No. 557. AN ACT To establish and regulate the Erie School District with a High School. 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 several wards of the city of Erie shall constitute a single High school. school district, with a high school, to be known by the. style and title of the Erie school district, and as soon as a board of control shall have been organized, as hereinafter provided, shall constitute a body corporate and politic under the style and title Style. aforesaid, with all the rights and duties which are now exercised and enjoyed by the board of control of the first school district in the city and county of Philadelphia, by the laws of this commonwealth regulating the same, as far as the same can be adapted to the Erie school district. SECTION 2. That school directors in the several wards of the city Election and duof Erie shall be elected and chosen as heretofore, and as soon after ties of directors the passage of this act as practicable the school directors in office and controllers. shall meet in their respective wards and appoint one reputable citizen and tax payer in each of said wards as a member of the board of control, and certify their proceedings to the court of quarter sessions of said county, who shall thereupon appoint one like qualified citizen in each ward and cause to be certified by the clerk of said court to the several boards of school directors, together with the appointment of a time and place for a meeting of all the members of the board of control then appointed, and who, when so met, shall proceed to appoint a like qualified citizen of said city to act as president of said board, with a right to vote only in case of a tie, or when such vote would constitute a tie; the board thus constituted to expire with the expiration of the time for which they shall have been elected; the board thus first organized to continue until the last Monday in March then next ensuing, when the places of those whose appointment is hereby provided for shall be supplied by appointments made in the same manner, and vacancies happening in the mean time to be supplied as herein before provided for their appointment. SECTION 3. That the board of control are hereby authorized Powers of board and required to keep up and maintain a central high school, in of control. which shall be taught the higher branches of literature, with the same powers and duties as are now incident to and exercised by the board of control of the first school district in the city and county of Philadelphia, and shall provide as far as practicable a normal department in said high school, and provide tuition for at least three male and three female teachers annually, under such regulations and securities as the said board by their by-laws may determine. The said hoard may adopt Rules. such rules, by-laws and regulations, and prescribe such assessments as may be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this act, not inconsistent with the constitution or laws of this commonwealth, and may appoint a superintendent, secretary Report. Proviso. Admission to pri and treasurer, a board of examination and such other officers and agents as may be found necessary for said purpose. They shall annually, on the last Monday in January, make out a full report of their proceedings and submit the same to the court of quarter sessions of said county at its next session, who shall cause the same to be published in such manner as to give gen eral circulation, and cause the same to be filed among the records of the said court and submitted for settlement to the county auditors, subject to appeal as in cases of accounts of county officers: Provided, That nothing in this act shall relcase the said officers from making the reports required by the school laws of one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four: And further provided, That the superintendent of common schools for the county of Erie shall continue to exercise all the authorities. given him in the general school law. SECTION 4. That upon application to the court of quarter sesvileges of the Erie sions of said county by twenty or more taxable citizens of any school district, township or school district in the county of Erie, praying that regulated. said township or district may become part of said Erie school district, the court shall appoint a time and place in said township for a general meeting in said township, directing public notice to be given in such manner as the said court may adopt, not less than twenty days, at which a hearing may be had; and if no sufficient objections appear to be made and the court shall be of opinion that the state of the said district is such as to justify the application, they may order and desire that the same may form a new section, to be designated by its appropriate ordinal numbers, and cause the same to be placed upon record; whereupon school directors of said district shall appoint a citizen with like qualifications as those prescribed in the second section of this act, and the court of quarter sessions one, who shall be additional members of the board of control herein before provided for. As often as applications may be made by citizens of other townships and school districts, the like proceedings as herein before prescribed shall be adopted; and as soon as any section out of the city of Erie shall have become a part of the Erie school district in manner aforesaid, then the city of Erie shall be designated as the first section, and the first additional township the second, and so on in the order in which they may become sections and parts of the said Erie school district. And whenever three or more sections shall have become parts of said Erie school district, all fines and forfeitures arising from prosecutions for misdemeanors in the court of quarter sessions of said county of Erie, shall be paid into the treasury of the said Erie school district and form a part of the school fund of said dis trict. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives. APPROVED-The twenty-second day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 558. AN ACT Supplementary to an act providing for the more effectual preservation of the Cumberland Road, approved the eighth of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight. of 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 at the first session happening after the passage of this act, it shall be the duty of the court of quarter sessions of Washington Appointment of county to appoint a suitable person to be superintendent of that superintendents section of the Cumberland road within this commonwealth which lies between the Monongahela river and the Virginia state line; and it shall also be the duty of the court of quarter sessions of Fayette county, at the first session of said court happening after the passage of this act, to appoint a suitable person to be superintendent of that section of the Cumberland road within this commonwealth which lies between the Monongahela river and the Maryland state line; which appointments shall severally continue for two years, if they shall discharge the duties hereinafter prescribed in a proper manner; and in case of the death, resignation or removal, the vacancy shall be filled by the same courts of the proper county: The said superintendents shall be sworn in open court to discharge the duties of their trust with honesty and fidelity, and shall, before entering upon the duties of their respective trusts, with honesty and fidelity, and shall, before entering upon the duties of their respective trusts, give bond, in such sum and with such security as the said respective courts may deem sufficient, the bonds to be given in the name of the commonwealth, and shall be conditioned for the faithful discharge of their trust in all things. Vacancies Bonds. SECTION 2. That each of the said superintendents so appointed, Powers of supershall have over their respective sections of said road all the intendents. powers heretofore conferred upon commissioners of said road, and all the powers conferred upon superintendents by the fourth section of the act to which this is a supplement, and also all the powers which have heretofore been conferred upon trustees authorized to be appointed for said road. SECTION 3. That for compensation the said superintendents shall each receive a certain per centage of the gross revenues of their respective sections, which per centage shall be ascertained and allowed by the court, at the end of each year, at which time it shall be the duty of the said superintendents to make a full and just exhibit of the receipts and expenditures on respective sections to the court from which he received his appointment, which accounts, before they are certified, shall receive the consideration and examination of the court, and for this purpose the court may appoint an auditor, if necessary. their Pay of. Annual accounts. SECTION 4. That the superintendents of each section shall, Pay of toll keepfrom and out of the per centage allowed them, pay the tollers. keepers a certain salary, to be approved of by the court of quarter sessions, and all other expenses, and the remainder of the tolls, after deducting their per centage for compensation, shall be faithfully applied by the said superintendents to the Payment of the claims against road. Repeal. repair and preservation of said road: Provided however, That the court may, on application of the superintendents, allow for the construction or removal of gates, and building and repair of toll-houses. SECTION 5. That upon the petition of one or more of the creditors of said road to the court of quarter sessions, setting forth that the section of the said road of which they are creditor or creditors, has been put into a good state of repair and preservation, it shall be lawful for the said court to ascertain the truth of the said allegation, and for this purpose may employ a commissioner to examine said road, upon whose report, if satisfied with the truth of the petition, the court may order the whole, or a portion of the revenue of that section of the road, after payment of expenses, to be appropriated to the payment of the creditors of said road, and for this purpose, shall require the money to be brought into court, and proper distribution to be made: Provided, That the said courts shall have at all times the power to revoke the order making any appropriation of the revenue to the payment of the creditors of said road. SECTION 6. That so much of the act or other acts to which this is a supplement, as are hereby supplied and altered, be and same are hereby repealed. 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. No. 559. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT To an act to incorporate the Trustees of the Fire Association of Philadel phia, approved April third, one thousand eight hundred and thirtythree. 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 Annual dividend from and after the passage of this act, the trustees of the Fire of profits. association of Philadelphia, be and they are hereby empowered and directed annually to divide amongst the several companies, who may be certified by the board of delegates as entitled to a share of the annual dividend, thirty per centum of the profits of the office, including premiums received for annual insurance, together with the whole of the interest arising upon the capital stock after the payment of losses and expenses, until the perma nent capital stock shall have reached the sum of two hundred thousand dollars. ! TION 2. Any or all laws or parts of laws, inconsistent Repeal. with, be and the same is hereby repealed. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, WM. M. PIATT, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-second day of April, Anno Domini one housand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 560. A SUPPLEMENT To an act to incorporate the Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company of 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 provisions of the act incorporating the Farmers' mutual fire insurance company of Paradise, in the county of York, approved the twenty-eighth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, be extended to the townships of Washington, Conewago and Manchester, in said county. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, APPROVED-The twenty-second day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. JAMES POLLOCK. No. 561. A SUPPLEMENT To the act regulating Boroughs, approved April third, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-ore. 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 hereafter, whenever the burgesses and town council of any bor. Opening of streets |