Proviso. hundred dollars for a year, and after that rate for a greater or less sum, or for a longer or shorter period, anything contained in the act to which this is a supplement to the contrary notwithstanding; provided, the contracting parties, or either of them, shall be, at the time of making the contract, resident of, or located in the said township of Woodbridge, or out of this state. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 18, 1858. Provisions of former ed. CHAPTER CCX. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT to the act entitled "An act for the preservation of sheep," approved April fourteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of acts extend the State of New Jersey, That the provisions of the act entitled "An act for the preservation of sheep," approved April fourteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six; also the supplement thereto, approved April fourteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six; also the first section of the supplement thereto, approved March sixth, eighteen hundred and fifty, be and the same are hereby extended to the township of Pahaquarry, in the county of Warren. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 18, 1858. CHAPTER CCXI. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT to an act entitled "An act for the relief of creditors against absconding and absent debtors." of former act rights of par ties to suits pending. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Provisions the State of New Jersey, That nothing in the act entitled "A not to impair further supplement to an act entitled 'An act for the relief of creditors against absconding and absent debtors,"" approved on the twentieth day of February, A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, shall be deemed or construed in any wise to affect or impair the rights of parties to any suit or action pending at the time of the passage or approval thereof; but all such suits or actions shall be continued and prosecuted in the same way as if such act had not been passed. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 18, 1858. CHAPTER CCXII. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT to the act entitled "An act constituting courts for the trial of small causes." vice of sub 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Fees for serthe State of New Jersey, That no constable or other officer, au- pœna, &c., to thorized to serve a subpoena, summons or other mesne pro be paid. Judgment in courts for cess issued out of the court for the trial of small causes, shall be required to serve such process until his legal fees and mileage for so doing shall have been paid to the officer of whom such service is required. 2. And be it enacted, That any final judgment of any court trial of small for the trial of small causes, in any county in this state, for causes may be docketed in court of common pleas. any amount above ten dollars, may be docketed in the court of common pleas of such county, by complying with the provisions of an act entitled "An act to regulate the mode of recording judgments, obtained in courts for the trial of small causes, in courts of common pleas," approved March second, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, and such judgment when so docketed shall have the same force and effect, and may be executed in the same manner, as if the same were for an amount above the sum of twenty-five dollars, as provided by said act. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 18, 1858. Partition or sale may be made of lands held by jointtenants. CHAPTER CCXIII. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT to the act entitled "An act for the more easy partition of lands held by coparceners, joint tenants, and tenants in common," approved April sixth, eighteen hundred and forty-six. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That where there is an estate for life or lives, or other less estate, in any lands or tenements situate in this state, and the reversion or remainder in fee is owned by several persons, as joint tenants, coparceners, or tenants in common, and the particular tenant or tenants shall consent thereto, partition of the said lands or tenements may be made among said joint tenants, coparceners, or tenants in common, by any court or jurisdiction having authority to make partition of lands; and the said particular tenant or tenants shall have the same estate or estates in the respective parts which may be set off in severalty, as he, she or they may have had in the whole lands or tenements, before such partition shall have been made; and in case partition cannot be made of such lands or tenements, or any part thereof, without great prejudice to the said joint tenants, coparceners, or tenants in common, so that a sale thereof shall be ordered, the whole estate, in possession as well as in expectancy, in the said lands or tenements, or in the said part thereof which cannot be divided, shall be sold, and such portion of the proceeds of said sale shall be paid to the particular tenant or tenants, as shall be just and reasonable, according to the quantity of his, her, or their estate and interest in said lands or tenements, and as shall be ascertained by the court ordering such partition or sale. Approved March 18, 1858. Branch rail. road autho rized. Road to be constructed CHAPTER CCXIV. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT to the act entitled "An act to incorporate the Camden and Atlantic Railroad Company," approved March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-two. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That it shall be lawful for the Camden and Atlantic Railroad Company, to survey, locate, and construct a branch railroad from any point on the line of said company's road, between Cooper's Point, in the city of Camden, and the village of Haddonfield, to any point on the river Delaware, within the bounds of the said city of Camden, according to the provisions of the original act to which this is a supplement, with all the powers and privileges, and subject to all the conditions and limitations in said original act. 2. And be it enacted, That unless the said company shall in six years. construct said branch road within six years from and after the passage of this act, the powers and privileges hereby granted, shall cease and become null and void. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 18, 1958. |