Election districts. Election officers Middle ward; and all that portion of said borough lying west of Mill street and the alley above mentioned shall be called the West ward: Provided, That the said borough of Lock Haven, shall be and remain a separate school district, as it now exists, and as if this act had not been passed. SECTION 2. That the said East, Middle and West wards shall, from and after the passage of this act, form three separate election districts, and the qualified voters resident therein shall hereafter separately elect, in each year, on the day fixed by law for the holding of the annual spring elections, one judge, and two inspectors, and one assessor, to conduct the general and borough elections, in said wards, and all other borough officers as heretofore authorized, where election is not herein otherwise provided for, shall be elected by the joint vote of all the wards, as if this act had not been passed; and the judges of the elections in the several wards are hereby apReturn judges. pointed return judges of their respective wards, to meet at the prothonotary's office, in the borough of Lock Haven, on the day after the spring election, in each year, and having so met, they shall deliver to the said prothonotary the returns of the votes cast in their respective wards, duly certified, for the several borough and ward officers, that may have been voted for; and the said prothonotary is hereby required to make out a certificate of election, to the persons who, by the decision of the return judges, may have been elected. Election officers for the East ward. Election of judges and in spectors for West and Mid dle wards. Notice. Election of councilmen, school directors and auditors. SECTION 3. That the judges an inspectors who held the last general election, in the borough of Lock Haven, shall hold the next spring election for the East ward; and the qualified voters. of the Middle and West wards, who may be present at the polls, at the opening of the next election, shall, by a majority of votes there present, elect one qualified voter, to act as judge, and two inspectors for each ward, who shall conduct said first election after the passage of this act; and the election of such officers, as may be herein provided for, shall be lawful, although no notice may have been given by the borough constable, for the holding of the first election held under this act. SECTION 4. That hereafter, the number of town councilmen, and the number of school directors in said borough, shall be nine, and three auditors shall be elected for the borough; three of the members of town council, and three school directors, and one of the auditors shall reside in, and be elected by, the qualified voters of each ward, and the town council shall appoint a street commissioner for each ward; said election for members of town council and school directors and auditors shall take place at the next annual spring election, as provided by law, but the present members of town council and school directors, whose terms of office may not expire at the next election, shall continue in office until the expiration of their terms of office respectively; and the election shall be held only for such number of members of town council and school directors as may be hereafter necessary to fill the board of town council and school directors, to the number fixed in this section. SECTION 5. That in addition to the powers already conferred upon the town council, by the general borough law of one Council authorthousand eight hundred and fifty-one, and the several supple- ized to levy a ments thereto, to levy and collect a borough tax, the said street tax. town council are hereby authorized to levy and collect annually, a tax not exceeding eight mills on the dollar, on the valuation assessed for county purposes, to be called a street tax, to be expended exclusively for the opening, maintaining, improve- How to be exment and repair of streets and alleys within said borough; pended. said tax to be expended within the limits of the wards, within which the same shall have been levied and collected, by the street commissioner appointed for said ward: Provided, That Proviso. no part of the general tax levied and collected for borough purposes, under the provisions of said act of one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, and the supplements thereto, shall be applied towards the improvement and repair of the streets and alleys, but shall be appropriated to general borough purposes. SECTION 6. That it shall be the duty of the commissioners County commisof the county of Clinton, to furnish the judges and inspectors sioners to furof each of said wards the same ballot boxes, blank forms, and nish ballot boxes, &c. list of taxables, and all other papers as are now furnished to the judges and inspectors of elections in said county, said wards being hereby created separate election districts. SECTION 7. That the general, special and borough elections, Places for holdfor said borough of Lock Haven, shall be held for the East ing elections ward, at the court house, for the Middle ward, at the Odd fixed. Fellows' hall, and for the West ward, at the National hotel, in said borough. of auditors. SECTION 8. That the auditors, who may be elected under the Term and duties provisions of this act, shall serve for the term of three years; and it shall be the duty of said auditors, after having taken and subscribed an oath or affirmation, to perform their duties with fidelity, to meet on the first Monday of January next, and on the same day annually thereafter, and proceed to audit and adjust the respective accounts of the town council, school directors and overseers of the poor, in the same way and manner, and under such regulations, as are required of township auditors in the settlement of the accounts of supervisors, and whose award shall be final and conclusive, unless appealed from within thirty days thereafter; and the said auditors shall make out a correct exhibit of the receipts and expenditures of said borough, for the preceding year, and publish the same in all the newspapers published in said borough, at least two weeks in January and February, in each year. SECTION 9. That all laws, and parts of laws, inconsistent Repeal. with the provisions of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEORGE V. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The seventeenth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 56. A Supplement To an act to incorporate the New Castle and Beaver Valley Railroad Company, approved February sixth 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, Increase of capi- That the New Castle and Beaver Valley Railroad Company tal stock autho- shall have the power to increase their capital stock to the sum of three hundred thousand dollars, and to borrow any sum of money, not exceeding six hundred thousand dollars, in accordance with the provisions of the act to which this is a supplement. rized. May construct an additional branch road. Proviso. SECTION 2. That the said company are hereby authorized to construct an additional branch or lateral railroad, not exceeding thirteen miles in length, and in doing so, to have all the powers and privileges contained in their original charter, and the right to cross any other railroad at grade: Provided, That the railroad so constructed shall be extended into the county of Beaver. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The seventeenth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 57. An Act To authorize the Willow Grove and Germantown Plank Road Company to issue preferred stock. 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 president and managers of the Willow Grove and Germantown Plank Road Company shall have authority to issue preferred six per centum stock in said company, in shares of twenty-five dollars each, to an amount not to exceed thirty-five hundred dollars, the proceeds to be expended in the improvement of the road of said company. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEORGE V. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The eighteenth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 58. An Act To extend the time for the payment of the Enrolment Tax on an act to extend the charter of the Cumberland Valley Mutual Protection Company of Dickinson township, Cumberland 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 the time for payment of the enrolment tax on an act to extend the charter of the Cumberland Valley Mutual Protection Company of Dickinson township, Cumberland county, be and the same is hereby extended for the period of sixty days from the passage of this act, and that upon payment of said enrolment tax, the said act is hereby declared to be in full force and virtue. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEORGE V. LAWRENCE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The eighteenth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. Election of Vacancies. No. 59. An Act Supplementary to an act confirming the charter of the borough of Manchester, in Allegheny 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 the citizens and qualified electors of the borough of Manchester, in the county of Allegheny, shall, at the next election for burgess and town council, elect six councilmen, competent persons, chosen from the citizens and qualified electors of said borough, and the two councilmen, that shall have received the highest number of votes, shall serve for the term of three years, and the two councilmen, having the next highest number of votes, shall serve for the term of two years, and the two councilmen, who shall have received the lowest number of votes, shall serve for one year; and annually thereafter two councilmen shall be chosen and elected as aforesaid, to serve for the term of three years. SECTION 2. That in case of the death, resignation or removal of any councilman, it shall be the duty of the burgess and town council to elect a competent person, who shall serve the balance of the unexpired time of the retiring officer. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The eighteenth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 60. An Act To authorize the School Directors of the borough of Downingtown to sell and convey certain real estate. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assem bly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, |