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the sum of five dollars for every day necessarily engaged in running said division line and making out the drafts of the same; and chain carriers and axemen to receive each one dollar and fifty cents per day for the time necessarily employed, which compensation the commissioners of Union county shall pay by orders on the county treasury: Provided however, That in case said commissioners or either of them shall refuse or be unable to act, then, and in that case, the court of common pleas of Union county be authorized to fill such vacancies by appoint

ment.

SECTION 3. That where any mortgages of any lands or tenements situate within the territory hereby annexed to the county of Union, shall have been recorded in the recorder's office of the county of Lycoming prior to the passage of this act, the lien. of said mortgage shall remain the same as if this act had not been passed: Provided, That all process for the recovery of the same, after the passage of this act, shall issue from the county of Union, on a certified copy, filed in the office of the prothonotary, except where parts of the tract of land covered by such mortgage is in the county of Lycoming, and in such case, it shall be proceeded on as if this act had not been passed.

SECTION 4. That the lien of all judgments entered in the court of common pleas of Lycoming county prior to the passage of this act, that are liens on property embraced in the territory reannexed to Union county, shall be and remain as if this act had not been passed: Provided, That to continue the lien of any such judgment on any lands or tenements situate in the territory so annexed to Union county, beyond the period of five years from the date of such entry, a transcript of the same shall be filed in the prothonotary's office of said county of Union, and scire facias, to revive the same, as in other cases, issued out of the court of common pleas of Union county, and testatum executions may issue as is provided by the laws of this commonwealth.

Suits pending in SECTION 5. That all proceedings, suits, cases and prosecutions Lycoming coun- which shall be pending in the several courts of Lycoming county at the passage of this act, shall be proceeded in to a final termination, in the same manner and with the like effect as if this act had not been passed.

Road, poor and school taxes to be divided.

State, county

to be paid to Union county.

SECTION 6. That road, poor and school taxes assessed in said township of Brady, including, as well such as are collected and on hand, as those uncollected at the passage of this act, shall be divided, by the township auditors, as they may deem just, between that part of said township of Brady annexed to the county of Union and the part remaining attached to the county of Lycoming.

SECTION 7. That the state, county and militia tax for that part and militia tax of the township of Brady which is hereby annexed to the county of Union, though assessed, shall be collected and paid into the treasury of Union county: Provided, The duplicates have not been made out and delivered to the collectors prior to the passage of this act.

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SECTION S. That within thirty days from the passage of this act, the sheriff and at least two of the county commissioners of Union county, shall select from the territory by this act re-an

nexed to said county of Union, not exceeding twenty-five intelligent and judicious persons, to serve as jurors, and place their names in the wheel, to have the like effect as if said territory had belonged to said county of Union at the regular time of selecting jurors, and that hereafter the jurors shall be selected in the usual way provided by the laws of this commonwealth.

SECTION 9. That the officers for conducting the township elec- Special election, tion of Brady township, in the county of Lycoming, shall, on object of. the last Saturday of June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, at the usual place for holding the township elections, hold a special election, between the hours of eight o'clock, A. M., and seven o'clock, P. M., of said day, and shall receive from

the qualified voters of that part of the said township of Brady Mode of voting proposed by this bill to be annexed to Union county, tickets labelled "Brady township," and within, either the words, "For Union county," or "For Lycoming county;" and the said officers of said election shall make return of the votes polled for Union Return. county, and of the votes polled for Lycoming county, to the next court of quarter sessions of the county of Lycoming, which return shall be filed among the papers of said court, and a record thereof made as of other township elections. If a majority of the votes polled shall be for Union county, then the Result. said township of Brady, according to the boundaries prescribed in this act, shall be and hereby is re-annexed to Union county; and if the majority of the votes polled shall be for Lycoming county, then the said part of Brady township shall not be reannexed to Union county, but shall be and remain a part of Lycoming county, and the several provisions of this bill shall be void and of no effect: Provided, That the sheriff of Lycoming Proviso. county shall give notice of such election, not less than four weeks before the time of holding the same, by publication, for three successive weeks, in two weekly papers in Lycoming county, and by posting not less than fifty handbills in the most public places of the township: And provided further, That in Proviso. case a majority of the votes cast at such election shall be for Union county, a certified copy of such election return, as filed in Lycoming county, shall be forwarded by the prothonotary to the prothonotary of Union county, and shall therein be entered of record, and shall be therein conclusive evidence of the result of said election.

ELISHA W. DAVIS,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

JOHN P. PENNEY,

Speaker of the Senate pro tem.

APPROVED-The seventeenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.

A. G. CURTIN.

No. 318.

AN ACT

To authorize the Dissolution of the Corporation, entitled "The Philadelphia Steam Tug Company for Saving and Protecting Property."

WHEREAS, The directors of the Philadelphia Steam Tug company for saving and protecting property, incorporated by an act of assembly of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, passed the second day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, have found it impossible to obtain sufficient subscriptions to build a suitable ice boat to keep open the navigation of the river Delaware in winter, and funds requisite for its support, it is therefore desirable to wind up the affairs of the company, and to pay to the stockholders such dividend as may arise from any balance of funds remaining in the hands of the directors; therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa tives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That it shall and may be lawful for the directors of the Philadelphia Steam Tug company for saving and protecting property, to apply by petition to the court of common pleas for the city and county of Philadelphia, setting forth the facts stated in the preamble to this act, and praying for the relief hereby provided; whereupon the said court shall make a decree, that the said corporation shall thereupon and thereafter be dissolved and terminated; and the members of the said corporation shall be and remain forever thereafter discharged and released from all duties and responsibilities as such: Provided however, That before making any decree of dissolution as aforesaid, the court shall be satisfied that all debts due by the said corporation have been fully paid and satisfied; whereupon the court shall direct that the balance of moneys in the hands of the treasurer of said company be paid to the stockholders, or their legal representatives, in proportion to the amount of the instalments paid by them to said corporation; and upon satisfactory proof being exhibited to the court of the payment, as aforesaid, to said stockholders, or their legal representatives, the court shall have power to make a decree, exonerating and discharging the said directors and other officers of said corporation from all and any responsibility and liability in respect to the said moneys so paid to the said stockholders and others.

ELISHA W. DAVIS,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

JOHN P. PENNEY,

Speaker of the Senate pro tem.

APPROVED-The seventeenth day of April, Anno Domini one

thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.

A. G. CURTIN.

No. 319.

A SUPPLEMENT

To an act to establish High and Low Water Lines in the Monongahela,
Allegheny and Ohio rivers, in the vicinity of Pittsburg.

WHEREAS, In pursuance of an act, approved the sixteenth Preamble.
day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and
fifty-eight, entitled "An Act to establish high and low water
lines on the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio rivers, in the
vicinity of Pittsburg, in Allegheny county," certain stones have
been set in and near the shores of said rivers and the islands
therein, marked on their tops with the letters R. L., and num-
bered with figures one, two, three, et cetera; the position of
which stones is indicated on the map of the survey, and are
points from which to determine the location of said lines;
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 from and after the passage of this act it shall not be lawful for Penalty for displacing stones. any person to disturb or displace said stones, or any of them; and any person or persons so offending, shall be liable to a penalty of twenty dollars, together with the cost of re-setting, as hereinafter provided, for any stone or stones unlawfully disturbed or displaced, to be recovered as debts of like amount are now by law recoverable; one-half of the said twenty dollars for the use of the informer, and the other half, together with the cost of re-setting, to be paid into the treasury of Allegheny county: Provided, That in case of necessary and lawful exca- Proviso. vation or grading, any of said stones be exposed to disturbance or displacement, it shall be the duty of the person or persons finding or uncovering such stone, before proceeding farther, to give notice, if within the bounds of a city or borough, to the regulator or surveyor thereof; and if not within the bounds of a city or borough, to the county surveyor of Allegheny county, that such stone or stones are exposed and require protection; and it is hereby made the duty of such surveyors and regulators, when notified as aforesaid, to proceed without delay to examine the location and condition of such stone or stones, and according to the requirements of the case, place such stone or stones higher or lower in its place, or otherwise so set it in another adjacent locality, as that it shall be available for the use originally intended; and in case of setting in a new place, the said surveyor or regulator, as the case may be, shall make a proper note of such removal or re-setting, on the recorded map of the survey of high and low water lines; the expense of adjusting and re-setting said stones, shall be paid out of the treasury of said Allegheny county: Provided, That the com- Proviso. missioners of the county of Allegheny shall not draw any order or warrants on the treasury, or pay out any money after

Duties of survey.

or, supervisors, regulators, &c.

Repeal

the first day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, or incur any expense under the provisions of the act, entitled "An Act to establish high and low water lines in said county," approved the sixteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight.

SECTION 2. That it is hereby made the duty of the county surveyor of Allegheny county, and the supervisors and road mas ters, and the surveyors and regulators of the cities and boroughs within the limits specified in the act to which this is a supplement, when directing, conducting or overseeing, or if it come under their notice, any grading, excavation or filling, whether on streets, roads or other public ways, or on private property, to take care that nothing be done to, or on any of the stones, land marks aforesaid, calculated to disturb, deface, or in any respect impair their usefulness, for the purposes for which they were intended; and the said surveyors, regulators, supervisors and road masters, together with their necessary assistants, shall have power and authority to enter upon any lot or land within the limits, or adjacent thereto, of the said survey of high and low water lines, to perform the service and duty required of them by this act.

SECTION 3. That all laws or parts of laws inconsistent herewith, are hereby repealed.

ELISHA W. DAVIS,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

JOHN P. PENNEY,

Speaker of the Senate pro tem.

APPROVED-The seventeenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.

A. G. CURTIN.

No. 320.

AN ACT

Authorizing the Trustees of the Upper Dublin Lutheran Evangelical church to Borrow Money.

WHEREAS, By an act, entitled "An Act to incorporate the German Lutheran church, in Upper Dublin township, Montgomery county," approved the twenty-third day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, a number of citizens of said county were incorporated, under the name, style and title of the Upper Dublin Lutheran Evangelical church, and have erected a church edifice under said charter:

And whereas, Said edifice is now completed, but there remain some claims against said edifice, contracted in its erection, yet

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