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tot. X.

CAPE ISLAND, CAPE MAY COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, WEDNESDAY . MAY '2-1. 1865.

NO. 52.

Select poetry.

TRODDEN FLOWERS. i There Mt wu bum, tb«t Ilk* tha roving Mm, 1 I CUng to unkinOIj ricks ul fulbH tow»t« ; ■ Spirits thst MilTrr »o J do Wot repine — ! Patient >ixt i»»rt u lonely tn*M»n Sower* Thai from the p*Mer'» heel unhurt «r!*e, " Anqtong lark oSoroua breath lrutead of alfha. But'tfarre *re olhtt kevrtv that will not feel ' The tooetf love tlu< h«unt« their eye* and ««r That wound fond faith with anjcr «or*e than «tacl ;*• I And out of ptty-a tprtng draw idle taara. O Ratnrel ah all It aver ba thy will !( 111 thing « 1th good hi mingle, good with lilt ; ( Why ehould the heavy foot of eorrow prr>» The willing heart of uaromplalnlrg lore — Meet rh«i!ty that shriek# not Iron dl»Ir-w, Can Ue onr, loth her I) rant* to m-roret ' Though virtue weep forever and l»mrnl, g Will one hard heart tun to her and re.antt Why ahould tho teed b* broken tb at will lend, t And they that dry the tetua Id oih-rt< eye. j Fas* their own nngul»h awrUgfihUthmil end, Their aummrr darkrnod with the *mek* of ilgS* I J •ore, Love to some fair Eden of hi* own < Will See at l*at, and lea*. u» her* aloae. | tor* wrrpeth alway*— weepeth for the paxt, ' Tor woe* that are, for woe* that may betid* i 4 Why ahould not hard ambition weep at laet, | Envy and hatted, avarice and pride t • FaU whlaper* evar aorrow la our lot, They would be nbela ■ lor* retelltth not. i Srlcct |WiscrUani!. ; Lieut. Ren. Grant and Secretary ; Stanton— Who Raubat Thnao oi our reader* who barn aoeo the I perr«rmaec*s of Rsray, tho horae-tstner. J. will remember ibat hia ay It am consisted in J ■imply lying op the horar'a leg and placing j f lb# anitral upon i'a aide. After tbi* war f oore done there wna no farther trouble.— ; ( Tbe ddii rieioo* bnrte became perfectly ; ( quiet and ganlle. A porting nf Rnrry'r , owp placidity seemed to be infnaed into the _ animal that had been rearing and kicking , a> d biting ao mndly a few momenta bct>ra. j { Th# firm bol modoat hor»«-tan er scorn- ; ( pli.bed, in hia cool. aa*y way, what hnn- 1 f dred* of le*a talented operator* bad not i dared to attempt. i There ha*« been many elclnmationa or ( wonder and gnrpriao at the fact that Secr*tary • Stiueiqn, who ho*. tried to coptrol j everyKodj aDw-and-bas bad d fficultius with ( eeerjUindy el»e, ba* always **#m*d to grl [ •long eucvwrll with Lieutenant General j > Grant, agrrkiug with bim •hoot everything, t cattQicg oil hie plane wilh great en«rgy (

andvriruf; accepting hia judgment upoo ( every diaputed paint, and inaitting thai hi» f wiabe* ahall be conaalted in all thing* thai ( affect tbe army— that ie t» »ay the goTero- { rrenl. It ie not generally known, hoarser, £ ibat Genrral Grant once Rare} lied Mr. 8ianton, and Ibat tHs account* fur the j phenomena which have eo ae'ooished ibe public. As a mailer or history •• will gjva t tha anecdote. * ' I When Ueoer 1 Grant wa* about lo leave ' > Washington to enter upoo that eublime j a campaign which began with tbe belli* oi l the Wildernaxt and ended wilh the down- t * fall of the rebellion, lie called apoo Beera- | i taxy Stanton loaay goodby. The Secretary . I was auxiuualy awaiting him. During tbe [ t two wad w half ywara ibat President Lincoln j t •nd Secretary Stanton had managed the | | Kaatrrn armies it wa* the 6r*t point in tbair | I plans to keep Waahington heavily garri- j i aoavd with troopa. Large bodies of moo ' i were mattered in the forlificationa aroand < tba oily, and elber large bodiea were kept I within supporting distance. Now that Gen. ' Grant bad mate Into power Htsnton wanted ; > ttrses that lha defence of VTkahingtoo waa < not overlooked. Accordingly, after a few j ' preliminaries, the Secretary remarked : — i 1 •' W ell, .Ganerw I , I suppose «os have left j a* enough men to ftrongly garri«on the , fortaT" a , "Ho," said Grant, coolly ; "I e m't do ( that." , "Why not ?" cried Slaelon, jumping nervously abooi. "Why not ? Why not!" . , "Because 1 have already *ant the men to [ i * the front," replied Grant, calmly. "That won't do," cried Stanton, more oerrooa than before. "It's contrary to my j l plant. 1 can't allow it. I'll ordor the men ( hwek." , "1 ahull need tbe men there," answered j Grant, "and yon can't order them back." "Why not?" inquired Stanton again. ' i "Why not ? Why not f" M "I baliave that I rank the Secretary in ] ■ tbi* matter," waa tha quiet reply. ; 1 "V try well"' said Stanton, a little warm. 1 ly, "we'll ae« the Pr**idwnt about that. — ^ I'll ba*e to lafca you td'tha President." "Tbwt'a right,." politely observed Graotp A reived at rbe Wbita .Hoaae, tba Generat and tba Secretary wked lo naa tha Praedeot upon important buaioot*, and ia a lew moaienU lha good uatured face of Mr. Liu"Woll, gentleman," *ald the President , m mlUi a genial aniile, "wbal do jnn went wilb "General," aald Staoton, niffly. "gtale "1 bat* no caao lo stato," replied Gen*. ; r*l Giant; "3'ru *«t4*fied a^Kle;" thu* ; S fba Mo (We0 Li d y •< In war. !

"Well, well," raid the President, laugh- ' ing, "elete your case. Secretary." Seerelary Stanton obeyed ; Gen. Grant said nothing-; tha Prriidrnt listened very < attentively. When Stantqb bad concluded, ' the President crciied t^a leg*, rested hi* ' elbnw on hi* knee, twipklFd bis eye* quaint. ' and said ' "Now, Secretary, yon know we bar* ■ j been trying to manage ihia army for two ' y-ais and a half, and yon know we haven't 1 i dune much with it. We sent over tbe ! •j mountain* an J brought Mister Grant— a* ' ' I Mrs. Grant ca 1* biro— to manage it for na, j ' and now 1 guea* we bad belter Ul Miater ; ' j Grant have hia own way." j Prom tbi* decision there waa no appeal. ' Nobody ranked tbe Frc»id*nl. Su Gene- ' fal Grant went off with tho srmy. au.l I S-creiary Stamen went back to hia ofilce. ' That application of GrantV Uarey-like tac- . < lie* made Stanton the bardeat working | 1 Seerelary, sod one of the most gentlemanly j < j official* in Waahington, and it folly ac- j ' I count* fur tbe admirable relation* which ! 1 hare »inco eiiated between him and tbn ! 1 General. It ibow* nl*o tl.at Grant | 1 know* bow to manage m»n a* well a* armie*. ; I Ilia ehrewdnwet ia equally available in tho , ' Cabinet and in the field. What ia strategy | - war bectup*' t»ct In diplomacy. Lieut. : 1 General Gram, like Field Marshall Well- { 1 Ington, will ba ope of the chief advisers of ' 1 the government both in war and peace ; ! ' and a* he holds hia position for lif-', hi* ex- j ' perience in pnblic affair* will conalaoily | 1 I increai* and will b* invaiwable to every ' 1 ! President. | nil*! We May Do No humin being can lie itolale-l and *elf- | *b*taioed. The sir ngeat and bravest and j moat hopeful have yel, acknowledged and j ! ; unacknowledged to themselves, moment* j ( | of hungry sool-yearningafor companionship ; ( I and sympathy. For tliw want of thi* what ; wreck* ol humanity lie strewn about n*. ^ j wasted lor the mocking semblance I of friendship. Adrift at tb* mercy of j j chance, for tie grasp of a true, firm hand, ^ and a kindly loving baart to counsel. It ffecting to »ee bow strong is Ibis yearn- I ing. so fatal to it* possessor, if not guided . rightly, snch a life anchor it sufeljr placed. 1 ; "Friendless!" What a tragedy may b* | in ibat one little word. None lo ! | | labor for ; none lo yen or smile wilh ; 1 ; none to care wi.eiherlae lo*e or win in life's ( siroggle. A kind «0d or a smile, coming such a one nne'xfv*}Deilly at some eucli j criaitof life, howolten hps it been the plank ' . of how often qp* plank

the droaning man. lacking which he i mast sorely have pcrisbad. . These, surely, i we may bestow a* we pats time* leas favored | , than oarst-lve*. who*e ronl* are waiting for | , sympathetic recognition. — Funng Ftrn. j A Blessed Day. What a blessed day ia the Sabbath, to ' ' the man who necessarily catches bet brief | I glimpaet of home during the toiling weak, , i who is off in the morning while little eyes | j closed in slumber, nor bark nt night till i they are again sealed by sleep? What j | would be know cf ibe very children for j ' whom be toil*, were it not for the bl*a*«d : i breathing respite of the Sabbath ? What ! | working man's child will ever forget j this day, when clean and neut It ia hi- | < privilege to climb father's knee, and* tell < j bita all the newa which goes to make up , j his narrow little world. "Narrow" did we ' J T We recaH the word,-for it widen* , ! out into the bonndleta ocean of eternity. ; | Sabbath i* for the working man'* rhildreu. | j So would we have ii — a day hallowed by | j sweet, pure, and home influence*; when i tho'llttle band, qol'e complete, shall rent i labor, aud love shall writ# it duwo ; j tha bleated day of all the seven. > — A Renowned Clergyman of New York ; lately preached rather a long sermon from : i the text— *'Tboa art weighed in the balance j and foend wanting." After tbe congrega* | lion bad listened about an hunr, eoxie began | to gel weary and went on! ; others soon fol- ; greatly to the anuoyaace of tha min- | ister. Another person started, whereupon ' tha parson atopp- d in his aarmon, and said, "That's right, gentlemen, fast oa yon era ' weighed, pas* ent." He continoed hi* serj iron hi loam length after, bat no one disI turbed him by leaving. . j — "Hallo steward" rxelaimrd a fellow in one of the steamboat* after having re[tired to bed, "hallo (toward." "What, lMea'r?" "Bring ma the way-bill." "What (for, Maa'r?" "1 went to are if l as* bedhug* put down their name* for this berth before 1 di9 If not 1 want 'em turned . — Quilp being about id* leave town, remarked to hi* MfTMtf that h» shnald "Hart for New York to-morrow. Dvo rofente, " (God willing.) "What root. i. that, sir!" inquired tb* valet. "By way oflVovideac*, - of court* replied Quilp. -j- W* once heard of a rich man who wa* | badly injured by being run over. "It isn't the accident," said he, 'that I mind ; that . isn't the thing ; bat tbe idea of b«ing run aver by en infernal .awill cart, makes me mad," > — Groat i* tbe number of those who ; j might attain lo true wisdom, if they did

The T-SOa and the End of the War. Tbe greatest war of modern history has ended in triumph. Tha country has demonstrated the vaatoea* of h* power. We it waa great ; now all the world knows c it. Our neighbor* aero** the water, ubu . said onr very grestoe** was our weakos** ( —that »e should netar bold together— lhal , must fall lo place* at that— now take off , their hats and b'g to astnre as of thoir ( ! "most di»iiogoi»bed cnasidaratioo." Veri- , I ly yoong nsticn that can rais# two uiilj of fighting men and two thousand mil- , > linns of money, jnsl for tbe asking/is wor- : ^ ' thy of being "considered." They told a* ^ of could not carry on the war six mouth* , , without begging.for loans lo European mar- | We did carry on tnch a war as they ( never dreamrd of, for foor years; and never • , asked for a dollar ; and they now wish to ' ( liuy onr bonds at an advance of fifty per j ceot. over last year's prices. .Government 1 storks are quoted as kruk and iu demand, ' mud well they may be, for the time will soon J ! come when no tnur* will tin offered. The | national expenses will soon be down to a . i footing, and, inst all of a Treasury ; ' budget of nine hundred millions, Secretary j j McCullocb will ask us for about a third of ' that turn. Aud how much easier it will be raise this in peace tbau in war The j million* of soldiers who hare su long ifladu ; it a busineaa to drslrny life and property j j will return lo pursuit* of industry, sod the [ j ravaged fields will whiten with now j i harvests. Instead of reading every inorn- j : ing that to many miles of railroad have i 1 been destroyed, it will t>« that "*o.niany , i new avenue* to material wealth huvu been jo|Mtoyd." The South it*eif will ho cotn- ! pellsd tq bear its share of tbe burden it I imposed on tl:» country, and ita cotton — *o i tnucb greater than gold, ami still so much I leai than king — will have no attribute of i royalty but what it pay* into the revenue. A lax on Honthern cotton wdl be qait* as i easily collected aa on Northern petroleum I or manufactures, and betide* the article' must be had— the world want* it. It would take but u fraction of onr pro- ! perly to pay our national debt now ; but if ; wa du not pay a dollar »f the principal in ! years, that fraction will be reduced one. by lb* development or the uational i resources. We shall doubtless wiud up the war and square all account* with a uational , j debt of lets than three tbonaand million* j on about l« per cent, of the present ns-,j i tional aaallb ; but. according to its rain of : 1 m-it .... n..ni \ leui inert ' 1 [ increase ceot.) from lboO lo lsbO, J -

' ! r— in Iti'ii this debt will bs less than nine j | | per cent. Hut our ability to pay lbs na- j ' tional debt needs no demonstration ; but ! u* some of u* have looked upon the dark ' I side, we may as well have a glance at tbe , Tb* national loans will toon ha oat of tba | r j market, — but fur a short time lha Govrrn- ' niMul will need money to pay off the army | , | and settle up the expanses of the war.— , I ! Only about two buudred millions mora of : i | the second sen** of the 7-30 Loan remain r ; lo ba taken, and when it is busily wiThI ' drawn, tber* is no donbt thai it will risa to : a handsome premium, and at lha rale it is t . now going, some lint* withix the next sixty | days will »ee the last of this aenee. Mrf | I Jay' Cooke, the subscription agent, ani j nounced in Febiuary "that the first two i hundred million* of 7-:(0's will probably ba I I taken in at par from three tu lour inonllis" , | — lint Ibey aerw taken in less than two. — , | So that parlies who desire tu invest at par r j in the U. S. Loan, fearing *eran and threei . tenths annual interest, and in thre* years l i coaveiubla. into a 6.20 six per ccul. gold i I interast bond should make tbair praparaj tions accordingly. Many of lha beat fioan- ; rial XViDiorities believe that th; Govern- | j ment wify be able to fund such portion* of ^ its debt, as IT may not bt reedy to,pay a* it falls doe, at 4j per cent. ■ Words. Be wire of impare words. Filthy convsr- - mtion iv a fruitful means of corruption. It a is a channel by which tha im^Hy of one may b* communicated to another. And a* * we know who hath aald, "Evil communications corrnpl good manners." Words are i- an index of the state of tbe heart. Hence says Christ, "By thy words tbou shall bs ^ justified ; and by thy words th6n shall be condemned ; and for every idle word ■ that men shall speak, they shall give accsunl ' thereof in th* day of judgment." There are those who** convsraation is filthy and ^ disgusting. Parent# should guard tbrfr ^ children from snch. They should themselves avoid 'every indelicate expression, and check lb* first appearance of any each - thing in their children. A void foolish talk1 ing and jeering. Children let your *o£dt ba |>ur». i — Id the midst of a stormy discussion, a gaetleman rra* to aettl* tha inattsr in dispute. Waving hi* hand majestically over | I* the excited disputant*, he began, "Gwntlet malt. aH 1 want ia commoa arose " "Kxit aclly," Jarrold interrnpud, "that's p rail cisely what you do wast." • That discussion didn't proceed much farthsr it ia said. o — Au European traveler describes the d United trial** a* *• eruotry where avsrv ; mas has a wewspaper iu hit pocket. '

Lawr. of Sew Jersey. An act empnwerirg railroad companies to 1 employ a police force. 1. Be i". enacted by th# Senate and G»n- J ' eral Assembly of tb* Htatr of New Jersey. | That any railroad corporation on which ' : steam is used as a motive pow<*i|htay applythe giivurnor of the State of N>» Jersey 1 1 to commission snch persons a* any such 1 railroad corporation nuy designate, to act , 1 a< policemen fur such corporal inn. j 2. And bn it entctvd. That the governor '' such application, may appoint such ' | or so many of tbetn at he may deem ; ' ! to ba such polic-mnn, and ahull ii"ne j [ j to snch person or per»ons so appointed a { 1 ! commission ..to apt. a* such policemen ; a I t copy of such commission shall be filed In i lb* office of tho sveretary of stal*. 3. And bo it enacted. Thai every person ; v appointed shall, in the counties through ' I which such railroad may run, possess nil ' 1 | the powers of policemen and of constables I in criminal cams, of the several cities. | ward' or cities, and townships in sorb conn- j j 4. And be it enacted. That such railroad , 'policemen wheu on daly shull severally j wear a metallic shield or device with the I words "Lailway Police." and the name of ! thu corporation for which appoint- d in- > scribed thereon ; and snch shi-dd or device I shall he worn in plain view, except when j | »ucli policemen shull be employed aa dcleca. And b« it react- d. That the pompi-n. I sation of snch pnlic- nten shall be pant by , .1 respectively employed and ciiininis-ioneil, • end shall be agreed npon by auy such com- ! puny atid such pulicctneii. I such company shall n» longer require the i scrvico of such policemen so appointed as j aforesaid, snch company .hall HI- a notice to that effect in the office nf the Sec rotary ' nf sta-e of this Slate, atnl thereupon the | power of socb policemen shall crime and be ( determin-d. > 7. And he It enacted, That this act shall I he deemed an.! taken u.-w public act. and j shall lake effect immediately. j Approved Match 22. I H6;i. t ! A supplement lo an act entitled "An act I concerning exrcalors and the administration and Uectributiun of iutestalea' e»J tales." '! I. Be it esacled by I he Senate anil We'-e.

jve] Assembly of the State of New Jersey, t ' j That the whole surplusage of the gouds, i chattels, and personal estate of any illegal- > j mala person, who has died, or shall here- ( after di-, intestate and nouiarried, and leav- * j ing no lawful issue, or thu issue ot any, him • j or her surriviiig, shall go to, and be paid i i over lo, ihe uiulbvr of such illegilimute , > - peirun. i 1 j 2. And bej^enacied, That if the mother v - | of any illegitimate child or children, shall t f j die wilbont leaving a husband, surviving ' I j her, and having no lawful issue, or ihe issue • 1 [ of any, 'then the eurpluvage oft her goods, t i chattels, and personal estate shall be paid > i to her illegitimate child or children. i 3. Aud ba it enacted, That Ibis act shall i , not apply tu any estate that has been Set- i tied, and the surplusage ha* been disposed i i of according to law, before the pssssgo i 1 hereof. 4. And be iriCnacted, That tbi* act shall < ■ take effect immediately. j i Approved March 22, 1866. i I1 ! An act to protact batter and cbeea* matin- : i I factnrers. j ; 1. BS It enacted by the Senate and Gen- j eral Assembly of the State of New Jersey. , That Whoever shall knowingly evil, supply [ or bring to be manufactured, to any cheese , or butler mauuractory id this Stat*, any milk oiluted witb water or io any way adolturated, or milk- from which any crs-im baa been takes, or 'wulk commonly known aa ■ "skimmed milk." or whoever shall keep ' back any part of the milk known aa "strip- ■ pings," shall for each and every offence 1 forfeit and pay a sum of fifteen dollar* with coat* of suit, to bs aaad for in an action of > debt, iu any coort of competent jurisdic- ' lion, for lb* benefit of th# person or per- > sous, firm, uaociauou or corporation upon > whom snch fraud ahall be committed. I 3. And be it enacted, That this act eball I take effect immediately. • Approved March 23, 1865. I r An act authorising tha W eldon Iron Mining Company to hold lands in tba Slat* of N#w Jersey. , 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and Gen- . ral A»»embly of the State of New Jersey, i That "Th* Weldon Iron Mining Company,' a corporation organised under the law* of lb* Stat* orNaw York be, and tbe asms ia hereby authorised to porches*, hold, work, leaaa and convey tbe mining lands aud prer mi**s knows as the Weldon Mine, and containing about eleven acres of land, described in e deed of conveyance of the same " from William A. Wood to John H. Blood t good and .llarvey M. J-ochwood, situated in Jefferson Township, Morris eouoty, aod . State of New Jersey ; and also suy other ' ; mining land* adjoioing thereto not exceed- | y j tug see hundred sere*. 1 -lppreeud March 28. 1865.

An act relative to the compensation and j '■ I dutier of the law and chancery reporter* I tl of the State. It! j I. Be it enacted by th# Sera'e and Gen- j ii ! eral Assembly or the Stat# of New Jstaey, j That the law and chancery reporter* of thi* | • State Shall each be entitled to rvCriv# en j « annual salary, ot the rate of five hundr—l 1 h | dollar*, to commence from the date of their j ; respective conimioions, and to be paid' in'j „ | the manner now provided by l«*. I j 2. And be it enacted, That the treaaurer ; > ••hell pay to th* law ai.d chancery reporters, t ' reapec'ively, tb* *utn of firo dollars per j j copy, for the copies of report# which th* ! t j said reporters are respectively, required by ! law to deliver to the said treasurer ; pro- I • ] rideil, however, that this section ahall only • rematn in force for two years, utile** sooner [ ; altered or repealed. j 3. And be it enuc rk. That the treasurer 1 I shall eaUM. the rOpiss of #•«•• reports, which 1 ! t shall be hereafter Oebvered to him by *aid , i reporter*, respectively, to be bound, at the ; I expensu of Hie Slate, in g-.od and .olistan- | I Hal law binding, which writ shall be .tone ] I .aid leporter*. ra.pectivrlv. | 4. And be it enurled. That thi* act ahull , ' , j lake effect imo.-dietely. r1 Approved March 23. 1865. ' ! Home lor Disabled tioldier*. ' ' 1. It- it enacted by th- Senate and Gen- ' era! Assembly or llu- 31*10 of New Jersey, lo.t Marm. L. Ward. Daniel Hani-., t ■ 'rf. Oht-o. Kdw.n A. riieveoe. Wdltaio A. ' Neeell and Itynewr V-ghte. are bureby appointed c.m.m.a»iouore for tho purpo-e of •electing a .tie within the Stale, on which ' i may be erectmf and retablDhed' the New Jersey Home for Disabled 8-ddier*. ; 2. AuJ be it enacted. That tbe Mid com- ' I niissiqner*, or a majority or them, shall have . ! rower to purchase within till. Sute, at any ( « '•> «». » «««• -i.. i-r iw * ! location of tho said home, and ao wuch ' . laud, under and by assured title, a. shall i be dee., vtl DecvMery for farming aud garI deiring purposes, en whir.ll premises there .hall ba facilities for obtaining ample and "j uufailiug supplies ol pure. »oft water . and i if there bo budding, on *asd premise* >uiI i table for the purposes of »acb h-.me. to pur- . : chase the satue at any additional price not . | exce> ding thirty thousand dollar. , and the j said commissioners, or it majority ol tnem. . i shall have power to purchase for the use o' I the raid borne, the furniture ami fixture! :

| vet-ling ten thuusaud dollars. j |4he said coiumisaiiiiiera shall have procured ( of title thereft-r afaait have been executed t aud nvliverod, the treasurer of lb- Jitate is hereby directed lo pay, on Ihe warrant ol f [thu Governor, lo the grantor or grantor*, | thereof, such autn or sums ol money a* may 1 required to pay for the said »iw, tioj , vxc.eding ten thousand dollars, and for . the said building* u»l oxcucdiug tho sum ; : of thirty thousand dulDtV, aud lor tbo lur- j tiiluro and fixltrre. aforesaid,'* sum not ex. ! , c-e ding ten thousand dollars, agreeably lo | the cunukcl or coutraet* of tho .aid com- , 4. And be it enacted, That at any time I wtliliu three ^lloulha after the purchase und J i convey unco of the seid site, tbe avid com- i i missionor*, or a majority of tbetn, shall conj tract for the erection of the .aid boine, or I fori be extotisiuu, alteration or repairs u! [ j tb* buildings so purchased, on sueb plati. I hod terms as they shall deem Just ano pt8- | per; provided always, that said plan "hull embrace such construction and arrangement ; ot tbe said buildioga aa will coaduce to th* I comfort and economical mauageuienl of th# said inslilntion ; and it shall be the duty of one or mora of saio commiasionors to super- : intend Uia erection or allarali n of the said I building*, with a view, to due exacution of ! the work ; and in case of the death, ins- ! bility or refusal to rerv*, of any or the said ! commissioners, the Governor shall bsv* | power to fill lha vecancy cau*ed thereby. 5. And b* It enacted, That th# commissioner, before making any contract lor the erecting or altering of said bidding#, ahull give their bonds, with two or more sufficient sureties, to be approved by tbe Governor, joiutiy and severally lo tha State, in lha jienal sum of ten tbonaand dollars, con itionad for tba faithful performance of the duties raquirad of thaui by thi* act. - 6. And.be if enacted, That the treasurer | • of tha Stale is hereby directed to pay lo the said commissioners, on th* warrant of tbe Governor, out of any moneys in tbe j treasury uot oth*rwi»e appropriated, euch . sum ot sums of money a* they may require lur tbe purchasing, urectiog, enlarging or repairing o( tfce said building*, not exceedtairty tnousand dollars; tba accounts of th* | said eommissionera shell ba duly audited by the Secretary of Bute or other officer, : # bore duty it may be lo audit the account* ; against tb* Stale. 7? And be it enacted. That it shall be ! .the doty of tb* s*td Commiasiooeri lo awhe • ; a retailed raplh of all money# expeoded . j by ibem by virtu* of tbi# act ; and also of j the prograr* which shall bare been mad* ' is lbs « rout toe. eaiargiag or repairing .aid I

! building*, to tbe Governor, on or hefera I th-- fir-t day of'-Ta-. ary next, aod a* often ! I hereafter a* the Governor Shall and may | 8. And be it enacted. That eveS cnrnmlv. ' aiuu-r .ball ba allowed for hi. .etvlcea " | whilst act -ally employed In the dorie# of 1 office, the sum of three dollar* per day. I 9. And be .it enacted. That the Secretary 1 of Slate, or -other auditing officer, sl.all ' .ioner* for th-i' service', nod npon hiscert Scale, the treasurer shall pay th* tame. 10. And be.,' enacted, That this act shall I take eff-ct immediately Approved March 2.1. 1863. !'*, act .nlhprizingrii7I.leoTtir.kNtv of the North Auiericau 1'rantil Insurance (^uin- ; pvi-y in this State. ...... " 1. lie it enact-d by the S-nate and Geu- [ --nl AsssmbL of the Stat- of Now Jeroey, That it shall and may be lawful for any railroad or steamboat company of this •late, at any of their offices, to **11 the invurai.ee ticket a of the North Auiericau Transit InsurancaUocipauy of Philadelphia t» travelers on their train* or boats, either tickets, and to charge and collect the premium tor-auch insurant1* of saiJ travelers ■from injury by accidents while traveling. '2. And be it enacted, That eqpry raiirnml or steamboat c-npany, or any of their officer*, selling said tickets slinll rctaio out of all receipts, anil thut tbo officers of raid company shall make quarterly returns of r oath, ut tunsa d-eignnted by bun. and >'<*11 puV tbe amount thus retained b'y litem into 3. -And be it enacted, The* any company or officer making fal-e roams or ueg lectin: -r refusing tu make said returns us re- . quired by tbta net, shall* farfeit, for every otTei.ce. two hundred dollars, lo be recov. I of record where Ihe seme shall be coguixable, will. cost, of suit, and applied to and i f..r the It.u of tho Stale, and ahull ui-o be ; subject lo all action of drl.L or trevpai' or. I Die vase at the suit of the 'Sid tO!»fUt»r, on behalf of the Slate, f-r the recovery of tbn aald one per centum of ull said receipts . for the sale of eJlrl tick' ts. Villi interest . and co-u of suit. t. And b-» it enacted. That I hia act ahetr i twite effect Knrn-'-Hllely. Apurov-d March 17. 1865. Apo.oved 17.

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