. No. 443. AN ACT To authorize the Canal Commissioners to examine the claim of John S. 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 canal commissioners be and they are hereby authorized and required to examine the claim of John S. Young, for damages done to him by the killing of three horses and one mule, by a train of cars on the Columbia and Philadelphia railroad, on the night of the fourteenth of September, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, and to adjust the same. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The eighteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 444. AN ACT To appoint commissioners to view and lay out a state road in Warren and 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 Warner Perry, James M'Gill, of Warren county; and Joseph Commissioners. L. Chase, of Crawford county, are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out by courses and distances a state road from Warren and Franklin turnpike, near the mouth of Gordons run, Route. in Deerfield, to Titusville, in Crawford county, via Enterprize. SECTION 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, Duties. That it shall be the duty of the said commissioners, or a majority of them, after taking an oath or affirmation before a justice of the peace, to perform the duties enjoined upon them by this act with impartiality and fidelity, carefully to view the ground over which the said road may pass, and lay out the same as near to a straight line between the aforesaid points as the nature of the ground and other important circumstances will permit, and in such manner that the vertical departure from a horizontal line Location. Mark route. Make drafts. Pay. Expenses, how paid. Releases from landholders. Opening of road. shall not exceed three degrees, unless it be at the crossing of ravines and streams, where by moderate filling or bridging the declination of the road may be preserved within that limit. SECTION 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, "That it shall be the duty of the commissioners, or a majority of them, in choosing the ground, to have due regard to the crossing of water, to the declination and nature of the ground, to the expenses of the townships, to the damages to private property, and to all other circumstances affecting the route, so that by a judicious and skilful combination of them the route finally adopted may best promote the public good. SECTION 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the commissioners plainly and distinctly to mark upon the ground the route agreed upon for the road as aforesaid, in such manner as to enable the supervisors readily to find the same; and for the purpose of fulfilling the duties in this act enjoined, the commissioners are hereby authorized to employ two chain bearers, one axeman and one staff bearer, at a per diem allowance not exceeding one dollar. SECTION 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the commissioners to make out a fair and accurate draft of the said location, noting thereon the courses and distances from point to point, as they occur, the improvements they pass through, and also the crossing of county and township lines, roads or waters, with such other matters as may serve for explanation; one copy whereof shall be deposited in the office of the secretary of the commonwealth, on or before the first day of December next, and one copy in the office of the clerk of the court of quarter sessions of the respective counties aforesaid, on the day aforesaid, or as much sooner as practicable, which shall be a record thereof; and thenceforth the said road shall be to all intents and purposes a public highway, and shall be repaired in all respects as roads are repaired which are laid out by order of the courts aforesaid. SECTION 6. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the compensation of the commissioners shall be one dollar and fifty cents each, for every day necessarily employed by virtue of this act; and the accounts of the said commissioners for their own pay, and the pay of their hands as aforesaid, shall be adjusted and allowed by the commissioners of Warren and Crawford counties, and paid by the treasurers thereof, on warrants drawn in the usual way; each county to pay one equal half part of the expenses incurred in laying out the same; and if any vacancy or vacancies shall happen by the resignation of one or more of the commissioners, or by any other cause, the governor is hereby authorized to fill the vacancy or vacancies by a suitable appointment. SECTION 7. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the said commissioners, to take from each and every person or persons owning lands along the roads by them respectively to be laid out, acquittances or releases from any blame or damages, upon the condition that such road shall pass through such person or persons' land or lands, and to file the same in the commissioners' office, in the proper county. SECTION 8. That it shall be the duties of the said commissioners to open said road, and cause the same to be put in a condition for easy traveling; and the expenses thereof shall be paid by the townships wherein the work is done; and the accounts of said commissioners for the construction of said road, shall be settled in the same manner as the accounts of supervisors of highways are now settled by the respective townships interested in the same. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. APPROVED-The eighteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 445. AN ACT For the relief of Joshua Walton. 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 canal commissioners be and they are hereby authorized and required to examine the claim of Joshua Walton, of Chester county, for damages alleged to have been done to his horses on the fourteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, and report the facts to this legislature. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The eighteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 446. AN ACT Relative to the terms of Court in the county of Snyder. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represensatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the December terms of the courts of Snyder county shall commence one week prior to the December courts in Union county, and continue one week, if necessary. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. APPROVED-The eighteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. To an act relative to Land and Building Associations, approved the sev enth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fiftythree. 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 proviso in section second of the act of seventh March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, limiting the quantity of land to be held or purchased for land and building associations to fifty acres, is hereby repealed, so far as relates to lands owned in Sullivan county, and the quantity extended to an amount which shall not exceed in value the limitation named in the fifth section of an act of twelfth April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, viz: one thousand shares at one hundred dollars each. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The eighteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 448. AN ACT To vacate a certain alley in the borough of Columbia. 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 so much of the alley extending from Walnut street to Gay street, in the borough of Columbia, as lies south-west of, and is not occupied by Commerce street, be and the same is hereby vacated. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. APPROVED-The eighteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 449. AN ACT To legalize the election of John S. Green as a Justice of the Peace in the borough of Laporte, in the county of Sullivan. 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 legality of the election of John S. Green as a justice of the peace in the borough of Laporte, in the county of Sullivan, shall not be impaired by any informality in said election; and the said John S. Green is hereby declared to be as competent to exercise the duties of said office as though he had resided in said borough during the six months preceding his election. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. APPROVED-The eighteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. |