Public and Privats OF THE Fiftieth General Assembly OF THE STATE OF NEW-JERSEY, AT A SESSION BEGUN AT TRENTON, THE TWENTY-FIFTH DAY OF OCTOBER, ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED ÅND TWENTY FIVE. TRENTON, PRINTED BY WILLIAM L. PRALL. *1825. OF THE FIFTIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF NEW-JERSEY. AN ACT for the relief of the Trustees of the First Pres byterian Church in Newark. WHEREAS, certain lands, situate in Newark, were granted by the proprietors of East New-Jersey, on or about the tenth day of December, in the year one thousand six hundred and ninety-six, for a parsonage and burying place, the title to which parsonage lands, and part of the burying place, is vested in the Trustees of the First Presbyterian Church in Newark ;-and WHEREAS, the said trustees have, heretofore, in pursuance of the views and wishes of the congregation, gratuitously set apart or appropriated a certain portion of the said parsonage lands, or the income and profits thereof, for the use and benefit of the Episcopal congregation, in the town of Newark, and another portion thereof for the use and benefit of the Presbyterian congregation in the township of Orange, and another portion of the said parsonage land, and a portion of the burying ground, for the use and benefit of the Second Presbyterian Church in Newark, and another portion thereof, for the use and benefit of the Third Presbyterian Congregation in Newark, for the support of the gospel, in the said congregations respectively. But as the Trustees of the First Presbyterian Church in Newark, are advised, and believe they cannot make any valid legal conveyance of the fee of the said lands, without authority from the Legislature, and have petitioned for a law for that purpose-THERE FORE, Preamble. Trustees empowered to convey, &c. 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 and may be lawful for the Trustees of the First Presbyterian Church in Newark, to grant and convey, in fee-simple or otherwise, in as full and ample a manner as they have a title thereto, unto the Rector, Church Wardens, and Vestry-men of Trinity Church, at Newark, and unto the Trustees of the first Presbyterian Church in Orange, and to the Trustees of the Second Presbyterian Church in Newark; also to the Trustees of the third Presbyterian Congregation in Newark, respectively, such parts or portions of the said lands, granted as aforesaid, for a parsonage and burying ground, to which the Trustees of the First Presbyterian Church in Newark have title, as aforesaid, as have heretofore been, or may be set apart or designed for the use and benefit of the said congregations, or religious societies, respectively, as aforesaid; which conveyance shall vest in the grantees, respectively, such right, estate and interest in the granted premises, as such grantors now have therein, and as they shall choose to express in and pass by such conveyances, and the grantees, respectively, shall be entitled thereto in severalty; but the same shall be held solely and for ever for the support of the gospel, in the said congregations, or religious societies, respectively, and for no other use or purpose. C. Passed November 4, 1825. AN ACT authorizing the building of a bridge over Great 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 and may be lawful for the board of chosen freeholders of the county of Gloucester to order to be built a good and substantial bridge over Great Timber Creek, at the place where the road, lately laid out, leading to Cooper's ferry, crosses said creek: Provided, That a majority of the board of chosen freeholders of said county, at their annual or adjourned meeting, think it expedient to build said bridge at the place aforesaid;—and if the said board think it expedient to build said bridge, it shall be so constructed as to create as little obstruction and inconvenience to the passage of boats and vessels with strikemasts as is practicable. C. Passed November 12, 1825. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT to the act entitled, "An act respecting the office of Treasurer." 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 Secretary of State shall, in addition to what is required of him by the third section of the act entitled, "A supplement to the act entitled, an act respecting the office of Treasurer," which supplement was passed the twenty-seventh day of November, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one, keep an accurate account of all and every check or checks countersigned by him as Secretary aforesaid, in a book for that purpose, and shall each and every year, lay said book before such committee, as shall be appointed to settle and audit the accounts of the Treasurer. C. Passed November 11, 1825. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT to the act entitled, "An act for the punishment of crimes," passed March eighteenth, one thousand seven hundred and ninety six. Specified offences may be tried 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 when any person shall be arrested, for stealing the money or personal goods and chat- by two justices. tels of another, under the price or value of twenty dollars, or for committing in the day or night time, any of the offences specified in the fifty-ninth section of the act, to which this is a supplement, under the value of twenty dollars as aforesaid, such person or persons may be tried, convicted, and punished by two justices of the peace, in the manner prescribed by the existing laws of this state, if he or she elect so to be tried, although such person or persons may not have been committed to jail for such offence, any law, usage, or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. 2. And be it enacted, That the act entitled, A further supplement to the act entitled "an act for the punishment of crimes, passed March eighteenth, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six," which said supple- What repealed: ment was passed the twelfth of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, be, and the same is hereby repealed. A. Passed November 7, 1825. |