one-half acres, and has paid taxes thereon to a large amount, and received a deed therefor: 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 piece of land lying near the bank of the lake denominated Field Font of Fort, be and the same is hereby granted to said Orvaline Miller, she, however, to pay to the commonwealth the amount of patent money which may be payable thereon, and to receive a patent therefor; and that so much of any act as may be inconsistent herewith, be and the same is hereby repealed: Provided, That this act shall not impair the rights of any other person. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-second day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. Commissioners. Style. Route. Subject to. No. 551. AN ACT Incorporating the Glen Hope and New Washington Turnpike and Plank SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen SECTION 2. That the capital stock of said company shall con- Capital. sist of two hundred and fifty shares of stock, of twenty-five dollars each: Provided, That the said company may from time to time, by a vote of its stockholders, at a meeting called for that purpose, increase the capital stock to such an amount as they may deem necessary to carry out the true meaning and intent of this act. SECTION 3. That if said company shall not commence the construction of their road within three years, and complete it within five years, this act shall be null and void, except so much thereof as shall be necessary to wind up the affairs and pay the debts of said company. Limitation. SECTION 4. That it is hereby enacted that all the supplements Her acts extended passed in relation to the Larry's Creek and Pine Creek plank to this company. road company, are hereby extended to the Glen Hope and New Washington turnpike and plank road company. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, APPROVED-The twenty-second day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 552. A SUPPLEMENT To an act to appoint Hugh M'Kee to view parts of the Franklin Road. 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 David Scott, of Butler county, be required to perform the duties as viewer on said road that were required of the said Hugh M'Kee by an act passed the thirteenth day of April, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and fifty-five. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-second day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. 7 JAMES POLLOCK. No. 553. AN ACT Relative to State Roads and Bridges in the counties of Lancaster and Indiana. 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 provisions of the act of the twenty-sixth day of April, Annc Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, entitled "AL Act relative to state roads and bridges in the counties of York, Cumberland, Fayette and Westmoreland," be and the same hereby are extended to the counties of Lancaster and Indiana. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-second day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. Commissioners. Their duties. Drafts. No. 554. AN ACT To establish the Boundary Line between the counties of Mifflin and Huntingdon. 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 John Swartzell, of Mifflin county, and John F. Ramey, of Huntingdon county, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to run and mark or re-mark the boundary line between the counties of Mifflin and Huntingdon, agreeably to the acts of assembly and the supplements thereto erecting said counties; and it shall be the duty of said commissioners to lay down on their drafts of said line all the tracts of land through which the said line shall pass, so far as they are able to ascertain the same, and where the Juniata river is the line according to law, they shall give its meanderings on each side, laying down at the least such lines of the adjoining tracts as touch the river; and the said commissioners shall make out three drafts of said line in that manner, one of which shall be filed in the county surveyor's office of each of said counties, and the other in the surveyor general's office in Harrisburg. SECTION 2. That the said commissioners shall make out a just Pay of persons and true account of all the time necessarily spent by them in employed. the performance of the duties enjoined upon them by this act, and the number of days spent by chain carriers and axemen assisting them, for which the said commissioners shall receive for themselves each three dollars per diem for each and every day so employed, and for chain carriers and axemen two dollars per day, which amount shall be paid in equal portions by the county commissioners of each of said counties of Mifflin and Huntingdon, by warrants drawn on their treasurers respectively. SECTION 3. That the act, entitled "An Act to run and define Repeal. the line between parts of Huntingdon and Mifflin counties," approved the twenty-seventh day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, be and the same is hereby repealed. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, APPROVED-The twenty-second day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 555. AN ACT For the relief of Edward Jifkins and Bartholomew Morrison, of Carbondale. WHEREAS, Edward Jifkins and Bartholomew Morrison, collectors of city and poor taxes in the city of Carbondale, by reason of receiving their duplicates at a late period, were unable to collect the same within the period limited by law; therefore, 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 commissioners of said city may, if they deem it equitable and just, issue new warrants to the said collectors, to have the same force and effect as an original warrant, to collect the unpaid taxes upon their duplicates. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, APPROVED-The twenty-second day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. Commissioners. Style. Route. Subject Capital. Limitation. No. 556. AN ACT To incorporate the Elk Gap Turnpike Road Company. 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 James Entrikin, Henry Zimmerman, Amos Clark, Charles Mickley, Leonard Weaver, Jacob Russell, Senior, Abraham Brumbaugh, D. L. Martin, John Brumbaugh and Frederick Rhodes, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to open books, receive subscriptions, and organize a company by the name, style and title of the Elk Gap turnpike road company, with power to construct a turnpike road from a point at or near Rough and Ready station, on the Huntingdon and Broad Top railroad, in Huntingdon county, to intersect the Morri son's Cove and Woodcock Valley turnpike, at Elk Gap, on the summit of Tussey's mountain, by such route as the stockholders may determine upon, subject to all the provisions and restrictions of an act regulating turnpike and plank road com panies, approved the twenty-sixth day of January, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, and the supplements thereto. SECTION 2. That the capital stock of said company shall consist of five hundred shares of twenty dollars each: Provided, That said company may from time to time, by a vote of the stockholders, or a majority of them, at a meeting called for that purpose, increase their capital stock so much as in their opinion may be necessary to carry out the true intent and meaning of this act. SECTION 3. That if the said company shall not commence the construction of their road within two years, and complete it within five years from the passage of this act, the same shall be null and void, except so far as to authorize the settlement of the affairs and payment of the debts of said coinpany. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-second day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. |