published his last will and testament, in due form of law, to pass real estate; AND WHEREAS, the said Samuel Walker, in and by his said last will and testament, did, among other things, give and devise unto Thomas Betts and Joshua C. Canby, two of the executors therein named, with other real estate of the said testator, all the part, share, estate, right and interest of the said Samuel Walker, in and to seventeen tracts of land, saw mill, water works and mill dam, situate in the township and county of Gloucester, and state of New-Jersey, with the appurtenances, to hold to them the said Thomas Betts and Joshua C. Canby, and the survivor of them, and the heirs and assigns of such survivor in trust, that they, the said Thomas Betts and Joshua C. Canby, and the survivor, and the heirs and assigns of such survivor, should immediately after the decease of the said testator, enter and take possession of all the said messuages, tenements, lands and premises, with the appurtenances, for the use of Samuel Jones Walker, the son of the said testator, and let and demise the said premises, and receive and take the rents and profits thereof; and after deducting the necessary expenses attending said trust, pay the same rents and profits, from time to time, into the hands of Elizabeth Y. Walker, the wife of the said testator, to be disposed of by her, for the education, maintenance and support of him, the said Samuel Jones Walker, as his guardian, during his minority; and immediately after the said Samuel Jones Walker, the son of the said testator, should attain the age of twenty-one years, then to hold all the said messuages, tenements, lands and premises, with the appurtenances, in trust to and for the only proper use and behoof of him, the said Samuel Jones Walker, and to and for such other use and uses as he, the said Samuel Jones Walker, by any deed of conveyance, or by his last will and testament, or any writing under his hand and seal, executed by him, in the presence of two or more credible witnesses, should grant, convey, limit and appoint the same, or any part thereof; and for want of such deed, conveyance, devise, limitation or appointment, then after the decease of the said Samuel Jones Walker, in trust, to and for the use of all the child and children of the said Samuel Jones Walker, that should be then living, and the lawful issue of such of his child or children, as may be then dead, their respective heirs and assigns, in equal parts, as tenants in common, so, however, that such issue take and receive such part and share only as his, her or their deceased parents might have had and taken, if then living; and for want of such child or children of him, the said Samuel Jones Walker, or the lawful issue of such child or children, to inherit said premises, then in trust, that they, the said Thomas Betts and Joshua C. Canby, or the survivor of them, or the heirs or assigns of such Preamble. survivor, should, immediately after the decease of the said Samuel Jones Walker, enter and take possession of all the said messuages, tenements, lands and premises, with the appurtenances, for certain other uses, trusts and purposes in the said will particularly specified; AND WHEREAS, it is represented to the legislature, that the real estate, whereof the said testator died seized, consisted in part of an equal undivided moiety or half part of a tract of woodland, containing about sixteen hundred acres, situate in the township and county of Gloucester, in the state of New-Jersey, whereof the said testator was seized with one Peter R. Walker, as tenants in common thereof; and that since the death of the said testator, partition of the said tract hath been made by commissioners appointed under the laws of this state, and that about eight hundred acres, being one moiety thereof, have been set off in severalty to the said Thomas Betts and Joshua C. Canby, trustees as aforesaid; AND WHEREAS, it is also represented, that the said tract so assigned to the said trustees, consists of timber land, situate remote from any improved lands, and is from its locality, peculiarly liable to injury from trespassers, and also to devastation from fire; that the timber thereon, is fully grown, and is now deteriorating in value, from its great age, and that the said tract is now wholly unproductive, and is, in fact, a continued charge upon the estate of the said Samuel Jones Walker, for the payment of taxes and necessary charges to protect the same; AND WHEREAS, it is also represented that the said Samuel Jones Walker, is now an infant of the age of fifteen years, and that no sale or disposition of the said timber can be made, under the will of the said Samuel Walker, deceased, until the said Samuel Jones Walker attains the age of twenty-one years, without legislative aid in the premises, and that the interest of the said Samuel Jones Walker, would be greatly promoted by a sale of the said timber; AND WHEREAS, the said Samuel Jones Walker, by his mother and guardian, Elizabeth Y. Walker, and the said Thomas Betts and Joshua C. Canby, trustees as aforesaid, have by their petition to the legislature, prayed that an act might be passed authorizing a sale at public auction, of the said timber, in such manner as may be likely to produce the best price, and the investment of the proceeds thereof, for the benefit of the said Samuel Jones Walker, in such manner as will conduce most to his benefit and advantage, and the prayer of the said petition appearing just and reasonable-Therefore, 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 Thomas Betts and Joshua C. Canby, trustees as aforesaid, be, and they are hereby authorized and empowered, rized to sell tim at such time or times, as they may deem expedient and most Trustees autho for the interest of those interested therein, to sell and dispose ber. of all the timber and other trees standing and being upon the said tract of woodland, whereof the said Samuel Walker, died seized, so as aforesaid assigned to the said Thomas Betts, and Joshua C. Canby, situate in the township and county of Gloucester, at public vendue, to the highest bidder, having first given at least twenty days notice of such sale or sales, by advertisements set up at five of the most public places in the county of Gloucester, and in the neighborhood of the said land, and also published in some newspaper circulating in the Isaid county; and that a sale and transfer, by the said Thomas Betts and Joshua C. Canby, of the said wood and timber in pursuance of this act, shall vest in the purchaser or purchasers thereof, a valid, legal and sufficient title or titles thereto. Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the said trustees, upon the receipt of the moneys arising from the said sale or sales, shall place the said moneys at interest, on good security, or invest them in safe stocks, at their discretion, until the said Samuel Jones Walker, shall attain the age of twenty-one Proceeds of sale years, and shall pay over the interest thereof, to Elizabeth at interest. Y. Walker, guardian as aforesaid, for the benefit of the said Samuel Jones Walker, during his minority, as the rents and Mode of dispoprofits of the said real estate are, in and by the will of the sing of interest and principal. said Samuel Walker, deceased, directed to be applied; and when the said Samuel Jones Walker shall attain the age of twenty-one years, the said trustees shall dispose of the principal money arising from the said sale or sales, together with all arrears of interest which shall have accrued thereon, and remain unexpended at the direction of the said Samuel Jones Walker, or otherwise, in pursuance of the provisions of the will of the said Samuel Walker, deceased, and of the trust therein created, relative to the real estate whereof the said testator was seized, in the township and county of Gloucester, and so as aforesaid devised to the said Thomas Betts and Joshua C. Canby, trustees as aforesaid. Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That before the trustees enter upon the execution of the trust herein assigned to them, they shall enter into bond to the governor of this state, for the time being, for the use of the said Samuel Jones Walker in such sum, and with such security as ahall be approved of by the Orphans' Court, of the said county of Gloucester, conditioned Trustees to give for the faithful performance of the trust by this act assigned to them, which bond shall be deposited in the surrogate's office of the said county of Gloucester, Passed February 19, 1834, bond. AN ACT to divorce Susanna Stiff, from her husband 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 Susanna Stiff, of the county of Bergen, be, and she is hereby divorced from her husband, William Stiff; and that the marriage contract heretofore existing between them, the said William Stiff, and his wife, Susanna Stiff, be, and the same is hereby as fully and absolutely dissolved, as if they had never been joined in matrimony. Passed February 22, 1834. Boundaries of the township of Ewing. Corporate name and powers. AN ACT to establish a new township in the county of Hunterdon, to be called the township of Ewing. 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 all that part of the township of Trenton, in the county of Hunterdon, which lies within the boundaries and descriptions following, to wit: beginning in the middle of the channel of the Delaware river, opposite to the corner of Samuel Dickinson and Thomas Cadwalader's lands, thence up the said channel until it strikes the boundary line of the township of Hopewell, thence along the said Hopewell line until it strikes the boundary line of the township of Lawrence, thence along the said Lawrence line until it strikes the line of the city of Trenton, thence along the said Trenton city line to the place of beginning; it being all that part of Trenton township lying without the incorporated limits of the city of Trenton aforesaid; shall be, and hereby is set off, from the said township of Trenton, in the county of Hunterdon, into a separate township, to be called and known by the name of the township of Ewing; Provided, that this act shall not take effect and be in force until from and after the first day of March next. Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the inhabitants of the said township shall be, and they hereby are constituted, a body politic and corporate, and shall be styled and known by the name of, "The Inhabitants of the township of Ewing, in the county of Hunterdon," and shall be entitled to all the rights, powers, authority, privileges and advantages, and - subject to the same regulations, government and liabilities, as the inhabtants of the other townships in the said county of Hunterdon are, or may be entitled or subject to by the existing laws of the state. Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the inhabitants of the township of Ewing, shall hold their first town meeting at the inn of John Green, in the said township of Ewing, on the day appointed by law for holding the annual town meetings, in the other townships in the county of Hunterdon. Time and place meeting. of first town Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That the town committees of the township of Trenton and the township of Ewing, shall meet on Monday after the annual town meetings, in the said township of Trenton and the township of Ewing, at the inn of Mrs. Frances Green, in the said township of Trenton, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, and shall, then and there, or as soon afterwards as may be, proceed, by writing, signed by a majority of the members of each township committee, to allot Mode of division and divide between the said townships, all property and of property. moneys on hand, or due, in proportion to the taxable property and ratables as taxed by the assessor, within their respective limits, at their last assessment; and the inhabitants. of the township of Ewing, shall be liable to pay the just proportion of the debts, if any there be. pers. Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That the said township committees of Trenton and Ewing, shall, at their first meeting, Division of paumake such division of the paupers at that time chargeable to said townships, in proportion to the taxable property and ratables as taxed by the assessor within their respective Proviso. limits at the last assessment: Provided nevertheless, That the paupers which may as aforesaid, be found chargeable to the said townships, shall be continued in the present pauper establishment for one year from the passage of this act, at the cost and charges of the said townships respectively. Passed February 22, 1834. AN ACT to divorce Mary Denniston from her husband 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 same, That the marriage contract between Mary Denniston of Newark, in the county of Essex, and Daniel her husband, be, and the same is hereby dissolved as fully as if they never had been joined in matrimony. Passed February 22, 1834. |