No. 499. AN ACT To lay out a State Road from Butler, Butler county, to Franklin, Venango 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 Commissioners. Henry Pillow, John Glenn and Samuel Leason, of Butler county, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view and locate a state road from Butler, Butler county, by way of Sunberry, in said county, and Clintonville, in Venango county, to Franklin, in said county. Route. Duty of commissioners. Drafts. SECTION 2. That it shall be the duty of said commissioners, as soon as practicable, having first been sworn or affirmed before a justice of the peace or other proper officer, to perform the duties enjoined upon them by this act with impartiality and fidelity, which said oath shall be filed in his office by the said justice of the peace or other proper officer, carefully to view the ground and lay out the said road, having respect to the ground and shortest distance, so as best to subserve the public good and do the least damage to private property; and that they shall clearly and distinctly mark upon the ground the route agreed upon, so as to enable the supervisors to readily find the same. The grade of said road shall not exceed three degrees, after reasonable bridging and filling in. SECTION 3. That said commissioners shall make a fair and accurate draft of the location of said road, noting the courses and distances with a reference to the improvements. One copy thereof shall be deposited in the office of the secretary of the commonwealth, on or before the first day of October next, and one copy in the office of the court of quarter sessions of each of the counties through which said road passes, on or before the first day of October next. And thenceforth the road shall Opening of road. be, to all intents and purposes, a public highway, and shall be opened to the width of thirty-three feet, and shall be made and repaired, in all respects, as roads laid out by order of court; and the damages sustained by owners of land, if any, shall be assessed and paid as provided by act of thirteenth day of June, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six. Damages. Compensation. SECTION 4. That the said commissioners, one of whom may be an artist, shall each be entitled to receive two dollars per day for each and every day they shall be necessarily employed in performing the duties enjoined upon them by this act; and the artist shall be entitled to receive fifty cents per day additional compensation; and the said commissioners shall be authorized to employ two chain carriers and an axeman, at a compensation not exceeding one dollar per day each; and the accounts shall be registered by the commissioners, and paid by the treasurers of said counties in the usual way; and if any vacancy shall occur, by resignation or otherwise, the remaining Vacancies. vacate any road or parts of road that may be considered un- May vacate road necessary, by reason of the location of this road: Provided, That the expenses of this view shall be paid by the counties Proviso. ELISHA W. DAVIS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROBT. M. PALMER, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED The first day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. A. G. CURTIN. No. 500. AN ACT Relative to Lunatics in the county of Wyoming. 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 hereafter in all cases of acquittal, in the county of Wyoming, upon indictment for any offence, upon proof and by reason of insanity, in which the defendant has been or shall be sent to the State Lunatic asylum, the expenses incurred and to be incurred in the maintenance, care and support of such lunatic defendant, at such asylum, shall be borne by the said county: Provided, That this act shall not be so construed as to annul any right of recovery of such expenses from the relatives of such lunatic defendant, if of sufficient ability. J. H. SELTZER, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem. JOHN P. PENNEY, APPROVED-The first day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. A. G. CURTIN. No. 501. AN ACT Relative to the Assessment and Collection of Taxes on Unseated Lands in Overton township, in Bradford 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 it shall be lawful for the present township officers of the township of Overton, in the county of Bradford, to make out and sign the proper papers and vouchers for the assessment and the levying of the taxes on unseated lands in said township, in all cases where the same has been neglected or omitted to be done within the last five years, and transmit the same to the commissioners of said county; and the said county commissioners, on receipt of the same, shall proceed to assess, levy and collect all such taxes, in the same manner and with like effect as if the same had been done at the proper time. ELISHA W. DAVIS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. 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. 502. AN ACT Annexing the county of Clearfield tothe Eastern District of the Supreme Court. 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 from and after the passage of this act, the county of Clearfield shall constitute part of the Eastern district of the supreme court. 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. 503. AN ACT Relative to the Franklin Railroad 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 the Cumberland Valley railroad company be and they are hereby authorized to guarantee the mortgage bonds of the Franklin railroad company, to an amount not exceeding two hundred thousand dollars: Provided, A majority of the stockholders of both companies shall agree to such guarantee. 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. 504. AN ACT Relative to the Erection of New Townships. 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 whenever a new township has heretofore been or may hereafter be erected, whether by a division of one township or by uniting parts of two or more townships into one, the court of common pleas of the proper county, sitting in equity, shall have power, upon application of the proper supervisors, poor masters or school directors of any township or school district, by a suit or suits in equity, to adjust the taxes, debts and expenses for road, school and poor purposes between the said old township or town ships and the said new township; and in the execution of any decree in any such suit or suits, the proper officers of the township liable to pay shall have power to levy separate rates of taxation, if necessary, on the said parts of townships so erected into one. SECTION 2. Similar proceedings may be had in case of the division of any township, or upon a change of the boundaries. of any township or townships. ELISHA W. DAVIS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROBT. M. PALMER, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The first day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. A. G. CURTIN. No. 505. AN ACT For the Relief of the Estate of H. L. Brown, deceased, of the city of Erie. 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 Erie are hereby authorized to adjust, with the executors of the estate of H. L. Brown, deceased, the amount of tax to be paid by said estate, for paving State street, in front of lots numbers two thousand and forty-three and two thousand and forty-four, on which Brown's hotel is situated, and to make such abatement of the amount of tax levied upon said property, for the improvement of State street aforesaid, as said councils shall deem just and reasonable: Provided, That any adjustment or abatement made in pursuance of this act, shall not affect the lien said city now has for said tax on the aforementioned property, under existing laws. ELISHA W. DAVIS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROBT. M. PALMER, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The first day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. A. G. CURTIN. |