CHAPTER IX. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT to an act entitled, "An act to incorporate the city of Trenton," passed March seventh, eighteen hundred and thirty seven. Council may sons to sell dise, &c., at 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Common the State of New Jersey, That the common council of the license persaid city shall have power within said city to make, estab. merchanlish, publish and modify, amend or repeal, ordinances to auction. provide for licensing persons desiring to sell goods, wares and merchandise not the growth, product or manufacture of this state at public auction within the limits of said city, and to fix the rate of compensation for such licenses, and to prohibit unlicensed persons from selling such goods, wares or merchandise at auction within said city. 2. And be it enacted, That all moneys arising from the sale of such licenses shall be paid into the treasury of said city. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved February 17, 1859. 2 Boundaries of township. Inhabitants incorporated. First town meeting. CHAPTER X. AN ACT to establish a new township in the county of Camden, to be called the township of Stockton. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That all that part of the township of Delaware contained within the following bounds, that is to say beginning in the middle of Cooper's creek on the line of Joshua Barton and Hewlings Haines' property, and taking a straight course of said line to the Whiskey road, and thence from the Whiskey road in a straight line to the intersection of the Haddonfield road with the Moorestown turnpike, thence along the said turnpike to Pennshawkin creek, thence along said creek to the Delaware river, thence along the river Delaware on the line between the state of New Jersey and the state of Pennsylvania to the mouth of Cooper's creek, thence along said creek to the place of beginning, be and the same is hereby set off into a new township, to be called the township of Stockton. 2. And be it enacted, That the inhabitants of the township of Stockton are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate in law, and shall be styled and known by the name of "The inhabitants of the township of Stockton, in the county of Camden," and shall be entitled to all rights, powers, authority, privileges, and advantages, and subject. to the same regulations, governments, and liabilities as the inhabitants of the other townships in the said county of Camden are or may be entitled or subjected to by existing laws of this state. 3. And be it enacted, That the inhabitants of the township of Stockton shall hold their first town meeting at the inn of Benjamin Martin, in said township of Stockton on the second Wednesday in March. town com divide pro 4. And be it enacted, That the town committees of Dela- Meeting of ware and Stockton shall meet on the Monday next after mittees to the annual town meeting in the said townships of Delaware perty. and Stockton at the house of Benjamin Martin, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, and may adjourn from time to time, as a majority may direct, and then and there proceed, by writing, signed by a majority of those present, to allot and divide between the said townships all properties and moneys on hand, due or to become due, in proportion to the taxable property and ratables as taxed by the assessors within their respective limits at the last assessments; and the inhabitants of the township of Stockton shall be liable to pay their just proportion of the debts, if any there be; and if any of the persons comprising either of the township 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. 5. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved February 23, 1859. Trustees authorized to sell real estate. Proceeds of sale to be invested. CHAPTER XI. AN ACT to authorize the surviving executors of Luther Goble, deceased, late of Newark, in the county of Essex, in this state, to sell certain real estate. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That it shall and may be lawful for Silas Condit, Frederick S. Thomas, surviving executors of the last will and testament of Luther Goble, deceased, late of Newark, aforesaid, and the survivor of them, to sell, if in their sound discretion, or of such survivor, they shall deem it best for all parties interested therein, at public or private sale, all or any portion of seven small houses and lots, situated in Pearl street, in the said city of Newark, devised by the said testator to his said executors, in trust, for the benefit of poor widows in communion with the Third Presbyterian Church in Newark, and to convey the same, in fee simple, to the purchaser or purchasers thereof. 2. And be it enacted, That the said executors, and the survivor of them, after deducting the reasonable expenses of such sale, shall invest the proceeds of such sale in a bond and mortgage, or bonds and mortgages, on good and sufficient real estate, and apply the interest arising therefrom, after discharging the expenses of the trust, by paying the same to the minister and session, for the time being, of the Third Presbyterian Church in Newark, aforesaid, to be by them faithfully applied to the comfortable maintenance of poor widows in communion with the said church, in the manner provided for by the will of the said testator. Approved February 24, 1859. CHAPTER XII. AN ACT to divide the township of Willingborough, in the county of WHEREAS, the inhabitants of the township of Willing- Preamble. borough, in the county of Burlington, have become so numerous that it is impracticable for them to meet and transact the township business, at their annual and other town meetings with convenience and good order in one assembly; for remedy whereof: divided. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Township the State of New Jersey, That the township of Willingborough in the county of Burlington, shall be and the same is hereby divided into two townships in the following manner, that is to say: all that part of the said township south of the southerly line of the Burlington and Bridgeborough turnpike road, shall constitute and be known as the township of Willingborough, all that part lying north of the southerly side of said turnpike road shall constitute and be known as the township of Beverly. of Willingcorporated. 2. And be it enacted, That the inhabitants of the town- Inhabitants ship of Willingborough are a body politic and corporate borough inin law, and shall be styled and known by the name of "The inhabitants of the township of Willingborough, in the county of Burlington," and shall be entitled to all 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 Burlington are or may be entitled or subjected to by existing laws of this state. of Beverly incorporat 3. And be it enacted, That the inhabitants of the township Inhabitants of Beverly are constituted a body politic and corporate, inc in law, and shall be styled and known by the name of "The inhabitants of the township of Beverly, in the county of Burlington," and shall be entitled to all rights, |