constables in criminal cases, of the several cities, wards of cities and townships in this state. 2. And be it enacted, That the said policemen shall be Compensation paid by the said committee out of the funds of the said township a compensation not to exceed three dollars a day, and the said committee may, at any time when they see proper, discharge the said policemen, or any of them, and no appointment of such policeman shall, in any event, continue or be in force for more than one year from the time of making such appointment. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall be deemed and taken to be a pubiic act, and shall take effect immediately. Approved March 17, 1870. CHAPTER CCCLXIX. An Act to authorize Peter Wilhelm to convey lands free from dower. WHEREAS, Peter Wilhelm, of East Newark, in the county of Preamble. Hudson, in this state, is the owner of twenty-four acres of land situate in the town of Harrison, in said county of Hudson, lying at East Newark on the south side of the turnpike road running from Newark to Jersey City, part of which was conveyed to the said Peter Wilhelm by Edward A. Cook and wife, by deed, recorded in liber number three of deeds for Hudson county, on pages four hundred and twenty, and so forth, and part thereof conveyed to said Peter Wilhelm by Henry Evans and wife, by deed, recorded in liber number twenty-three of deeds for Hudson county, on pages fifty-eight, and so forth; and whereas, Mary Wilhelm, the wife of said Peter Wilhelm, is now hopelessly insane, and in consequence thereof he is not able to sell and convey the said land and premises, whereby the said Peter Wilhelm is suffering great loss and damage; therefore, May sell and Trustee sirall be appointed cellor. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That it shall and may be lawful for the said Peter Wilhelm to make sale and conveyance of the said lots of land and premises, or any part or parts thereof, free from and clear of any estate or contingent estate of dower of his said wife, and that the deed of said Peter Wilhelm, executed by him alone and without his said wife joining there. in, shall convey an estate in fee simple to the purchaser of said land and premises, or such part or parts thereof as the said Peter Wilhelm may desire to sell and convey, free from and not subject to the estate or contingent estate of dower in the said land and premises of his said wife Mary. 2. And be it enacted, That before any deed or deeds to be by the chan executed and delivered by said Peter Wilhelm by virtue of this act shall take effect, such deed or deeds shall be submitted to the chancellor of this state, who shall certify thereon that the price or prices obtained for said land and premises, or such part or parts thereof as may be sold by the said Peter Wilhelm are sufficient; and the said chancellor shall also appoint some discreet and proper person to act as trustee for the said Mary, wife of said Peter Wilhelm, in whose name one-third part of the price or prices received by said Peter Wilhelm for the said land and premises, or such part or parts thereof, as he may sell by virtue of this act, shall be invested upon such security or securities as said chancellor shall approve, conditioned for the payment to the said Mary, if she shall survive said Peter Wilhelm, and during her life, after such death, of the interest of one-third part of such price or prices, and at her death, of the principal to the said Peter Wilhelm, if living, and, if not living, to his executors or administrators; such security or securities may be changed from time to time as circumstances shall require, such change or changes always, however, to be made by and with the approval of said chancellor; said trustees may be removed by the said chancellor, if he shall see fit so to do; and if so removed, or in case of the death of such trustee, the chancellor shall appoint another discreet and proper person to act in the place of such removed or deceased trustee, and said trustee so appointed shall have the same powers and perform the same duties as the original trustee. 3. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 17, 1870. CHAPTER CCCLXXI. An Act for the relief of Harrison Willet. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Citizenship the State of New Jersey, That Harrison Willet, of Somerset restored. county, be and he is hereby restored to all his rights and privileges as a citizen of New Jersey. 2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect imme A Further Supplement to the act entitled "An Act to facilitate judicial proceedings in the county of Union," approved February twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. court. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and General Assembly of Powers of the the State of New Jersey, That it shall be lawful for the court of general quarter sessions of the peace of the county of Union, to try all indictments except for treason, murder and manslaughter, and to proceed to judgment, thereon any law or statute to the contrary notwithstanding; provided, that Proviso. all indictments for offences not triable in said court before the passage of this act, shall be first ordered by the court of oyer and terminer and general jail delivery to the said court of general quarter sessions for trial as aforesaid; and provided Proviso. also, that none of the last mentioned indictments shall be so tried unless the justice of the supreme court holding the circuit for said county, or the president judge of the common pleas, specially appointed under the supplement to the act to which this is also a supplement, approved April first, eigh Proviso. Delivery of indictments. Fees of judge. Salary. teen hundred and sixty-eight, shall be present; and provided also, that notwithstanding this act and any order as aforesaid, the said court of oyer and terminer and general jail delivery, may at its option try and determine any such indictments as heretofore. 2. And be it enacted, That indictments required by the second section of the act entitled "An Act concerning justices of the peace and courts of general quarter sessions of the peace, revision approved April sixteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six," to be delivered by the said court of general quarter sessions of the peace to the next supreme court, or court of oyer and terminer and general jail delivery, to be held in the county, shall as far as relates to the said county of Union, be delivered to the supreme court or court of oyer and terminer and general jail delivery of said county, at any time when the court, to which the same must be sent, shall be in session next after the finding of such indictment. 3. And be it enacted, That the justice of the supreme court who may hold the circuit court in the said county of Union in the event of the absence or disability of the presiding judge of the court of common pleas or whenever the presence of said supreme court justice may be necessary to constitute. a court for the purposes of the act being a supplement to the act to which this is also a supplement, approved April first, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, may perform all the duties required by said act of the said presiding judge and a fee of one dollar shall be included in the taxed costs and paid to the said justice whenever he shall hold the said court of special quarter sessions for each case disposed of under said act, and the justice of the supreme court presiding in the court of oyer and terminer and general jail delivery of said county shall be entitled to receive the same fee on each indictment handed from such court to the court of general quarter sessions of the peace as is now allowed by law. 4. And be it enacted, That the presiding judge of the court of common pleas of said county, provided for in the act entitled "A Supplement to the act entitled "An Act to facilitate judicial proceedings in the county of Union," approved the twenty-fifth day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, approved April first, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, shall also be one of the judges of the court of oyer and terminer and general jail delivery of said county and shall receive a salary of twenty-five hundred dollars per annum payable by the board of chosen freeholders of said 5. And be it enacted, That the costs heretofore taxed, or Taxed costs. hereafter to be taxed in each case of conviction and sentence for crime, by the court constituted by the act entitled "A Supplement to the act entitled An Act to facilitate judicial proceedings in the county of Union,' approved the twentyfifth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven,' approved April first, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, shall be paid in the same manner as in cases of conviction and sentence for like crimes under indictments, in the court of oyer and terminer and general jail delivery. 6. And be it enacted, That the court of general quarter Bail or mainsessions of the peace, in the county of Union, shall have I rise. power, at any session of said court, to let to bail or mainprise, for such time as in their discretion may seem just, all persons who may be arrested or imprisoned for any crime, by law triable before said court; and such proceedings shal! be taken, in all cases in which bail should be forfeited in said court, as are now provided by law for forfeited recognizances in said court. 7. And be it enacted, That the provisions of any act in- Repealer. consistent with this act are hereby repealed, and that this act shall take effect immediately. Approved March 17, 1870. CHAPTER CCCLXXIII. An Act for the Relief of School District Number One, in the WHEREAS, School District Number One, in the township of Preamble. |