No. 7. AN ACT Authorizing the Governor to appoint a Notary Public for the borough of Washington. 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 governor be and is hereby authorized to appoint an additional notary public for the borough of Washington, in the county of Washington, whose official acts shall be legal and valid, as if regularly appointed under existing acts of assembly. E. W. DAVIS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. G. RUSH SMITH, Speaker of the Senate pro tem. APPROVED-The twenty-first day of January, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. A. G. CURTIN. No. 8. AN ACT Authorizing the Governor to appoint two additional Notaries Public, to reside 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 governor be and he is hereby authorized to appoint two additional notaries public for this commonwealth, to reside in the city of Philadelphia. E. W. DAVIS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROBT. M. PALMER, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-fourth day of January, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. A. G. CURTIN. No. 9. A SUPPLEMENT To an act to incorporate the Butler Mutual Insurance 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 the act, number one thousand and seven, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Butler mutual insurance company," approved April eleventh, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, and which was repealed by the provisions of an act approved the twenty-second day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, by the reason of the nonpayment of the enrolment tax, be and the same is hereby reenacted: Provided, The enrolment is paid within ninety days. after the passage of this act. E. W. DAVIS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROBT. M. PALMER, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The tenth day of January, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. WM. F. PACKER. No. 10. AN ACT Relating to a writ of error in the case of Alexander Guthrie and Hugh Maguire, plaintiff's in error, vs. Samuel Wilson, defendant in error. WHEREAS, It appears that in the case of Alexander Guthrie and Hugh Maguire, plaintiffs in error, vs. Samuel Wilson, plaintiff below, in the supreme court for the Western district, being a writ of error to the court of common pleas of Clarion county, number thirty-one, May term, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, the said writ of error was non prossed at the last term, in Pittsburg, by reason of the loss of the record in the court below, and mistake of the plaintiffs in error, in the mode they had adopted for supplying the same; 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 aforesaid plaintiffs in error are hereby authorized to sue out another writ of error, in said case, within thirty days from the passage of this act, without bail, sufficient bail in error having been given in the former writ, and approved by honorable John S. M'Calmont, president judge, and said writ, when so sued out, shall be a supersedeas of execution in the court below, and that all proceedings upon the judgment below, and the recognizance of bail aforesaid, be stayed in the meantime: Provided, That nothing contained in this act shall be construed to work a discharge of the bail recited as aforesaid. E. W. DAVIS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROBT. M. PALMER, We do hereby certify that the bill, entitled "An Act relating to a writ of error in the case of Alexander Guthrie and Hugh Maguire, plaintiffs in error, vs. Samuel Wilson, defendant in error," was presented to the governor on the tenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, and was not returned within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it had been presented to him; wherefore it has, agreeably to the constitution of this commonwealth, become a law in like manner as if he had signed it. E. H. RAUCH, Clerk of the House of Representatives. C. P. RAMSDELL, Assistant Clerk of the Senate. HARRISBURG, January 31, 1861. No. 11. AN ACT Authorizing the Commissioners of Fayette county to pay for the arrest of Samuel Fisher. WHEREAS, Samuel Fisher, late of Fayette county, was charged with having been engaged in the commission of a number of larcenies in said county, and having fled to the state of Virginia: And whereas, Calvin Springer and Peter Heck did go to the said state of Virginia, and induced said Fisher to return to said county of Fayette, to be tried upon the charges alleged against him, which he did, and was convicted and sentenced by the court of said county, to the penitentiary, for the term of six years, and there is no law authorizing said commissioners of said county to compensate said Springer and Heck for their services and expenses; therefore, 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 commissioners of Fayette county are hereby authorized to pay to Calvin Springer and Peter Heck, such compensation as they may deem sufficient for the arrest of and expenses incurred in bringing Samuel Fisher from the state of Virginia. E. W. DAVIS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROBT. M. PALMER, APPROVED-The twenty-eighth day of January, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. A. G. CURTIN. No. 12. A SUPPLEMENT. To an act for the relief of Nancy Lord, Nancy Wilkins and others. WHEREAS, By an act of assembly, approved April fifteenth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, the state treasurer was authorized to pay an annuity of forty dollars, during life, to Nancy Wilkins, of Jefferson county, which name was inserted, by mistake, instead of Jane Wilkins, her true name, and by reason of said mistake no part of the said annuity has been paid, and the said Jane Wilkins has thus been deprived of the bounty intended for her; therefore, 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 to Jane Wilkins, of Jefferson county, an annuity of forty dollars during her life, commencing on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two; and that so much of the act for the relief of Nancy Lord and others, approved April fifteenth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, as authorizes an annuity to be paid to Nancy Wilkins, be and the same is hereby repealed. E. W. DAVIS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROBT. M. PALMER, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-eighth day of January, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. A. G. CURTIN. No. 13. AN ACT To change the time of holding Borough Elections in the borough of Tamaqua, Schuylkill county. WHEREAS, The court of quarter sessions of the county of Schuylkill, will not hold a session before the next February election, in said county; 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 Time of holding from and after the passage of this act, the borough elections, in election. Repeal. the borough of Tamaqua, Schuylkill county, shall be held on the third Friday of February, in each and every year, and the terms of office, of.all borough officers, shall expire on the Tuesday next succeeding such elections in February. SECTION 2. That all acts, or parts of acts, inconsistent herewith, be and the same are hereby repealed. E. W. DAVIS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROBT. M. PALMER, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-eighth day of January, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. A. G. CURTIN. |