any time during the vacation of the court of errors, or the supreme court, appoint a different place for holding the next ensuing session, from that provided by law, if he shall deem it requisite, by reason of war, pestilence, or other public calamity, or the danger thereof.

DEAF AND DUMB PERSONS.-The directors of the institution for the instruction of the deaf and dumb, are authorized to receive from each senate district of this state five indigent pupils, in addition to the number now provided for by law, at an annual expense not exceeding $130 for each pupil, to be paid by the

state.

DISTRESS FOR RENT.-The property of boarders at taverns and boarding-houses is not to be liable to distress for rent; but no officer making a distress shall be liable for seizing or selling property belong. ing to any such boarder, unless notice of the claim of such boarder be given to the officer.

FIRE COMPANIES, &c.-Three fire companies were incorporated. An act was also passed to incorporate the fire department of the city of Utica.

GAS-LIGHT COMPANY.-The Albany gas-light company was incorpo. rated; capital stock not to exceed $100,000.

LAWS.-Acts were passed rela. ting to the inspection of sole leather, green hides and skins, and flour and meal.

INSTITUTE.-The mechanics' institute of the city of New-York was incorporated.

INSURANCE COMPANIES.--Nine insurance companies were incorporated, the capital stocks of which amount to $2,300,000.

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.-An act was passed relative to the election

and classification of justices of the peace.

LOTTERIES. The lotteries authorized by law to be drawn within this state, may be continued until the close of the present year after the end of which period it shall not be lawful to continue or draw any lottery within this state.

MANUAL LABOUR SEMINARY.— The Aurora Manual Labour Seminary, in the county of Erie, was incorporated.

MANUFACTURING COMPANIES.— Two manufacturing companies were incorporated, with a capital of $100,000, each.

MECHANICS' SOCIETIES, &c.-The Utica Mechanics' Association was incorporated.

Acts were passed to incorporate the Mechanics' Benefit Society, and the Mechanics' Institute of NewYork. An act was passed relative to the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the city of NewYork.

MILITIA.—A resolution was passed, instructing and requesting respectively, the senators and repre sentatives of the state in congress, to use their exertions to procure such amendments of the act of congress organizing the militia, as shall relieve the people, as far as practicable, from the burdens of the system, without impairing its efficiency.

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MORTGAGES OF PERSONAL PERTY.-Every mortgage of personal property, not accompanied by an immediate delivery, and followed by an actual and continued change of possession of the things mortgaged, shall be void, as against creditors and subsequent purchasers and mortgagees, in good faith, unless the mortgage, or a true copy thereof, shall be filed in the office of the town clerk, &c., in the city or town where

the mortgagor shall reside; and if he is not a resident, then in the city or town where the property mortgaged shall be at the time of the execution of the mortgage; every mortgage so filed shall cease to be valid as against creditors, &c., after the expiration of one year from the filing thereof, unless within thirty days next preceding the expiration of the said year, a true copy of such mortgage, together with a statement exhibiting the interest of the mortga gee, shall be again filed.

NEW-ENGLAND SOCIETY.-A society was incorporated for the purpose of affording pecuniary relief to poor persons of New-England origin, and also of establishing a library.

NON-RESIDENTS.--All debts owing by inhabitants of this state, to persons not residing therein, for the purchase of any real estate, or secured by a mortgage on real estate, are to be deemed personal property within the town and county where the debtor resides, and as such shall be liable to taxation in the same manner as the personal estate of citizens of this state; the assessors are to ascertain debts of this de. cription, and are authorized to ad. minister oaths to persons whom they may think proper to examine, except in cases where lists of such debts verified by oath shall be furnished to the county treasurers by the agents of the non-resident creditors; and any such agent who shall neglect to furnish such list annually, shall forfeit the sum of $500; at the meetings'of the assess. ors to correct their rolls, creditors or their agents may, by their own affidavits, or other proof, adduce testimony to the said assessors to show that any error exists in the

said rolls, or that any part of any debt therein stated is desperate and not collectable: and the assessors shall review and alter the said rolls according to the facts so established; collectors may receive from the debtor the amount of the tax assessed upon the debt, and shall thereupon give a receipt for the amount so paid; and the sum so paid shall be deemed to be a payment by such debtor on the debt, and may be set-off against the claim of such creditor, or of any assignee of such claim. The act contains numerous other provisions in relation to the assessment and collection of the tax, authorizing the levy of it by distress and sale of the property of the non-resident creditor.

PARTNERSHIP.-No person shall hereafter transact business in the name of a partner not interested in his firm; and where the designation "and company," or " & Co." is used, it shall represent an actual partner or partners; persons offending against this act are to be deemed guilty of a misdemeanour, and to be punished by a fine not exceeding $1000.

MISSION SOCIETY.-The NewYork Protestant Episcopal City Mission Society was incorporated.

RAIL-ROADS.-Acts were passed to incorporate the Binghamton and Susquehanna Rail-road Company, with a capital of $150,000; the Buffalo and Black-Rock Rail-road Company, with a capital stock of $100,000; the Utica and Schenectady Rail-road Company with a capital of $2,000,000; and the Whitehall and Rutland Rail-road Company; capital, $100,000, with power to increase the same to $150,000.

SEAMEN.-The American Seaman's Friend Society was incorpo. rated.

SHIPWRIGHTS AND CAULKers.— An act was passed to incorporate the New-York Journeymen Shipwrights and Caulkers Benevolent Society.

TOWNS, &c.-A large number of towns and villages were erected and incorporated.

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TURNPIKE ROADS.-Six turnpike road companies were incorporated. WASHINGTON MONUMENT ASSOCIAAn association was incorporated, for the purpose of erecting a monument in the city of NewYork to the memory of Washington; its capiial stock is $100,000.

WHALING COMPANIES.-Three whaling companies were incorporated, the capitals of which amount to $800,000.

The following resolutions were also passed:

Resolved, That we regard the union of these states as indispensable to their prosperity and happiness; that we participate fully in the de.

sire which has been manifested by the president to restore harmony and conciliate affection amongst all the people of the United States, by a seasonable and equitable modifi. cation of the tariff-adapting it to the present condition of the country; that we approve the measures he has adopted and recommended to sustain the authority and execute the laws of the United States; and that the government and people of this state will cordially co-operate with him, in the exercise of all the means which may be necessary and proper to secure those objects.

Resolved, That the governor be requested to transmit a copy of the foregoing report and resolutions to the executive of the state of South Carolina, and to the executives of the other states respectively, to the end that they may be communicated to the legislatures thereof, and also a copy of the same to the president of the United States, and to each of our senators and representatives in congress.

to be expended. With regard to the state prison, it is said that the present building, and the discipline necessarily connected with it, are extremely defective, expensive, and inadequate to the purposes of pun. ishment. The subject was referred to a committee at the last session, who are now expected to make a report. When a new prison is erected, it is recommended to convert the present into a state arsenal, which is much needed. The orphan's court is represented as very defective, and as failing to secure the ends of justice intended by its establishment. The principles of

law and modes of proceeding in this court, are not as well understood, generally, as those in use in the ordinary courts. The appointment of a learned lawyer, as a member of the court, with a competent salary, who should also be a member of the courts of common pleas, ses. sions, and oyer and terminer, is suggested among the means of remedying the defects, and increasing the efficiency of this court. In connexion with this subject, the separation of the offices of governor and chancellor, which by tbe constitution are united in the same individual, is strongly urged. Imprisonment for debt alone, without fraud, is declared to be justifiable by no principle congenial to our institutions. The revision and perfecting of the insolvent laws are suggested, so as to secure the personal liberty of the debtor, and protect the creditor against dishonesty. The fi. nances of the state are in a prosperous condition. The revenue is increasing, and an addition to it of $30,000 will soon be made from the works of internal improvement in progress and near completion. The revenue will exceed the expenses of the state; and the surplus may be added to the school fund, or appropriated in other modes to advance the prosperity of the state.

Acts of the fifty-seventh general assembly of New-Jersey, at a session begun at Trenton on October 23, 1832.

ABATEMENT OF SUITS.-In suits in chancery, in which there may be but one plaintiff or one defendant, if the plaintiff die, his lawful representatives, or any other person or persons interested, are to be admitted to prosecute the suit. But if the defendant die, and the plaintiff choose to make the representatives of the

deceased, or others who may become interested by his death, parties to such suit, no bill of revivor or subpæna ad revivendum shall be necessary, but the court may, by rule or order, direct the suit to stand revived: and unless such representatives, &c. appear and put in their answer, or signify their disclaimer of the suit, the plaintiff may cause their appearance to be entered, and in such case, the answer of the deceased party, if any there be, shall be deemed the answer of such representatives, &c. ; but nothing in this act is to prevent the reviving any such suit by bill of revivor, when the plaintiff, &c. may prefer that course of practice, or when the court may deem it expedient.

APPEALS. From any judgment rendered, by any justice of the peace, when the trial took place in the presence of the parties, it may be lawful for either party to appeal, although the judgment shall have been rendered in his absence; provided the appeal be in other respects lawful.

AQUEDUCT COMPANY.-A com. pany was incorporated for the purpose of supplying the village of Orange with water.

BENEFICIAL SOCIETIES.-Four beneficial societies were incorporated.

Boundary linE.-The governor is authorized to appoint three com. missioners to meet commissioners on the part of the state of NewYork, for the purpose of determining the territorial limits and jurisdiction between the two states.

BRIDGES.-Six acts were passed in relation to bridges, regulating the mode of applying to the legislature for bridges, enacting penalties for injuring them, or for leaving the draws open, &c. CANAL COMPANY.-The Manas

quan River and Barnegat Bay Canal Company was incorporated, for the purpose of constructing a canal or an artificial navigation from or near the mouth of Manasquan river to the head-waters of Barnegat bay, at Layton's pond.

CRIMINAL LAW.- -The governor was authorized to appoint some person learned in the law, to revise, alter, modify, amend and digest, all acts relating to crimes and their punishment, and to criminal proceedings; such persons is to be requested to make his report at the next session of the legislature.

DAIRY COMPANY.-The NewYork and Bergen Dairy Company was incorporated, with a capital stock of $150,000, for the purpose of supplying the city of New-York

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pure and wholesome milk. DELAWARE RIVER.-An act was passed further to regulate the fisheries in this river. A resolution was also passed, authorizing the appointment of commissioners to meet commissioners on the part of Pennsylvania, for the purpose of viewing the obstructions in this river, and making a report thereon to the governors of the respective

states.

DIVORCES.-Thirteen acts of divorce were passed.

ELECTIONS.-The judges and inspectors of elections are vested with power to administer oaths and affirmations, and to examine persons touching the qualifications of voters who shall offer to vote, and if any person, on such examination, shall knowingly swear falsely, he shall be deemed guilty of wilful and corrupt perjury. If any person offer to vote, at any general or annual election, who is not legally entitled to vote, he shall forfeit $20.

FIRE COMPANIES.-Two fire companies were incorporated.

INSURANCE COMPANY.-The Rahway Mutual Fire Insurance Com. pany was incorporated.

LANDS.-Thirty-four acts were passed in relation to certain lands, authorizing trustees, executors, administrators and guardians, to sell and convey, &c.

A resolution was passed by which the legislature declared that the land bill, then before congress, embraced and provided for the interests of all the people of the United States, and that the impartial justice and comprehensive equity of its provisions deserved the support of their senators and representatives in congress.

LAWS OF THE STATE.-The governor is empowered to employ some proper person to compile and prepare for the press all acts and parts of acts which are of a general and permanent nature, and all acts of incorporation which are declared to be public acts, which have been passed since the last revision of the public laws in force; the acts are to be printed in chronological order.

MANUFACTURING COMPANIES. Five Companies were incorporated.

PEAT COMPANY.-The New-Jer. sey Peat Company was incorporated.