Colfax, and Richard Van Houten, or any two of them, shall Commis be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to run, sur- sioners to survey lines vey, mark, and ascertain the several lines herein before mentioned; which said commissioners shall, before the se cond Monday in April next, execute and discharge the duties of their said appointment in the same manner, in all respects, as if they had been appointed commissioners for the purpose aforesaid by the inferior court of common pleas of the county of Passaic, except, only, that it shall not be necessary for said commissioners to give notice of the time and place of meeting to perform the duties of their said appointment; and the charges and expenses of said commissioners shall be taxed and paid, as is by law directed in case of commissioners appointed by the court of common pleas, upon the application of the board of chosen freeholders. to take ef 6. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect on the Act, when day of holding the first annual town meeting of the said township of Wayne. Approved February 10, 1847. fect. AN ACT relative to the distribution of the Revised Laws of this state. to distribute 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Treasurer the State of New Jersey, That it shall be the duty of the trea- authorized surer of this state forthwith to cause the statutes of this state, re- Revised cently revised and published, after retaining two copies thereof Laws. for himself, as treasurer, to be distributed and delivered to the persons, for the uses, and in the proportions following, that is to say: To the governor, or person administering the government of this state, two copies. To each senator and representative of this state in congress, one copy. To the secretary of this state, for the department of state of the United States, two copies. For the executive of each state and territory within the United States, for the use of such state or territory, two copies. To the emperor of Russia and the Paris Athenæum, each, one copy. For the library of Princeton College, one copy. B Books to be returned on expirn of office. For the library of Burlington College, one copy. For the library of the New Jersey Historical Society and American Antiquarian Society, each, one copy. Which copies said secretary shall transmit accordingly. Of the residue, the said treasurer shall deliver to each member of the court of errors and appeals, &c., one copy. To the revisors of said statute laws, the attorney general, the prosecutor of the pleas of each county, the secretary of state, of the Senate, and clerk of Assembly, of the court of chancery, and of the supreme court, each, one copy. To the state librarian, to be by him kept and preserved for the use of the legislature, sixty copies. To the New Jersey Law Library, two copies. To the county collector of each county, such number as may be requisite to furnish each judge of the court of common pleas, and justice of the peace, appointed or elected since the second day of September, eighteen hundred and forty-four, to the magistracy of any incorporated city or borough in the county, the sheriff, surrogate, clerk of the court of common pleas, and clerk of the board of chosen freeholders, for the use of said board, and to the assessor, collector, overseer of the poor of each township, and clerk of each township, for the use of the township committee, one copy each. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the aforesaid judges and justices of the peace, sheriff, clerks, surrogate, tion of term assessor, collector, and overseer of the poor, within thirty days after the expiration of his or their term or terms of office, to deliver his or their copy or copies of said statutes to his or their successor or successors in office, or return the same to the aforesaid county collector. Renalty for not return 3. And be it enacted, That in case any of the aforesaid maing books. gistrates or officers shall, for the space of thirty days, refuse or neglect to make such delivery or return, he, for such offence, shall forfeit and pay ten dollars, to be recovered by action of debt, by the county collector, in his own name, in any court of competent jurisdiction. &c. Collector to 4. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the colprosecute, lector of the county in which such offence shall happen, to prosecute the same to judgment and execution, and apply the moneys recovered thereon to the use of such county. Treasurer 5. And be it enacted, That the residue of the whole number to retain re- of said Revised Laws shall remain in charge of the treasurer maining copics. of this state, for the use of the state, and subject to future distribution. Approved February 11, 1847. AN ACT for the relief of Merriam Munson, of the county of Mor ris. paid to M. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the $30 per anState of New Jersey, That the treasurer of this state is author- num to be ized and required to pay to Merriam Munson, of the county of Munson. Morris, the widow of Josiah Munson, a Revolutionary soldier, or her order, the sum of thirty dollars per annum, during her natural life, in semi-annual payments of fifteen dollars each, the first payment to be made the fourth day of March next; and the receipt of the said Merriam Munson shall be a sufficient voucher to the treasurer, in the settlement of his accounts. Approved February 11, 1847. AN ACT for the relief of James H. Trenchard, of Pittsgrove, in the county of Salem. WHEREAS it is represented that Thomas Whitaker, late of the Preamble. township of Pittsgrove, in the county of Salem, administrator of John Davis, late of said county, deceased, on the sixteenth day of August, eighteen hundred and forty-three, by virtue of an order of the orphans' court of said county, did sell, at public auction, to James H. Trenchard, for the sum of eighty-five dollars, a certain tract of land, of which said. John Davis died seized, situate in the township aforesaid, containing five acres, and which was conveyed to said John Davis by deed from Lewis Woodruff, James B. Potter, and Robert B. Potter, dated February second, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight; and that said sale was duly reported by said administrator to the orphans' court of said county, and by said court duly confirmed, and a deed ordered to be made to said James H. Trenchard; and that the money was paid by said Trenchard to said administrator, and by him accounted for in the settlement of said estate; but that, by reason of the sickness and death of said Thomas Whitaker, no deed was ever made for said land to said James H. Trenchard; and that Deborah S. Whitaker is the administratrix of said Thomas Whitaker, deceased-therefore, Administratrix autho 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of thorized to the State of New Jersey, That the said Deborah S. Whitaker, make deed. Act, when to take effect. administratrix of said Thomas Whitaker, deceased, is hereby authorized, in fulfilment of the said sale, to make a deed for the said tract of land to the said James H. Trenchard; and that the same shall convey and assure the said tract of land to the said James H. Trenchard, his heirs and assigns, to all intents and purposes, the same as if a deed therefor had been made by said Thomas Whitaker, deceased, in his lifetime, in pursuance of the order of the orphans' court aforesaid. the 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect upon Approved February 11, 1847. Taxes to est. AN ACT to make taxes a lien on real estate in the township of Elizabeth, in the county of Essex, and to authorize the sale of the same, for the payment thereof. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of bear inter- the State of New Jersey, That all taxes hereafter assessed in the township of Elizabeth, in the county of Essex, shall bear interest, at the rate of six per centum per annum, from and after the twentieth day of December next after the assessment thereof, and shall be collected in like manner as prescribed by the act entitled, "An act concerning taxes," approved April fourteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six. names of owners. Taxes to be a lien on Lands to be 2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the asassessed in sessor of said township, in making his assessments as now provided by law, to assess all lands, tenements, hereditaments, and real estate, in the names of the owners thereof, respectively, and to designate the same by some short description, as will be sufficient to ascertain the location and extent thereof. 3. And be it enacted, That any assessment of taxes hereafter made in the said township against any person or persons, on account of any lands, tenements, hereditaments, or real estate of such person or persons, shall be and remain a lien on all the lands, tenements, hereditaments or real estate on account of which said assessment shall be made as aforesaid, with the lawful interest thereon accruing, and all costs and fees in relation to said assessment, and collection thereof, for the space of two years from the time when the taxes, so as aforesaid assessed, were payable. real estate. taxes. 4. And be it enacted, That in case any assessment of taxes, Lands may as specified in the last preceding section, together with the in- be sold for terest thereon, and costs and fees aforesaid, shall remain unpaid for the space of one year after the said taxes were payable, then, and in every such case, it shall and may be lawful for the township committee of the said township, or any three of them, to issue their warrant, under their respective hands and seals, directed to any constable of the said township, therein and thereby commanding him to make said taxes, with the interest and costs and fees, as aforesaid, of the lands, tenements, hereditaments, or real estate on account whereof the same were assessed as aforesaid, and of which the assessor's description shall be therein set forth, by selling the same, or any part thereof, as will be sufficient for that purpose, for the shortest term for which any person or persons will agree to take the same and pay such taxes, with the interest thereon, and all costs, fees, charges, and expenses; and further, directing the said constable to pay the money or moneys raised by such sale to the said township committee of said township, and to make return of said warrant, and his proceedings thereunder, to said township committee of said township, to be filed by the clerk of said township among the other papers of said township. be recorded. 5. And be it enacted, That the warrant specified in the last Warrant to preceding section shall, before the execution thereof, be recorded by the clerk of said township, in a book to be provided for that purpose; which said record thereof shall be received. as evidence in the several courts of this state. advertised. 6. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be the duty of Sales to be the constable to whom such warrant shall be directed, as above specified, before he sells by virtue thereof, to give notice of the time and place of the sale of any lands, tenements, hereditaments, or real estate, under this act, by advertisement, signed by said constable, and inserted in a newspaper printed and published in said township, for at least sixty days, once in each week, before the time appointed for such sale; and, also, set up for the same period, in five of the most public places in said township, one of which shall be at or near the lands, tenements, hereditaments, or real estate to be sold; provided however, such sale may be adjourned from time to time, not exceeding ninety days in the whole. of sale. 7. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for Proceedthe said constable, to whom such warrant shall be directed, at ings in case the time and place specified in the above required notice, or at the time and place to which he shall adjourn, as provided for in the last preceding section, to sell and strike off such lands, E |