roads not in good

it shall be lawful for any person who may feel himself aggrieved How complaints by the negligence of the contractor or contractors, in keeping to be made when the roads in good passable order, to make complaint under oath, order. to a justice of the peace of the said county, setting forth as near as possible, the road or part of road or bridge out of re

pair; whereupon it shall be the duty of the said justice to issue Duty of justice of his mandate to the constable of his district, or to some other the peace. convenient constable, commanding three disinterested persons, named by said justice in said mandate, who shall forthwith.

view the road or bridge complained of, and make a written re- Report of viewers port of their investigations, sworn and subscribed to. Should such report confirm the complaint, the justice shall cause the contractor or contractors to appear before him forthwith, and Contractors to enter into a recognizance for his or their appearance at the next enter into recogcourt of quarter sessions of the peace in and for said county, to answer for the misdemeanor.

nizance.

SECTION 2. The justice of the peace shall make a return of Justice to make the report and affidavit of the viewers, in the same manner as return of report. reports of criminal cases are now made.

now

and controller.

SECTION 3. The fees to be received by said justice, and the Fees of justices fees and mileage of said constable, shall be the same as is allowed by law for similar services; and the said viewers shall be allowed one dollar per day, and the same mileage now al- Pay of viewers. lowed by law to jurors; but in no case shall they be allowed for more than one day's service and one mileage; and in no case

shall the complainant be entitled to any fees or compensation Complainant. before said justice; neither shall it be necessary for such complainant, after the report of the viewers has been made, to appear at court to prosecute, nor shall said complainant be liable to pay the costs of said prosecution in court; but all such prosecu- Costs. tions shall be entered and conducted in the name of the commonwealth, and the costs shall be paid either by the defendant or defendants, or by the county, as the result of said prosecution may require, according to existing laws.

tain cases.

SECTION 4. Should any such complaint be made and not cor- Complainant to roborated by the viewers, then and in that case the cost shall pay costs in cerfall upon the complainant, and shall be collected from him in the name of the commonwealth, for the parties entitled thereto, in the same manner as debts of like amount are now by law recoverable, in which no exemption of property from execution shall be allowed.

SECTION 5. This act shall not take effect until the tenth day When this act to of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty- take effect.

one.

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 thou

sand eight hundred and sixty-one.

A. G. CURTIN.

No. 619.

A SUPPLEMENT

To the act to enable the county of Beaver to borrow money, approved the twentieth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assem met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the act of the general assembly, approved the twentieth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty, entitled "An Act to enable the county of Beaver to borrow money," be and the same is hereby extended so as to authorize and empower the commissioners of Beaver county to borrow money, not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, upon the faith and credit of said county, in addition to the amount authorized by the act to which this is a supplement, subject to all the previsions and restrictions of said act.

JOHN J. PATTERSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives pro tem.

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. 620.

AN ACT

To sell and convey a House and one Acre of Land in Rockhill township, Bucks county.

same,

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 That Henry Hartzel, trustee of the German Reformed church of the Ridge valley, in the county of Bucks, state of Pennsylvania, is hereby authorized and empowered to sell aud convey a certain dwelling house and lot of one acre of land, with the apparte nances, situate in said Rockhill township, Bucks county, bounded by lands of Henry H. Cressman, the property of said congre gation worshipping at said church, with power to make and

cute a good and lawful deed of conveyance to the purchaser ereof, in fee simple, clear of all incumbrance; and further, said Henry Hartzel, trustee of aforesaid, is hereby authorized 1 empowered to pay a certain debt due from said congrega n to Henry Barnd; and if any funds of said sale, after the yment of said debt and the expenses of the sale, shall remain, e said trustee shall pay such balance to the said congregation. 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 ght hundred and sixty-one.

A. G. CURTIN.

No. 621.

AN ACT

roviding for copying the Drafts and other papers in the County Surveyor's Office of Schuylkill county.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represenatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly et, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That

he county surveyor of the county of Schuylkill be and he is County surveyor ereby authorized and required to procure a sufficient number authorized to f substantial and well bound books, and therein to make fair copy drafts of surveys and enopies, full and entire, of all the drafts of surveys now in the tries of warrants. ifferent books in his office, and of all others therein, which ppear to have been made and returned by any of his predecesors and not in said books; and also in a separate book or books, e shall copy all entries of warrants now to be found in his ffice; the same books of drafts and warrants to be properly ndexed; for which services he shall receive twenty cents for

ach draft copied and indexed, and five cents for each warrant Compensation. entry copied and indexed, and also such sums as he may have actually expended for said books, to be paid by the county treaEurer, on orders drawn on him by the county commissioners, n favor of said county surveyor.

sons to examine

SECTION 2. That but before any such orders shall be drawn, Commissioners to t shall be the duty of said commissioners to appoint two com- appoint two perpetent persons to examine and compare said copies with the and compare originals; and if the said persons shall certify to the commis- copies. sioners that the same have been fairly and fully made, they

Originals to be preserved.

shall draw their order on the treasurer as aforesaid; and at the end of each of the said books the said commissioners shall cause a copy of the said certificates to be entered, certified to be such, by their clerk and under their seal of office; after which the said books of copies shall be deemed and taken as having the same authority as the originals now have; the said originals to be carefully preserved in the said county surveyor's office, the same as if the above copies had not been made; and the Pay of examiners said examiners shall be entitled to receive for their services two dollars each per day, for the time they are actually engaged in making the said comparisons, to be paid by the commissioners as aforesaid.

Office of county surveyor.

SECTION 3. That from and after the passage of this act the county surveyor of Schuylkill county shall keep his office and place of business at some suitable place within the borough of Pottsville.

APPROVED-The first day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.

A. G. CURTIN.

Supervisors and overseers of the

poor to give bonds.

No. 622.

AN ACT

In relation to the township of Greene, in the county of Indiana.

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 supervisors of roads and overseers of the poor, elected each year in the township of Greene, in the county of Indiana, shall respectively give bond, with security, as is now required by law, on or before the first Saturday of March next succeeding their election, at which time Auditors to ap- it shall be the duty of the auditors of said township to receive and approve the same or take such action thereon as may be necessary.

prove.

Provisions of a certain act extended.

SECTION 2. That the provisions of an act, entitled "An Act for the election of township treasurer, and other purposes, in the township of Cherry Hill, in the county of Indiana," ap proved the seventeenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand

ght hundred and fifty-six, be and the same are hereby extended the said township of Greene, in said county of Indiana.

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 ght hundred and sixty-one.

A. G. CURTIN.

No. 623.

AN ACT

Relative to the Claim of Samuel Copper, of the county of Lawrence.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represenatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly et, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That he attorney general, the auditor general and the state treasurer e and they are hereby authorized and required to examine the laim of Samuel Copper, for damages sustained in building lock umber eleven, on the Erie Extension canal, and report to this or the next legislature the amount, if any, that the said Samuel Copper is entitled to.

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.