sale or whether the same should be sold, and to order and decree accordingly. court to sell to discharge on the prem 2. And be it enacted, That if the sale of the premises in Order of the cluding such estate shall be ordered, the estate and interest of every such person shall pass thereby, and the purchaser, his heirs and assigns shall hold such premises free and dis- ises. charged from all claims by virtue thereof. such claims upon such sale ment of such claims, &c. 3. And be it enacted, That upon such sale being made of The court, any such estate the court shall direct the payment of such to direct paysum in gross out of the proceeds of the sale of the premises to the person entitled to such estate, in dower or by the curtesy, as shall be deemed a just and reasonable satisfaction for such estate or interest, and which the person so entitled shall consent in writing to accept in lieu thereof, but in case no such consent be given before the making the order confirming such sale, then the court shall ascertain and determine what proportion of such proceeds will be a just and reasonable sum to be invested for the benefit of the person entitled to such estate, in dower or by the curtesy, and shall order the same to be put at interest, on sufficient security of real property or invested in public stock, or deposited in some safe and reliable savings institution, by order and under the direction and control of said court for the benefit of the parties entitled, and the interest thereon to be paid to them as the same may become due as a compensation for, and in lieu of their said estate, and at their decease the said principal sum shall be paid to or distributed among the parties entitled thereto. 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immedeiately. Approved March 16, 1870. Increase of salaries. CHAPTER CCLXIV. A Further Supplement to the act entitled "An Act to provide. for the support of the government of this State, and to fix the salaries of Public Officers." 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That hereafter the annual salary of the chancellor and of the chief justice of the supreme court shall be five thousand two hundred dollars; and the annual salary of each of the associate justices of the supreme court five thousand dollars. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 16, 1870. Change of wa must be laid of the compa CHAPTER CCLXXVII. Supplement to "An Act to enable owners of the tide swamps and marshes to improve the same, and the owners of meadows already banked in and held by different persons to keep the same in good repair," passed November twenty-ninth, seventeen hundred and eighty-eight. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of tercourse, &c. the State of New Jersey, That whenever a change in locality, before an an- or otherwise, of watercourses or sluices is thought to be adnual meeting visable by any owner or owners of meadow already banked ny, upon due in, or which may hereafter be banked in, such change may be laid before an annual meeting of the company in which said meadow is located; or such owner or owners may call a meeting of the company to consider the same; but whether such notice proposed change shall be brought before the annual meeting or the special meeting called for the purpose, ten days' notice shall be given by advertisements set up in five of the most public places in the vicinity of said meadow, and by one advertisement in a newspaper circulating in the neighborhood, setting forth the time, place and object to be attained; if approved by said meeting, it may be lawful for the manager or managers to proceed to carry the same into effect; provided, Proviso. no such change shall be made without the cwners of a majority of the whole number of acres of meadow in such company are represented or present, and consenting thereto. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 16, 1870. CHAPTER CCLXXXI. An Act authorizing the cession to the United States of all the title and interest of the State of New Jersey in the Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Jersey trans &c., to United 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of State of New the State of New Jersey, That the board of commissioners fers its rights, having the charge and care of the Soldiers' National Ceme- States. tery at Gettysburg, state of Pennsylvania, be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to transfer all the rights, title and interest of this state in said Soldiers' National Cemetey upon the completion of the same, to the government of the United States; provided, that the United States government Proviso. make suitable provisions for keeping the said cemetery in good order and condition for all time to come. thorized to execute pa 2. And be it enacted, That the governor of this state is Governor auhereby authorized and empowered to do all acts and execute all papers on behalf of this state necessary to consummate pers. the cession, and to cause a copy of this act to be forwarded to the board of commissioners having charge of the said Soldiers' National Cemetery. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect imme Appropriation to the state library. CHAPTER CCXCV. A Further Supplement to an act entitled "An Act to regulate the State Library," approved April tenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars be and is hereby appropriated annually to the State Library, to be expended for the furnishing of useful books, under the direction of the commissioners, reprinting the catalogues and other necessary purposes. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 17, 1870. Amount of raised, and CHAPTER CCXCVII. A Further Supplement to the act entitled "An Act concerning Taxes," approved April fourteenth, eighteen hundred and fortysix. 1. BE IT ENACTED, by the Senate and General Assembly of state tax to be the State of New Jersey, That there shall be assessed, levied how appropri- and collected on the inhabitants of this state and upon the ated. taxable real and personal property, as exhibited by the ad stracts of ratables from the several counties, made out by the several boards of assessors for the year eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and filed in the office of the comptroller of the treasury, a state tax of one mill on each dollar of the valuations contained in said abstracts, which is hereby appropriated and shall be applied as follows, to wit: two hundred and seventy-seven thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be needful for the payment of the principal falling due on the first day of January next, and such interest as shall have accrued on said first day of January and on the first day of July next thereafter, of and on loan authorized by an act entitled "An Act authorizing a loan for the purposes of war, to repel invasion and suppress insurrection, and appropriating the same and providing for the payment thereof," approved May tenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and the several supplements thereto, and the surplus of said sum, if any there be, remaining after such payments, shall be applied and added to the sinking fund provided for by the fifth section of said act towards the payment of the principal of said loan, and the residue of said tax shall be applied to the payment of any other indebtedness of the state; which tax and the sums required to be raised for county, city, township and other public taxes, shall be levied, assessed and collected on the persons and property, and in the manner directed by the above recited act entitled "An Act concerning Taxes," and the several supplements thereto, and the laws of this state which shall be in force at the time the said taxes shall be assessed, regulating the assessment and collection of taxes, except as in and by this act is otherwise ordered and directed. comptroller said tax among the ties. 2. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Duty of the comptroller aforesaid to apportion the said tax and at the rate to apportion aforesaid among the several counties in proportion to the amount of taxable real and personal estate of said counties several counrespectively, as shown by the abstracts respectively as aforesaid, and it shall be his further duty to transmit, within thirty days after the approval or passage of this act, to the County collector of each county a statement of the amount of said tax apportioned to said county, and said county collector shall lay said statement before the assessors of the townships or wards within his county at their next meeting, to apportion the township taxes, and said assessors shall thereupon proceed to assess said tax according to law. 3. And be it enacted, That the provisions of the act enti |