The Lambertville record., 1873-06-11
cHApTEl, CccLxx.

CHAPTER CCCLXX.
Further Supplement- to the act entitled An
act respecting the Court of Chancery."
--s1.- Beit enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly of the State of New Jersey, That in
any suit hereafter to be commenced in the
court of chancery, wherein it shall be thought
necessary or proper to make any married wo-
man party, and it shall appear by the affida-
Wit OF the complainant, his or her solicitor,
annexed to the bill of complaint, and filed
Herewith, that notwithstanding due inquiry
has been made thereion the christian name Of
such married woman cannot be ascertained
it shall and may be lawful and sufficient to
designate any such married woman by the
name of her husband with Mrs" preiixed
thereto T ~ k
2. And be it enacted, That it shall and may
be lawful for any married woman so desig-
mated in any suit, to appear and plead, answer
or demur, either by the name by which she
shall have been made party, or by her own
christian name, but if by the latter, she shall
also state the name by which she was made a
party.
3. And be it enacted, That any and all pro-
ceedings lad or taken in any suit against any
married wonian,f who shall have been made q
party as aforesaid, shall be as valid, binding,
and conclusive in all respects as they would
have been had she been made q party by her
own christian name.
A. And be it enacted, That whenever final
decree shall be made in favor of the defendant
or defendants in any cause affecting the title
to any lands and real estate, notice of the
pendencyiof which has been filed in the office
of any county clerk or clerks. 1t shall be the
duty of the said clerk or clerks to enter upon
the margin of the record of such notice. a
statement of the substance of such decree, up.
on copy thereof, certified under the seal of
the court of chancery, being filed in his Office,
and thereafter the lands and real estate men.
toned in the said notice shall be and remain
discharged ofall equities setsup in the bill, of
complaint in said suit, notwithstanding the
saidas,it be thereafter revived. S.
s. And be it enacted, That in all suits in
stituted in the court of chancery for the en-
forcement of any claim for the payment of
money upon any lands and real estate except
for the foreclosure of mortgage, and notice
of the pendency of which shall be filed in the
office of any county clerk or clerks, it shall be
lawful for the chancellor, and he is hereby en-
powered to make an order dscharging the
said lands and real estate from such claim, up
on the defendant or defendants giving snfIici-
ent and sat sfactory security, in such sum and
manner as the chancellor may direct, for the
payment of such sum or sums of money as
may by the final determination Of the said
eanse, be ascertained to be chargeable upon
the said lands and real estate, and upon filing
a copy Of the said order, certified under the
seal of ti,e court of chanccry with the said
county clerk or clerks, he or they shall make
entry of said discharge, by reason of said Or
der, on the margin of the record of said notice,
and the said lands and real estate shall be
thereafter discharged from any claim which
may be made in the said suit, except such as
may be covered by the security given for the
payment of such claims.
q. And be it enacted, That the county clerk
shall lie entitled to receive the sim of fifty
cents for each service required by the two
proceeding sections.
Z. And be it enacted, That this act shall
take effect Immediately.
Approved March 60, 1878.