fined. . Boundaries de- from and after the passage of this act, the boundaries of the borough of Cassville, in Huntingdon county, shall be as follows: commencing at the south-west corner of the grave-yard lot, thence north eighty degrees west twelve perches, to a stone; thence south seventeen degrees west one hundred perches, to a post; thence south twenty-six degrees east twenty perches, to a chesnut; thence south sixty-five degrees east seventy-two perches, to a white oak stump; thence north eighteen degrees east one hundred and sixteen perches, to a stone; thence south eighty-five degrees east forty perches, to a post; thence north fifty perches, to a stone; thence north eighty-five degrees west forty perches, to a pine stump; thence north twenty-five degrees east one hundred and two perches, to a maple; thence north sixty-five degrees west twenty-five perches, to a hickory; thence south thirty-one degrees west sixty-two perches, to stones; thence north eighty-one degrees west twenty one perches, to a post; thence south seventeen degrees west seventy perches, to a post; thence south thirty-six degrees west twenty-five perches, to the place of beginning. Separate school district. Borough elections SECTION 2. That the present Cassville school district shall include the enlarged borough limits, and shall remain a separate district for school purposes, any previous act to the contrary notwithstanding. SECTION 3. That the time for holding borough elections shall be changed to the third Friday in March annually, at which time it shall be lawful for the qualified electors of said borough to eléct, in addition to their present borough officers, one asses. sor and two assistant assessors to make the assessments for said borough for all taxable purposes. 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. 501. AN ACT Relative to the Borough of Bath. 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 act contained in the fourth article of the third section of the general law regulating boroughs, approved the third day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, which requires publication to be made in one newspaper, be and the same is hereby repealed so far as relates RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, WM.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. 502. AN ACT Relative to the sale of Lands for the non-payment of Taxes. 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 in all public sales of land hereafter made by the treasurer or commissioners of the several counties of this commonwealth in pursuance of the laws of this commonwealth, the rule of caveat emptor shall apply, except in cases of double assessment, or where the taxes on which the sale is made shall have been previously paid, or where the lands do not lie within the county; and neither said treasurer nor commissioners shall be required to refund the purchase money, costs or taxes paid upon any tract or tracts of land so sold as aforesaid. Sales regulated. SECTION 2. That from and after the passage of this act, asses- Returns by asses sors, supervisors, and collectors of road and school taxes, be and sors, &c. they are hereby required to make their returns for the collection of all taxes on unseated lands on or before the first day of January in each and every year, and if not so made by said assessors and collectors, such returns shall not thereafter be received, nor shall such taxes be a lien on real estate: Provided, That this section shall not be construed to exempt any such assessors and collectors, and their bail, from liability for not making their returns according to law. turned. SECTION 3. That it shall be the duty of supervisors and col. Exonerations lectors of road taxes, and of all collectors of any other taxes claimed to be rewhatever, to make return to the county commissioners of any exonerations claimed by them, on or before the first day of January in each year; and it shall not be lawful for the said county commissioners to grant any exonerations after that time, nor for the county treasurer to sell any lands which shall have been returned and taxes exonerated, after the said time. SECTION 4. That it shall not be lawful after the first day of Advertising lands January, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fiftyseven, for the county treasurer of any county of this common. wealth to charge and receive any fee for advertising any land for sale for non-payment of taxes, when the owner or owners thereof shall pay said taxes on or before the first day of March previous to the day of sale for taxes, in the year in which such sale shall be advertised. 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. 503. AN ACT For the payment of the claim of John Donaldson. 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 and required to pay to John Donaldson, late contractor on the Tunkhannock line of the North Branch canal, on sections one hundred and eleven and one hundred and twelve, the sum of two thousand seven hundred and two dollars and fifty-five cents, in full of his claim for difference between the first and second contract prices for said sections, agreeably to a report of the auditor general, dated February seventh, one thousand eight hundred and fiftyfive, made to the legislature in pursuance of the act of eighth May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four. 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. 504. SUPPLEMENT To an act to provide for the construction of a Dam and In-Let Lock at the mouth of Mill creek, in the county of Luzerne, approved April fifth, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five. damages. 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 guardian of John M. Hollenback, a minor, is hereby author- Release of ized to release to the commonwealth all claims for damages by reason of the construction of the works in the act mentioned, to which this is a supplement, as also in this: Provided, That the approbation of the orphans' court of Luzerne county be first had and obtained. lenback. SECTION 2. That the canal commissioners be and they are Contract with hereby authorized to enter into a written agreement with George George M. HolM. Hollenback, on receiving a release of the damages he may sustain by the construction of said works, providing the mode, manner and amount he shall draw of water from the pool or canal, for use as a water power, at or near the location of his present grist mill; and the said commissioners may also construct a towing path along the pool of said works and such other works and devices connected with said contemplated improvement as they may judge conducive to the public advantage: Provided, The cost of the whole shall not exceed the sum appropriated by the act to which this is a supplement. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, APPROVED-The twenty-first day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 505. AN ACT To repeal an act to improve the Turnpike Road from Indiana to Kittanning. 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 act of last session, entitled "An act to improve the turnpike road from Indiana to Kittanning," approved twenty-seventh day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fiftyfive, be and the same is hereby repealed. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-first day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 506. AN ACT Relative to the license of Carriages, Wagons, Carts, Drays, and other vehicles, in the borough of Birmingham, 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 the burgess and town council of the borough of Birmingham, in the county of Allegheny, shall have full power and authority to ordain, enact, repeal or amend, all such ordinances or by-laws of said borough as to them may appear proper and expedient, requiring, under such penalty as the said council may direct, the owner or owners of all carriages, wagons, carts, drays, and other vehicles of burden, which may or shall pass over the paved streets or alleys of said borough, whether such owner or owners be resident or non-resident within said borough, where such vehicles may be used for purposes of business in the borough or elsewhere, to register the same at the office of the burgess, in a book to be kept for that purpose, and to pay such reasonable license to said borough for such use of said streets and alleys, as the council may by ordinance order and direct: Provided, That nothing hereinbefore contained shall be construed to authorize the burgess and town council aforesaid to charge a license on the wagons or carriages of travelers merely passing through said borough, nor the wagons or ve hicles of farmers bringing to market or elsewhere the produce of their farms, or used for the accommodation of their families. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. M. PIATT, APPROVED-The twenty-first day of thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. Speaker of the Senate. April, Anno Domini one JAMES POLLOCK. |