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proper costs and charges of any person or persons aggrieved by such forfeiture.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That no sale or conveyance of the said real estate under and by virtue of this act, shall impair, or in any wise affect the rights or interests of any person er persons whatever, other than the widow and heirs at law of Rights of the said Moses Smith, deceased, and those legally claiming be affected. under them or either of them.

Passed February 25, 1833.

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AN ACT to authorize Thomas Betts, Joshua C. Canby, executors, and Elizabeth Y. Walker, executrix of Samuel Walker, deceased, to execute a certain contract therein named.

WHEREAS it appears that some time in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twelve, Samuel Walker, deceased, of the city of Philadelphia, made, executed, and delivered unto John V. L. Walker, a deed of conveyance, of the one undivided moiety of the same tract of land which the said Samuel Walker, deceased, purchased by deed, dated nineteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and two, of George Walker, deceased, situate in the county of Gloucester, and state of New Jersey; and that the said deed of conveyance so given by the said Samuel Walker, deceased, to the said John V. L. Walker, has been destroyed, mislaid, or lost; whereby Peter R. Walker, devisee of the said John V. L. Walker, is deprived of a good and sufficient deed for the same-therefore,

Preamble.

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 executors of the said Samuel Walker, deceased, be, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to make a Certain lande deed of conveyance unto the said Peter R. Walker, devisee of of S. Walker, the said John V. L. Walker, deceased, for the one undivided dec. to be conveyed to moiety of the above described tract of land, which shall have P. R. Walker the same effect as a deed from the said Samuel Walker, deceased, in his life time would have had: Provided, that nothing in this act shall be construed as affecting or interfering with the rights of any other person or persons.

Passed February 26, 1833.

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Preamble.

AN ACT confirming the partition of certain real estate of Isaac Smith and others.

WHEREAS, it has been represented by petition to this legisla ture, that Isaac Smith and Squier Smith, both late of Bloomfield in the county of Essex, deceased, owned in fee simple, as tenants in common, a certain farm in the township of Bloomfield, in the county of Essex, containing about twentyfive acres, and situated adjoining to, and on the north side of the old main road, leading from Bloomfield to Caldwell, and also a lot of meadow land, containing about five acres, in the township of Caldwell, in the said county of Essex, of which said real estate and premises, by mutual agreement between them, they made a division, and occupied the same in severalty; but no mutual releases or other conveyances were executed, confirming the said division; that the said Isaac Smith, in his life time, erected a dwelling house and other improvements, on the part or share which was by the said agreement assigned to him; that the said Squier Smith hath since died intestate, and without leaving issue, and leaving his brothers, Isaac Smith and David Smith, and his sisters, Penina Smith, Elizabeth Smith, and Mary, the wife of James Wild, jun. his heirs at law, and that since that. event, and in the life time of the said Isaac Smith, the said Penina Smith died intestate and without issue; AND WHEREAS, after the death of the said Squier Smith and Penina Smith, the aforesaid division of the real estate, with some alterations, was agreed to be confirmed as follows, to wit: the lot of land of about five acres, situated in Caldwell, was set off and assigned to Isaac Smith; and the following, being the dividing line of the homestead farm, commencing in the line of the public road, which forms the southern boundary of the farm, and at the eastern side of the lane leading between the two dwelling houses. now upon the premises, and running thence north, twenty degrees west, four chains and twenty-four links, passing between said dwelling houses, and at nearly an equal distance from each, to a stake, and from thence, running south, sixty-seven and a half degrees east, one chain and forty links to a stake, thence north thirty-five degrees east, fourteen chains and sixteen links to a cross fence, thence with said fence north, fifty-four degrees and forty-five minutes west, eighty-one links, thence north, thirty-four degrees and thirty-nine minutes east, fourteen chains and forty-seven links, to the middle point of the northern side of said farm, dividing it into two parts: the western part being assigned and set off to Isaac Smith, and the eastern part to David Smith, Elizabeth Smith, and Mary, wife of James Wild, jun. as tenants in common: AND WHEREAS, since the making of the said partition, the said

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Isaac Smith, has died intestate, on the fifteenth day of Jan-
uary, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, leaving a widow,
and several minor children, who are unable to confirm the
said partition-Therefore,

SEC. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Council and General Assem-
bly of this State, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the
Forty thou-
same, That the said partition or division of the said real es- sand dollars
tate, as is specified in the preamble hereto, between the said tax to be rais-
Isaac Smith of the one part, and the said David Smith, Eliza- ed.
beth Smith, and Mary, the wife of James Wild, jun. of the
other part, be, and the same is hereby confirmed, and that the
said partition shall be deemed and taken to be as valid and
effectual, and to have the same force and effect as if the same
had been legally perfected in the life time, and immediately
before the death of the said Isaac Smith,

Passed February 26, 1833.

AN ACT to raise the sum of forty thousand dollars, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.

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 there shall be assessed, levied, and collected, on the Forty thouinhabitants of this state, their goods and chattels, and on the sand dollars lands and tenements within the same, the sun of forty thou- tax to be rais sand dollars, money of the United States; which sum shall be paid into the treasury of this state, on or before the twentieth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty

four.

ed.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the said sum of forty thou- Proportions sand dollars shall be paid by the several counties of this state, of the coun in the proportion following, that is to say:

The county of Bergen shall pay the sum of two thousand
five hundred and ninety-nine dollars and eighty-four cents.
The county of Essex shall pay the sum of three thousand
eight hundred and twenty-two dollars and four cents.

The county of Middlesex shall pay the sum of three thou-
sand two hundred and fifty-three dollars and thirty-six cents.
The county of Somerset shall pay the sum of two thousand
six hundred and forty-two dollars and eighty-six cents.
The county of Sussex shall pay the sum of two thousand
and twenty-five dollars and seventy cents.

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The county of Morris shall pay the sum of three thousand one hundred and thirty-six dollars and two cents.

The county of Warren shall pay the sum of two thousand one hundred and eighty-five dollars and fifty cents.

The county of Monmouth shall pay the sum of three thousand seven hundred and twenty-three dollars and sixty-eight

cents.

The county of Hunterdon shall pay the sum of four thousand five hundred and thirty-five dollars and eighty-four cents. The county of Burlington shall pay the sum of four thousand three hundred and seven dollars and twelve cents.

The county of Gloucester shall pay the sum of three thousand three hundred and seventy-nine dollars and twenty-six

cents.

The county of Cumberland shall pay the sum of one thousand five hundred and eighty-six dollars and eighteen cents. The county of Salem shall pay the sum of two thousand one hundred and fifty-six dollars and sixty cents.

The county of Cape May shall pay the sum of six hundred and forty-six dollars.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the assessors of the several townships of this state, to raise the sum of forty thousand cles taxed at dollars, shall assess and rate the several articles and things specific sums. hereafter enumerated, at the following specific sums:

Enumeraiton of arti

cles taxed at discretion of assessor.

Every covering horse, above three years old, any sum not exceeding ten dollars, to be paid by the person where the horse is kept; all other horses or mules, three years old and upwards, any sum not exceeding three cents.

All neat cattle three years old and upwards, any sum not exceeding three cents.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That in assessing the aforesaid sum of forty thousand dollars, the following articles, persons, and things, shall be valued and rated at the discretion of the assessors, to wit:

All tracts of land, any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars by the hundred acres. Provided always, that houses and lots of ten acres and under, shall not be included in the above valuation, but shall be valued by the respective assessors, at their discretion, having regard to the yearly rent and value thereof, proportioning the same, as nearly as may be, to the valuation of the land aforesaid.

All householders, (under which description shall be included all married men) the estimated value of whose ratable estate does not exceed thirty dollars, any sum not exceeding three dollars over and above their certainties and other estate made ratable by this act.

All merchants, shopkeepers, and traders, any sum not exceeding ten dollars.

All fisheries, where fish are caught for sale, any sum not exceeding ten dollars.

All grist mills, for each run of stones, any sum not exceeding six dollars.

All cotton manufactories, any sum not exceeding thirty dol

lars.

All sail duck manufactories, any sum not exceeding ten dollars.

All woollen manufactories, any sum not exceeding ten dollars. All carding machines propelled by water or steam, and not connected with any cotton or woollen manufactory, any sum not exceeding three dollars.

All cupola furnaces, any sum not exceeding fifteen dollars. All blast furnaces, other than cupola furnaces, any sum not exceeding thirty dollars.

All saw mills, for each saw, any sum not exceeding eight dollars.

All forges that work pig-iron, and forges and bloomeries that work bar-iron immediately from ore or cinders, for each fire, any sum not exceeding six dollars.

All rolling and slitting mills, any sum not exceeding thirty dollars.

All paper mills, any sum not exceeding ten dollars.

All snuff mills, any sum not exceeding nine dollars.
All powder mills, any sum not exceeding fifteen dollars.
All oil mills, any sum not exceeding nine dollars.

All fulling mills, not connected with any woollen manufactory, any sum not exceeding four dollars.

Every ferry or toll bridge, any sum not exceeding twenty dollars.

All tan yards, where leather is tanned for sale or hire, each vat, any sum not exceeding thirty cents.

Every single man, whether he lives with his parents or not, any sum not exceeding two dollars: Provided, that every single man possessed of a ratable estate, the tax whereof amounts to the sum above directed to be rated, shall be assessed for that estate only: And provided also, that any one taxed as a single man, shall not be taxed as a householder.

Every male slave under the age of sixty years, any sum not exceeding one dollar: Provided, no slave shall be taxed who is unable to labor.

All distilleries used for distilling spirits from rye or other grain, or molasses or other foreign material, any sum not exceeding thirty-five dollars.

All other distilleries used for distilling, any sum not exceed ing ten dollars, having due regard to the size, capacity, and use of said stills.

Every coach or chariot, any sum not exceeding five dollars. Every phaton, coachee, or four-wheeled chaise with steel or iron springs, any sum not exceeding four dollars.

Every four-horse stage-wagon any sum not exceeding five dollars.

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