No. 329. AN ACT. To authorize the School Directors of the borough of Venango to borrow money, and for other purposes. 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 school directors of the borough of Venango, in the county Borrow money. of Crawford, are hereby authorized to borrow any sum of money not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars, and issue bonds for the same in sums not less than twenty-five dollars each, bearing a rate of interest not exceeding six per centum per annum. SECTION 2. That in order to provide for the payment of the And levy tax to principal and interest of the said bonds, the said school direc- pay same. tors are hereby authorized and empowered, in addition to the tax now authorized by the common school laws of this common wealth, to levy a tax to be assessed on the last adjusted valuation on the real and personal property of said borough, for state and county purposes, annually, till the said bonds are fully liquidated and no longer: Provided, That the said tax shall be assessed in amounts as nearly equal for each year as is practicable, and be collected in not less than three nor more than five years. SECTION 3. That it shall be the duty of the school directors How money to be of the said borough, judiciously to expend the money realized expended. from said bonds, in purchasing grounds, building materials, and procuring labor to build a public school house for the accommodation and use of the common schools of said borough; and it shall be lawful for the said school directors to permit the use of any part of said building for any purpose, until such time as the entire occupancy thereof shall be required for common school purposes; and any rents or profits arising therefrom shall be added to and form part of the common school fund of said borough. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The eleventh day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 330. AN ACT Authorizing the payment of certain Coupons represented to have been stolen. 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 be and is hereby authorized to pay to the Southwark Bank the sum of two hundred and twenty-five dollars, that being the amount of nine coupons, of twenty-five dollars each, attached to bonds of the commonwealth, numbered respectively, one thousand three hundred and twenty-one to one thousand three hundred and twenty-nine, both numbers inclusive; which coupons are presumed to have been stolen from a letter broken open before it was received, and in which they were inclosed and mailed by the Bank of the State of New York, directed to the Southwark Bank of Philadelphia: Provided, That before such payment to the Southwark Bank, said bank shall give a bond to the commonwealth; to be approved by the auditor general and filed in his office, for the re-payment of such sum, in the event of the payment of said coupons being demanded and received from the commonwealth or its agents, by the holder or holders thereof. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. APPROVED-The eleventh day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 331. AN ACT To authorize the School Directors of the borough of West Pittsburg, Allegheny county, to select sites for School Houses. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assem bly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That whenever the board of directors of West Pittsburg, in Allegheny county, shall be unable to procure such eligible points for the erection of school houses thereon as they may deem expedient, by agreement with the owner or owners of the land, it shall and may be lawful for the board of directors, in behalf of the district, to enter upon and occupy sufficient ground for the purpose which they shall designate, and mark off, not exceeding in any case, one half of an acre, and to use and occupy the same for the purposes of a school house, with its necessary or convenient appurtenances; and for all damage done and suffered, or which shall accrue to the owner or owners of such land by reason of the taking of the same for the purposes aforesaid, the funds of the district which may be raised by taxation, shall be pledged and deemed as security; and it shall and may be lawful for the court of common pleas of the said county, on application thereto by petition, either by the said school district through the president and secretary of the board of directors, or by the owner or owners of said land, or any one of them in behalf of all, to appoint a jury of viewers, consisting of three discreet and disinterested citizens of said county, who shall not be the owners of the property or residents in the school district of West Pittsburg, and appoint a time not less than twenty nor more than thirty days thereafter, for said viewers to meet upon said land, of which time and place ten days' notice shall be given by the petitioners to the said viewers, and the other party; and the said viewers, or any two of them, having been first duly sworn or affirmed faithfully, justly and impartially to decide, and a true report to make concerning all matters and things to be submitted to them, and having viewed the premises, they shall establish and determine the quantity and value of said land so taken to be used for the purposes aforesaid; and after having made a fair and just computation of the advantages and disadvantages, they shall estimate and determine whether any, and if any, what amount of damages has been or may be sustained, and to whom payable, and make report thereof to the said court; and if damages be awarded and the report be confirmed by the said court, final judgment shall be entered thereon; and if the amount thereof be not paid within thirty days after the entry of such judgment, execution to enforce the collection thereof may be issued, as in other cases of judgment against school districts; and each viewer shall be entitled to one dollar and fifty cents per day for every day necessarily employed in the performance of the duties herein prescribed, to be paid by such school district. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of the Senate.. APPROVED-The eleventh day of April, Anno Domini one thou sand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 332. AN ACT For the relief of the estate of John Hoge, deceased. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of tatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Gener bly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the s the estate of John Hoge, deceased, is hereby released payment of any part of the defalcation of A. A. Dou collector of tolls at Hollidaysburg, arising from the s of said John Hoge upon the official bond of said. Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be co release the other sureties of said Douglass from the of three-fourths of said defalcation; and that this ac go into effect until said sureties shall have filed th assent thereto in the office of the auditor general. RICHARDSON L. WRI WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of ti APPROVED-The eleventh day of April, Anno Domi sand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES PO NI, TALA No. 333. AN ACT Relative to the Sheriffs. of this Commonwealth. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assem bly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, "That the sheriffs of the several counties of this commonwealth, excepting the countics of Allegheny and Philadelphia, to whom are committed the custody of prisoners, shall hereafter receive such allowance for boarding said prisoners as may be fixed by the courts of quarter sessions of the respective counties, not exceeding twenty-five cents per day for each prisoner, any provision in any other act of assembly to the contrary notwith standing. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The eleventh day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. ig to the rights of property of Husband and Wife. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen- Tag 'I's hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Repeal. be act relating to the right of married women, and poses, passed the eleventh of April, eighteen huny-eight, as requires the consent of a married wost had and obtained, or the acknowledgment of her gages, when conveying her own real estate, to be ntly from that which she is authorized to make ns her husband in conveying his real estate, to bar dower therein, is hereby repealed; and all deeds Certain deads. s of any married woman heretofore acknowledged &c, validated. her husband, so as to bar her right of dower or her husband's lands, shall be effectual and valid to a respect to her own real estate. 2. That nothing in said act contained shall be con- Contracting of uthorize any married woman to contract any debt or debts prohibited. o as to make liable her husband or his estate, further might have done before the passage of said act. N 3. That whensoever any husband shall have deserted Wife authorized ated himself from his wife, or neglected or refused to to bring certain pport her, or she shall have been divorced from his bed and actions. bard, it shall be lawful for her to protect her reputation by an etion for slander or libel; and she shall also have the right, y action, to recover her separate earnings or property: Proded, That if her husband be the defendant, the action shall e in the name of a next friend. SECTION 4. That whenever any married woman of lawful age Married women tall be entitled to a legacy, or to a distributive share of the may release legaersonal estate, or of the proceeds of the real estate of a de- cies, &c. sed person, it shall be competent for her, either in person by attorney, to sign, seal and deliver a refunding bond, in rsuance of the act of assembly in such case made and proided, and also to execute all such other instruments, and to erform all such other acts as may by law be necessary to be lone, or may be lawfully required by the executor or adminisator, upon the payment to her of the moneys to be distriKated as aforesaid, with the same effect, for the intent and purpose binding her separate estate, as if she were sole and unmar ed. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The eleventh day of April, Anno Domini one thouand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. |