. eighteen hundred and fourteen, recorded in the record of deeds for Hunterdon county, in vol. twenty-three, folio two hundred and thirty &c.; and the said Thomas Wilson having paid for said several lots of land the full consideration mentioned in said deeds, and agreed upon between him and the said grantors, respectively, entered into possession thereof, and used and occupied the same during his life ; AND WHEREAS, the said Thomas Wilson being a slave at the time of making said deeds, and during his whole life, was thereby unable in law to take and hold the said lands, and said deeds therefore conveyed to him no estate or interest therein; AND WHEREAS, the said Thomas Wilson left his wife, Mary, surviving him, who having become poor and infirm and unable to maintain herself, was for a considerable time, and until her decease, supported by William Rosco, at his own expense, and it is reasonable and just that all moneys expended by him, or by any other person or persons for the support of said Mary should be repaid, and that the said lots of land should be sold for that purpose, and a good title made to the purchaser; and the said Thomas Wilson having no children, or other relatives now living, so far as can now be ascertained :-Therefore,

late of Thos.

Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Council and General Asbly of this State, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of authorized to of John Dilts the same, That John Dilts, of the township of Hopewell, in sell certain the county of Mercer, be and he is hereby authorized to real estate sell the aforesaid lots or parcels of land, at public vendue, Wilson, dec. to the highest bidder; and to make, execute and deliver a good and sufficient deed or deeds for the same, to the purchaser or purchasers thereof; which deed and deeds when Interest so executed and delivered, shall convey to, and vest in the vested in purchaser. said purchaser or purchasers, as good and sufficient an es

Proviso.

tate in and to the said land and premises thereby conveyed as the grantors in the aforesaid deeds to the said Thoma Wilson had in the same at the time of executing their sai conveyances for the same respectively; provided, that not ing contained in this act, shall in any way affect the righ or interests of any person or persons in whose favor t said Thomas Wilson, deceased, may have mortgaged otherwise incumbered the said several tracts of land o either of them respectively in his lifetime.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the said John Dilts sha be and he is hereby authorized and directed to take an receive the purchase money for said land, and to have an use all necessary actions to recover the same; and out o said moneys, to pay the expenses of procuring this act, and Distribution of selling said land, and to pay to said William Rosco, and 6f proceeds all and every other person or persons, all moneys which

of sale.

he or they have expended in furnishing to the said Mary widow of said Thomas Wilson, the means of support. and maintenance; and the surplus money which may remain after such payments, the said John Dilts shall pay to the collector of the township of Hopewell, for the use of the poor of said township; and in case any person or persons shall, within seven years after the passing of this act, appear and show that they are so related to said Thomas Wilson, that they would have been entitled to his estate, in case he had been free, then the said township of Hopewell shall pay to them the said surplus, which may have been received by said township; and the said John Dilts is hereby Accounts to directed and required to file and settle his accounts, of the be filed with manner in which he shall have applied said moneys, in the Court of the Orphans' Court of the county of Mercer, at the next stated term after making the aforesaid sale of said land, or at such other time as the said court may appoint; and said court shall allow him reasonable commissions for his services.

the Orphans'

county of Mercer.

Trustee to

the Ordinary.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the said John Dilts shall advertise the sale of said land by setting up notice thereof give bond to in five of the most public places in the said townships of Hopewell and Amwell, at least four weeks before the time appointed for the sale thereof; and before he shall proceed to the execution of the powers and authority vested in him by this act, he shall enter into bond to the ordinary of this state in the penal sum of six hundred dollars, with one or more sureties, to be approved by the surrogate of the county of Mercer, conditioned for the faithful performance of the trusts reposed in the said John Dilts by this act, and that he will well and truly apply the moneys arising from the sale of said lands in the manner herein directed; and

said bond shall be filed in the office of the said surrogate, and shall be good fo all intents and purposes, and pleadable in any court of justice; and if the same become forfeited, it shall be lawful for the ordinary to cause the same to be prosecuted, at the request of any person aggrieved thereby.

Sec. 4 And be it enacted, That in case of the death of the said John Dilts, or of his neglect or abuse of the powers Another trushereby vested in him, the Orphans' Court of the county of tee may be Mercer, shall upon application to them have full power and appointed in authority to appoint another trustee in the place of the said certain cases. John Dilts, who shall upon such appointment, and upon giving bond in the manner before directed, have all the powers conferred upon said John Dilts by this act. Passed February 21, 1842.

A SUPPLEMENTARY ACT to alter and amend the act entitled "An act to incorporate the Port Colden Mutual Fire Insurance Company," passed February twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight.

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 name of said corporation is hereby Style of inchanged from that of "the Port Colden Mutual Fire Insu- corporation changed. rance Company," to the "Warren County Mutual Fire Insurance Company," by which name the persons composing said corporation, and their successors therein, shall hereafter be known, transact all their corporate business, and have and possess all the powers, privileges, and immunities which the said corporation possess and enjoy by virtue of their said act of incorporation.

Parts of

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the sixth, seventh, and
eighth sections of the said act to which this is a supplement, former act
be, and the same are hereby repealed.

Passed February 21, 1842.

repealed.

Preamble.

E. Van Ars. dale, jr. authorized to

his hands to

AN ACT to authorize Elias Van Arsdale, jr., to pay certai moneys therein mentioned to the Trustees of the "New ark Fire Department."

WHEREAS, Allen Clark, formerly of the city of Newar in the county of Essex, being indicted and imprisoned t await his trial for a misdemeanor in setting fire to a sho or storehouse in said city, was by the order of the Court o Oyer and Terminer of said county, made the twenty-firs day of October, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, released from said imprisonment on entering into recognizance in the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars for his appearance to anwer said indictment at the next term of said Court, which said recognizance was at the said term forfeited; AND WHEREAS, the said sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, was by the recognizor for his said appearance paid to Elias Van Arsdale, jr., then being clerk of the said County, and still remains in his hands, subject to the costs of said indictment and the expenses of the arrest of said Allen Clark:-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 the said Elias Van Arsdale, jr., be, and he is hereby authorized and empowered, out of the money so as aforepay balance said received by him and remaining in his hands, to pay of money in all and sundry the costs and expenses of arresting and Newark Fire prosecuting the said Allen Clark, to such person or persons Department as shall be legally entitled to the same, and after deducting after deduct said costs and expenses, to pay the balance of said money to the Trustees of the Newark Fire Department, to be by them applied to the increase of their fund for the relief of indigent or disabled firemen or their families.

ing certain

costs and expenses.

Passed February 22, 1842.

AN ACT to extend the time limited for commencing and completing the road of the New-Jersey Hudson and Delaware Rail Road Company.

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 time limited in the sixteenth section of Time for commencing and the act entitled "An Act to incorporate the New-Jersey completing Hudson and Delaware Rail Road Company," passed the Rail Road eighth day of March. eighteen hundred and thirty-two; and in the fourth section of the further supplement thereto, passed February thirteenth, eighteen hundred and thirtysix, for commencing the main road or roads, and the lateral road of the said company, be and the same is hereby extended to the period of ten years; and that the time for completing the same be extended to the period of twenty years after the passage of this act. Passed February 22, 1842.

AN ACT to authorize the Board of Chosen Freeholders of the county of Salem, to build a Bridge over Salem Creek.

to build a

Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Council and General Assembly of this State, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of Board of Chothe same. That the Board of Chosen Freeholders of the sen Freeholdcounty of Salem, are hereby authorized, whenever in their ers authoriz'd opinion, the public convenience may require it, to erect bridge over and build a bridge, with a draw twenty-four feet wide Salem Creek. therein, over Salem Creek, in the county of Salem, to connect a public road which has been laid from Kinseyville, in the township of Lower Penns Neck, to the Sculltown road, in the township of Mannington. Provided, said board shall direct said bridge to be built before the expiration of five Proviso. years from the passage of this act.

Passed February 22, 1842.