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125
John Berry .
47
52
I26
Nicholas Varlet
55
62
128
Nicholas Varlet .
.
55
63
129
Tielman Van Vleck . .
48
53
130
Englebert Steinhuysen
35
34
I31
Hendrick Van Ostrum
.
56
63
I32
Claas Jansen Van Purmerant.
....
57
64
62
127
Nicholas Varlet .
55
.
.
INDEX TO FIELD BOOK.
Number of Each Tract or Lot mark'd on said Map
In whose Patent contain'd
Numr. of the Patent in which contained
Page in the Ficlo Book where the surben of each particular Tract begins
I33
Claas Jansen Van Purmerant.
4
8
I34
Tielman Van Vleck
48
54
135
Ide Cornelise .
53
136
Guert Garretse
38
39
I37
Caspar Stymets.
28
21
138
Englebert Steinhuysen
35
33
I39
Guert Coerten .
33
28
140
Jacob Luby.
41
43
14I
Thomas Fredrick alias De Cuyper
36
35
142
Fredrick Philipse
34
30
143
Jan Vinge
58
6.4
144
Jacob Luby
42
44
145
Van Ruyven, Lindertz Bruggen
Anthony & Van
59
65
146
Nicholas Varlet & Nicholas Bayard
60
66
147
Guert Coerten.
3I
27
148
Guert Coerten.
32
27
149
Fredrick Philipse.
34
3I
150
Fredrick Philipse.
34
3I
15I
Fredrick Philipse.
34
3I
152
Englebert Steinheysen
35
34
I53
Guert Garretse.
38
39
155
Paulus Pieterse
39
41
156
Dirck Garretse
40
42
I57
Jacob Luby.
4I
44
158
Jan Lubertse
43
46
I59
Peter Jacobse
44
46
160
Nicholas Varlet & Balthazar Bayard
45
49
16I
Dow Harmense
46
5I
162
John Berry
47
5I
163
Dirck Tunise
51
58
164
Adrian Post.
30
24
165
Hendrick Tunisse
49
55
I66
Hans Dederick
5º
57
167
Garret Garretse
52
59
I68
Nicholas Varlet
55
63
.
.
35
.
.
.
4
.
.
.
.
.
. . .
.
.
.
.
.
.
37
37
154
Herman Edward.
·
273
60
274
INDEX TO FIELD BOOK.
Beside the foregoing Patents, and before making division of the Common Lands The Commissioners run out and ascertain'd the Bounds & Limits of the following Tracts or Lots of Land viz :
Numr. of Each Tract as mark'd on the Map
Page in the Firlo Book where the Surveys of these Tracts are recorded.
169
67
170
Being a Tract of Land & Meadow at Horsi- mus, in the Possession of Capt. Archibald Kennedy Being a small Piece of Land lying southly from, and near the Town anciently appropriated for the Purpose of a Burying Ground
69
171
Being another small Piece of Land lying south- westerly from, and near the Town, anciently ap- propriated as a Settlement for Mechanicks
69
172
Being a Tract at Bergen Point, set apart by the Commissioners for Sale for defraying the Charges of the General Partition
70
173,174
Being four Lots of Land, Allotted.to the Use of the Church of Bergen
71-73
175,176
177,178 Being three Lots of Land, Allotted to the Use 1799 of the Free School at Bergen
73-74
INDEX TO FIELD BOOK.
Tracts or Lots of Common Land allotted to the N.B. The Lots of Common respective Patents. Vizt. begin with No 201
Patent
Number of each Tract or Lot of common Land as mark'd on the Map
Page in the Field Book where the Survey of the respective Lots of Common Land begins.
I
Allotted .
No 201
2
do
233, 203, 219 .
75 76, 76, 77 77,78
3
do
2II, 237. . .
78
5
do
238
79
6
do
247
80
7
do
.
217.
81, 81
9
do
206, 259.
82, 82
IO
do
..
205
83
II
do
260
83
I2
do
213, 261 .
84, 84
13
do
204.
212, 258, 265.
86, 86, 86 87
16
do
278, 267.
88, 88
18
do
. .
280, 269.
89, 90
19
do
27I
90
20
do
..
272
91
2I
do
275
91
22
do
274.
92
23
do
273
92
24
do
276.
93
25
do
277 .
94
26
do
270
95
27
do
. . .
227, 251 . .. .
96
29
do
223.
97
30
do
264
97
31
do
243.
99
33
do
.
235.
99
34
do
. .
.
234, 262.
100, 100
35
do
216, 244
IOI, 10I
36
do
232, 284.
102, 102
37
do
...
249.
103
38
do
22I.
103
39
do
. . . . .
. .
252, 253, 281.
104, 104, 104
40
do
226. .
105
41
do
231.
106
42
do
. ..
202.
107, 107
43
do
. . .. . .
44
do
. . . . . ...
236.
108
8
do
208, 263 ..
85
14
do
15
do
266 ..
279, 268.
89, 89
I7
do
.
. . .
28
do
. .
225.
215.
98
32
do
...
.... ..
... . . . .
106
4
do
240.
.
80
... .
.
248, 282.
95, 96
275
276
INDEX TO FIELD BOOK.
Patent
Number of each Tract cr Lot of commor. Land as mark'd on the Map.
Page in the Field Book where the Survey of the respective Lots of Common Land begin.
45
Allotted
250, 285, 286, 224, 108, 109, 109, 109,
IIO, IIO
46
do
246. .
IIO
47
do
228.
III
48
do
230.
III
49
do
. .
220, 255.
112, 112
50
do
. ..
214.
113
51
do
...
245.
II3
52
do
222.
II4
53
do
. ...
.
229, 256. .
114, 115
54
do
.... ..
254. .
.
II5
55
do
242, 257.
116, 117
56
do
.. . .
209, 239.
117, 118
57
do
..... ..
210.
I18
58
do
.. .
. . .
218.
119
59
do
..
.
207.
119
60
do
283.
120
...
241, 287
277
INDEX TO FIELD BOOK.
A List in numerical Order of all the particular Tracts or Lots of Common Lands As allotted to the respective Patents.
Numr. of each Tractor Lot of Common Land.
Numr. of the Patent to which Allotted.
Numr. of each Tract or Lot of Common Land.
Numr. of the Patent to which Allotted.
No
201
Allotted to
I
No 245
Allotted to
51
202
do
42
246
do
46
203
do
...
2
247
do
..
6
204
do
I3
248
do
... .
43
205
do
. . .
IO
249
do
. . . .
37
206
do
. . . .
9
250
do
.. .
45
207
do
....
59
251
do
. . . .
27
208
do
. . . .
8
252
do
...
39
209
do
. . . .
56
253
do
....
39
210
do
. . . .
57
254
do
. . . .
54
211
do
....
3
255
do
. . . .
49
212
do
....
14
256
do
.. .
53
213
do
. . . .
I2
257
do
. . .
55
214
do
.. . .
50
258
do
215
do
. . ..
31
259
do
.. . .
9
216
do
....
35
260
do
....
II
217
do
. . . .
7
261
do
. . . .
I2
218
do
....
58
262
do
. . ..
34
219
do
. . . .
2
263
do
8
220
do
. . . .
49
264
do
. . . .
30
221
do
. . . .
38
265
do
I4
222
do
. . . .
52
266
do
. . . .
I5
223
do
. . . .
29
267
do
.. . .
I6
224
do
. . . .
45
268
do
....
I7
225
do
. . .
28
269
do
. .. .
26
227
do
... .
27
271
do
... .
I9
228
do
. . . .
47
272
do
20
229
do
. .. .
53
273
do
. . . .
23
230
do
. . . .
48
274
do
....
22
231
do
. . . .
36
276
do
. . .
24
233
do
... .
2
277
do
. . ..
25
234
do
....
34
278
do
. . . .
16
235
do
. . . .
33
279
do
. . . .
I7
236
do
....
44
280
do
18
237
do
. . . .
3
281
do
... .
39
238
do
....
5
282
do
.. . .
43
239
do
. . . .
56
283
do
....
. . . .
36
241
do
... .
45
285
do
. . . .
45
242
do
...
55
286
do
. . . .
45
243
do
. . . .
32
287
do
. . . .
45
244
do
. . . .
35
275
do
. .. .
21
232
do
. . . .
40
270
do
.. . .
....
. . . .
60
240
do
...
4
284
do
. . . .
18
226
do
.. . .
41
. . . .
14
278
An Ender to the Field Book of the subdivisions of the Common Lands of the Township of Bergen.
Number of each Patent.
NAMES of the PATENTEES.
The Numbers whereby the The Numbers where- Lots of Common Land which by The Subdivided Portions of the Com- mon Lands are distinguished. have been allotted To the respective Patents Upon the General Partitions are distinguished.
The Page in the Field " Book where the Survey or Field Work of each Subdivided Portion of Common Land is recorded .
The Names of the Persons to whom the respective Allotments of the Common Lands are adjudg'd.
No I Maryn Adrianse.
. . 201
William Bayard Esqr.
2 Nicholas Varlet ... .
.. 233, 203, 219
. ...
William Bayard Esqr.
3 Ide Corneliese Van Vost. .
Cornelius Van Vost
4 Claas Jansen Vanpurmerant
240
Hendricus Kuyper Esqr.
5 Abraham Isaacsen Plank .
238
Cornelius Van Vost
6 Jacob Stoffelsen .
. 247
Michael & George De Mott
7 Petrus Stuvyesant . .
. 21 7
Petrus Stuvyesant
129 Myndert Garrabrants
8 Claas Pietersen Cors. .
.263
.407
.130 Myndert Garrabrants
9. Nicholas Jansen Baker
.206, 259
301
. 132 Michael Corneliese Vreelandt
.
·
302
133 Michael Hartman Vreelandt
. . . 3º3
. . 133 Johannis Vreelandt
. . . 133 John Van Horne
· 304
. .
3º5
.
. . 134 Cornelius Jorsen Blinkerhoof
INDEX TO FIELD BOOK.
10 Feytie Hartman's Ist
. 205
306
.208
.307
.. 130 Cornelius Garrabrants
.408
.131 Cornelius Garrabrants
Cornelius Jorsen Blinkerhoof .
.
. 211, 237
.
397
. 135 Michael Hartman Vreelandt
· 396
. 135 Michael Cornelise Vreelandt
.394
. 136 George Vreelandt Esqr.
. 395
136 Johannis Vreelandt
393
. 136 John Van Horne
.. 392
. 137 Joseph Waldron
390
. 137 James Collard
. 391
138 Not declared
308
139 Michael Hartman Vreelandt . .
. 213
. 309
139 Johannis Vreelandt
398
140 Michael Hartman Vreelandt .
13 Derick Classen's 2d ..
...... 204
14 Derick Sycan's Ist
. . 212, 258, 265
Michael Corneliese Vrelandt George Vreelandt Esqr.
. . 413
. . 142 Thomas Brown
-
414
. . 142 Lawrence Brown
15 Lawrence Andriese .
266
.
. 415
... · ·
. . 143 Feytje Seegaerd
· ... 416
. . 143 Cornelius Jorsen Blinkerhoof
. . 144 George Vreelandt Esqr.
16 Lubert Gilbertse . .
278, 267
17 Severin Lawrence
. . 279, 268
18 Hendrick Jansen Spier
280, 269
Widow Spier &c
19 Derick Sycan's 2d .
271
423
147 Antje Fielding
20 Thomas Davison .
272
424
. . 148 Antje Fielding
21 Thomas Davison.
275
George Cadmus
22 Peter Jansen Slaat
274
George Cadmus
23 Hendrick Jansen Van Schalckwyck.
273
John Van Horne
24 Catharine Stoffelsen . .
...... 276
Jacob Van Horne
279
INDEX TO FIELD BOOK.
417
Jacob Van Wagenen Jacob Van Wagenen
146 Michael Cor : Vreelandt
.. 422
. .
. .
.
. 148 Michael Cor : Vreelandt
425
·
·
·
.
.
II Feytie Hartman's 2d
.260
12 Derick Classen's Ist
261
· 399
140 Johannis Vreelandt
Number of cach Patent.
NAMES of the PATENTEES.
The Numbers whereby the The Numbers where- Lots of Common Land which by The Subdivided Portions of the Com- mon Lands are distinguished. have been allotted To the respective Patents Upon the General Partition are distinguished.
The Page in the Field Book where the Survey or Field Work of each Subdivided Portion of Common Land is recorded.
The Names of the Persons to whom the respective Allotments of the Common Lands are adjudg'd.
· .
426
.. 151 Feytje Seegaerd
. . .
. 427
152 George Vreelandt Esqr.
25 Barnt Christian
277
429
153 Thomas Brown
. . . .
430
. 153 Jacob Van Horne
...
.. 431
. 154 Jacob Van Horne
418
. . 155 Jacobus Van Buskirk
26 Nicholas Jansen & Sam1 Edsal .
270
...
420
156 Jacob Van Horne
.
. .
·
.
227
335
I 58 Zachariah Sickles
27 Mark Noble & Samuel Moore ....
. .
. .
379
158 Cornelius Blinkerhoff
380
158 Vanderhoof's
381
159 Joseph Hawkins
251
382
159 Daniel Smith ,
· ... 383
160 Job Smith
.
384
160 Peter Pietersen Esqr. . Peter Marselis
28 Caspar Stymet's Ist
.225
327
162 Thomas Brown
. .
.
328
162 Jacob Vanderhoof
29 Caspar Stymet's 2d
223
. 329
163 Michael & George De Mott
· 330
163 Johannis Van Houta
.
280
INDEX TO FIELD BOOK.
. .
428
152|Lawrence Brown
. .
. . ...
. .
419
155 Widow Van Buskirk &c
421
. 156 George Cadmus
334
157 Peter Pietersen Esqr.
.. ..
. .
.
·
36
31 Guert Coerten's Ist
215
...
.... .
354
168 Altje Van Winkle
32 Guert Coerten's 2d
243
. . .
355
169 Not declar'd
......
345
170 Beletje's Hans al: Van Riper
33 Guert Coerten's 3d
235
.
... 347
170 Altje Van Winkle
346
171 Not declar'd
.. 234
Philip French Esqr.
400
172 Garret Newkirk
34 Fredrick Philipse ...
..
36 Thom : Fredrick al : De Cuyper ...
. 232, 284 .
..
409
164|Michael & George Demott 165 Jacob Van Wagenen
30 Adrian Post
264
410
165 Johannis Van Wagenen
....
4II
166 Cornelius Gerritse al : Van Riper
. . .... 314
167 Cornelius Gerritse al: Van Riper
315
167 Garret Garritse al : Van Riper
401
172 Peter Marselis
402
173 Cornelius & Garret Sip
262
· 403
I73
Herman Veder
404
I74 Abraham Dederick
174 Abraham Sickles
...
406
175
Cornelius Dederick
316
176 Hendrick Sickles
176 Daniel Dederick
. .
. .
362
177 Johannis Van Wagenen
35 Englebert Steinhuysen. . .
361 .
177 Hendrick Van Winkle
360
178 Hendrick Sickles
. .
. . 244
...
·
......
.
·
.
179 Michael & George Demott
. . 357
1
..
356
.
180 Not declar'd
Michael & George Demott
281
INDEX TO FIELD BOOK.
. ..
.. 216
.
.
317
·
.
.
...
359
178 Arent Toers
358
179 Abraham Sickles
. . 412|
405
Number of each Patent.
NAMES of the PATENTEES.
The Numbers whe. eby the The Numbers where- Lots of Common Land which have been allotted To the respective Patents Upon the General l'artition are distinguished.
by The Subdivided Portions of the Com- mon Lands are distinguished.
The Page in the Field Book where the Survey or Field Work of each Subdivided Portion of Common Land is recorded.
The Names of the Persons to whom the respective Allotments of the Common Lands are adjudg'd.
37 Harman Edwards .
.. 249
369
182 Cornelius & Garret Sip
370
182 Arent Toers
. .
.
320
183 Johannis Van Houta
321
.
..
184 Abraham Sickles .
322
184 Garrit Newkirk
38 Guert Gerritse . .
.. 221
324
185 Johannis Dedericks
323
185 Cornelius & Garret Sip
325
186 Beletje's Hans al : Van Riper
326
186 Not declar'd
39 Paulus Pieterse
.. 252. 253. 281
:226
332
188 Daniel Van Riper
. .
333
189 Widow Van Riper &c
41 Jacob Luby ..
231
343
.
190 Arent Toers
42 Jacob Luby. .
.202
.
. 331
.
188 Michael & George De Mott
40 Dirck Gerritse.
342
190 Cornelius & Garrit Sip
344
191 Johannis Van Houta . . William Bayard Esq .
282
INDEX TO FIELD BOOK.
.
181 Hendrick Van Winkle
371
·
187 Garrit Newkirk
43 Jan Lubertse. .
.... ... 248
.363 .364 .365 .366 .367
... 192|Levinus Winne
. .. 193 Abraham Dederick
. 193 Cornelius Dederick .
. 194 Arent Toers .
.368
. .194 Andries Prior . 195 Gysbert Van Blairkum ·
.282
Arent Toers
44 Peter Jacobse
.236
.348
. 196 Jacob Van Wagenen
.349
. 196|Peter Marselis
.
.372
.378
.197 Johannis Van Houta .198 Arent Toers
.377
.198 Cornelius & Garret Sip
.. .. . .. .... 250
373
. 199 Beletje's Hans al : Van Rip .
45 Nicholas Varlet, and Balthazar Bay- ard .
.285, 286
Cornelius & Garret Sip
. .224
Beletje's Hans al : Van Riper
.241, 287
Zacharia Sickles
46 Dow Harmanse. .
.. 246
.
Michael & George Demott
.336
.202 Johannis Van Houta
47 John Berry
228
.337
.203 Mathevis & Henry Newkirk
338
.203 Mathevis Newkirk Junr.
.. 339
.204 Jacob Newkirk
48 Tielman Van Vleck .
.. 230
... 34I
.205 Isaac Van Vleck
.. 318
.206 Michael Hartman Vreelandt
49 Hendrick Teunise
220
.319
.207 Hendrick Van Winkle
.... .255
Hendrick Van Winkle
283
INDEX TO FIELD BOOK.
·
... 340
.205 Levinus Winne
.
.199 Cornelius Gerritse al : Van Riper
... 374
.. 375
.. 376
.200 Garret Garretse al: Van Riper .200 Altje Van Winkle
Number of each Patent.
NAMES of the PATENTEES.
The Numbers whereby the I.ots of Common Land which have been allotted To the respective Patents Upon the General Partitions are distinguished.
The Numbers where- by The Subdivided Portions of the Com- mon Lands are distinguished.
'The Page in the Field Book where the Survey or Field Work of each Subdivided Portion of Common Land is recorded.
The Names of the Persons to whom the respective Allotments of the Common Lands are adjudg'd.
50 Hans Dedericks
.. 214
...
310
. 210 Abraham Dederick
51 Derick Teunisse
. . 245
52 Garrit Gerritse
.. 222
Johannis Van Wagenen
53 Ide Corneliese
229, 256
Cornelius & Garret Sip
. ..
. 387
212 Arent Toers
386 ·
. 213 Johannis Van Houta .
54 Arent Lawrense
... 254
...
·
214 Abraham Prior
.
388
. . 214 Johannis Van Wagenen
389
.. 215 Not declar'd
. .....
353
216 Garrit Gerritse al : Van Riper
352
.. .
.
. 242
35I
. . 217 Arent Toers
55|Nicholas Varlet
35°
· 217
Not declar'd
56| Hendrick Van Ostrum
. 209, 239
. ·
.. .
Hendericus Kuyper Esqr.
57 Claas Jansen Vanpurmerant
.210
58 Jan Vinge . . .. ..
.
. 218
59 Van Ruyven et al .
.
. 207
60|N : Varlet & N : Bayard .
.
283
Not declar'd
284
INDEX. TO FIELD BOOK.
..... 3II
. 208 Arent Toers
312
. 209 Johannis Dederick
.. 209|Cornelius Dederick
. 313
Johannis Van Wagenen
.. .
. 385
·
-
. . 257
.
. .
. .
.
.
.
Hendericus Kuyper Esqr.
Devisees of Sir Peter Warren
Not declar'd
.
. ·
216 Robert Leake Esqr.
Not declar'd
CHAPTER V.
SECAUCUS COMMONS.
The preceding Field Book disposes of all the Land in the old Township of Bergen, and settles the ownership of nearly all the Common Lands except the Tract allotted to the Patent of Sc- caucus. This was not subdivided by the first commission and the rea- son therefor probably lay in the fact that many of the owners were non-residents who had, by inheritance, become owners of consider- able parts of this Patent, which were undivided. This confusion of ownership practically prevented an allotment, until finally the political troubles between England and the Colonies intervened. As soon as peace was re-established efforts were made to obtain a subdivision of the allotment. But for several reasons further leg- islation was necessary to secure this object. Thereupon the Leg- islature of New Jersey enacted as follows :
CHAP. XLVIII.
A Supplementary ACT to an Act, intitled, An Act appointing Commission- ers for finally settling and determining the several Rights, Titles and Claims to the Common Lands of the Township of Bergen, and for making Partition thereof in just and equitable Proportions among those who shall be adjudged by the said Commissioners to be entitled to the same.
WHEREAS an Act of the Legislature of New Jersey was passed in the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty-three, intitled, An Act appointing Commissioners for finally settling and determining the several Rights, Titles and Claims to the Common Lands of the Township of Bergen, and for making Partition thereof in just and equitable Proportions among those who shall be adjudged by the said Commissioners to be entitled to the same, by which said Act Jacob Spicer, Charles Clinton, William Donald- son, Azariah Dunham, Fohn Berrien, Samuel Willis and Abraham Clark, jun. Esquires, and the Majority of them, and the Survivors and Survivor of them, and the Majority of such Survivors, were appointed Commission- ers for making Partition of the Common Lands of the Township of Bergen aforesaid, according to the Directions of the said Act : And where- as the said Commissioners, or the Majority of them, in or about the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty-four, proceeded to execute the said Trust, and having first surveyed the Outlines of the said Township and the several Patents, and allotted them their respective Proportions of the common Land, made the Subdivisions thereof, and located to each and every Proprietor his and their respective Shares, according as the said Commissioners judged agreeably to Right, except in the single Instance herein particularly provided for : And whereas in making the Subdivisions aforesaid, a Patent was produced to them, called the Patent of Secaucus, dated the tenth Day of December in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Six Hundred and Sixty-three, granted by Peter Stuyvesant, the then Dutch Governor, to Nicholas Varlet and Nicholas Bayard, and confirmed to the said Varlet and Bayard by Governor Philip Carteret on the Thirteenth Day of October, in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Six Hundred and
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Sixty-seven, to which Patent the Commissioners set apart a certain Lot of Land, called the common Lands allotted to the Patent of Secaucus, in the Corporation of Bergen, and which said Lot is distinguished by the said Commissioners' Field-Books and Maps of the General Division by the Number Two Hundred and Eighty-three ; Duplicates of both which said Books and Maps are said to be filed as of Record in the Secretary's Office in Perth Amboy, and in the Clerk's Office in the County of Bergen : AND WHEREAS a great Number of Persons did put in their Claims for the said Common Lands, in considering of which Claims many Difficulties occurred, and the Commissioners then present being equally divided in Opinion, were prevented from finally determining to whom the said Lot of Land did belong, as appears by the Record thereof made by the said Commissioners in their said Books : AND WHEREAS all of the said Com- missioners appointed by the said Act, except two, are since deceased : AND WHEREAS many Difficulties and Inconveniencies have arisen in and about the Execution of the said Act, in the determining the Claims to the Lands allotted to the Patent of Secaucus, so that a total Obstruction is put to the Commissioners' further proceeding ;
Sect. I. BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Council and General As- sembly of this State, and it is hereby Enacted by the Authority of the same, That Abraham Clark, Azariah Dunham, Silas Condict, John Carle, and Daniel Marsh, Esquires, shall be, and are hereby appointed Commissioners for settling and finally determining in whom the Right or Rights of the said common Lands allotted to the Patent of Secaucus is or are vested; and if it shall appear to the said Commissioners, or the major Part of them, that a Division or Subdivision of the said common Lands is necessary, then the said Commissioners shall proceed to make Division thereof, and shall cause two Field-Books and Maps to be made, specify- ing the Bounds of each and every Lot, and to whom allotted, which said Maps and Field-Books shall be signed by the said Commissioners, or the major Part of them, and their Surveyor or Surveyors: And if the Com- missioners shall be of Opinion that the Right of the said common Land is vested in one Person, they shall certify the same under their Hands ; and one of the Field-Books and one Map of the Allottment with its Subdivisions, if such Subdivision is found necessary, or Certificate, shall be filed of Record in the Secretary's Office ; and one other Field-Book, Map or Certificate, shall be filed in the Clerk's Office of the County of Bergen, to be kept and remain as Evidence, and shall be, and are hereby made conclusive Evidence of the Transactions of said Commissioners, and such Opinion of the said Commissioners shall be deemed good and valid in Law to establish the Right and Title of the Proprietor or Proprietors of the said common Lands.
2. And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the Commissioners hereby appointed, before they enter on the Execution of any Part of the Trust reposed in them by this Act, shall severally take an Oath, and qualify in the same Manner and Form as the Commis- sioners named in the above recited Act were required to do; and there- after they, and their Surveyors and Chain-Bearers, shall be vested with the same Powers and Privileges respecting the said Lot of common Land allotted to the said Patent of Secaucus, and be entitled to the same Reward for their Services, and subject to the same Restrictions and Reg- ulations, as the Commissioners appointed by the above recited Act, their Surveyors and Chain-Bearers were respectively entitled and subject
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to, and the whole Expence which shall or may accrue by the Execution of this Act shall be paid and defrayed out of the Surplus or remaining Money appertaining to the Proprietors of the common Lands of the Cor- poration of the Township of Bergen, provided the same, or a sufficient Part thereof for defraying the Expence of the said Subdivision, can be obtained by the said Commissioners upon Demand of the Persons who were Trustees of the Freeholders of the Township of Bergen, at the Time the other Parts of the Commons of Bergen were divided, or of their Executors or administrators, to which Trustees at that Time the Surplus aforesaid is said to have been paid by their Commissioners ; and in case the said Commissioners, upon their entering upon the Execution of the Business to which by this Act they are appointed, shall not be able to obtain from said Trustees or their Representatives upon Demand the Whole, or so much of the Money appertaining to the Proprietors of the common Land of Bergen, which was paid to the said Trustees by the former Commissioners, as in their Opinion will be sufficient to defray the Expence attending the Business to which by this Act, they are appointed ; that then, and in such Case, the said Commissioners, or the major Part of them shall be, and they hereby are authorized, directed and em- powered, to set apart so much of the common Land allotted to the Patent of Secaucus, as in their Opinion will be sufficient to complete the Settlement and Division of the said Commons ; and the said Commis- sioners herein named, and the major Part of them, shall be, and they hereby are invested with all the Powers granted to the Commissioners named in and by the before recited Act for granting, conveying and assuring, the Land they may set apart as aforesaid ; and any Sale or Sales by them to be made of such Land shall be good and valid, and entitle the Purchaser or Purchasers to an absolute Estate in Fee-Simple for the same, in which said Sale or Sales the said Commissioners shall be Governed by the same Rules, and in all Things conduct themselves in the same Manner, as the Commissioners named and appointed in the be- fore recited Act were directed to govern and conduct themselves.
3. AND, to the End that the Trustees of the Freeholders and In- habitants of Bergen, or their Executors or Administrators, may not on any Pretence whatever withhold any Part of the Money deposited in their Hands which remained of the Sale of Lands made by the Commis- sioners named and appointed in and by the before recited Act, after de- fraying thereout the Expence of the Division and Subdivision of said Commons, as far as they proceeded therein, together with other Dis- bursements made thereout by said Commissioners upon Request of the Trustees and Freeholders of said Township, Be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the said Trustees of the Freeholders of the Township of Bergen, in whose Hands the aforesaid Money was deposited, their Ex- ecutors and Administrators respectively, shall be liable and account for all the Surplus Money deposited in their, or either of their Hands, which re- mained unexpended at the Time of closing the Field-Books by the Com- missioners named and appointed in and by the before recited Act, which was raised by the Sale of a Tract of Land, Part of the common Lands of Bergen which was made by said Commissioners pursuant to said recited Act, which Money, deposited as aforesaid, the said Trustees of Bergen, their Executors and Administrators, are hereby required and enjoyned to pay to the Commissioners herein named, or the major Part of them, upon their demanding the same.
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