No. 45. AN ACT Authorizing the qualified voters of the township of Allegheny, in the county of Armstrong, and Centre township, in the county of Greene, to elect two additional Supervisors. 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 it shall be lawful for the qualified voters of the township of Allegheny, in the county of Armstrong, and of Centre township, in the county of Greene, annually to elect four supervisors of roads and highways for said township, at the same time and place now fixed by law for the election of township officers. ELISHA W. DAVIS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROBT. M. PALMER, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-first day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. A. G. CURTIN. ! No. 46. AN ACT Authorizing the Directors of the Poor and of the House of Employment for the county of Delaware, to sell certain Real Estate to the School Directors of the township of Middletown, in said 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 directors of the poor and of the house of employment for the county of Delaware, be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to grant, bargain, sell and convey to the school directors of the township of Middletown, in the said county, in fee simple, for the use of the public schools of the said school district, that part of the farm lands attached to the said house of employment, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point in the middle of the Middletown road, at a corner of other lands of the said directors of the poor and of the house of employment; thence by the same lands south thirty-eight and a quarter degrees west fifteen perches and fifteen-hundredths to a stake, and south forty-three and a half degrees east eight perches to a stake; thence by lands of Walker Y. Hoopes north thirty-eight and a quarter degrees east fifteen perches and fifteen-hundredths to a point in the middle of the aforesaid road; thence along the same north forty-three and a half degrees west eight perches to the place of beginning, containing three quarters of an acre of land. ELISHA W. DAVIS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROBT. M. PALMER, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-third day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. A. G. CURTIN. No. 47. AN ACT To authorize the Select and Common Councils of Philadelphia to culvert Cohocksink creek, in the Sixteenth ward, Philadelphia. WHEREAS, By an act of assembly, passed February twentyseventh, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, Cohocksink creek, in the then township of the Northern Liberties, and county of Philadelphia, from the mouth thereof to the bridge on the road leading to Frankford, was declared a public highway, forty feet in width, for the passage of all kinds of vessels and rafts which can float therein; and by an act passed April sixteenth, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, the said creek, of the width aforesaid, from the said bridge up to Sixth street, was also declared a public highway, and authority given to the municipal commissioners to erect a culvert along the same: And whereas, Upon the survey and plan of the said township of the Northern Liberties, made in pursuance of an act of assembly, passed April seventeenth, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, duly confirmed and recorded according to law, a canal was laid out along the several courses of the said creek, from the mouth thereof to Front street, and the canal constructed in conformity with said plan; and divers attempts have been made, as well at the expense of the owners of adjacent lots as by the public, to keep the canal in such order as to answer the end originally intended, but it has been found by experience that the expense of cleaning the same, and keeping it in such order, is vastly greater than all the public and private benefits resulting from the landings thereon; and by reason of the filth and rubbish which are carried by the rains into the said canal, the same is nearly filled up, and has become a grievous nuisance, dangerous to the health of the inhabitants, and requires a speedy remedy: And whereas, By the act of March sixteenth, one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, incorporating the district of the Northern Liberties, it was declared that no law, ordinance or regulation shall ever be made to annul or alter the lines of any street, lane, alley or road, or the courses and degrees of descent, or the distances from the lines of such streets, lanes, alleys or roads, or of the gutters, water courses and common sewers within the said district, as the same has been surveyed, regulated and fixed by the said act of April seventeenth, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five; 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 the select and common councils of the city of Philadelphia be and they are hereby authorized to cause a re-survey to be made of those parts of the late district of the Northern Liberties and Kensington, lying contiguous to Cohocksink creek east of Front street, and lay out so many new streets, and extend such of the streets already established within the same, as in their judgment will be necessary to accommodate the inhabitants with convenient ways and passages, laying the same out, or as near to right angles with each other as the nature of the place and a reasonable conformity to the streets already established will admit, and to establish and fix the grade of the streets so laid out or extended, and if need require, to revise and change the grade of the streets already established, and connecting with such new streets; and the said streets so laid out or extended, the plan thereof being first approved by the said councils, shall be recorded, and the streets opened in the manner now provided by law in the city of Philadelphia; and the said councils shall continue the culvert intended to drain Cohocksink creek, by the shortest practicable course, from Front street, along the said creek or canal, and any of the streets hereby authorized to be laid out or already established, into the river Delaware; and upon the completion of the said culvert, and opening the streets so laid out or extended, the said councils are further authorized to fill up the said creek or canal to the proper grade, and declare vacated such parts of it west of Delaware avenue as may not be occupied by the said culvert, or made a part of any of the streets so laid out, in such manner and at such times as they may deem expedient: Provided, That if the said councils decide to construct said culvert on Laurel street, the owners of property on said street shall be exempt from the usual charges for culverts, under the acts of assembly; and that so much of any existing law or act of assembly as may conflict with the provisions of this act, be and is hereby repealed. ELISHA W. DAVIS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-fifth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. A. G. CURTIN. No. 48. AN ACT To authorize the Commissioners of Wyoming county to borrow money. 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 Wyoming county be and are hereby au thorized and empowered to borrow, upon the credit of the said county, for the purpose of erecting a new county jail and sheriff's house, and also to purchase a lot of land on which to erect the same, any sum of money not exceeding six thousand dol lars, payable in six years, at any rate of interest not exceeding six per cent. per annum; and for this purpose to execute bonds, penal or single, in the name and on behalf of the county, under its corporate seal, and the hands of the commissioners, or a majority of them: Provided, That no bond shall be issued, as aforesaid, of a less denomination than one hundred dollars, and that said money shall be exempt from taxation: And provided further, That if any of the money authorized to be borrowed under the provisions of this act, be placed in the treasury of the county, the county treasurer shall not be allowed for his services as to the same a sum exceeding one per cent., to be rated upon the amount placed therein. ELISHA W. DAVIS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROBT. M. PALMER, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-fifth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. A. G. CURTIN. No. 49. AN ACT To extend the provisions of an act relating to the selling of the repairing of the Public Roads in certain townships in Schuylkill county, to the township of Washington, in said 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 provisions of an act relating to the selling of the repairing of the public roads in certain townships in Schuylkill county, approved the nineteenth day of January, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty, be and the same are hereby extended to the township of Washington, in said county of Schuylkill: Provided, That in making the contracts for the making or repairing of the public roads in said township, the supervisor shall not include more than one mile of road in each contract. ELISHA W. DAVIS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROBT. M. PALMER, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-sixth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. A. G. CURTIN. No. 50. AN ACT To create a new Ward in the borough of Pottsville, in the county of Schuylkill. 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, all that part of the South ward of the borough of Pottsville aforesaid, lying east of Centre street and south of Norwegian street, be and is hereby erected into a new ward, to be called South-East ward; and that the qualified electors thereof shall hold their elections at the American House, in said new ward; and that James A. Inness, Esq., shall be the judge, and John Leonard and Henry Gressang, the inspectors, to hold the first election after the passage of this act; and said inspectors shall appoint a clerk for said elections, as is provided for by existing laws: Provided, That the said above named election officers shall hold their offices until the next election for election officers in said borough after the passage of this act. ELISHA W. DAVIS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROBT. M. PALMER, APPROVED-The twenty-sixth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. A. G. CURTIN. |