to the streets of said borough, by the freshet of June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEORGE V. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fourteenth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 38. An Act To authorize the School Directors of Claysville District, to borrow money. 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 common schools of the Claysville Authorized to district, in the borough of Claysville, Washington county, for borrow money. the time being, or their successors in office, be and are hereby authorized and empowered to borrow any sum or sums of money, not exceeding two thousand dollars, for the purpose of paying for the construction and erection of a new school building, to be erected in said district, in the said borough of Claysville; and it shall and may be lawful for the said board of school directors of the said district, to secure the money so borrowed, by bond or bonds, with mortgage or mortgages upon the real estate belonging to the said school district, or otherwise, as said directors may direct: Provided, Proviso. No certificate of loan, for the sum or sums so borrowed, shall in any case, be issued for less sums than one hundred dollars. SECTION 2. That the said school directors are hereby em- School tax may powered to provide for the gradual liquidation of said loan, be increased. by increasing the school tax within the said district, above the rate fixed by existing laws: Provided, The same shall not Proviso. exceed six mills on the dollar, yearly. WM. HOPKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives, pro tem. GEORGE V. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fourteenth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 39. An Act To authorize the Chief Burgess and Council, of the borough of York, 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 chief burgess and council, of the borough of York, be and they are hereby authorized to borrow, on the credit of said borough, such an amount of money, not exceeding ten thousand dollars, at a rate of interest not exceeding six per centum per annum, as they shall deem necessary, for the purpose of liquidating the debts of the borough now due. WM. HOPKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives, pro tem. GEORGE V. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fourteenth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 40. An Act To limit the pay of the Commissioners of Crawford 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 in lieu of the daily pay now allowed the commissioners of Crawford county, by law, they shall each receive a salary of three hundred dollars per annum, and no more, which shall be compensation in full for all their services: Provided, That their actual and reasonable expenditures for transportation, while attending to the construction and repair of bridges, shall be allowed, on the settlement of their accounts. WM. HOPKINS, Speaker of the House of Representatives, pro tem. GEORGE V. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED The fourteenth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 41. A Supplement To an act, entitled "An Act to extend Fifteenth and Green streets, in the city of Philadelphia," approved the eleventh day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two. 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 commissioners appointed under the second section of the act, to which this is a supplement, shall receive for their services the sum of five dollars each; and said commissioners shall have power to employ a competent surveyor, to examine and survey the said Green street so laid out, and to make such drawings and plans as shall be necessary: Provided, The expenses shall not exceed one hundred dollars, and the city commissioners shall draw an order for the amount upon the city treasurer, when certified to by a majority of the said commissioners. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEORGE V. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fourteenth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. extended. No. 42. An Act To extend the time for commencing operations and finishing the Middle 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, Time for com- That the time limiting the Middle Coal Field Railroad mencing and Company to commence their operations as fixed by an act, completing road entitled "An Act to incorporate the Trevorton, Mahanoy and Susquehanna Railroad Company," passed the twenty-second day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty, to which the act passed the fourth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, incorporating the Middle Coal Field Railroad Company, refers to for its powers and privileges, the same is hereby extended until the first day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, for the commencement thereof, and until the first day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy, for completing the same. Additional corporators. SECTION 2. That John Rosser, William Fegely, John B. Douty, Samuel John, William I. Weaver, Charles P. Helfenstein, John Foy and Abraham Shipman, be and they are hereby constituted additional corporators, in the organization of said company. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fourteenth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 43. An Act To empower the Town Council of the borough of Bellefonte, in Centre county, to borrow money. WHEREAS, The citizens of the borough of Bellefonte, in the county of Centre, are desirous of extending the water works, so as to supply the whole borough with water, by changing the location of the reservoir to a more elevated position, which, with the necessary enlargement and extension of water pipes, will cost a sum greatly beyond what could be realized by ordinary taxation, within the time that said cost of improvements should be paid: And whereas, They are desirous of borrowing money for said purpose, and for other public improvements, as well also as for the purpose of paying off the present indebtedness of said borough: 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 town council of the borough of Bellefonte, in the county of Centre, be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to borrow, upon the credit of said borough, for the purpose of extending the water works of said borough, for making other public improvements therein, and for the paying off, or funding the present indebtedness of the same, any sum of money not exceeding ten thousand dollars, at a rate of interest not exceeding six per cent, payable at any time the said town council shall determine, within ten years: Provided, That no bond, or other obligation, shall be issued by said town council, for the payment of sums of a less denomination than one hundred dollars, and that the same shall be exempt from taxation. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED The fourteenth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 44. A Supplement To an act, entitled "An Act providing for the completion of a Public Road, in the county of Tioga," passed the first day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one. 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 appropriation of two hundred dollars, provided in Appropriation the second section of the act to which this is a supplement, increased. be increased to two hundred and seventy-five dollars per year, |