company, by a vote of three-fourths the value of the stock, shall give their assent thereto, or shall have abandoned the same.

SECTION 4. That if the said company shall not commence the construction of their road within three years, and complete the same to the Four Mile run within five years thereafter, this act shall be null and void, except so much thereof as may be necessary to wind up the affairs and pay the debts of the company. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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

Limitation.

JAMES POLLOCK.

No. 466.

A SUPPLEMET

To the act to provide for the erection of a house for the employment and support of the poor of the county of Bedford, approved March first, one thousand eight hundred and forty-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 directors of the poor and of the house of employment for the county of Bedford, be and they are hereby authorized to borrow any sum of money not exceeding two thousand dollars, to be used in the payment of the debts of said institution, at a rate of interest not exceeding six per centum per annum, and to be secured by mortgage on real estate of the corporation, or in such other manner as may be agreed upon.

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

WM. M. PIATT,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The nineteenth day of April, Anno Domini one

thousand eight hundred and fifty-six.

JAMES POLLOCK.

No. 467

AN ACT

For the relief of Rennes Henegan.

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 state treasurer is hereby authorized and required to pay Rennes Henegan, of the county of Armstrong, widow of James Henegan, 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 days of January and July.

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

WM. M. PIATT,

Speaker of the Senate.

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

JAMES POLLOCK.

Commissioners.

Duties.

No. 468.

AN ACT

Authorizing the laying out of a State Road from the Twenty-fourth ward in the city of Philadelphia, to the Spring Mill road, at or near its intersection with the Conshohocken road, in Montgomery 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 Joseph Fox, of the city of Philadelphia, and Allen W. Corson and E. W. Beans, of Montgomery county, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view and lay out a state road, commencing in the Twenty-fourth ward of the city of Philadelphia and terminating in the Spring Mill road, at or near its intersection with the Conshohocken road, in Lower Merion township, Montgomery county: Provided, That said road shall connect at or near the county line, with a street westward of Belmont avenue, as the same is or may be laid on the plan of said city.

-SECTION 2. That it shall be the duty of said commissioners, or a majority of them, after taking and subscribing an oath or affirmation before an alderman or justice of the peace, to perform the duties enjoined upon them by this act with impartiality and

fidelity, to carefully view the ground over which said road may pass, and to lay out the same on the nearest and best ground, and in no place to exceed an elevation or declination of five degrees from a horizontal line, except at crossing of ravines and streams, where by a moderate excavation, filling or bridging, the elevation or declination may be preserved within that limit.

Drafts.

SECTION 3. That it shall be the duty of said commissioners to make out a fair and accurate draft of the location of said road, respectively noting thereon the courses and distances as they occur, the improvements, crossing of township lines, roads and waters, with such other matters as may serve for explanation, one copy whereof shall be deposited in the office of the secreetary of the commonwealth on or before the first day of July next, and one copy in the office of the court of quarter sessions of the city of Philadelphia, and one copy in the office of the clerk of the court of quarter sessions of Montgomery county, on or before the day aforesaid, which shall be a record thereof. SECTION 4. That the said commissioners shall meet on or be fore the first Monday in May next, or as soon thereafter as practicable, and complete the view of said road and such other duties as are enjoined upon them by this act; and should any vacancy or vacancies occur by resignation, refusing to serve or otherwise, the courts of quarter sessions of the city of Philadel- Vacancies. phia and of Montgomery county shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies occurring in the board of commissioners from said city or county respectively.

SECTION 5. That it shall be the duty of said commissioners to mark the ground on the route agreed upon for the road aforesaid, in such manner as to enable the supervisors readily to find the same.

SECTION 6. That it shall be the duty of the supervisors of the townships through which said road may pass, to open and repair the same to the breadth of forty feet, and in all respects as roads laid out by orders of the courts aforesaid.

Meeting.

Mark route.

Opening of road.

SECTION 7. That the said commissioners shall receive a per Pay. diem allowance not exceeding two dollars for each day necessarily employed in the discharge of the duties enjoined by this act; and the said commissioners shall have power to employ one surveyor to assist them in the discharge of their duties, who shall be allowed the sum of two dollars for each day necessarily employed, according to the provisions of this act, and two chain carriers and one axeman, who shall be allowed one dollar each per day.

SECTION 8. That the accounts of said commissioners for their Accounts to be own pay and for the pay of their surveyor, chain carriers and settled. axeman, shall be made out and returned to the councils of the city of Philadelphia and to the commissioners of Montgomery county, in proportion to the time occupied in said city and county respectively in locating said road, and that they be paid. out of the treasury of each, in warrants drawn in the usual manRICHARDSON L. WRIGHT,

ner.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

WM. M. PIATT,

Speaker of the Senate.

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

JAMES POLLOCK.

No. 469.

AN ACT

Relative to the borough of Pottsville.

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 second proviso to the first section of the act of the twentyeighth of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty, relative to said borough, and which provides that no person shall be com pelled to pave any foot way to a greater width than five feet, in front of any vacant lot, be and the same is hereby repealed, so far as it relates to Centre street, in said borough.

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

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

JAMES POLLOCK.

No. 470.

AN ACT

Relating to roads in the county of Berks.

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 provisions of the act of eleventh February, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, entitled "An Act to consolidate and amend the road laws of the counties of Beaver, Butler and Lawrence, be and the same are hereby extended to the county of Berks.

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

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

JAMES POLLOCK.

No. 471.

AN ACT

To vest in the corporation of the city of Philadelphia certain real estate, freed and discharged from certain uses.

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 a certain lot of ground, situate on the west side of Twenty-first street, east side of Twenty-second street, and south side of Vine street, in the city of Philadelphia, containing in front or breadth on said Twenty-first and Twenty-second streets, one hundred and two feet, and in length or depth east and west on said Vine street, three hundred and ninety-six feet, bounded north by Vine street, east and west by Twenty-first and Twenty-second streets respectively, and south by ground now or late of the heirs of Thomas Clifford, deceased; and a certain other lot of ground in the said city, situate on east side of Twenty-second street, and west side of Twenty-first street, containing in front or breadth on said Twenty-second and Twenty-first streets, at the distance of two hundred and four feet from the south side of Vine street, one hundred and twelve feet, and in length or depth east and west, three hundred and ninety-six feet, bounded north by ground now or late of the heirs of Thomas Clifford, deceased, east by Twenty-first street, west by Twenty-second street, and south partly by ground now or late of Benjamin Taylor, and partly by ground now or late of the heirs of Samuel Yorke, deceased, which were granted to the mayor, aldermen and citizens of Philadelphia, by patent from the commonwealth, bearing date December thirteenth, one thousand seven hundred and ninety, for a burial ground for deceased strangers, be and the same are hereby vested in the corporation of the city of Philadelphia, freed and discharged from the use mentioned in the said patent. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

WM. M. PIATT,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The nineteenth day of April, Anno Domini one

thousand eight hundred and fifty-six.

JAMES POLLOCK.