1 made to give him notice of the death, and of the necessity of his official attendance. 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. 492. AN ACT To legalize the election of Borough Officers in the borough of Tunkhannock, Wyoming 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 acts of the present borough officers of the borough of Tunkhannock, in Wyoming county, shall be as valid and binding in law as though they had been elected upon the day fixed by law for the election of borough officers; and they shall continue in office until the next annual election for officers 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. 2 No. 493. AN ACT For the sale of that portion of the Pennsylvania Canal situate between the south-east end of the tunnel through Grant's hill and the Monongahela river. 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 are hereby authorized to sell and dispose of, either at public or private sale, all the right, title and interest of the commonwealth in that part of the Pennsylvania canal situate and lying south-east of the tunnel through Grant's hill, in the city of Pittsburg, to the Monongahela river, and all the stone, fixtures and materials upon and belonging to the same, on such terms and conditions as they may deem advantageous to the interests of the commonwealth. 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. 494. AN ACT To vacate Clearfield street between Thirty-third street and ground of the church of Saint James the Less, in the Twenty-first ward of Philadel phia. 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 Clearfield street, in the Twenty-first ward of the city of Philadelphia, as lies between Thirty-third street and ground of the church of Saint James the Less, shall be and is hereby vacated. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. APPROVED-The twenty-first day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK 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 state treasurer be and he is hereby authorized and required to pay Philip P. Feleers, of Luzerne county, one hundred and fifty dollars, in full, for his claim for damages for loss of a pair of horses and injury to wagon on the North Branch canal, as per award of canal commissioners made to the last legislature. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. APPROVED-The twenty-first day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 496. AN ACT To vacate part of Hart Lane, in the City of Philadelphia. 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 portion of Hart lane extending from Ridge avenue to Thirtysecond street, in the Twenty-first ward of the city of Philadelphia, be and the same is hereby vacated, and the title to the soil over which said portion of said lane passes, be and the same is hereby vested in fee simple in the owners of the ground fronting thereon respectively, each owner to have and take that part lying in front of his or her ground, to the middle thereof. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-first day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 497. AN ACT Relating to Justices of the Peace in the borough of Franklin, in the county of Venango. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assem bly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the commission of any justice of the peace residing upon the territory which may be admitted into the borough of Franklin, in the county of Venango, under the provisions of the thirtieth section of an act regulating boroughs, approved third April, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, shall continue for said borough during the residue of the term for which said justice is commissioned. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-first day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 498. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT To an act to incorporate the Blockley and Merion Plank Road Company, approved the fifth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three. 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 Blockley and Merion turnpike and plank road company hav ing constructed its road upon the bed of the Merion avenue so far as the River road, the same shall be deemed and taken as a compliance with the act of assembly approved the thirteenth of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty. four, and entitled "A further supplement to an act, entitled 'An Act to incorporate the Blockley and Merion plank road company,' approved the fifth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three;" and that the said company shall not be obliged to extend its road to the Haverford road, but it is authorized to connect its road with the Lancaster turnpike at the River road, or any other road leading into the Lancaster turnpike west of the River road. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-first day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 499. AN ACT To authorize the State Treasurer to pay the claim of Patrick O'Neal. 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 canal board are hereby authorized to examine the claim of Patrick O'Neal for the sum of one hundred and fifty-eight dollars, for work alleged to have been done by him on the Allegheny Portage railroad, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, and upon their award in his favor for the whole or any part of said amount, the state treasurer shall pay the same. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-first day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 500. SUPPLEMENT To the act incorporating the borough of Cassville, passed the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three. 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 |