No. 390. AN ACT To prevent the spreading and introduction of the Canada Thistle in certain counties. 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 every owner, possessor or occupier of land in the counties of The spreading of Lancaster, Washington, Fayette, Delaware and Erie, shall cut Canada thistles prohibited. or mow all the Canada thistles growing thereon or in the highways adjoining the same, so often as to prevent their going to seed; and if any owner, possessor or occupier of land knowingly shall suffer any such thistles to grow thereon or in any highway adjoining the same, and the seed to ripen, so as to cause or en danger the spreading thereof, he shall forfeit and pay the sum Penalty. of ten dollars; and any person may enter on the land of another who shall neglect or refuse to cut or mow down such thistles, for the purpose of cutting or mowing the same down, and shall not be liable to be sued in an action of trespass therefor. SECTION 2. That if any person in said counties shall know- Penalty for vendingly vend any grass or other seed in which there is any seed ing certain seed. of the Canada thistle, such person shall, for every such offence, be fined the sum of twenty dollars. SECTION 3. That all fines accruing under the provisions of this Fines, how colact, shall be collected before a justice of the peace, in the name lected. of the school directors of the proper district, and be for the benefit of the schools in the district in which the fine is incurred. SECTION 4. That the provisions of this act shall extend to the Extended to all county of Washington, not only for the Canada but for all other other species of species of thistle. ELISHA W. DAVIS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN P. PENNEY, Speaker of the Senate pro tem. APPROVED-The first day of May, Anno Domini one thousand thistle in Washington county. eight hundred and sixty-one. A. G. CURTIN. No. 391. AN ACT Relating to Restaurants and Beer Houses in the counties of Lancaster, Chester and Delaware. 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 provisions of an act, entitled "A further supplement to an act to regulate the sale of intoxicating liquors," approved the second day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty, be and the same are hereby extended to the counties of Lancaster, Chester, Delaware, Tioga and Crawford; and all acts and parts of acts now in force in said counties, inconsistent herewith, be and the same are hereby repealed. ELISHA W. DAVIS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN P. PENNEY, Speaker of the Senate pro tem. APPROVED-The first day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. A. G. CURTIN. No. 392. AN ACT Relating to the Estate of Samuel Grimes, late of Centre county, deceased. WHEREAS, Samuel Grimes, late of Ferguson township, Centre county, deceased, did by his last will and testament bequeath all his estate to the children of his son, John Grimes, to be paid when the youngest of said children arrives at the age of twentyone years: And whereas, The estate of the said Samuel Grimes is invested in a first judgment lien entered in the court of common pleas of said county of Centre, against the real estate of said John Grimes, the father of the said legatees: And whereas, The summary collection of said judgment would unnecessarily sacrifice the interests of said minor children. 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 no writ of venditioni exponas shall issue or be enforced out of the court of common pleas of Centre county, upon said judgment, without the consent of the guardian of said minor children being first had in writing, and filed among the records of said court: Provided, That this act shall not be so construed as to prevent the collection of so much of said judgment as may be necessary to pay the just debts, funeral expenses, and costs of administration of said testator. ELISHA W. DAVIS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN P. PENNEY, Speaker of the Senate pro tem. APPROVED-The first day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. A. G. CURTIN. No. 393. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT tributed. To an act to incorporate the Bedford Mineral Springs Association, approved March seventeenth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five. 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 on or before the first day of October annually hereafter, the Report to be pubpresident and directors of the Bedford Mineral Springs company lished and disshall make out and publish in pamphlet form, or in one or more of the newspapers published at Bedford, a detailed statement and report of their proceedings, including the receipts and expenditures, and dividends, if any, for the then preceding year; said report, if published in pamphlet form, to be distributed to the stockholders, and the first report to contain a statement in detail of the affairs of the company, from the beginning thereof to the date of the report. SECTION 2. That at the elections for president and directors Votes. hereafter, each stockholder owning ten or less than ten shares of stock, may, in person or by proxy, cast one full vote for each share of stock owned by him, and each stockholder owning more than ten shares of stock may, in person or by proxy, cast one full vote for each of his first ten shares of stock, one-half of one full vote for each share of stock he owns between ten and twenty, and one-fourth of one full vote for each share of stock he owns between twenty and forty, and one-fifth of one full vote for each share of stock he owns over forty; and the votes shall be taken and counted at and for the numbers and Proviso. Repeal. When to go into effect. value aforesaid, and for no more: Provided however, That no stockholder shall directly or indirectly, by transfers of stock made for that purpose or otherwise, vote more than one-fifth of the whole number of votes to which the whole of the stockholders are entitled by this section. SECTION 3. That so much of the act and its supplements to which this is a supplement, as is inconsistent herewith, be and the same is hereby repealed. SECTION 4. That this act shall not go into effect until the same shall be first approved by a majority, in number, of the stockholders of said company, at a meeting called for that purpose by any three of their number, of which two weeks notice shall be given in two papers published in the county of Bedford. ELISHA W. DAVIS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN P. PENNEY, Speaker of the Senate pro tem. APPROVED-The first day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. A. G. CURTIN. No. 394. AN ACT To run and fix a portion of the Line between Luzerne and Columbia counties. 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 Commissioners. John Sturdevant and P. C. Wadsworth, of Luzerne county, and George Mack, of Columbia county, be and are hereby appointed commissioners to run, adjust and fix the boundary line between the counties of Luzerne and Columbia, along the west side of Huntington township, in Luzerne county, from the south-west corner of Huntington township; thence along the westerly boundary of farms and surveys of Huntington township to the south-west corner of Fairmount township, in Luzerne county. Duties. Drafts. Compensation. SECTION 2. That said commissioners shall make a draft of the line so run by them, and deposit a copy of the same in the office of the clerk of the court of the counties of Luzerne and Columbia respectively, after which the same shall be the line between said counties. SECTION 3. That each of said commissioners shall for their services receive three dollars per day, to be paid equally by Luzerne and Columbia counties, they being duly sworn or affirmed before entering on the duties enjoined upon them by this act. ELISHA W. DAVIS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN P. PENNEY, Speaker of the Senate pro tem. APPROVED-The first day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. A. G. CURTIN. No. 395. AN ACT To authorize the Removal of the Dead from the Burying Ground ceded to a Society of the Church of England in August twenty-seventh, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-two, by Patterson and Lowdon, southeast corner of King and Second streets, Northumberland, Northumberland 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 the trustees of Saint Mark's Protestant Episcopal church of Northumberland, are hereby authorized and empowered to remove from the grounds connected with said church, the remains of all the dead interred therein, and to re-inter the same in such lots in the cemetery adjacent to Northumberland or elsewhere, as the friends and relations of the dead may select and pay for; but if no such selection be made, then to have the same interred in such lots in said cemetery as the said vestry shall select, provide and pay for; those who have no tomb stones, or cannot by any other means be identified, may be interred as the trustees may elect. ELISHA W. DAVIS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN P. PENNEY, Speaker of the Senate pro tem. APPROVED-The first day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. A. G. CURTIN. |