lower ferry, to the above named boroughs, on condition that the said boroughs keep and maintain the same in good order and condition as a public highway forever: Provided, That after such transfer no toll shall be charged on the parts of said road so transferred. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The nineteenth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 156. A SUPPLEMENT To an act to authorize the Commissioners of Chester county to borrow money, approved the fifth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the commissioners of Chester county be and they are hereby empowered to borrow, upon the credit of said county, for the purpose of paying for the erection of a new house of employment and relief for the poor, any sum of money not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars, in addition to the amount authorized to be borrowed by the act to which this is a supplement, payable within ten years: Provided, That no bond or other obligation shall be issued by the said commissioners for the payment of the same of a less denomination than one hundred dollars. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The nineteenth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 157. A SUPPLEMENT To an act authorizing the Board of School Directors of the borough of Washington to borrow money. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the powers conferred on the board of school directors of the borough of Washington, by the act passed the twenty-fifth of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, to borrow money for the purpose of paying for the erection of the new school building erected by said board of school directors, be enlarged so as to enable them borrow a sum sufficient to pay for the grounds purchased and the school edifice and janitor's house thereon erected: Provided, That the amount borrowed shall not exceed the sum of twenty thousand dollars; said loan to be secured as provided in said act, and subject to the same provisions as is therein contained, and that any loan made in pursuance of the provisions of this act shall be exempt from taxation. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. APPROVED-The nineteenth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 158. AN ACT Authorizing the settlement by township auditors of the account of Joha M. M'Candless, late superintendent of the Butler and Mercer turnpike road. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the township auditors of the several townships of Butler county, through which the Butler and Mercer turnpike road passes, are hereby authorized and required, at their next regular meeting, to examine, audit and adjust the accounts of John M. M'Candless, late superintendent of said road, and ascertain the amount, if any, due to him for work upon said road and bridges. And should any amount be so found due to him, the same shall be apportioned to the respective townships according to the work therein done, and shall be collected and paid in the usual man ner as debts against townships to supervisors of roads are paid; RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The nineteenth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 159. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT To the act incorporating the Western Pennsylvania Hospital. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the further sum of twenty thousand dollars, payable in three equal Appropriation. annual instalments from and after the passage of this act, be and the same is hereby appropriated to aid in extending and perfecting the accommodations for the insane in the Western Pennsylvania Hospital, located at Pittsburg, to be drawn and expended on warrants of the governor, agreeably to the provisions of a supplement to the said act, approved the eighth day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five: Provided, Proviso. That no money shall be paid in pursuance of this act, unless the plan of the proposed building for the further accommodation of the insane of the said Western Pennsylvania Hospital, and the Plan and contract contract for its erection and completion, shall have been pre- to be approved. viously submitted to the governor of this commonwealth, and approved by him. SECTION 2. That the governor of this commonwealth shall Governor to aphave power to appoint, annually, three persons, citizens of point managers. Pennsylvania, to serve as managers, for one year, of the said Western Pennsylvania Hospital: And further, that the said board of managers shall make and return annually, in the month of January, to the legislature of the state, a full and complete statement, certified by their president and treasurer, of the affairs and condition of the said hospital. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The nineteenth day of March, Anno Domini one shousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 160. AN ACT Regulating the manner of Voting at the General Elections, and the time of closing the several elections in the county of Montgomery. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Manner of voting. from and after the passage of this act it shall be lawful for the qualified electors of Montgomery county to vote at their general elections for governor, canal commissioner, surveyor general, auditor general, member or members of congress, senators and members of the general assembly upon one slip or ticket; and all county officers, including the judges of the court of common pleas, also upon one separate slip or ticket: Provided, That the office for which every candidate is voted for shall be designated as required by the existing laws of this commonwealth: And provided further, That the state and county tickets shall each be so folded as to conceal the names of the persons voted for, and on the outside of the state ticket shall be written or printed the words, "State officers," and on the outside fold of the county ticket shall also be written or printed the words, "County officers." Frauds. Time of closing. SECTION 2. That any fraud committed by any person voting in the manner aforesaid, shall be punished as similar frauds are punished by the existing laws of this commonwealth. SECTION 3. That the time for closing the several elections in the several wards, boroughs and townships in the county of Montgomery shall be eight o'clock in the evening, and all laws or parts of laws inconsistent with the provisions of this act be and the same are hereby repealed, so far as relates to the said county of Montgomery. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, 15 Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The nineteenth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 161. AN ACT For the more effectual preservation of life and property from damages by the explosion of gunpowder and gun cotton, in the city of Philadelphia. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Keeping of powit shall not be lawful for any person or persons to have or der regulated., keep any quantity of gunpowder or gun cotton in any house, store, shop, building, cellar, or other place within the city of Philadelphia, (except in the public magazines, or in a quantity not exceeding two pounds for private use) unless in the manner hereinafter provided. kept. SECTION 2. That it shall be lawful for the mayor of the city Licenses to sell of Philadelphia to grant licenses under the official seal of said powder. city, to any person or persons desirous to sell gunpowder or gun cotton therein. The person or persons so licensed may have on their premises a quantity of gunpowder or gun cotton, not exceeding in all twenty-five pounds at any one time. The person or persons so licensed shall not be protected against any Amount to be of the penalties or consequences hereinafter provided for violations of this act, except while they have, on some conspicuous part of the front of each of the houses or buildings in which they may be licensed to sell gunpowder or gun cotton under this act, a sign on which shall be distinctly painted in letters Sign to be put up. legible to persons passing such houses or buildings, the words, "licensed to sell gunpowder," or "licensed to sell gun cotton,' and shall pay into the city treasury the sum of five dollars for said license. SECTION 3. That every carriage used for conveying gun- Conveyance of powder or gun cotton within the city of Philadelphia, in accord- powder regulated ance with the provisions of the acts now in force relative thereto, shall in addition to the requirements therein contained, have painted on each side thereof, in letters distinctly legible to all passers by, the word "gunpowder," and any failure so to do, shall subject the offender or offenders to the penalties herein contained for violations of this act. SECTION 4. That in every case of a violation of any provision Powder may be of this act, relative to the keeping of gunpowder or gun cotton, seized. or in every case of the violation of any of the provisions of the acts now in force relative to the introduction, into the city of Philadelphia, of gunpowder or gun cotton, it shall be lawful for any of the trustees of the Philadelphia association for the relief of disabled firemen, to seize such gunpowder or gun cotton in the day time, and to convey, or cause the same to be conveyed, to any magazine used for the storing of gunpowder. SECTION 5. That whenever any inhabitant of the said city Searches authoshall make oath or affirmation, particularly describing as nearly rized. as may be the place to be searched, and the things to be seized, before the mayor, or any alderman, of any fact or circumstance, which, in the opinion of the said mayor or alderman, shall |