with the state treasurer, a certificate from the surgeon general and adjutant general of this commonwealth, to the effect that the said claim is just, and to what extent it is just; and in case they should certify to a less amount than is herein speci fied, then the state treasurer shall pay no more than is so certified. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEORGE V. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED The first day of April, Anno Dmoini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 237. A Supplement To an act, entitled "An Act for the protection of Sheep in certain counties," approved the eighth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two. 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 Mercer county shall hereafter levy, and cause to be collected, the following tax, from persons owning, or possessing dogs, in the said counties, to wit: from every person owning, or possessing one dog, fifty cents; and for every additional dog kept about the same house, one dollar; to be assessed, collected and appropriated, in accordance with the provisions of the act to which this is a supplement. 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. No. 238. An Act Relating to livery stable keepers in Allegheny 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 from and after the passage of this act, any damages wilfully done to the property of any livery stable keeper in the county of Allegheny, while in the.custody or possession of any bailee, or bailees, to whom the same may have been hired, shall be taken and deemed to be a misdemeanor, punishable by fine, at the discretion of the court of quarter sessions, or by imprisonment in the common jail of said county, for a period not exceeding thirty days. 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. To change the limits of the Schellsburg school district, in Bedford county, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represenatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the farms of John Williams, James P. Williams, Charles Williams, B. F. Williams and Edmund Garlinger, in Napier township, Bedford county, be and the same are hereby annexed to the borough of Schellsburg, for school purposes; and the persons aforesaid, and all others, who may hereafter occupy said real estate, shall have the privilege of sending their chil dren to the public schools which shall or may be kept in said borough of Schellsburg, the same as though they were residents of said borough; and all taxes levied or assessed upon said real estate, for school purposes, shall be paid over to the treasurer of the school board of Schellsburg borough, and hereafter such real estate shall be taxed for school purposes by the proper officers of said Schellsburg borough. 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. 240. An Act To exempt from taxation the Spring Garden and Moyamensing Literary Institutes. 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 real estate and library of the Spring Garden Institute, situate at the north-east corner of Broad and Spring Garden streets, and the Moyamensing Literary Institute, in the city of Philadelphia, be and the same are hereby exempted from taxation, except state tax. 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. No. 241. Supplement To an act to erect a Poor House for Texas township, and the borough of Honesdale, in Wayne 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 all property, both real and personal, which is now owned, or may be hereafter owned, by the directors of the poor of Texas township, and the borough of Honesdale, in their corporate capacity, be and the same is hereby exempted from all county, township, borough, road, poor and school tax, and from all and every tax whatsoever; and all taxes heretofore assessed on said property shall not, hereafter, be collected, but the respective officers, charged with the collection thereof,. are hereby exonerated from the collection, and paying over, of the same: Provided, That the provisions of this act shall not extend to any tax for state purposes. 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. 242. An Act To repeal the sixty-third section of the act of thirteenth June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, entitled "An Act relating to executions," so far as the same relates to the county of Cambria. 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 so much of the sixty-third section of the act of the thirteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, entitled "An act relating to executions," as requires the sheriffs to give notice of sales in one newspaper in the German lan guage, be and the same is hereby repealed, so far as the same relates to the county of Cambria. 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. Owners of wharves or landings authorized to charge boats, &c., for wharfage. Proviso. Rates. Penalty for removal of boats, &c., without payment of charges. No. 243. An Act For the protection of owners of Wharves or Landings in the borough of SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represenatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the owners of wharves, or landings, on the Allegheny river, and Oil creek, in the borough of Oil City, in the county of Venango, shall have a lien, for the reasonable charges, or wharfage, on all boats, barges, flats and other vessels, and their cargoes, landing, or mooring at, or in front of, such wharves, or landings, whether such boats, barges, flats, or other vessels be attached, fastened, or moored mediately, or immediately, to the shore; and all such boats, barges, flats, or other vessels, shall be held and construed to be in the possession of the owner, or owners, of the wharf, or landing, at, or in front of which, they may be moored, until the charges, or wharfage aforesaid, be paid: Provided, That the owner, or owners, of such wharf, or landing, shall not be responsible for the safekeeping of such boats, barges, flats, or other vessels: And provided also, That the charges, or wharfage aforesaid, shall not exceed the several amounts following: for each day, or fraction of a day, that is to say, for each and every boat, barge, flat, or other vessel, not exceeding one hundred feet in length, twenty-five cents; for each and every boat, barge, flat, or other vessel, exceeding one hundred feet in length, fifty cents. SECTION 2. That after demand for such wharfage shall be made at such wharf, or wharves, by the owner, or owners thereof, his, or their agent, it shall not be lawful for any person, or persons, to remove any boat, barge, flat, or other vessel, from any wharf, or landing, until the charges, or wharfage aforesaid, have been paid, without the consent of the owner, or owners, of such wharf, or landing, under the penalty of |