New Jersey § acts:saved-40 - (22.3)

§ acts:saved-40. (22.3)

3. That the said county of Ocean shall be divided into six townships, namely; the present

townships of Jackson, Plumsted, Stafford, Union and Dover, except so much of the said

township of Dover as lies north of a line running east from a point where the line

between the townships of Jackson and Howell meet the Dover township line; thence,

a straight line, to Polhemus' mills, on the south branch of Kettle creek; thence

along said creek to the bay; thence across the bay to the sea and all those parts

of the townships of Howell and Dover included in the following boundaries, viz.:

beginning at Manasquan inlet and mouth of Manasquan river; thence up the middle of

said river, to the first bridge over the same; thence westerly, to a corner on the

south side of said river near the old bridge; thence a southwesterly course till

it strikes the road leading to Jackson's mills; thence along said road till it meets

the line between Jackson and Howell townships; thence along said line to the Dover

township line; thence a straight line to Polhemus' mills, on the south branch of

Kettle creek; thence along said creek, the several courses thereof, to the bay;

thence across the bay to the sea; thence along the sea to the place of beginning,

to be called the township of Brick; and that the inhabitants of each and every of

the said townships be, and they are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic

in law, by the following names, that is to say: that the inhabitants of the township

of Jackson shall be styled and known by the name of “the inhabitants of the township

of Jackson, in the county of Ocean”; that the inhabitants of the township of Plumsted

shall be styled and known by the name of “the inhabitants of the township of Plumsted,

in the county of Ocean”; that the inhabitants of the township of Stafford shall be

styled and known by the name of “the inhabitants of the township of Stafford, in the

county of Ocean”; that the inhabitants of the township of Union shall be styled and

known by the name of “the inhabitants of the township of Union, in the county of Ocean”;

that the inhabitants of the township of Dover shall be styled and known by the name

of “the inhabitants of the township of Dover, in the county of Ocean”; and that the

inhabitants of the township of Brick, shall be styled and known by the name of “the

inhabitants of the township of Brick, in the county of Ocean”; and that the inhabitants

of each and every of the said townships, respectively, shall be, and they are hereby

vested with, entitled to, and authorized to exercise and enjoy all the franchises,

powers, privileges, immunities and authorities, and shall be, and hereby are made

subject to all the provisions of the laws, for the time being, for the regulation

and government of the inhabitants of the other townships of this state.