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A SUPPLEMENT to an act entitled "An act to authorize Henry Hankinson, trustee of Keturah M. Sloan and Eliza B. Rusling, to sell and convey lots of land, on the farm on which he resides, on the Morris Canal, in the township of Mansfield, in the county of Warren, and state of New-Jersey," and to receive the moneys for the appraisement and agreement of the lands, taken and occupied by said company.

to sell certain

Sec. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Council and General As sembly of this state, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Henry Hankinson, trustee of Keturah M. Henry HankinSloan and Eliza B. Rusling, be, and he is hereby authorized son, authorized and empowered, to sell and convey, by good and sufficient lots as trustee. deed or deeds, in fee simple, all the residue of the farm unsold and named in the act to which this is a supplement, and all other lots conveyed in trust to him for the said Keturah M. Sloan and Eliza B. Rusling, adjoining said farm.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That the said Henry Hankin- Proceeds of sale son, shall to be paid, &c. over to the said Keturah M. Sloan and Eliza pay B. Rusling, all the moneys arising on the sale of said farm and other lots of land, after a reasonable deduction for his necessary expense and trouble, agreeably to the third section of the act to which this is a supplement.

trust.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That the said Henry Hankinson, his heirs, executors and administrators, be released from Release from his trust from all the lands he sells as trustee of Keturah M. Sloan and Eliza B. Rusling, after the execution of the conveyances of said land, and complying with the conditions contained in the second section of this act.

Passed, November 11, 1834.

AN ACT for the support of the Government of this State. 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 paid to the officers appointed Payment of of for the administration of the Government of this State, the ficers provided several sums following, to wit:

for.

To the Governor of this state, for the time being, at the The Governor. rate of two thousand dollars by the year.

To the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of this state, for Judges of Suthe time being, at the rate of twelve hundred dollars by the year. preme Court.

Treasurer.

Law and Chan

To each of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of this state, for the time being, at the rate of eleven hundred dollars by the year.

To the Treasurer of this state, for the time being, at the rate of one thousand dollars by the year.

To the Law Reporter and Chancery Reporter of this state, cery Reporters. for the time being, at the rate of two hundred dollars each, by the year.

Attorney Gene

ral.

Quarter-master
General.

Adjutant General.

To the Attorney General of this state, for the time being, at the rate of eighty dollars by the year.

To the Quarter-master General of this state, for the time being, at the rate of one hundred dollars by the year.

To the Adjutant General of this state, for the time being, at the rate of one hundred dollars by the year. All of which salaries, shall be paid to the several officers before mentioned, How to be paid. their executors, administrators or assigns, on warrants produced to the Treasurer, signed by the Governor or Vice-President of Council; and in case any of the said officers shall be removed from office, by death or otherwise, the salary of such officer shall cease, and determine on such removal; and the salary of his successor shall commence from the time he shall be sworn or affirmed into office.

Members. of

Conncil and Assembly.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That there shall be paid to the Vice-President of Council and Speaker of the House of Assembly, the sum of three dollars and fifty cents, and to every member of Council and Assembly, the sum of three dollars, for each and every day they have respectively attended this, or shall attend any future sitting of the legislature; and to every member of Council and Assembly, the additional sum of three dollars, for every twenty miles of the estimated distance, by the most usual route between his place of residence and the seat of Government, in going and returning, on a certificate to be produced to the Treasruer, expressing the sum due, and the number of days and miles, signed by the President or Vice-President of Council, for the members of How to be paid. Council, or by the Speaker of the House of Assembly, for

Secretary of
Council and

bly.

the members of Assembly, or by Asa Whitehead, Thomas G. Haight and William Marshall, Esquires, or any two of them, for the members of Assembly.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That there shall be paid to the Secretary of Council and Clerk of Assembly, the sum of three Clerk of Assem- dollars and fifty cents, for every day they have respectively attended this present, or may attend any future sitting of this Legislature; and the sum of eight cents by the sheet, computing one hundred words to the sheet, for entering the minutes of Council and Assembly, and the Joint-Meeting, in the Journal; and eight cents by the sheet, for a copy thereof for the printers, on a certificate produced to the Treasurer,

signed by the President or Vice-President of Council, for the How to be paid. Secretary of Council; and by the Speaker of the House of Assembly, for the Clerk of Assembly.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That there shall be paid to the Serjeant-at-arms, for the time being, who shall attend the Council and the House of Assembly, and to the door-keepers of Council and the House of Assembly, for the time being, the sum of two dollars, by the day, for each day, on a certifi cate to be produced to the Treasurer, expressing the sum, and the number of days they have respectively attended, signed by the President of Council or the Speaker of the House of Assembly.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That there shall be paid to the Engrossing Clerk, who shall engross the bills of Council and Engrossing Assembly, this session of the Legislature, at the rate of eight Clerk. cents by the sheet, computing one hundred words to the sheet, on a certificate of the amount, signed by the President or Vice President of Council, or by the Speaker of the House of Assembly.

Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That this act be, and shall continue in force, for one year, from the twenty-second day of Limitation of October, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred act. and thirty-four, and no longer.

Passed, November 11, 1834.

AN ACT making a further appropriation for building the
New Penitentiary.

WHEREAS, it appears from the report of the commissioners,
appointed by the Legislature to erect a New-Penitentiary,
that a further appropriation is necessary to be made at the
present sitting, for the purpose of going on with the work
now in progress, it being advisable that the same should
not be delayed-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 in addition to the amount which the governor or person administering the government of this state, has been heretofore authorized to draw in favor of the commissioners appointed to build the said new State Penitentiary, he shall be, and hereby is authorized, to draw in favor of said commissioners, from any unappropriated money in the 10,000 dollars treasury of this state, the further sum of ten thousand dollars, towards comto be appropriated for finishing the block of buildings and out-pleting the state

B

appropriated

Penitentiary.

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row money.

ward walls now commenced, in conformity with the act of the thirteenth of February, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, for building the said Penitentiary.

Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That in case there should not be an amount of unappropriated money in the treasury of this state, sufficient to meet the drafts authorized by this act, it shall and may be lawful for the governor, or person adminGovernor to bor- istering the government of this state, to borrow an amount of money sufficient to meet the appropriations as aforesaid, at a rate of interest not exceeding five per centum per annum, and to reimburse the same at any time not less than one year, from the time of contracting the loan; and the governor or person administering the government of this state, is hereby authorized and empowered to pledge the faith of this state, for the payment of the principal and interest of all moneys that may be borrowed as aforesaid.

Passed November 11, 1834.

AN ACT to defray incidental charges.

BE IT ENACTED by the Council and General Assembly of this state, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That it shall be lawful for the treasurer of this state, to pay the several persons hereinafter named, the following

sums, viz:

To Jacob Warner, for hooks, staples, rivets, &c. for the
State-House yard fence, five dollars and fifty-six cents.
David Delias, for breaking and putting away seven tons of
coal, five dollars, sixty-two and a half cents.

William Miller, for three boxes of candles, &c. furnished for
State-House, thirty dollars and fifty-four cents.

William A. Benjamin, for spikes, nails, paints, &c. furnished for State, seven dollars and twenty-eight cents.

Jasper Scott, for mason work on front wall of State-House, and sundry materials, thirty-four dollars and fifty-seven cents. Grant & Cook, for boards, post, &c. furnished for State, fifty-six dollars, eighty-six cents.

William Robinson, for services, in taking care and keeping in order the State arms, &c. one hundred and three dollars.

Daniel Childs, for bill of sundries for state, six dollars and fifty cents.

John Voorhees, for bill of sundries for State, five dollars and ninety cents.

Philip Slack, to bill for sundries furnished for State, one dollar.

David & Joseph Witherup, for bill of sundries, furnished for State, five dollars and fifty-four cents.

H. C. Boswell, for grate and fixtures, furnished for Government House, nine dollars.

John Wilson, for glass and setting, in the Government House, eighty-seven and a half cents.

Charles Cain, for putting in glass in State House, two dollars and ninety cents.

R. H. Shreve & Co. for publishing laws of the fifty-eighth Legislature, in New-Jersey Democrat, and publishing notice of Court of Appeals, seventeen dollars.

Passed November 11, 1834.

RESOLUTIONS.

RESOLVED by the Council and General Assembly of this state, That Joseph Justice, be appointed to print the bills and current printing of the two houses at the following rates:

For the bills and other current printing to contain at least thirty lines per page, in pica type, on the best foolscap paper that can be procured at three dollars per ream, the sum of three dollars and fifty cents per sheet.

Passed November 8, 1834.

RESOLVED by the Council and General Assembly of this state, That the commissioners appointed by the governor of this state, under the joint resolution of the Council and Assembly of this state, of seventeenth January, eighteen hundred and thirty-three, authorizing him to appoint commissioners, to meet commissioners on the part of the state of Pennsylvania, to examine and report according to the provisions of the said resolution, be authorized to employ a competent and disinterested engineer, to cxamine the obstructions at and near Wells' Falls, in the river Delaware, and at Scudder's Falls, at the head of the Delaware Falls Water Company; and to report to said commissioners.

Passed November 8, 1834.

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