No. 121. AN ACT To extend the provisions of an act relative to Cemeteries and Burial Places in the county of York to the city of Philadelphia. 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 an act, entitled "An Act relative to cemeteries and burial places in the county of York," approved the thirtyfirst day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, be and the same are hereby extended to the city of Philadelphia. ELISHA W. DAVIS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The sixteenth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. A. G. CURTIN. council autho rized to erect lock-up. Purposes of. No. 122. AN ACT To authorize the erection of a Lock-up House in the borough of Summitville, in the county of Cambria. 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 Burgess and town the burgess and town council of the borough of Summitville, in the county of Cambria, be and are hereby authorized and empowered to erect a lock-up house in said borough, and to appropriate the same for the security and temporary detention of persons committed by justices of the peace or burgess of said borough, for any violation of the laws of this commonwealth, or of the ordinances of said borough, for which such person or persons could be lawfully committed to the common jail of said county, there to be kept until such offender or offenders can be removed to the common jail of said county, if committed for an indictable offence: Provided, That no person shall be confined for a longer period than forty-eight hours at any one time, in said lock-up house, except such person be Proviso. charged with an indictable offence, and it be necessary to detain such person or persons for further examination. &c. SECTION 2. That the legal fees for the arrest and commitment Fees for arrest, and safe keeping of any person or persons in said lock-up house, on a charge of any indictable offence, shall be taxed by the proper authority, and paid by the prosecutor or defendant, or the said county of Cambria, as in other cases provided. SECTION 3. That the burgess and town council of the said Expense of erecborough, or a majority of them, may appropriate and pay for tion and services the erection of said lock-up house, and shall appoint a proper paid by burgess of keeper to be person to keep said lock-up house, and pay for such services and town council from time to time, whatever the said burgess and town council, or a majority of them, may deem just and proper; said sums to be paid out of the funds of said borough: Provided, That Proviso. the cost of said lock-up house shall not exceed the sum of three hundred dollars. ELISHA W. DAVIS, Speaker of the House of Representatives ROBT. M. PALMER, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The sixteenth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. A. G. CURTIN. No. 123. AN ACT Authorizing the Auditor General and State Treasurer to examine the claim of George Jordon. WHEREAS, George Jordon, of the city of Philadelphia, and formerly an employee of this commonwealth, was very severely injured, without fault of his own, while in the discharge of his duty at the Pequea bridge, on the Columbia railroad; 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 auditor general and state treasurer are hereby authorized to examine the claim of George Jordon against the commonwealth, and report to the legislature at this session. ELISHA W. DAVIS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROBT. M. PALMER, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The sixteenth day of March, Anno Domini ore thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. A. G. CURTIN. Corporators, Style. Privileges. Meeting of stockholders. Officers. May use part other road. Route. of No. 124. AN ACT To incorporate the Irvine and Tidioute Turnpike and Plank 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 C. B. Curtis, Arthur M'Gill, Griffin Brown, D. C. Salisbury, W. S. Cohell, James Patterson, Robert H. Morrison, Samuel Grandin, and such others as may hereafter become associated with them, are hereby declared to be a body corporate, in deed and in law, by the name, style and title of the Irvine and Tidioute turnpike and plank road company; and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and all the privileges of a corporation, and capable of holding their capital stock, and enlarging the same, as they may think proper, and buying and holding such real estate as may be necessary, and of suing and being sued, and all other matters and things which a corporation may lawfully do. SECTION 2. That whenever one hundred shares shall be subscribed, of twenty-five dollars each share, a meeting may be called by any two stockholders of said company, by a notice published in any newspaper in said county, for the election of one person as president and five persons as directors, who shall hold their office for one year, and until their successors shall be elected. SECTION 3. That said company shall have the right to make use of any part of any other road along said route, and locate the road upon the same ground. SECTION 4. That the Irvine and Tidioute turnpike and plank road company shall commence at Irvine, in said county, and terminate at such place in Deerfield township as may be deemed Right to extend. proper by the company, with the right to extend the same to the village of Enterprise, in South-West township; and shall be subject to all the provisions, so far as not inconsistent with the act regulating turnpike and plank road companies, approved January twenty-six, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine. ELISHA W. DAVIS, Subject to. Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROBT. M. PALMER, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The sixteenth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. A. G. CURTIN. No. 125. A SUPPLEMENT To the act incorporating the Cream Hill Turnpike Road Company, passed and sixty. day of 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 said Cream Hill turnpike road company shall hereafter be Subject to cersubject to and entitled to all the advantages of the fourth, fifth, tain sections of sixth, ninth, tenth, thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth, turnpike compaacts regulating seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth sections of the act, enti- nies. tled "An Act regulating turnpike and plank road companies," passed the twenty-sixth day of January, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, and also the third section of the supplement to said act, passed the seventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, and also the fifth section of the act of the nineteenth of April, one thousand eight hundred and fifty: Provided however, That no view or license Proviso. shall be deemed necessary to authorize the collection of toll on said road, and that not more than one proceeding shall be institated against said company for not keeping the road in repair, in any period of six months. SECTION 2. That any person using or traveling on said road Rates of toll. for any distance whatever, (except persons going from one part of their farm to another,) shall be liable to pay toll for the same according to the usual rates, notwithstanding they do not pass through a gate; and if, upon demand made, they shall refuse to pay the same, it may be recovered in an action of debt before Penalty. a justice of the peace, as debts of like amount are now recoverable by law; and traveling any distance less than two and a half miles, shall be deemed and charged as a half section. of officers. SECTION 3. That said company shall hereafter hold its annual Annual election meetings for the election of officers on the first Monday of July; and in case of a failure to elect, the old officers shall continue in office until successors are elected. SECTION 4. That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons Prohibition. to drag stone, logs, or any matter whatever, upon said road, without being upon sleds or wheels; and any persons doing so, fines. in whole or in part, shall be liable to pay treble the usual rates Liable to pay of toll, to be sued for and recovered, (if not paid at the gate,) before a justice of the peace, as debts of like amount are recoverable by law. upon road. SECTION 5. All persons are forbidden to place timber, shin- Penalty for plaegles, saw logs, lumber, or any other material, upon the said road, ing obstructions to remain for more than twenty-four hours at one place, and then not in such manner or position as to interfere with passing or repassing, under the penalty of ten dollars for each and every offence, recoverable in like manner. ELISHA W. DAVIS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROBT. M. PALMER, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The sixteenth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. A. G. CURTIN. No. 126. AN ACT To vacate State Road from Drake's Ferry to Maryland line. 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 road authorized by act of April fifth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, to be laid out from Drake's Ferry, Huntingdon county, to Maryland line, in Bedford, now Fulton county, be and the same is hereby vacated, and the act repealed, so far as relates to Bedford, now Fulton county. ELISHA W. DAVIS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROBT. M. PALMER, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The sixteenth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. A. G. CURTIN. No. 127. AN ACT To change the place of holding Elections in East Brunswig township, Schuyl kill county. WHEREAS, The courts of Schuylkill county do not hold a session prior to the next election in East Brunswig township, Schuylkill county; therefore, |