History of the land titles in Hudson County, N.J., 1609-1871, Part 34

Author: Winfield, Charles H. (Charles Hardenburg), 1829-1898; Hudson County (N.J.). Board of Chosen Freeholders; New Jersey. Commissioners for Making Partition of the Common Lands of the Township of Bergen; Bergen Reformed Church (Jersey City, N.J.)
Publication date: 1872
Publisher: New York : Wynkoop & Hallenbeck, Printers
Number of Pages: 482


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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



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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