Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-10-15


ton of this class after this.
In 1743 an act was passed to en-
courage the direct importation of rum
from the West indies.
In 1746 was passed an act to en-
courage the destruction of crows,
blackbirds and squirrels in the coun-
ties of Gloucester, Salem and Cape
May.
| In 1747 an act was passed authoriz-
ing the inhabitants of Burlington and
| Gloucester counties to build draw
or swinging bridge over Cooper's
creek in the county Of Gloucester .
and appointing commissioners to lay
out a direct road over said bridge to
Cooper's Ferries: and at the same ses-
sion of the assembly the county of
| Cumberland was set off from Salem
In 1861 was passed an act empow-
ering the church warden and Vestry-
men of ST Peters Church of Perth
Amboy ito raise by lottery a sun OF
money for repairing the church par
! sonage, school house and ferry house
Of said city," and in 1852 St. Marys
Church. Burlington, was empowered
to raise money by lottery, for repair
ing the ''church and parsonage house
and at another session Of the assem-
| bly,, held the same year, the trustees
of the College of New Jersey We're
empowered to raise by lottery a sum
of money for the use of the college.
In 1853 was passed an act to raise
fund for defraying damages done
by dogs
In the same year was passed ''an act
for laying out more direct road from
Little Timber Creek over Newton
creek, near the mouth thereof. to
Cooper's Ferries, and for erecting
bridge over the creek at the pleee
aforesaid The fourth section recites
That the said bridge, so to b. erect
ed, shall be, and hereafter remain a
toll bridge. and it shall and may be
lawful for the said Isaac Cooper, John
| RrglyssJanaes IIs.iehman, to let the
said bridge and causeway or cause
ways to farm to be erected, cast up
and made, and afterward kept in good
repair, by the toll arising therefrcm"
The authorized toll was: For every
Wagon or OK cart with two creatures
and a driver, three pence; with four
/ creatures. four pence; for a coach, !,
four pence; carriage with two horg es.
three pence; one horse, two pence;
| passenger with horse, two pence; foot
passengers. one pence" By the third
section the road was declared to be
public road, subject to the above toll.
By an act passed. in 1857 the fee in
this toll bridge wes invested IN VIII
liam Gerard, and he was authorized
to build house within the bounds of
F. tie road for use in collecting the toll
In Iii i lengthy act recises that
Thomas Attmore, Isaac Burrougn,
Benjamin Thackara, Jacob Stokes,
! Hannah Cooper, Keziah Tonkin Eliza
of meadow on the easterly side of
Newton creek" have suffered damage
by reason of this causeway not be-
ing raised above the tide. directing
that if the causeway is not raised in
three months, that the managers of
the meadow banks on Newton creek
may raise the same
In 1865 was passed an act for build
ing and maintain!ls drawbridge over
I, Taccco. creek in the county of Glou
eester. near the mcuth Of said creek.
In 17C7 wcs passed. an act to en-
power the inhabitants Of the town
! ships Of Greenwich. Deptford and
WoolUich to repair their public roads
by hire" This appears to be the first
/ instance in which the roads were au-
thorized to be maintained by hire, and
the act was limited to three years,
and in 177l the act was continued for
another term of three years for the
township of Deptford.
BY an act of 1859 Great Timber
creek from the mouth to the fork was
declared lawful fence. and authority
was given TO build bridge over said
creek near the fork, from lands of
Samuel Clements, deceased, to lands
of George Marple. deceased. Is this
what is now known as Clements
bridge?
The last session of the assembly of
the province of New Jersey was held
in Burlington in December, ITS. 1t
passed but few public acts, but num-
Der of private ones, and it seems re-
markable that neither act nor word
of the assembly indicates the storm
that was then raging over the coun-
try; ere this the battles of Concord,
Lexington, Bunker Hill and Fort
Moultrie had been fought, the Cont
mental congress had met in Philadel-
phia Washington has assumed COM
mand of the Continental army at Bos-
ton, and all the provinces we're in open
rebellion against the mother country,
vet the assembly gives no indication
of the tempest that must have been
raging over the province.