of salaries to be paid to said officers shall be fixed by the respective boards of inspectors, and the said respective boards

shall annually make report to the legislature of the number of Report to Legisofficers employed by them, with their respective salaries: Also, lature. to the Eastern penitentiary, eight hundred dollars, and to the Western penitentiary, two hundred and seventy-five dollars, for gratuities to discharged convicts during the year one thousand Gratuities to eight hundred and fifty-five, per act of the twenty-eighth day convicts. of April, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine.

ern penitentiary.

SECTION 43. That the provision contained in the tenth section Transmission of of the act of the twenty-third day of April, one thousand eight accounts by inhundred and twenty-nine, which requires the inspectors of the spectors of EastEastern penitentiary to transmit to the county commissioners, the accounts for maintaining convicts, on or before the first day of February in each year, be and the same is hereby repealed. And the said inspectors are hereby required to transmit the said accounts on or before the first day of March in each year.

SECTION 44. For the house of refuge at Philadelphia, the sum House of refuge, of fifteen thousand dollars, being the payment in full of the Philadelphia. amount appropriated by the act of the twenty-sixth of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, for building purposes; also, the further sum of fifteen thousand dollars, to be applied to the support of the institution.

For the house of refuge for Western Pennsylvania, in the House of refuge, county of Allegheny, fifteen thousand dollars.

Pittsburg.

For the Pennsylvania institution for the instruction of the Blind. blind, seventeen thousand dollars.

For the instruction of indigent pupils in the Pennsylvania Deaf and dumb. institution for the deaf and dumb, twenty thousand dollars: Provided, That the sums appropriated for the instruction of the blind and deaf and dumb, shall be paid to said institutions in proportion to the number of indigent pupils received by each from the several counties of this commonwealth, at the rates for each pupil as prescribed by law, evidence of the number of pupils to be furnished to the state treasurer.

SECTION 45. That the state treasurer is hereby authorized to Idiotic and feeble pay to the treasurer of the Pennsylvania training school for minded children idiotic and feeble-minded children, such amount as said institution may be entitled to receive under the provisions of the sixth section of the act incorporating said school, passed the seventeenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.

SECTION 46. For the payment of the adjutant general for vis- Adjutant general iting the arsenals of the commonwealth, as directed by the act visiting arsenals. of the seventh of April, one thousand eight hundred and twenty

two, entitled "An Act for the regulation of the militia of this commonwealth," two hundred and fifty dollars.

SECTION 47. For the payment of the salary of the superinten- Superintendent of dent of public printing, eight hundred dollars.

printing.

SECTION 48. For the Pennsylvania state lunatic hospital, the State Lunatic sum of thirty thousand dollars, to be drawn by the trustees of hospital. said hospital and applied as follows: For the erection of works to supply the said institution with water and for the better protection of the buildings in case of fire; for the salaries of the officers and support of the hospital; for the repair of the buildings, heating apparatus, et cetera; for the improvement of the grounds and purchase of new furniture, to be accounted for in

the usual manner.

State library.

Assistant libra.

rian.

Repairs of capi.

tol.

Repairs of state department.

Grading North

street.

Iron fence on
North street.

Removing old fence, &c.

Pavement on
Walnut street.

Pavement on
Third street.

Laying came.

Enriching soil and securing

slopes.

Trees.

Removing boardwalk.

Citizens' engine.

Outstanding ac

counts.

SECTION 49, For miscellaneous expenses of the state library, to wit: For white-washing, sweeping, scrubbing, making fires, freight on books, removing books, postage, stationery, traveling expenses for purchasing books, et cetera, two hundred and fifty dollars.

For binding and lettering books, two hundred and fifty dollars. For purchasing law books one thousand dollars; miscellaneous books five hundred dollars.

For purchasing Pennsylvania state reports to be sent to other states, as exchanges, two hundred and fifty dollars.

For seventy-eight volumes of Harris's Pennsylvania State Reports, sent to other states, from which similar donations have been made to the state library, two hundred and seventy-three dollars.

For paying the assistant in the library, the further sum of fifty dollars.

SECTION 50. For the preservation and repairs of the capitol and improvement of the public grounds, six hundred and fifty dollars, to be disbursed under the direction of the superinten dent of public grounds and assent of the secretary of the commonwealth.

For repairs or roofing of the state and treasury departments with permeated iron, eleven hundred and fifty dollars, to be expended under the direction of the secretary of the commonwealth.

For grading North street for fence, from Third to Fourth street, two hundred and fifty dollars, to be expended under the direction of the superintendent of public buildings and grounds.

For continuing and completing the work of enclosing the public grounds with an iron fence, at a price not to exceed the first contract price, of like pattern and weight as the one now erected on the western front of the capitol, from the corner of Third street along North to Fourth street, three thousand dollars, to be disbursed under the direction of the auditor general and state treasurer.

For removing fence materials on North street, including cart. ing, one hundred and twenty-five dollars.

For sixteen thousand brick for pavement and gutters on Wal nut street, one hundred and twenty-eight dollars.

For twenty-eight thousand five hundred brick for pavement and gutters on Third street, two hundred and twenty-eight dollars.

For laying pavement and gutters on Walnut street, and on Third street, from a point opposite Brady's to North street, two hundred and sixty-five dollars.

For enriching soil and securing the steep grades from Pine to Walnut street, and from Third to Fourth street, one hundred and sixty dollars.

For purchasing and setting trees on the arsenal ground, three hundred dollars.

For removing the board walk from Pine to State street, removing stone and grading the bank inside of the iron fence, one hundred dollars.

For the Citizens' engine and hose company, one hundred and fifty dollars.

For the payment of outstanding accounts made under the direction of the superintendent of foot-ways and grading, eleven hundred and ten dollars and five cents.

on State street.

That the sum of three hundred dollars, or so much thereof Inlets and sewer is may be necessary, be and is hereby appropriated to make inets and a connection with the State street sewer in front of he capitol, for the purpose of carrying off the surplus water rom the public grounds which accumulates at that point, and hat the money be disbursed under the direction of the superinendent of public grounds. For pay of the superintendent and watchman of the pub- Pay of superinic buildings and grounds, two dollars and fifty cents a day or and during the period of his appointment; the appropria ions in this section not otherwise ordered to be disbursed, be expended under the direction of the auditor general and superintendent of the public grounds: Provided, That no debt shall be created for any of the improvements to the public buildngs and grounds authorized by this act, beyond the sums specifically appropriated therefor.

tendent and watchman.

To Henry Peffer, superintendent of public grading and foot- Henry Peffer. walks, one hundred dollars.

For repairing flues for library and securing the building against Flues in library. fire, two hundred and fifty dollars.

SECTION 51. That the state treasurer is hereby authorized to Legislative Repay Hopkins and Brown, for the publication of the Legislative cord. Record, such sum as may be coming to them under their contract with the joint committee of the Senate and House of Representatives, dated seventh January, eighteen hundred and fiftysix, after deducting the sum of one thousand dollars appropriated at the present session, to be paid on the certificate of the committee on printing of the two houses, fixing the balance due on said contract.

SECTION 52. That the state treasurer is hereby required to John A. Smull. pay to John A. Smull, for services rendered the House of Representatives, the same compensation as that payable by law to a transcribing clerk; and to the clerk of each house, the amounts necessary to pay the pages thereof for their services Pages. at the present session, at the rate of one dollar per day each.

SECTION 53. That the clerks of the Senate and House of Washwomen. Representatives be authorized to pay the women employed by them for cleansing the halls of the two houses, each twenty

five dollars in addition to the usual compensation.

SECTION 54. That the state treasurer is hereby authorized to Assistant officers pay the assistants of the sergeant-at-arms, messenger and door- of legislature. keeper of the House of Representatives, now employed, from

the commencement of the present session, at the rate fixed by the act of the seventh of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five.

phia.

SECTION 55. For the purpose of roofing and repairing the Powder magahouse attached to the powder magazine occupied by the super- zine, Philadelintendent thereof, in the First ward of the city of Philadelphia, the sum of three hundred dollars.

SECTION 56. For the Towanda bridge company, for the pur- Towanda bridge pose of repairing their bridge and building a towing path at- company. tached to said bridge, for the use of the commonwealth, seven thousand five hundred dollars, to be paid by the state treasurer as the work progresses, upon estimates furnished by the superintendent of the North Branch canal; but no money shall be paid under this section, nor under the estimate of the said su perintendent and the appropriation therefor, until the canal commissioners have entered into a written contract with said

James Rice and

Dey.

company, thereby securing full protection to this commonwealth in the use of said bridge and the maintenance thereof: Provided, That in case the canal commissioners deem the said bridge the best means of crossing the Towanda dam, then so much of said sum only shall be drawn from the treasury as the canal commissioners may decide to be the proper proportion which the state ought to pay towards the re-building of said bridge; but if they, on examination, should decide that the river could be crossed by other means, affording equal facilities to transpor tation, with more safety and at less cost to the commonwealth, then the said sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be required, is hereby appropriated to to the construction of such crossing as may be decided upon by said canal commissioners.

SECTION 57. For the payment of rent to James Rice and FranFrancis M Kin- cis M'Kinney, for the store house in Philadelphia, occupied by the adjutant general for the storage of arms, munitions of war and other materials belonging to the state, the sum of four hundred dollars, due twenty-second June, eighteen hundred and fifty-six; and the adjutant general is hereby required to remove the property aforesaid to some of the arsenals belonging to the commonwealth, as soon as it can be done without prejudice to the public interest.

J W. Kerr.

Electoral college.

Thomas J. Power.

Portraits of gov.

ernors.

Comparing journals and bills.

Tonnage agents.

Reduction of offi. cers by canal commissioners.

SECTION 58. For the payment in full of J. Wallace Kerr, late a transcribing clerk of the Senate, the sum of thirty-five dollars, for services rendered the Senate during the recess, under the direction of the late chief clerk.

SECTION 59. To defray the expenses of the Electoral College, to convene at Harrisburg, the sum of one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.

SECTION 60. That the state treasurer be authorized to pay to Thomas J. Power, the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, by the act of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, appropriated to compensate the adjutant general for visiting arsenals, the duties contemplated by said appropriation having been performed by said Thomas J. Power.

SECTION 61. That the state librarian is hereby authorized to purchase of James R. Lambdin, a series of twenty-one portraits of the state and colonial governors of Pennsylvania, at a price not exceeding three thousand dollars, and upon delivery of the same in the library, the state treasurer is authorized and required to pay for the same out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

SECTION 62. That the chief clerks of each house be authorized to pay out of the contingent fund, for comparing the respective journals, at the usual rate of one dollar per sheet of sixteen pages; also, for indexing the bills, the sum of fifteen dollars for each house: Provided, That the late clerk of the Senate be allowed compensation at the same rate, for comparing the Senate journal of eighteen hundred and fifty-five, to be paid by the state

treasurer.

SECTION 63. That the sum of twenty-four hundred dollars be and is hereby appropriated to the payment of the salaries of tonnage agents, in full of their compensation to June twelfth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six.

SECTION 64. That the canal commissioners are hereby authorized to reduce the number of supervisors or superintendents on any division of the canals, railroads or other improvements of

the commonwealth, where they can be dispensed with, and to increase the pay of those who may be retained, to such an amount as may compensate them for their additional duties, and not to exceed three dollars a day, nor in the aggregate the amount now paid for said purpose on any line where said change may be made.

Wm. M'Abee.

SECTION 65. That the state treasurer be and he is hereby au- Wm. P. Brady. thorized and required, in the settlement of the account of William P. Brady, to allow and pay him the same compensation that is allowed by law to a transcribing clerk; and to William M'Abee, seventy-five dollars, for filing copies of the Legislative Record, and for services to be performed after the adjournment. RICHARDSON L. WRIGHT, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

WM. M. PIATT,

Speaker of the Senate.

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

JAMES POLLOCK.

No. 586.

AN ACT

Supplementary to the act incorporating the Erie and North-East Railroad
Company.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Fennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Original road lethe Erie and North-East railroad, as originally located and con- galized. structed, be and the same is hereby legalized and confirmed, and declared to be in full compliance with their act of incorporation, passed the twelfth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, and the supplement thereto, any thing in the said acts, or omissions, to the contrary notwithstanding. SECTION 2. That the said Erie and North-East railroad com- Certain changes to be made. pany shall make such change or changes in the Buffalo road, at Harbor Creek, between Miller's station and the saw mill built by Lane and others, as the road commissioners of Harbor Creek township may indicate, the said road commissioners being first requested to petition the court of quarter sessions of Erie county to appoint viewers, under the act of the thirteenth of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, entitled "An Act relating to highways and bridges," and the supplements thereto, to locate and open the said Buffalo road where they desire a change in the same, the value of the lands taken and the damages done to the same to be ascertained and determined under the said act and its supplements, the costs thereof to be reimbursed to the Cost to be paid by said township by the Erie and North-East railroad company, North-East railwhich said public road shall be constructed in a proper manner road company.

the Erie and