No. 396. AN ACT For the re-examination of the Claim of James J. Dull. 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 claim of the said James J. Dull be referred back to Eli Slifer, Thomas E. Cochran and William Overfield, who are hereby authorized and required, within thirty days after the passage of this act, to re-examine and settle and adjust said claim, on principles of equity and justice; and said commissioners, if they deem proper, shall have authority to allow said Dull interest on his claim against the commonwealth for the same period of time that interest was charged in favor of the commonwealth on its account against him; and when the report of the said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall have been made and filed in the office of the auditor general, the amount, if any, found due to said Dull shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. 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. 397. AN ACT For the Relief of Emmor Walton, lato Treasurer of Bucks county. 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 and required to open and re-state the accounts of Emmor Walton, late treasurer of Bucks county, and to allow said Walton a credit of fifty-one dollars and thirty cents, the amount paid by him for advertising mercantile license, and not allowed him in said settlement. 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. 398. AN ACT For the formation of a New Election District in the county of Lehigh. 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 for the purpose of holding the general fall elections or special New election diselections to fill vacancies in offices usually filled at said general trict formed. fall elections, so much of the townships of North Whitehall and South Whitehall, in the county of Lehigh, as are embraced within the following boundaries, viz: A line commencing at the Boundaries. north-eastern corner of the present boundaries of the borough of Allentown, at the river Lehigh; thence following said borough line to a wooden bridge over the Jordan creek, near Allentown iron works; thence following the public road leading from said bridge to Roth's tavern; thence along the public road to Deshler's mill; thence along the public road leading to Catasauqua, to the north end of the stone bridge across the Jordan creek, at I. Newhart's; thence in a straight line to Kohler's mill; thence following the public road to Seigfried's bridge; thence to the shore of the Lehigh river; thence along the shore of said river to the place of beginning, shall hereafter form a separate election district. SECTION 2. That the assessors of the said townships of North Duties of assesand South Whitehall shall make a separate assessment of such sors. of the taxable inhabitants of their respective townships as shall reside within the limits of said new election district, and shall furnish to the judge of the elections of the new district hereby created, a list of said taxable inhabitants, at the usual time for election purposes; and that three lists of the qualified voters of said district shall be posted up in the most public places in said district, as provided by the general election laws of this com- Notice of elec monwealth; and public notice shall be given by the proper officers tions. Judge and inspectors of elec tions. Commissioners to fix the lines. Elections for in reference to the elections to be held in said district, as is provided for by law in other cases. SECTION 3. That on the said general election of each and every year, the qualified voters of said district shall elect one person as judge and two persons as inspectors, for the purpose of holding said elections in said district; and that for the purpose of holding the first fall election and the first election under this act, Theodore H. Green shall be the judge, and Peter Miller and Jacob Sherer the inspectors; that the elections for said new district shall be held at the public house now occupied by William W. Hammersly, in the village of Hokendauqua. SECTION 4. That P. A. Ashbach, Samuel M'Hose and Preston Brock, be and are hereby appointed commissioners to fix the lines of said new election district, who shall be entitled to such compensation out of the county treasury as shall be deemed just and equitable by the commissioners of the county of Lehigh. SECTION 5. That at all elections for school directors and other township officers. township officers, the electors residing within the bounds of the new district shall vote, as heretofore, in their respective townships. 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. 399. AN ACT Relating to the Belmont Avenue 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 Repeal of certain so much of section eleven of the act of assembly approved January 22d, 1849, entitled "An Act regulating turnpike and plank road companies," as restricts the grade and width of the Belmont avenue and plank road, be and the same is hereby repealed, as far as regards said road: Provided, That the grade thereof shall not exceed six degrees from a horizontal line. restrictions. Proviso. When tolls may be received. SECTION 2. That whenever said company shall have finished two miles, or more, of their road, they shall have power to erect gates and receive tolls upon the portion so finished, agreeably to the conditions and restrictions of sections twelve and thirteen of the aforesaid act of assembly, entitled "An Act regulating turnpike and plank road companies." 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 Domin one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. A. G. CURTIN. No. 400. AN ACT Fixing the places of holding Elections in the Second and Third wards of the city of Harrisburg. 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 thirty-seventh section of an act, entitled "An Act to incorporate the city of Harrisburg, in the county of Dauphin," be and the same is hereby repealed, so far as it relates to the places of holding elections in the Second and Third wards of said city, on the completion of the new court house, and that the elections be continued in the Second and Third wards of said city, at the places designated in said thirty-seventh section incorporating the city of Harrisburg, before the completion of said court house. 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. 401. AN ACT To confirm a part of the Survey of the 12th Section of the Survey of Blockley, in the city of Philadelphia. 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 plan of the 12th section of the survey of Blockley, as approved by the board of surveyors of the city of Philadelphia, being plan number nineteen on file in the office of the department of surveys of said city, be and the same is hereby confirmed, and the streets and avenues all fixed and established as they are marked and located on said plan. 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. 402. A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT To the act incorporating the Shrewsbury and Hopewell Plank Road Company, of the county of York. 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 president and managers of the Shrewsbury and Hopewell plank road company, in the county of York, are hereby authorized to vacate all of said road lying east of the York and Maryland Line turnpike, to its terminus, at the public house of Martin Jailor, in Hopewell township, in said county; and the part of said road so vacated is hereby declared to be a public high |