Damages. Vacancies. visors. SECTION 4. That the commissioners shall appraise all dam ages, making due allowance for all advantages accruing to property through which said road may pass, and make out one report for that portion which may accrue in each of the said counties, and file said report in the office of the clerk of the court of quarter sessions; and said damages shall be paid by the treasurer, respectively, of the said counties, as damages are paid of all other roads laid out by the court. SECTION 5. That if any vacancy in the number of commissioners named occur, by death, or resignation, or otherwise, the same shall be supplied by the remaining commissioners selecting suitable persons to constitute a board of at least three members. Duty of super- SECTION 6. That it shall be the duty of the supervisors of the several townships through which the said road may pass, upon notice given, to proceed to open and make said road, under the same provisions as if said road had been laid out by the respective courts of quarter sessions. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The first day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 225. A Supplement To the act to secure the rights of married women, passed the eleventh day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight. 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 true intent and meaning of the act of assembly to secure the rights of married women, passed the eleventh day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fortyeight, and the supplements thereto, are hereby declared to be, that no judgment obtained against the husband of any married woman, before or during marriage, shall bind, or be a lien upon her real estate, or upon any interest the husband may be entitled to therein as tenant by the curtesy. APPROVED-The first day of April, Anno Domini one thou sand eight hundred and and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 226. An Act To vacate a certain road in the borough of Millersburg, in the county of 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 Creek road, in the borough of Millersburg, running through G. W. Bower's land, the entire distance, be and the same is hereby vacated. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The first day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 227. An Act To accept the grant of Public Lands, by the United States, to the several states, for the endowment of Agricultural Colleges. WHEREAS, By an act of congress, passed the second day of Preamble. July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, a grant of land was made to the several states and territories, which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts, equal to thirty thousand acres for each senator and representative in congress to which the states are respectively entitled, by the apportionment under the census of one thousand eight hundred and sixty, which act of congress requires that the several states, in order to entitle them to the benefit of the said grant, should, within two years from the date of said act, express their acceptance of the same: And whereas, The legislature of Pennsylvania has already shown its high regard for the agricultural interest of the state, by the establishment of the Agricultural College of Pennsylvania, and by making liberal appropriations thereto; therefore, Acceptance of the provisions of the act of Congress by the Surveyor General to receive and dispose of land scrip. Board of commissioners constituted. Their powers and duties. Proviso. Interest accru 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 act of the congress of the United States, passed the second day of July, one thousand eight hundred and sixtytwo, entitled "An Act donating lands to the several states and territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts," be and the same is hereby accepted by the state of Pennsylvania, with all its provisions and conditions, and the faith of the state is hereby pledged to carry the same into effect. SECTION 2. That the surveyor general of the state of Pennsylvania is hereby authorized and required to do every act and thing necessary to entitle this state to its distributive share of land scrip, under the provisions of the said act of congress, and when the said scrip is received by him, to dispose of the same, under such regulations as the board of commissioners, hereafter appointed by this act, shall prescribe. SECTION 3. That the governor, the auditor general and the surveyor general are hereby constituted a board of commissioners, with full power and authority to make all needful rules and regulations respecting the manner in which the surveyor general aforesaid shall dispose of the said land scrip, the investment of the proceeds thereof in the state stocks of this state, and apply interest arising therefrom as herein directed, and in general to do all and every act, or acts, necessary to carry into full effect the said act of congress: Provided, That no investment shall be made in any other stocks than those of the United States, or of this commonwealth. SECTION 4. That until otherwise ordered by the legislature ing from invest- of Pennsylvania, the annual interest accruing from any inment to be ap- vestment of the funds acquired under the said act of congress, propriated to the agricultural is hereby appropriated, and the said commissioners are dicollege. rected to pay the same to the Agricultural College of Pennsylvania, for the endowment, support and maintenance of the said institution, which college is now in full and successful operation, and where the leading object is, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learing as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts. College to make annual report of receipts and expenditures. SECTION 5. That the said Agricultural College of Pennsylvania shall, on or before the first day of February, of each year, make report to the legislature of the receipts and expenditures of said institution, for the preceding year. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEORGE V. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED The first day of April, Anno Domini one thou sand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. To extend the jurisdiction of justices of the peace to certain criminal proceedings in the county of Crawford. 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 the act, approved the first day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, entitled "An Act to change the mode of criminal proceedings in Erie and Union counties," with its several supplements, be and the same are hereby extended to the county of Crawford. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEORGE V. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The first day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 229. An Act To extend the time for the payment of the enrolment tax on an act to incorporate the Dark Hollow New Hope Cemetery Company. 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 time allowed by law for the payment of the enrolment tax on an act to incorporate the Dark Hollow New Hope Cemetery Company, and the supplement thereto, be and the same is hereby extended for a period of six months from the passage of this act; and the said supplement shall, upon the payment of the enrolment tax thereon, within the said six months, be revived and continued in full force and effect. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEORGE V. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The first day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 230. An Act Relative to the claim of John Loban. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly mel, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the attorney general, auditor general and state treasurer, be and they are hereby authorized and required to examine the claim of John Loban, of Dauphin county, for damages which he sustained by the soldiers in "Camp Curtin" and "Camp Simmons," taking his vegetables, et cetera, and whatever amount, if any, they shall find due him, the state treasurer is hereby authorized and required to pay the same out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED The first day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. |