ware and Hudson Canal Company, the sum of fifty dollars; the sums, herein appropriated to the payment of the expenses of How to be paid. the several investigating committees, shall be paid to the several persons entitled thereto, on certificates of the chairmen of the respective committees. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fourteenth day of April, Anno Domini one housand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 366. An Act Extending the provisions of the act of twenty-first March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, relating to the duties of County Commissioners of the county of Huntingdon, when acting as a board of revision, to the county of Blair. 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 of the twenty-first day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, relating to the duties of county commissioners in the county of Huntingdon, when acting as a board of revision, be and the same are hereby extended to the county of Blair. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fourteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 367. An Act Supplementary to an act regulating the fees for Prothonotary, in certain cases, in the city and county of Philadelphia, passed the first day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven. 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 from and after the passage of this act, the prothonotary of the county of Berks shall be entitled to receive the fees as provided in the sixth section of the act, passed the first day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirtyseven, to which this is a supplement. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEORGE V. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fourteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 368. An Act Relating to the Jefferson and Ebensburg Plank Road. WHEREAS, The Jefferson and Ebensburg plank road has been Preamble. abandoned, and no tolls collected thereon, for more than one year past: And whereas, The said road has become unfit for travel, there being no means to keep it in repair: And whereas, It is necessary and important to the inhabitants residing along, and in the vicinity of, the said road, that it be kept in a condition to be traveled; 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 it shall be the duty of the supervisors of each township, through which the Jefferson and Ebensburg plank road may Supervisors to take charge of, and put in repair, the road. . To be considered a county road. Company may resume control, pass, and they are hereby empowered, forthwith, to take charge of, and put in good order and repair, such part of said road as may be in their respective townships, and, from time to time, maintain, and keep in order, all such parts of said road, in the same manner, as if the same were a county road, and, in case of a failure to do so, shall be liable to all the provisions of law, which relate to county roads. SECTION 2. That said Jefferson and Ebensburg plank road shall be considered a county road, free of all tolls; and should the Jefferson and Ebensburg Plank Road Company, hereafter, claim the right to resume the control of said road, the said company shall first pay to the supervisors of said townships, for the use of each of said townships, all such sums of money, and for all by payment of labor, by each expended, in keeping their respective parts of all expenses for such roads in repair and good order; and each of said supervisors shall keep an accurate account, in a book for that purpose, of all such expenditures, in money and labor, and at the expiration of their respective terms of office, deliver the same to Limitation as to their respective successors in office: Provided, That the right right to resume of said company to resume the possession, and control, of said possession. road, shall be forfeited, unless said right to resume is claimed within three years from the passage of this act. repair, &c. Supervisors to keep accounts. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEORGE V. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fourteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 369. An Act Relating to proceedings in equity. 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 it shall and may be lawful for the several courts of common pleas of Pennsylvania to take and exercise jurisdiction, in equity, by bill, or otherwise, according to the course of practice in said courts, in all cases arising under the general plank road law, and its supplements, of this commonwealth; and it shall be the duty of said court to exercise such jurisdiction, in all cases where the plaintiff, or complainant, shall make oath, or affirmation, that his remedy, at law, is inadequate; and either party to such proceedings, in equity, may take a writ of error, or appeal, to the supreme court, in any district, in which the same shall then be sitting. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEORGE V. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fourteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 370. An Act To adjust the fees of certain Commissions in Bedford county. WHEREAS, Samuel H. Tate, late prothonotary, register and recorder, and clerk of the courts in, and for, said county of Bedford, died, before the expiration of the term of his several offices, having paid, in full, to the commonwealth, all the fees upon his several commissions; 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 auditor general, state treasurer, and the proper accounting officers of this commonwealth, be and they are hereby authorized, and directed, to settle with such person, or persons, as the governor may have appointed, or may hereafter appoint, to fill the unexpired terms of the said several offices of prothonotary, register, recorder, and clerk of the several courts of Bedford county, lately filled by Samuel H. Tate, the several fees required from him, or them, for the respective commissions, in proportion to the time to be occupied by such person, or persons, and to accept, and receive, from such person, or persons, such parts, or proportions, of fees, for said commissions, as the time, so to be occupied, shall bear to a full term of three years. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEORGE V. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fourteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. Repeal of provisions preventing election of township trea surers. No. 371. An Act Relating to certain township officers in Elk 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 so much of the fifty-third section of an act, approved the second day of July, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, as prevents the several townships of Elk county electing township treasurers, in accordance with the provisions of an act, approved the fifteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, be and the same is hereby repealed. Pay of supervi- JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fourteenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 372. An Act Supplementary to an act to reduce the capital stock of the American Fire Insurance Company, approved the sixteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven. 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 stockholders of the American Fire Insurance Company be and they are hereby authorized, by a majority of votes, at a meeting held for that purpose, called upon thirty days' notice, in at least two daily newspapers, published in the city of Philadelphia, to empower, and direct, the board of directors to in |