powers. stituted and declared to be a body corporate and politic, in fact and in law, by the name of "The Young America Hook and Ladder Fire Company, of the city of Burlington," and by such name they shall have succession, and be General persons in law, capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, answering and being answered unto, defending and being defended, in all courts of judicature whatsoever; and that they and their successors may have a common seal, make, enter into, and execute, any contracts or agreements touching or concerning the objects of said incorporation, and shall have full power and authority to make, form, and adopt, such form of constitution and such by-laws and regulations for their government, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this State, or of the United States, as they shall think proper. capital 2. And be it enacted, That the capital stock of the said Amount of company shall not exceed the sum of four thousand dol- stock. lars, which shall be applied to the purchase and holding real estate, to the procuring, maintaining, and repairing such fire engine, hose carriage, hose, ladders, buckets, fire hooks, engine house, or other property, and such implements and machines, and to such other incidental expenses as shall to the said company appear best calculated to secure the property of their fellow-citizens from injury or destruction by fire. corporation. 3. And be it enacted, That the said company shall have Officers of power to elect annually, or oftener, if necessary, a president out of their own body, and such other officers and assistants as they shall deem necessary for conducting their affairs, according to their constitution and by-laws, and that the said president shall keep in his custody the common seal of the said company, and at the expiration of his term of office, shall deliver it over to his successor; and in their corporate name may institute suits for the recovery of all fines, debts, and arrearages due the said company. Act may be altered or 4. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately, and shall be subject to be modified, altered, or re- repealed. pealed, at the pleasure of the legislature, at any time. Approved February 2, 1858. Preamble. Sales and conveyances confirmed. CHAPTER VII. AN ACT to confirm certain conveyances of land situate in the township of Greenwich, in the county of Gloucester, made by Joseph C. Gill and wife to Stephen H. Miller and others. WHEREAS, a large number of lots or tracts of land, situate in the township of Greenwich, in the county of Gloucester, have been sold and the conveyances effected by the owners thereof, the same having been allotted among the purchasers by lot or ballot, or by the purchasers making partition thereof among themselves; and whereas, Joseph C. Gill, and Hannah his wife, did, by several deeds, convey to Stephen H. Miller and others, certain lots of land in the town plots of Mantua, in the said township of Greenwich; and whereas, it is desirable that the validity of the titles made in this manner be established and confirmed, therefore, 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That the grants, sales and conveyances heretofore bona fide made and executed by the said Joseph C. Gill and Hannah his wife, to the said Stephen H. Miller and others, of lots of land situate, lying and being in Mantua, in the township of Greenwich aforesaid, under and by virtue of, and in pursuance of an allotment in manner aforesaid, or in any other manner, shall not be deemed, held or adjudged invalid or defective or insufficient in law, or avoided, or in any manner prejudiced by reason of the said grants, sales and conveyances having been made as aforesaid, but shall be deemed as good, valid and effectual in law for transferring, passing and conveying the estate, right, title and interest of such grantors of, in and to the said lands, as if such grants, sales and conveyances had been made and effected without such allotment in manner aforesaid, or in any other manner inconsistent with any statute of this State. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect imme diately. Approved February 3, 1858. CHAPTER VIII. AS ACT appointing Edward B. Freeman a trustee in the stead of Daniel WHEREAS, by an act of the Council and General Assembly Preamble. of the State of New Jersey, passed March twelfth, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, Daniel Price was appointed a trustee to manage the property of Abby Freeman, devised to her in and by the last will and testament and codicil of Daniel Tichenor, deceased, and is now desirous of relinquishing said trust, therefore, man ap toe. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of E. B. Freethe State of New Jersey, That Daniel Price be released and pointed trusdischarged from the further execution of said trust, and that Edward B. Freeman be and he is hereby substituted in the place and stead of the said Daniel Price, and that the said property be and is hereby vested in the said Edward B. Freeman, in as full and ample a manner as the same was held by the former trustee, and the same shall be held to the uses and trusts in said last will and testament and codicil set forth and stated. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved February 3, 1858. Preamble. CHAPTER IX. AN ACT relative to the will of Francis Miles, deceased, late of the township of Lower Penn's Neck, county of Salem, in the State of New Jersey. WHEREAS, the said Francis Miles, deceased, in and by his last will and testament, bearing date the seventeenth of February, Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and sixty-eight, and duly proved the twenty-first of May, Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and sixty-eight aforesaid, did amongst other things devise, order, and direct as follows: "And my will further is, that after my wife's marriage, the sole profits of the plantation whereupon I now live, with all the land and marsh thereunto belonging, saving to my wife her right of dower of said plantation, shall be taken and received by the magistrates of the township of Lower Penn's Neck, to be by them laid out and appropriated towards the education and schooling of the poor children of said township of Lower Penn's Neck, which said magistrates shall have full power and authority to lease said plantation and receive the rents thereof for the use of schooling poor children as aforesaid forever;" and whereas it is made to appear that the rents of said plantation, situated in said township, have been appropriated for the schooling purposes as aforesaid. And for the interest of said township, and for the more effectually carrying out the intention of the testator, and a judicious management of said estate, it is represented that the said magistrates should be controlled in regard to the period or time of leasing said plantation. And whereas it is the further desire of the inhabitants of said township that the said magistrates of said township should render an annual account to said township as trustees of said fund. Therefore, 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of not to be yond certain the State of New Jersey, That the magistrates or said justices Plantation of said township, under the said will, &c., of Francis Miles, leased bedeceased, are hereby prohibited from leasing or letting the time. plantation aforesaid for any one period or term exceeding three years. render annu 2. And be it enacted, That the said magistrates or justices Trustees to of the peace, and their successors in office, shall, on or be- al account. fore the twenty-fifth day of April, yearly and every year, render a true and perfect account, and make a settlement as trustees as aforesaid, under the said will, with the township superintendent of schools of the said township of Lower Penn's Neck, of all moneys received by them under said will, and shall faithfully apply and expend the moneys so received towards and for said schooling purposes as set forth in said will. in case of render ac 3. And be it enacted, That in case said magistrates or Proceedings justices of the peace aforesaid refuse to make the settle- refusal to ment, or render the account, as required by the preceding count. section of this act, it shall be lawful for said township superintendent of schools, in the name of the inhabitants of said township, to prosecute the official bonds of said justices, or either of them, pursuant to the directions of the act entitled "An act relative to justices of the peace," approved April seventeenth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six; or, and in addition to such remedy as above provided, if he shall deem it advisable or necessary, to institute an action or actions of trespass on the case, against said justices, or any or either of them, to recover the amount in the hands of such justice or justices respectively, with interest and costs, before any judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Salem, who is hereby authorized and required to hear and determine the said action, in a summary manner, and immediately upon the entry of judgment against such justice or justices, the said judge shall issue his warrant, directed to the sheriff of said county, and commanding him to levy and make the sum so adjudged, with costs, by distress and sale of the goods and chattels, lands and real estate of such justice or justices |