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Laws of the State of New Jersey

compiled and published under the Authority of the Legislature / by Joseph Bloomfield / Trenton: printed by James J. Wilson / 1811
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About This Book

The period covered is November 11, 1800 through February 23, 1811, though a few earlier laws are included. The basic order is chronological, but acts supplementing or amending an earlier act are found directly following that act rather than under their own dates.

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Page Title Date
p.3A Supplement to the act entitled “An act making lands liable to be sold for the payment of debts”Nov.11, 1800PDF
p.4An Act to amend the act entitled “An act making lands liable to be sold for the payment of debts”Nov.26, 1804PDF
p.5An Act concerning the clerk’s office in the several counties of this stateNov.17, 1800PDF
p.6An Act for altering and establishing the times of holding the courts in and for the county of MiddlesexFeb.9, 1801PDF
p.7An Act altering the time of holding the circuit courts and courts of common pleas and general quarter sessions, in and for the county of BurlingtonFeb.13, 1801PDF
p.8An Act to alter the line and bounds between the townships of Evesham and Chester, in the county of BurlingtonFeb.23, 1801PDF
p.9An Act to alter and amend the charter of city of New-BrunswickFeb.23, 1801PDF
p.17An Act to divide the township of Shrewsbury in the county of MonmouthFeb.23, 1801PDF
p.20An Act to alter and amend the act, entitled “An act concerning inns and taverns”Feb.27, 1801PDF
p.21An Act to incorporate into a township, a part of the townships of Fairfield and Maurice-River, in the county of CumberlandFeb.24, 1801PDF
p.23A supplement to the act entitled “An act for the punishment of crimes”Mar.7, 1801PDF
p.25A further supplement to an act entitled “An act for the punishment of crimes”Dec.1, 1802PDF
p.[26]A Supplement to the act for the punishment of crimes [page mis-numbered 13]Nov.28, 1804PDF
p.30A Supplement to an act, entitled, “An act to regulate the election of members of the legislative council and general assembly, sheriffs and coroners of this state”Nov.12, 1801PDF
p.32An additional supplement to the act entitled “An act to regulate the elections of members of the legislative council ...”Nov.11, 1803PDF
p.33A supplement to the act entitled “An act to regulate the elections of members of the legislative council ...”Nov.16, 1807PDF
p.37An additional Supplement to the acts relative to electionsFeb.23, 1811PDF
p.39An Act for the more equal representation of the county of Essex, in the general assembly of this stateNov.10, 1803PDF
p.39An Act directing the time and mode of electing electors of the president and vice-president of the United States, and representatives in congress, on the part of this stateDec.3, 1807PDF
p.45A supplement to an act entitled “An act respecting coroners”Nov.10, 1801PDF
p.46A supplement to an act entitled “An act for the settlement and relief of the poor”Nov.23, 1801PDF
p.47A supplement to the act entitled “An act respecting conveyances”Nov.26, 1801PDF
p.49A supplement to the act entitled “An act respecting conveyances”Feb.8, 1811PDF
p.49An Act constituting courts for the trial of small causesMar.15, 1798PDF
p.72A supplement to the act constituting courts for the trial of small causesFeb.16, 1799PDF
p.73A supplement to the act constituting courts for the trial of small causesNov.30, 1801PDF
p.74An additional supplement to the act entitled “An act constituting courts for the trial of small causes”Mar.1, 1804PDF
p.75An additional supplement to the act entitled “An act constituting courts for the trial of small causes”Nov.29, 1809PDF
p.80An Act further to regulate feesNov.30, 1801PDF
p.81An Act relative to Foreign ReportsDec.1, 1801PDF
p.83An Act to repeal an act entitled “An act partially to repeal part of an act therein named”Dec.1, 1801PDF
p.83A Supplement to the act entitled “An act making provision for working and repairing the highways”Dec.2, 1801PDF
p.84A Supplement to the act entitled “An act respecting the court of Chancery”Dec.3, 1801PDF
p.85An Act to incorporate into a township a part of the townships of Northampton, Evesham, and Little-Egg-Harbour, in the county of Burlington, by the name of WashingtonNov.19, 1802PDF
p.87An Act to institute a Market at the city of New-Brunswick for the sale of live-stockNov.23, 1802PDF
p.88An Act to regulate the payment of pensions to invalids and widowsNov.24, 1802PDF
p.88An Act to regulate the repacking of Beef and Pork for exportationDec.2, 1802PDF
p.95An Act to alter the time of choosing the Inspectors of the State-PrisonOct.27, 1803PDF
p.96An Act relative to the Probate of Wills, granting Letters of Administration and GuardianshipNov.9, 1803PDF
p.101An Act to incorporate parts of the townships of Roxbury and Pequanack, in the county of Morris, into a separate township, to be called the township of JeffersonFeb.11, 1804PDF
p.103An Act for the gradual abolition of slaveryFeb.15, 1804PDF
p.106An Act to repeal the third section of an act, entitled “An act for the gradual abolition of slavery”Mar.3, 1805PDF
p.106An additional supplement to the act entitled “An act for the gradual abolition of slavery”Nov.28, 1808PDF
p.108An Act concerning the Abolition of SlaveryFeb.22, 1811PDF
p.109An Act to ratify an amendment of the constitution of the United StatesFeb.23, 1804PDF
p.111An Act to regulate the Shad-Fisheries on South River, in the county of MiddlesexFeb.22, 1804PDF
p.112An Act to incorporate parts of the townships of Westfield and Elizabeth-Town, in the county of Essex, into a separate township to be called the township of RahwayFeb.27, 1804PDF
p.114An Act respecting Clerks in Chancery and Clerks of the Supreme CourtFeb.27, 1804PDF
p.116An Act to provide for the establishment of Markets for the sale of Live Stock, in the several counties of this stateFeb.29, 1804PDF
p.117A supplement to the act entitled “An act for supporting Idiots and Lunatics, and preserving their estates”Mar.1, 1804PDF
p.120An Act to prohibit clerks of the courts of common pleas, and general quarter sessions of the peace, from practicing as attornies at law in the counties of which they are clerksMar.1, 1804PDF
p.121A Supplement to the act, entitled, “An act making provision for the carrying into effect the act for the punishment of crimes”Mar.1, 1804PDF
p.122A further supplement to the act entitled, “An act making provision for the carrying into effect the act for the punishment of crimes”Dec.4, 1807PDF
p.124A Supplement to An act making provision for carrying into effect the act for the punishment of crimesFeb.22, 1811PDF
p.125A Supplement to an act entitled “An act for incorporating the chosen freeholders in the respective counties of this state”Mar.1, 1804PDF
p.125An Act to incorporate “The Associates of the Jersey Company”Nov.10, 1804PDF
p.135An Act concerning contracts of real estate, made by testators and intestates in their life-timeNov.13, 1804PDF
p.137An Act respecting Overseers of RoadsNov.19, 1804PDF
p.138An Act to authorize the establishment of post or stone guides and mile-stones in the public roads in this stateDec.1, 1804PDF
p.140An Act concerning the surrogate’s office in the several counties of this stateDec.1, 1804PDF
p.141An Act supplementary to the act respecting slavesDec.3, 1804PDF
p.144An Act to repeal an act, entitled “An act to confirm and establish the charter rights and privileges of the Borough of Elizabeth,” so far as the same extends to that part of the said Borough lying within the limits of township of RahwayNov.6, 1805PDF
p.144An Act to alter the time of holding the annual town-meetings in the townships of Montague, Sandistown and Walpack in the county of SussexNov.11, 1805PDF
p.145An Act to erect and set off a new township from the township of Mendham, in the county of Morris, to be known by the name of the township of RandolphNov.13, 1805PDF
p.146An Act to alter the boundary line between the townships of Randolph and Chester, in the county of MorrisMar.5, 1806PDF
p.147An Act to erect and set off a new township from the townships of Hanover and Morris, in the county of Morris [to be known as township of Chatham]Feb.12, 1806PDF
p.148An Act to incorporate parts of the townships of Bridgewater and Bernard, in the county of Somerset, into a separate township, to be called the township of WarrenMar.5, 1806PDF
p.150An Act relative to the mode of dividing real estates of intestates situate in more counties than oneMar.6, 1806PDF
p.151A Supplement to an act entitled “An act the better to promote the impartial administration of justice”Mar.6, 1806PDF
p.152An Act concerning Wrecks [mis-dated 1808 in original]Mar.8, 1806PDF
p.159An Act to amend an act entitled An act concerning wrecksNov.28, 1806PDF
p.160A Supplement to the act entitled An act concerning WrecksFeb.28, 1811PDF
p.160A Supplement to the act, entitled, “An act relative to the supreme and circuit courts”Mar.10, 1806PDF
p.161An Act respecting clerks of the court of common pleas and general quarter sessions; also to provide for recording the warrants of attorney, pleadings, proceedings and judgments in the county of HunterdonMar.10, 1806PDF
p.164A Supplement to the act respecting the Clerks of the Court of Common Pleas and General Quarter SessionsNov.27, 1806PDF
p.165An Act to amend the charter granted for the incorporation of the freeholders, inhabitants of the township of BergenMar.12, 1806PDF
p.170An Act for the publication of law reportsMar.12, 1806PDF
p.172An Act to revive and continue in force an act entitled “An act to authorize aliens to purchase and hold real estate within this state”Nov.7, 1806PDF
p.173An Act to incorporate a part of the township of Newark, in the county of Essex, in a separate township, to be called the township of OrangeNov.26, 1806PDF
p.174An Act concerning the eastern boundary of the state of New-JerseyNov.21, 1806PDF
p.177An Act to preserve and support the jurisdiction of this stateDec.3, 1807PDF
p.179A Supplement to an act entitled An act to enable the owners of tide swamps and marshes to improve the same; and the owners of meadow already banked in, and held by different persons, to keep the same in good repairNov.27, 1806PDF
p.183A Supplement to an act entitled “An Act respecting suits for recovery of monies due to the state”Nov.28, 1806PDF
p.184An Act to alter the time of holding the February term of the courts of common pleas and quarter sessions of the peace in the county of CumberlandNov.19, 1807PDF
p.184An Act to prohibit tavern-keepers, store-keepers, confectioners and hucksters, from entertaining minors, under the age of twenty-one years, at colleges, academies and schools, for the purposes of instruction, and from selling to them strong drinksNov.20, 1807PDF
p.186An Act to ratify and confirm the proceedings of the Medical Society of New-JerseyDec.1, 1807PDF
p.188An Act relative to the corporation for the relief of the widows and children of clergymen in the communion of the Protestant Episcopal Church in AmericaDec.3, 1807PDF
p.190An Act for the better regulation of fishing in the Hackensack river in the county of BergenDec.3, 1807PDF
p.192A Supplement to the act entitled An act authorizing the justices of the supreme court to appoint commissioners to take special bail and to administer oaths and affirmations in causes depending in the said courtDec.4, 1807PDF
p.192An Act respecting Forfeited EstatesNov.22, 1808PDF
p.197An Act supplementary to an act entitled An act to incorporate a part of the township of Trenton in the county of HunterdonNov.22, 1808PDF
p.199An Act to set off a part of the borough of Elizabeth in the county of Essex, and to incorporate the same into a separate township to be called the township of UnionNov.23, 1808PDF
p.202An Act for securing the laws, and relative to the office of the prerogative courtNov.25, 1808PDF
p.204An Act to regulate the fisheries in the river Delaware, and for other purposesNov.26, 1808PDF
p.212An Act supplementary to the act entitled “An Act to regulate the fisheries in the river Delaware, and for other purposes”Nov.20, 1809PDF
p.213An Act to erect and set off a new township from the township of Springfield in the county of Essex [to be known as the township of New-Providence]Nov.8, 1809PDF
p.214A supplement to the act entitled An act for the relief of persons imprisoned for debtNov.17, 1809PDF
p.216An Act for the relief of persons imprisoned for debtNov.1, 1810PDF
p.217An Act to repeal in part an act entitled “An Act for the relief of persons imprisoned for debt”Feb.11, 1811PDF
p.218An Act to repeal part of two certain acts respecting the great road leading from Perth-Amboy to SalemNov.24, 1809PDF
p.219An Act respecting writs of scire faciasNov.28, 1809PDF
p.220A Supplement to an act entitled An act to issue commissions for the examination of witnesses, and to take their depositions in certain casesNov.29, 1809PDF
p.221An Act authorizing the printed laws of this state to be read in evidence in any court in this stateOct.31, 1810PDF
p.221An Act to tax Bank-StockNov.2, 1810PDF
p.222An Act relative to the accounts of the treasury and the state-prisonNov.3, 1810PDF
p.223An Act for the protection of Steam-Boats owned and navigated by citizens of this stateJan.25, 1811PDF
p.225An Act to regulate Gun-Powder Manufactories and Magazines within this stateFeb.7, 1811PDF
p.226An Act to ratify an amendment to the constitution of the United StatesFeb.13, 1811PDF
p.227An Act to prevent Horse-RacingFeb.15, 1811PDF
p.231A supplement to an act entitled An act for the preservation of OystersFeb.20, 1811PDF
p.232A supplement to an act entitled “An act for suppressing Vice and Immorality”Feb.21, 1811PDF
p.235An Act concerning writs of error and writs of certiorariFeb.22, 1811PDF
p.236A Supplement to the act entitled “An act directing the mode of entering judgments upon bonds with warrants to confess judgments”Feb.22, 1811PDF
p.238An Act concerning RoadsFeb.22, 1811PDF
p.247An Act for the preservation of SheepFeb.23, 1811PDF
p.251An Act concerning DogsMar.13, 1806PDF
p.252An Act authorizing a compilation of the laws since Paterson’s revisionFeb.13, 1811PDF
p.253An Act establishing a Militia SystemFeb.16, 1811PDF

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