Damages.

Compensation.

Expenses, how paid.

feet, and at a grade not to exceed three degrees from a horizontal line, and shall be made and repaired in all respects as roads laid out by order of court; and the damages sustained by the owners of land, if any, shall be assessed and paid as provided by the act of the thirteenth day of June, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six.

SECTION 4. That the said commissioners, one of whom may be an artist on said road, shall each be entitled to receive two dollars per day for each and every day they shall be necessarily employed in performing the duties of this act, and the artist shall be entitled to receive fifty cents per day additional compensation; and the said commissioners are hereby authorized to employ two chain carriers and one axeman, at a compensation not exceeding one dollar and fifty cents per day, and the accounts shall be registered by the commissioners and paid by the treasurers of said counties in the usual manner; and if any vacancy shall occur, by resignation or otherwise, the remaining commissioner or commissioners shall have power to supply such vacancy or vacancies by appointment.

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

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

JAMES POLLOCK.

No. 369.

AN ACT

Changing the name of Plunkets Creek township, in the county of Sullivan. to Hills Grove.

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 from and after the passage of this act the township of Plunkets Creek, in the county of Sullivan, shall be called and known by the name of the township of Hills Grove.

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

APPROVED-The fifteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thou

sand eight hundred and fifty-six.

JAMES POLLOCK.

No. 370.

AN ACT

To appoint Commissioners to run and mark the county lines between Wayne and Pike.

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 Phineas G. Goodrich, of the county of Wayne, and Lafayette Commissioners. Westbrook, of the county of Pike, are hereby appointed commissioners, with authority to survey, ascertain and mark the dividing line between the counties of Wayne and Pike.

SECTION 2. That it shall be the duty of said commissioners, Duties. after having first taken and subscribed an oath or affirmation before a justice of the peace to perform the duties enjoined on them by this act with impartiality and fidelity, to go upon the ground and carefully survey, ascertain, mark and establish the dividing line which separates Wayne from Pike.

SECTION 3. That it shall be the duty of said commissioners, Mark line. on or before the first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, to survey and mark said line on the ground by distinct and permanent marks whenever and as often as the said division line crosses any public road or highway, and other convenient distances on the aforesaid line, and to make two drafts of the same, certified under their hands, with courses and distances plainly laid down, with reference to the improvements through which said line may pass, one of which they shall deposit in each of the prothonotary's office of the aforesaid coun. ties as soon thereafter as practicable, which shall be considered as a public record.

Drafts.

SECTION 4 That the said commissioners shall receive as a Pay. compensation for their services the sum of three dollars per day and necessary expenses, for and during the time they shall be actually engaged in the discharge of their duties, and the commissioners shall have authority to appoint one assistant each; said assistants each shall receive for their services the sum of two dollars per day and the necessary expenses while actually engaged in said survey; and all the aforesaid expenses shall be equally paid by the counties of Wayne and Pike, by the commissioners of said counties by warrant drawn on the treasurers of their respective counties.

Expenses, bow paid.

SECTION 5. That in case either of the above named commis- Vacancies. sioners should refuse to serve, or in the event of his sickness or death, the remaining one shall select a suitable person, a resident of the same county in which the person resided who caused the vacancy as commissioner.

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

WM. M. PIATT,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The fifteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thou

sand eight hundred and fifty-six.

JAMES POLLOCK.

No. 371.

AN ACT

In relation to the recording of a certain deed from Joseph Brady to Wiliam Brady.

WHEREAS, Joseph Brady, on the sixteenth day of February, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, executed a deed to William Brady, for a certain tract of land in Ligonier township, Westmoreland county, for the purpose of barring an estate tail in accordance with the act of the sixteenth of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, but said deed was not recorded within six months from its date as required by said act:

AND WHEREAS, The said tract of land has ever since been held and enjoyed under said deed, nor has the title to the same been in any way disputed, but doubts have been entertained as to the validity of the title to said land; for remedy whereof,

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 deed in the preamble to this act described shall be good and available to pass the title to the tract of land described in the same, as fully and effectually as if the said deed had been recorded in the office for recording deeds in Westmoreland county, within six months next after the execution thereof, in accordance with the act passed the sixteenth of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine.

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

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

JAMES POLLOCK.

No. 372.

AN ACT

To authorize the Canal Commissioners to examine the claim of John Braden, relative to damages sustained by the erection of the Beaver Division of the Pennsylvania Canal.

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 canal commissioners are hereby authorized to examine the

claim of John Braden, of Beaver county, and if it shall appear to them that damages have been sustained in his lands and premises, by reason of the erection of the Beaver division of the Pennsylvania canal, for which the commonwealth should be reasonably bound to make compensation, then the said commissioners shall assess such amount of damages in favor of the said John Braden as he shall justly be entitled to, and report the same to the legislature, with a statement of the facts upon which their award may be predicated.

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

WM. M. PIATT,

Speaker of the Senate.

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

JAMES POLLOCK.

No. 373.

A SUPPLEMENT

To an act to incorporate the Loretto Turnpike Road Company, in Cambria county, approved the eighth day of April, Anno Domini 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 authority is hereby given to the Loretto turnpike road company to increase the rate of toll on said road, until such time as the company shall be out of debt, from four to six cents on each horse in every cart or wagon drawing the same, whatever the length of the road may be; the said toll to be charged for the whole length of the road, or proportionably less for a less distance traveled.

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

WM. M. PIATT,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The fifteenth day of April, Anno Domini one

thousand eight hundred and fifty-six.

JAMES POLLOCK.

No. 374.

AN ACT

To vacate part of a State Road leading from Schellsburg, in Bedford county to Fort Littleton, in Fulton county.

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 so much of the state road leading from Schellsburg, in the county of Bedford, to Fort Littleton, in the county of Fulton, as lies between the village of Hopewell, in the county of Bedford, and the Gap of Sideling Hill, in the county of Fulton, be and the same is hereby vacated.

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

WM. M. PIATT,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The fifteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thonsand eight hundred and fifty-six.

JAMES POLLOCK.

No. 375.

AN ACT

To establish a Ferry over the Ohio river at or near Middletown, in Allegheny county.

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 Ferry authorized. Robert B. Kendall, his heirs and assigns, shall have the right

Duty of owner.

and privilege, at their own expense, to make good and conve nient landings on the north and south sides of the Ohio river, at and near the village of Middletown, in Moon township, Allegheny county, on the south side, and at and near Haysville, Ohio township, in the same county, on the north side, and to use the river between said landings as a public ferry.

SECTION 2. That the said Robert B. Kendall, his heirs and assigns, shall keep the said landing and ferry in good order and repair, fit for the transportation and passage of travelers, teams and carriages of all description, and keep good and sufficient boats and other crafts, and competent and careful ferrymen, who shall constantly, as occasion may require, attend for the purpose of carrying passengers, teams and carriages across the river with all reasonable diligence and care.