The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-06-03
CHAPTER oCcoxxxvI.

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W Ahact relating to Stevens Battery. 80
Whereas, 1t is alleged that tic war vessel
known as the Stevens battery has not been
and cannot be finished OH what the execn-
TORS Of Edwin a. Stevens, deceased, have
adopted aud pursued as his general plansy
for the sum of one llion Of dollars, nor
without large additional expenditure and
whereas, there NOW is and Tor considers
able time past has been; afsait pepdin8 ~
the court of chanccry of TINS state (ori4inn1&
" Institute by the widow and infant cl1i}~
slre]i of said Edwin A. Stevens, against twGf
Of the executors of said deceased. the attor<
hney general Of this State and m a<ln<lt4
daughter of said deceased, Involving ft,rs
judicial decisions, among other things, the
powers, rights and duties Of said executors
in respect to finishing and disposing Of said
vessel, the rights Of this state as well as
those Of the widow and children Of said de-
ceased in and to said vessel, and the money
appropriated by the will Of said deceased to
finish said vessel and also the rights Of tho
heirs at law Of Robert L. Stevens, deceased,
in and to said vessels I; and whereas, the
dam which separates the basin containing
said vessel from the waters Of Hudson river
and other projections of said vessel, are be-
lieved to be insecure and liable to be at any
time broken by the Force of tho waters Of
said riveror otherwise, and great, if not ir-..
iSp NittDtS utltHt 0Viic lHIltpJ w hdNl ttS-
sci ; and while the protection and preserya-
ton of said vessel, since the work of finish !
'ingis stopped, has been and will continue to !.
be largely expensive to said executors tho
said vessel and its constituent parts have
been and will continue to be (rapidly and
largely detoriorating in quality and value,
80 that, unless said vessel is disposed of at
an carly day, it will be oflbut small value to ]
any ono and will be substantially wasted 4
and lnet av.1,S pha tba inf i
.ofthe heirs-at-law of Robert H. Stevens, III .
and to said vessel is bat a part interest in
common with others, and the state, if said /
vessel bcsadjudgcd toiit; can,under the per-
mission of congress heretofore given, mako
no use of said vessel, except to sell it,; and
said executors desire and intend to sell said
vessel in baseit shall be adjudged that they
cannot or should not offer said vessel to tho
state as a present and that. the state shall
not receive said vessel ; therefore,
/. Be it enacted by the Senate and General
Assembly Of the State Of New Jersey, That
the vessel known as the Stevens Battey, and
all and every Of the rights and Interests Of the
state of New Jersey, and of all persons and Of
every person tferein and thereto, be ahso-
lutely sold and transferred in the manner hcic-
matter provided, at the farthest before the
first day of September next, and the proceeds
of such sale, as soon as paid by tho purchase
or purchasers, shall be paid into tile court of
chancery, in the suit hereinbefore mentioned,
to be disposed of pursuant to the orders and
DEGREES OF said court.
2. And be it enacted That said sale shall be
made by the governor or person for the time
being acting as governor, and the vice cham
cellor and the executors of the last will and
testament of said Edwin A. Stevens, deceased
on majority OF said executors !; and q deed
or bill of sale of said vessel or of any part
| thereof. to my purchaser thereof, signed, ac-
knowledged anil delivered by the acting gov
ernor and the vice chancellor and all or a ma
jority of said executors, shall vest in the pur-
chaser OF purchasers full and complete title
to what shall purpprt to be conveyed and
transferred by such deed or bill of sale.
3. And be it enacted, That one of the terms
upon which said vessel shall be sold, shall be,
that the purchaser or purchasers have the
use, free Of rent, Of the dock and yards and
basin heretofore appropriated to the said bat
terry, for the purpose OF finishing said battery
and removing it, or for removing it without
finishing it, but for no other purpose.
2. And be itenacted, That bids shall be ill
vited by the persons So, as aforesaid author
lied, to make said sale Of saidavcssel and all
things belonging or appertaining TO il, as an
entirety, and also bids for saidsvessel, separa-
ted from its engines, machinery, tools and ma
terial, and also separate bids for the engines,
machinery, tools and material to be separated
from each other, and If tho aggregate of tho
bids of responsible bidders for the several
parcels shall amount to more than. the high
est bid offered by a responsible bidder for said
vessel and all things belonging and appertain-.
ing to 1t, as an entirety, then the sale shall be
in parcels, otherwise as an entirety.
5. And be il enacted, That the person who,
as aforesaid are to make sale of said vessel
shalt in their advertisement of said sale, give
description of said vessel aud it's contents,
rff
and materials purchased for said vessel, but
not yet placed in it, and shall invite sealed
bids or proposals in writing for the purchase
of said vessel as an entirety, and also separate
bids for its several portions, separated as,
aforesaid to be delivered to the governor at !
the executive chamber in the State House, at
Trenton, beforetwclve o'clock, noon, of the
first day of July next,~ aud on tho day last
named the said bids shall be opened at tho
State House, by the governor or vice chancel-
lor, in the presence OF each other, and in the
presence of the said executors, or of such of
said executors as shall see fit to attend and
the said vessel either as an entirety or in
parcels, as hereinbcfore prescribed, shall be
awarded and sold to the highest bidder or
bidders, and the same shall besconveyed5 in 4
manner aforesaid, to the purchaser or pur- !
chasers upon his or their paying therefor as
shall be prescribed in the conditions of sale
the advertisements aforesaid shall be prepared
and issued within sixty days after the date of
the approval of this act, and IL the said execu-
tors shall not cooperate in preparing and is.
suing them within that time, then the same
shah be prepared and issued by the governor
alone and inall things touching the alver-
Using and making of said sale not herein.
specially provided for, the said persons so as
Aforesaid authorized to make said sale, shall
exercise their best discretion and Judgment
with view to obtaining the largest amount
Of money for the said vessel. ST. ofa6ss.I 81 IS.
@. And be it enacted That. the necessary
and reasonable expenses Of preparing for and
making said sale, certified to by the governor
and vice chancellor, shall be paid out of the
proceeds of said sale on the order of tho chan
cellor. Fs7e iea ESQ sti3E kie
4 And be it enacted That this act shall DO
public act, and shall take ef'eetimmediatcly.
Approved March ~, 1874 asa 3 ss!T
CHAPTER CCCCXxyIII.
Supplement- to an act entitled 9 Al actrcspect-
ing the Office Of trasurer,'"s approved April
seventeenth, eighteeuhundred and forty six.
/. Be It enacted by Tie Senate and General
Assembly Of, the State Of New Jersey That
the treasurer OF this state shall, prior to the