is hereby authorized and empowered to pledge the faith of this state for the payment of the principal and interest of all moneys which may be borrowed as aforesaid. Passed February 27, 1834. AN ACT to divorce Mordecai Noe, from his wife Hannah Noe. Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Council und General Assem bly of this state, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the sume, That Mordecai Noe, of the county of Middlesex, be, and he is hereby divorced from his wife, Hannah Noe, and that the marriage contract heretofore existing between them, the said Mordecai Noe and Hannah Noe his wife, be, and the same is hereby as fully and absolutely dissolved, as if they had never been joined in matrimony. Passed February 27, 1834. A SUPPLEMENT to an act, entitled "An act to incorporate the Rahway Fire Company," passed December fifth, eighteen hundred and twenty-three. 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 "Rahway Fire Association," be authorized and empowered to increase their capital stock, to three thousand dollars. Passed February 27, 1834. AN ACT to raise the sum of forty thousand dollars, for the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four. Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Council and General Assembly of this state, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the Y Enumeration of same, That there shall be assessed, levied and collected, on the inhabitants of this state, their goods, moneys and chattels, and on the lands and tenements within the same, the sum of forty thousand 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-five. Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the said sum of forty thousand dollars shall be paid by the several counties of this state, 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 thousand 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. 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 articles taxed at townships of this state, to raise the sum of forty thousand dollars, shall assess and rate the several articles and things hereafter enumerated, at the following specific sums: specific sums. 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 six cents. All neat cattle three years old and upwards any sum not exceeding three cents. discretion of as Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That in assessing the aforesaid sum of forty-thousand dollars the following articles, persons, Enumeration of and things, shall be valued and rated at the discretion of the articles taxed at assessor, to wit: all tracts of land any sum not exceeding sessor. 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 moneys at interest, whether on bond, obligation or sealed bill secured by mortgage or judgment, not otherwise taxed, to be rated, assessed, and taxed on the principal sum of each after the same rate and in the same manner as lands are rated and assessed by this act. 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 clover mills, any sum not exceeding eight dollars. All cotton manufactories, any sum not exceeding thirty dollars. 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 All paper mills, any sum not exceeding ten dollars. Duty of asses 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 exceeding 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 photon, 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. Every two horse stage-wagon, any sum not exceeding two dollars and fifty cents. Every covered wagon with a frame or fixed top, any sum not exceeding one dollar. Every two horse chair or curricle, with steel or iron springs, any sum not exceeding one dollar and fifty cents. Every riding chair, gig, sulkey, or pleasure wagon, any sum not exceeding seventy-five cents. Every dearborn wagon, with steel, iron, or wooden springs, any sum not exceeding seventy-five cents. Every printing, bleaching, and dying company, any sum not exceeding ten dollars. Every glass factory, where glass is manufactured for sale, any sum not exceeding ten dollars. Every tobacco manufactory, other than snuff mills, conducted by steam, horse, or water power, having due regard to the extent and capacity of the same, any sum not exceeding ten dollars. Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of every assessor to make and carry out in his tax book, and the duplicate thereof, a fair valuation of all the real estate made liable by law, having regard to the yearly rent and value thereof; and that the amount of tax assessed in each township above what is raised from the certainties, shall be levied by a per centage upon such valuation. Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That the said sum of forty thousand dollars, shall be assessed, levied and collected, in Manner of asthe manner prescribed in the act entitled, "An act concern- sessing and pening taxes," passed the tenth day of June, in the year one alty for neglect. thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, and the several supplements thereto, and the several officers therein mentioned, are hereby required to perform the several duties on them enjoined thereby, under the pains and penalties for neglect of duties imposed by said acts; and the assessors, collectors, and other officers, concerned in the assessment and collection of said tax, shall be entitled to the fees and compensation allowed by the before recited acts. Passed February 28, 1834. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT to an act, entitled "An act to incorporate a part of the township of Trenton in the county of Hunterdon," passed November thirteenth, seventeen hundred and ninety-two. ton, to be held 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 from and after the passage of this act, the annual Town meetings, town meetings of the freeholders and inhabitants of the city of city of Trenof Trenton, shall be held at the same time and place as is at same time and now, or may hereafter be, provided by law for holding the place as the annual town meetings of the freeholders and inhabitants of the township of Trenton; and that the said freeholders and inhabitants when so convened in town meeting as aforesaid, shall have all the powers now vested by law in the said town meetings of the freeholders and inhabitants of the township and city aforesaid, respectively. Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the persons qualified to vote at such town meetings, shall have full power at the town township. meetings aforesaid, to elect, for the said township, and city Certain officers of Trenton, one assessor, and one collector, who shall re- to be elected. spectively fill the offices of asssessor and collector for both the township and city at the same time, and shall have all the - powers, perform all the duties, and be subject to all the provisions and regulations of the existing laws relative to the assessors and collectors of the city and township; but the said |