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No. 27.

AN ACT

Supplementary to an act relating to the Survey of Tioga Village.

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 tenth section of the act of assembly, approved the twentysixth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty, authorizing a survey of Tioga village, be altered and amended, by substituting Charles H. Seymour in place of A. C. Bush: And provided, That each of said commissioners shall receive, from the township funds of Tioga, the sum of three dollars per day for each day necessarily spent by him in examining records, making said survey and plot, and erecting said corner-stone; and also, such further sum as they, or either of them, may pay for the purchase of said stone and the recording of said plot.

RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

WM. M. PIATT,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The fourth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six.

JAMES POLLOCK.

No. 28.

A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT

To an act, entitled "An Act to encourage the Manufacture of Iron with Coke or Mineral Coal, and for other purposes," approved the sixteenth day of June, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six.

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 Buck Mountain coal company be and they are hereby authorized to increase their capital stock three hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That said increase of capital stock shall be first approved of by a majority of the stockholders, at a meeting called for that purpose: And provided further, That the said company pay to the state treasurer, for the use of the commonwealth, a tax of one-half of one per cent, on the said

increase of their capital stock, in four equal annual instalments,
from the time the same may be created.

RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.

WM. M. PIATT,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The fourth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six.

JAMES POLLOCK.

Ito. 29.

AN ACT

Changing the place of holding Elections in the township of Clifford, in
Susquehanna county.

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 qualified voters of Clifford township, in the county of Susquehanna, shall hereafter hold their general and township elections at the house now occupied by George Plamer, in said township.

RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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APPROVED-The fourth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six.

JAMES POLLOCK.

No. 30.

AN ACT

Relative to a Tax on Dogs in the county of Fayette.

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 act passed the twenty-seventh March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, laying a tax on dogs in

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said county, be and the same is hereby repealed, and that such taxes already levied shall not be collected.

RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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APPROVED-The fourth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six.

JAMES POLLOCK.

No. 31.

AN ACT

For the relief of Eleanor M'Elwain.

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 state treasurer is hereby authorized and required to pay Eleanor M'Elwain, of Armstrong county, widow of Robert M. Elwain, a soldier in the Indian war, or to her order, a gratuity of forty dollars, and an annuity of forty dollars, during the term of her natural life, commencing on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, and payable half yearly thereafter, on the first day of January and July.

RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

WM. M. PIATT,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The fourth day of February, Anno Domini one

thousand eight hundred and fifty-six.

JAMES POLLOCK.

No. 32.

A SUPPLEMENT

To an act, entitled "An Act for the Regulation and Government of the Montgomery County Prison; to incorporate the Catfish, Brady's Bend and Butler Plank Road Company; and in relation to the Easton Water Company," approved the twenty-eighth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one.

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 provisions of the third section of the act of which this is a supplement, in addition to the cases therein specified, shall extend to persons confined in the Montgomery county prison, under sentence by the court to pay a fine and costs of prosecution, or costs only, when no definite term of imprisonment is designated in the sentence: Provided, That such persons shall not be discharged until they have been confined three months under such sentence.

RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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APPROVED-The fourth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six.

JAMES POLLOCK.

No. 33.

AN ACT

Relative to Notaries Public.

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 it shall be lawful for any person heretofore appointed, or who shall hereafter be appointed a notary public, and whose commission shall direct him to reside in any city or borough in any of the counties of this commonwealth, in which any said city or borough may be located, to have his domicil in any part of said

county: Provided, That he shall keep an office in the said city or borough named in his commission.

RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

WM. M. PIATT,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The fourth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six.

JAMES POLLOCK.

No. 34.

AN ACT

Supplementary to an act, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Northern Liberties Gas Company."

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 capital stock of the Northern Liberty gas company be and is hereby increased to the sum or amount of four hundred thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of twenty-five dollars each, and to be disposed of in such manner and at such times as the trustees of the said company may deem necessary: Provided, That the whole of the capital stock of the said company so increased shall be subject to all the terms, provisions and conditions contained in the origina act, to which this is a supplement, and its supplements, and to the right of the city of Philadelphia to purchase the works and property of said company, as provided by said act: And provided further, That no part of said increased capital stock shall be used in the extension of the works or pipes of said company, until any surplus or reserved fund held by them shall be first applied to that purpose.

RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

WM. M. PIATT,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The fifth day of February, Anno Domini one

thousand eight hundred and fifty-six.

JAMES POLLOCK.

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