brought for 14. And be it enacted, That suits at law may be main- Suit may be tained by any stockholder or person insured by said company non-payment. against said corporation for losses or damages insured against by said corporation, if payment shall be withheld more than ninety days after the same shall be due and payable by the terms of the policy of insurance, or other contracts, and after said corporation shall have been duly notified of such loss or damage. 15. And be it enacted, That this act may be altered, amended or repealed at the pleasure of the senate and general assembly. Approved April 22, 1868. JOINT RESOLUTIONS. NUMBER I. Relative to appropriation for procuring statues of Stockton and Kearney. WHEREAS, by concurrent resolutions of the senate and general Preamble. assembly of the state of New Jersey, unanimously passed on the thirtieth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, Richard Stockton, one of the signers of the declaration of independence, and Major General Philip Kearney, late of the United States volunteer army, were designated as the illustrious Jerseymen, eminently worthy of national commemoration, whose statues in bronze or marble shall occupy the places reserved for New Jersey in the National Statuary Hall, at Washington, 1. BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate and General Assembly of Appropriation the State of New Jersey, That the treasurer of the state be authorized and directed to pay, under the direction of the committee hereinafter selected, or a majority of them, the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000,) or so much thereof as may be required to procure the statues above indicated, the civilian marble, the soldier bronze. tee. 2. And be it resolved, That a joint committee of three from Joint commit the senate and five from the house of assembly (to be appointed by the presiding officer of each house) and of which the president of the senate and speaker of the house shall be one, be appointed to carry out the object above contemplated. made. 3. And be it resolved, That the committee or a majority of Report to be them shall make report in writing of their proceedings in the premises, at the meeting of the next legislature. Approved March 18, 1868. Treasurer to widow. NUMBER II. Relative to the salary of the late Providence Ludlam, Senator from the county of Cumberland. 1. BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate and General Assembly of pay salary to the State of New Jersey, That the salary of the late Providence Ludlam, who at the time of his decease represented the county of Cumberland in the senate of New Jersey, which would have accrued to him had he filled that position during the legislative session, is hereby ordered to be paid to the widow of the said senator, and that the treasurer of this state be authorized to pay, upon the warrant of the comptroller, the amount of such salary as ascertained and determined by the law governing and regulating the pay of members of the legislature. Approved March 18, 1868. Treasurer to NUMBER III. Relative to the salary of the late Samuel Fowler, member from the county of Sussex. 1. BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate and General Assembly of par salary to the State of New Jersey, That the salary of the late Samuel Fowler, who, at the time of his decease, represented the county of Sussex in the general assembly of New Jersey, which would have accrued to him had he filled that position during the legislative session, is hereby ordered to be paid to the widow of the said member of the general assembly, and that the treasurer of this state be authorized to pay, upon the warrant of the comptroller, the amount of such salary as ascertained and determined by the law governing and regulating the pay of members of the legislature. Additional sum to be paid. 2. And be it resolved, That in addition to the above salary the treasurer of this state be directed to pay to the widow of the said Samuel Fowler the sum of ($200) two hundred dollars. Approved March 25, 1868. NUMBER IV. Withdrawing the consent of this State to the proposed Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, entitled article fourteen, and rescinding the joint resolution, approved September eleventh, anno domini eighteen hundred and sixty-six, whereby it was resolved that said proposed Amendment was ratified by the Legislature of this State. The legislature of the state of New Jersey having seriously Preamble. and deliberately considered the present situation of the United States, do declare and make known: That the basis of all government is the consent of the governed, and all constitutions are contracts between the parties bound thereby; that until any proposition to alter the fundamental law, to which all the states have consented, has been ratified by such number of the states as by the federal constitution makes it binding upon all, any one that has assented is at liberty to withdraw that assent, and it becomes its duty to do so, when, upon mature consideration, such withdrawal seems to be necessary to the safety and happiness of all; prudence dictates that a consent once given should not be recalled for light and transient causes; but the right is a natural right, the exercise of which is accompanied with no injustice to any of the parties; it has, therefore, been universally recognized as inhering in every party, and has ever been left unimpaired by any positive regulation. The said proposed amendment not having yet received the assent of the three-fourths of the states, which is necessary to make it valid, the natural and constitutional right of this state to withdraw its assent is undeniable. With these impressions, and with a solemn appeal to the Searcher of all Hearts for the rectitude of our intentions, and under the conviction that the origin and objects of said pro |