Excerpt from Report of Joint Committee to Investigate the Acts and Proceedings of the Board of Proprietors of East Jersey, Touching the Rights and Interests of the State, and of the Citizens Thereof, 1882 The Hon. Robert Gilchrist appeared on behalf of the State, in lieu of the attorney-general. William M. Force, a witness subpoenaed by order of the Committee, being duly sworn, testified as follows. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.