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Page 133 - That it shall not be lawful, at any time during the said railroad charter, to construct any other railroad or railroads in this State, without the consent of the said companies, which shall be intended or used for the transportation of passengers or merchandise between the cities of New York and Philadelphia, or to compete in business with the railroad authorized by the act to which this supplement is relative, etc.
Page 164 - ... having been reported by the committee correctly engrossed, the bill was read a third time as amended. On the question,'' Shall this bill pass as amended?
Page 14 - The plan of solitary confinement, with labor, adopted by the State is gaining friends among those who have devoted much attention to the subject. It is peculiarly fitted for that profitable meditation which tends to reform the unfortunate convict, reclaim him from vice and finally restore him to the bosom of society. This is the blessed end we have principally in view, and if it shall be attained in any good degree, our best hopes will be realized.
Page 21 - Journal of the Votes and Proceedings, as well of the Committee of Safety, at a sitting in January, 1776, as the Provincial Congress of New Jersey, at a sitting at New Brunswick, began January 31, and continued to the second day of March following.
Page 23 - The said bill was read a third time. On the question, " Shall this bill pass ? " It was determined in the affirmative — yeas, 26 ; nays, 13.
Page 152 - An act securing to Mechanics and others payment for their labour and materials in erecting any house or other building within the City and County of Philadelphia to the Counties of Delaware.
Page 28 - If land be limited to A., for life, remainder to his heirs or to the heirs of his body, the primary effect will be to give him an estate of freehold, (liable, of course, to merger), with, by force of the rule, a remainder immediate and vested, to himself in fee or in tail; (just as if the limitations were to him for life, remainder to him and his heirs, or to him and the heirs of his body...
Page 169 - An act for the better relief and employment of the poor of the parish of St.
Page 59 - An act to incorporate a company to form an artificial navigation between the Passaic and Delaware rivers, passed the thirty-first day of December, eighteen hundred and twenty-four,
Page 98 - An act to abolish imprisonment for debt, and to punish fraudulent debtors...