for the completion of their said road, an additional period of five years from the passage of this act, for said purpose. 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 ore thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. A. G. CURTIN. No. 330. AN ACT Providing for the Final Adjustment and Settlement of the Claim of Samuel R. Richards. 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 treasurer, auditor general and attorney general, be and they hereby are appointed to examine, adjust and settle, upon principles of justice and equity, the claim of Samuel R. Richards against the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as set forth in an act of assembly approved thirteenth April, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, entitled "An Act in relation to the claim of Samuel R. Richards, a canal contractor;" and it shall be their duty, after being sworn or affirmed, to examine, adjust and settle the said claim, upon principles of justice and equity, and to make out an award thereon; to proceed to the performance of said duty, having given ten days notice to the claimant of the time and place of meeting, receiving as evidence in such examination all the records, documents, depositions, estimates and other papers pertaining to the case, filed or to be found in the office of the canal commissioners or auditor general, together with the journals of the canal commissioners and the legisla ture, and such other testimony, either parol or written, as shall be produced before them on behalf of said claimant or the com monwealth; and after such examination and hearing, they, or a majority of them, shall make out an award thereon, and the auditor general shall draw his warrant upon the state treasurer for such amount, if any, as shall be by them awarded to said Richards, which shall be paid by the state treasurer out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated. 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. 331. AN ACT To enable the county of Armstrong to Compromise with the Holders of her Bonds. WHEREAS, By an act of the general assembly, entitled "A further supplement to an act, entitled 'An Act for the incorporation of the Pittsburg, Kittanning and Warren railroad company,' passed the fourteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two," the county of Armstrong, with other counties therein named, was authorized to subscribe to the capital stock of the Allegheny Valley railroad company, and to pay her stock thus subscribed in the bonds of said county: And whereas, By the same act, it is provided that the bonds of any county so delivered in payment of her subscription, shall not be sold at less than their par value: And whereas, The county of Armstrong did subscribe the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars to the capital stock of said railroad company, and did deliver to said company, in payment thereof, one hundred and fifty bonds, each calling for the sum of one thousand dollars, upon the terms and conditions in the act of the general assembly stated: And whereas, It is alleged that said bonds were delivered upon the further condition in writing, to wit: that the said railroad company should pay the interest on said bonds, and protect said county from loss arising from the same: And whereas, It is further alleged that said railroad company and all the holders of said bonds have violated the terms and conditions upon which said bonds were delivered; and by reason thereof, said bonds are void and of no effect, and proceedings are now pending in the supreme court in regard to said bonds: And whereas, It is believed that a settlement and compromise can be effected by which said bonds will be surrendered to said county and litigation avoided; 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 commissioners of Armstrong county and their successors in office, be and they are hereby authorized to make and execute all bonds, notes or other securities necessary to carry into effect any settlement or compromise made in pursuance of the first section of this act; all of which said bonds, notes, agreements or securities shall be as good and valid in law as if the form thereof was set forth in this act: Provided, That any settlement or compromise made by said commissioners, be first submitted to and approved by the court of common pleas of Armstrong county, or two judges thereof, the president being one. ELISHA W. DAVIS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROBT. M. PALMER, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The seventeenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. A. G. CURTIN. No. 332. AN ACT To authorize the Supervisors of Rapho and East Donegal townships, in Lancaster county, to pay one-third of the cost of erecting a County Bridge over the Little Chiques creek, at or near the farm of Benjamin Hostetter. 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 supervisors of the townships of Rapho and East Donegal, in the county of Lancaster, be and are hereby authorized to pay, out of the township road taxes, one-third of the cost of the erection of a bridge over the Little Chiques creek, where said creek divides said townships, at or near the farm of Benjamin Hostet ter; the one-third cost of such erection to be paid by the supervisors to the county commissioners, and by them applied to the payment of said bridge; and the said supervisors are hereby authorized to lay and assess taxes for the same. ELISHA W. DAVIS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROBT. M. PALMER, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The seventeenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. A. G. CURTIN. No. 333. AN ACT To authorize the Conveyance of certain Real and Personal Estate. 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 trustees of the Greensburg academy, in the county of Westmoreland, be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to convey by deed, in fee simple, all the real estate of the aforesaid corporation, and also to assign and transfer all the personal property and funds belonging thereto, to the school district of Greensburg borough, in said county, for the purposes of common school education: Provided, That two-thirds of the said trustees shall join in such conveyance and transfer, and that the same shall be approved by the court of common pleas of said county. ELISHA W. DAVIS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROBT. M. PALMER, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The seventeenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. A. G. CURTIN. No. 334. AN ACT Annexing the Real Estate of W. W. Corbett, of Rose township, Jefferson connty, to the borough of Brookville, in the same county, for school purposes. 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 real estate of W. W. Corbett, of Rose township, in the county of Jefferson, be and the same is hereby annexed to the borough of Brookville, in the same county, for school purposes; and the said W. W. Corbett, for such purposes, shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges of a citizen of said borough. ELISHA W. DAVIS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROBT. M. PALMER, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The seventeenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. A. G. CURTIN. No. 335. A SUPPLEMENT To the act of March thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty, for the Protection of Persons navigating the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers. 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 second section of an act, entitled "An Act for the protection of persons navigating the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers," approved March thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty, be and the same is hereby extended to include all bridge companies between the city of Pittsburg and Brownsville, on the Monongahela river: Provided, That the bridge companies above Elizabethtown, on said river, shall only be required to keep lights on the two piers, one on each side of the main channel, where boats pass. ELISHA W. DAVIS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROBT. M. PALMER, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The seventeenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. A. G. CURTIN. |