1 How road taxes in Morris town- Commissioners and that the same be collected and paid, in the manner therein provided, until the whole sum shall amount to two thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. SECTION 2. That after the said road shall have been completed and opened for public use, all road taxes in said township of Morris, which shall be assessed upon the several tracts of land situate in said township, surveyed on warrants numbered fifteen hundred and ninety-two, fifteen hundred and ninety-three, fifteen hundred and ninety-four, fifteen hundred and ninety-five, and fifty-two hundred and forty-two, shall be applied under the direction of the commissioners named in said act of assembly, and their successors, to the keeping of said road in proper repair, and at their discretion, to the opening of any other public road or roads which may be laid upon said lands. SECTION 3. The said commissioners, and their successors, shall have full power and authority to lay out, upon said lay out roads. land, such road or roads, as in their judgment may be needful for public use. 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. How moneys No. 45. A Supplement To an act, entitled "An Act to alter the Road Laws, in the township of Lenox, in the county of Susquehanna, and for other purposes," approved the third day of March, Anno Domini 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 any moneys that may be collected by the supervisors of collected by su- the township of Lenox, in the county of Susquehanna, under pervisors to be the third section of the act to which this is a supplement, or paid out. which may be collected under the provisions of this act, be paid by the supervisors into the township treasury, and be paid out by the treasurer, on orders drawn by the supervisors, for the purposes hereinafter provided for. to. SECTION 2. That it shall be lawful for the supervisors, in Opening of new their discretion, to open all new roads, upon orders presented roads, relative to them from the court of Quarter Sessions, for that purpose, in the same manner as are prescribed in the various acts of assembly, existing prior to the passage of the said Lenox road law, and for which purpose said acts of assembly are hereby declared to be in force, and that the expenses for opening said road, shall be paid by them by orders drawn upon the treasurer: Provided however, That where roads are ordered to be opened, Proviso. in any district or districts in which taxes are in the hands of the road master or masters of said districts, that have not been worked out, the supervisors may direct said taxes to be applied towards the opening of said road or roads, if, in their judgment, said taxes are not required on other roads already opened and in use in said district or districts. for. SECTION 3. That in all cases, where by high water, or by Repairs in cases other means, any bridge or bridges shall be damaged or de- of damages, how stroyed, or the roads rendered impassable, after the taxes made and paid have been exhausted in the hands of the road masters, or if such taxes shall be insufficient to make necessary and immediate repairs, it shall be the duty of the supervisors to make such repairs as shall be necessary, in their judgment, and draw orders on the treasurer for the same, and such supervisor shall be entitled to receive one dollar, for each and Compensation every day necessarily spent by him in the discharge of his of supervisors. duties, as herein provided for. SECTION 4. That the number of districts shall not be limited, Number of disbut the supervisors shall, in their discretion, in each year, tricts. designate the number of districts, and enter the same upon the town records. SECTION 5. That it shall be the duty of the supervisors, Supervisors whenever it shall be necessary for paying orders that have may levy tax. been given by them, on the treasurer, for the purpose aforesaid, or for paying any sums which they may have contracted to pay, in the future, or for paying the fees, on demand, of the township officers, due or to become due, with the approbation of two justices of the peace of the county, to levy a tax upon the township, not exceeding one cent on the dollar, to be collected by them as other taxes are by law collectable. SECTION 6. That all acts of assembly heretofore existing, so Repeal. far as they are inconsistent with this act, or that are altered or supplied by the same, are hereby repealed, so far as they apply to said township of Lenox. 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. 46. An Act . To provide for recording Inventories of Appraisement, of decedents' estates, in the county of Lebanon. 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, Certain act ex- That the act of assembly, approved the first day of May, tended. Duty of register one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, entitled "An Act relative to recording inventories of appraisements of decedents' estates, of Lancaster county," be and the same is hereby extended to the county of Lebanon. SECTION 2. That it shall be the duty of the register of the said county, to record all inventories and appraisements of decedents' estates, which have been filed in the register's office of said county, since the first day of January, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty, and his comCompensation. pensation for recording all such appraisements shall be the same as is allowed by law for the recording of deeds, and the costs of recording such inventories and appraisements, now in arrear, shall be paid out of the county treasury. 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. 47. An Act To confer on Roberta Gray, of the city of Philadelphia, all the rights and privileges of a child born in lawful wedlock. 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 Roberta Gray, an illegitimate child of Robert E. Gray, and Elizabeth Bray, of the city of Philadelphia, shall have and enjoy all the rights and privileges of a child born in lawful wedlock, and shall be able and capable, in law, to inherit and transmit any estate whatsoever, as fully and effectually as if she had been born in lawful wedlock. 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. 48. A Supplement To the act, incorporating the North Lebanon Railroad Company, approved cers. 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, it shall and may Election of offibe lawful for the North Lebanon Railroad Company, annually, on the second Monday in January, to elect one president and four directors, instead of the number heretofore authorized to be elected, and that a majority thereof shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of the business of the said company. SECTION 2. That the stockholders, who may annually be appointed to hold the elections for president and directors of the said North Lebanon Railroad Company, shall also be eligible to the office of directors or president of the said company, and that all laws inconsistent herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. 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. Eligibility. Repeal. Commissioners. Route. No. 49. An Act To lay out and make a State Road, in the county of Clearfield. 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 Hiram Woodward, John L. Cattle and James Wrigley, of the county of Clearfield, are hereby appointed commissioners, to lay out by courses and distances a state road, from the Snowshoe and Packersville turnpike, at the house of Israel Nichols, to the Bennett's Branch of the Sinnemahoning creek, at or near the house of William D. Woodward, in Huston township, by way of the present township road, with full power to change the location of said road wherever they may deem it advantageous, and when the said road is so laid out, they shall file a draft and description of said road, in the office of the clerk of the court of Quarter Sessions of Clearfield county; and for their services in said work, they shall be paid Compensation. a reasonable compensation by the commissioners of said county, out of the funds hereinafter appropriated to the construction and improvement of said road. Draft. Control of road SECTION 2. That for the purpose of constructing, improving vested in county and completing said state road, and in order more effectually commissioners. to attain the object contemplated by the act, entitled "An Act to appropriate the road taxes on certain unseated lands, in Clearfield county, to the improvement of a road through the same," approved the thirty-first day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, the control and supervision of the said state road is hereby vested in the county commissioners of Clearfield county, and they shall annually, in Directors to be the month of January, appoint three citizens of the said county, appointed. to direct, manage and control the construction, improvement and completion of said state road, and shall take from said directors their bond, with two sufficient sureties, in two thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of their duties under this act; and the said directors, having been Their duties and duly sworn and affirmed, shall have power to enter upon the said road so as aforesaid located, and upon lands adjoining the same, and make, improve and complete the road aforesaid; they shall take and have the control of the taxes hereinafter named, and shall expend them upon the road aforesaid; they Compensation. shall be entitled to one dollar and fifty cents per day each, for each day necessarily spent in the performance of their duties under this act, and their accounts and charges for services shall annually be settled, passed and adjusted by the county auditors of said county, at their annual settlement, with the right of appeal to both the county and the accountant, as now provided for by law in the case of county treasurers. powers. |