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Provided, That the same shall be subject to the payment of the collateral inheritance tax, and to the payment of all costs and charges legally accrued by reason of the same having escheated to the state.

ISAAC A. SHEPPARD,

Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem.

G RUSH. SMITH,

Speaker of the Senate pro tem.

APPROVED-The twenty-second day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.

A. G. CURTIN.

No. 168.

A SUPPLEMENT

To an act to confirm the Revised Grade and Survey Regulations of the fourth section of the Survey of West Philadelphia, and a part of the late township of Blockley, approved the twenty-eighth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty.

WHEREAS, Charles M. S. Leslie, the present owner of all the land bounding on both sides of the old Darby road, or Till street, which leads south-westwardly from the Baltimore turnpike to the Darby plank road, or Woodland street, between Fortieth and Forty-first streets, in the Twenty-fourth ward of the city of Philadelphia, hath assented to the closing up and vacating of the same; now 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 That the said old Darby road, or Till street, is hereby vacated, and the soil therein vested in fee in the said adjoining owner. ELISHA W. DAVIS,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

ROBT. M. PALMER,
Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The twenty-second day of March, Anno Domini

one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.

A. G. CURTIN.

No. 169.

AN ACT

To authorize the Chestnut Hill Iron Ore Company to borrow money, and to secure the payment thereof.

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 Chestnut Hill iron ore company is hereby authorized to borrow money, and to issue its bonds therefor, to an amount not exceeding one-half of the amount of its capital stock, payable at such time and place, within or without this commonwealth, and bearing such rate of interest, not exceeding such as is permitted by the laws of the place where the same shall be payable, as it may deem proper, and to sell the said bonds at such prices as it may deem for the best interest of the said company, and may secure the payment of said bonds by mortgages or deeds of trust upon its land, works and other property, or any part thereof.

ISAAC A. SHEPPARD,

Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem.
G. RUSH SMITH,
Speaker of the Senate pro tem.

APPROVED-The twenty-second day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.

A. G. CURTIN.

No. 170.

A SUPPLEMENT

To an act to incorporate the Junction Railroad Company, passed May the fifteenth, one thousand eight hundred and sixty.

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 said Junction railroad company be and they are hereby au- Privileges and thorized to connect their road with the road of the Pennsylvania route. railroad company, at or near the West Philadelphia water works, in the city of Philadelphia, to use the roadway of the Pennsyl vania railroad, and of the West Chester and Philadelphia railroad, or either of them, with the consent of said companies, respectively, and construct a road to connect them, or either of them, with the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore rail

Authorized to issue bonds.

road, at or near Grey's Ferry, or may construct the whole or such parts of their railroad as may be needful, with or without the use of one or both of the roads of the companies aforesaid, to make a complete line of railway from a point on the Philadelphia and Reading railroad, at or near the bridge at Peters's island, to a point on the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore railroad, at or near Grey's Ferry bridge, by the most convenient and practicable route.

SECTION 2. And it may be lawful for said company, for the purpose of constructing the said road, in whole or in part, to issue bonds, as provided by their charter, and secure them by a mortgage upon all their property and franchises; and it shall be lawful for the Pennsylvania railroad company, the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore railroad company, the Philadelphia and Reading railroad company, and the West Chester and Philadelphia railroad company, or any or either of them, to guarantee the principal or interest, or either, of the said bonds so to be issued, upon such terms as may be agreed on between them. ISAAC A. SHEPPARD,

Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem.

G. RUSH SMITH,

Speaker of the Senate pro tem.

APPROVED-The twenty-third day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.

A. G. CURTIN.

No. 171.

AN ACT

To regulate the Fees of Justices of the Peace of Cambria county.

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 hereafter the fee of a justice of the peace in and for the county of Cambria aforesaid, for the relief and removal of any pauper to the house for the employment and support of the poor of said county, be and the same is hereby declared to be fifty cents to each justice of the peace who may hear the order for relief, and who may grant the said order of removal.

ISAAC A. SHEPPARD,
Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem.
G. RUSH SMITH,
Speaker of the Senate pro tem.

APPROVED-The twenty-second day of March, Anno Domini

one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.

A. G. CURTIN.

No. 172.

AN ACT

Relating to Deer in the county of Centre.

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

from and after the passage of this act it shall not be lawful for When deer may
any person or persons to hunt, chase, pursue, kill and destroy not be destroyed.
any buck, doe or fawn in the county of Centre, except in the
months of September, October and November, under a penalty

of sixteen dollars, to be recovered before any justice of the Penalty.
peace, (in the county aforesaid,) in the name of the common-
wealth of Pennsylvania, with costs of suit, one-half of said
penalty to go to the informer, and the other half to be paid into
the treasury of the school fund of the township in which the
offence may be committed; and on the refusal of the offender
or offenders to pay the same, to be levied of his or their goods
and chattels; and if sufficient goods and chattels cannot be
found to satisfy the same, then such offender or offenders to be
conveyed to the county jail, and there to remain not less than
ten days, unless the penalty should be paid in the meantime:
Provided, That the informer shall be a competent witness, not- Proviso.
withstanding he is entitled to half the penalty: And provided
further, That any person or persons considering him or them- Proviso.
selves aggrieved, shall be entitled to an appeal to the next court
of common pleas of said county, within twenty days from the
rendition of the judgment.

sidered owner.

SECTION 2. That hereafter any person or person starting any Person starting buck, doe or fawn shall be considered the owner thereof: Pro- deer to be convided, That he or they shall pursue such buck, doe or fawn in a Proviso. reasonable time, and continue such pursuit until the same is overtaken.

ISAAC A. SHEPPARD,

Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem.

G. RUSH SMITH,

Speaker of the Senate pro tem.

APPROVED-The twenty-second day of March, Anno Domini

one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.

A. G. CURTIN.

No. 173.

AN ACT

To vacate Spruce Alley, in the borough of Easton, in the county of Northampton.

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 Spruce alley, from Seventh street to Locust alley, in the borough of Easton, running east and west through the lot of ground upon which the new court house is now being erected, be and the same is hereby vacated.

ISAAC A. SHEPPARD,

Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem.

G. RUSH SMITH,

Speaker of the Senate pro tem.

APPROVED-The twenty-second day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.

A. G. CURTIN.

No. 174.

SUPPLEMENT

To an act authorizing the Governor to incorporate a Company for making an Artificial Road from the north end of the bridge over Clark's creek, on the road leading from Harrisburg to Sunbury, across Peter's mountain, to the south end of the bridge over Powell's creek, on the said road, in the county of Dauphin.

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 office of the Peter's Mountain turnpike road company shall be located and kept at some convenient place along the line of the said turnpike road; and it shall be the duty of the treasurer and secretary of said company to keep the books and papers of the said company in said office, subject and open to the inspection and examination of the stockholders, and all persons interested therein; and all transfers of stock, payments of dividends, meetings of the board of managers, and all elections of officers of the said company, shall hereafter be made and held at the

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