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sions of Clinton county; which report is to contain a draft of said road, as laid out by them; said commissioners are hereby authorized to advertise for proposals, and make contracts with the lowest bidder, who shall give satisfactory security for the fulfillment of the same, for building, and constructing, of said road and bridges, on said route, and to make payment to said contractors, in certificates, as hereinafter provided; the road to be of such width as the said commissioners may deem necessary for public convenience, and economy, in the construction, and repairs, of said road; said road to be completed within six months from the time of making the contract; separate contracts may be made for the respective portions of said road, in each of said townships, as said commissioners may deem best.

work done.

SECTION 3. That it shall be the further duty of said commis- Certificates to sioners to cause certificates to be issued to such contractors, for be issued to not exceeding eighty per centum of the amount of the work contractors for done on each contract, and the residue, when said contract is completed; said certificates to be in the sum of fifty dollars each, except such fractions thereof as may be due the contractors, on final settlement; each certificate shall be numbered and dated, and shall specify the township in which the work was done, for which it was issued, and the contractor's name, and made payable on the first of July, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, with interest, payable annually, at six per centum per annum, and to be signed by the president and secretary, and transferable by endorsement of the person Transferable. to whom issued.

SECTION 4. That it shall be the duty of the secretary to keep Secretary to a correct account of all such certificates, giving the date, num- keep account of ber, amount, to whom, and for which township, issued; and de- certificates, and posit, or file, a copy of the same, under oath, stating their corfile a copy with county trearectness, with the county treasurer, on, or before, the first day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixtyfour, and a copy of all the doings of said commissioners, with the clerk of the court of quarter sessions of said county, at the May court next thereafter.

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SECTION 5. That it shall be the further duty of said commis- Commissioners sioners to make out a list of the unseated lands, in each of said to make out a townships, that the taxes on the same, at the rates levied, in list of unseated the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in said lands. townships, may be sufficient to pay all the aforesaid certificates, and make a return of said list, to the county treasurer, as soon

tificates.

as the amount necessary can be ascertained; and all the taxes, Taxes on same hereafter levied, or collected, on said lands, contained in said to be applied to list, shall be applied to the payment, and redemption, of the payment of ceraforesaid certificates, issued as aforesaid, until the whole amount, debt and interest, are paid: Provided however, That the taxes Proviso. levied, and collected, on the lands aforesaid, in each of said townships, shall only be applied on the certificates issued for that township.

SECTION 6. That it shall be the duty of the county treasurer Treasurer to reto receive said certificates, on account of taxes, on lands, con- ceive certificates tained in said list, furnished him as aforesaid; and should on account of. there be any moneys in his hands, on the first of July, of any year, collected, or received, by him, on said lands, or any of

taxes.

surer in the purchase and cancellation of certificates.

Duties of trea- them, it shall be his duty to advertise for, and buy up, at the lowest rates offered, any of said certificates, to cancel each of said certificates, when received, and make a memorandum on the same, how the same were received by him, and keep a correct account of each, when received, of whom, and the price paid; and such taxes collected, and moneys paid out, shall be settled with the treasurer, in like manner as is now provided, by law, for other accounts.

Compensation of commission

ers and other expenses.

Proviso.

Road to be kept

SECTION 7. That said commissioners shall receive, for their services, not exceeding one dollar and fifty cents per day, for each day actually engaged in the duties, prescribed by this act, with power to employ such assistance as they may deem necessary, in carrying out the intent of this act; any expenses, thus incurred, shall be paid, by an order, signed by the president and secretary, and to be paid out of the first moneys collected, as aforesaid: Provided, That said expenses are to be paid, as aforesaid, out of the taxes assessed, and paid in, on lands, in either of said townships, where the work, or services, are rendered.

SECTION 8. That the said road, after being completed by said in repair by su- commissioners, shall be kept in repair, by the supervisors of pervisors. said townships, respectively.

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APPROVED-The twenty-second day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.

A. G. CURTIN.

authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds, &c.

No. 537.

An Act

Authorizing Notaries Public in this State, and in any State or Territory in the United States, to take acknowledgments of deeds, and letters of attorney, and to confirm acknowledgments heretofore made.

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, Notaries public That in all cases of the sale, conveyance, mortgage, or other instrument of writing, heretofore made, or which may be hereafter made, by any person, or husband and wife, concerning any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or any estate, or interest therein, lying, or being, within this commonwealth, and heretofore acknowledged, or proved, or hereafter acknowledged, or proved, before any notary public, in any state, or territory, or place, within the United States, or in any foreign country, according to the forms, now, or hereafter, required by the laws

of this state, relative to such acknowledgment, or probate, duly certified, under the seal of office of such notary public, shall be as valid, to all intents and purposes, and be, in like manner, entitled to be recorded, as if the same had been duly acknowledged, or proven, according to the existing laws of this commonwealth.

SECTION 2. That any letter of attorney, heretofore given, or Authorized to hereafter given, for the purpose of accomplishing any of the acknowledge objects designated in the act of assembly, of the fourteenth letters of attorDecember, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, entitled ney. "An Act relating to the authentication of letters of attorney, protest of notaries public, and assignments made out of the state, and to the acknowledgment of deeds," if acknowledged, or proven, before any notary public of any other state, territory, or place, and certified under his hand, and seal of office, shall be of as full force, and effect, as if acknowledged before any officer of such state, territory, or place, as is now authorized, by the laws of this state, to take such acknowledgment.

heretofore in

SECTION 3. That where any deed of conveyance, mortgage, Deeds, mortor other instrument of writing, has been heretofore executed, gages, &c., or acknowledged, or both, by any corporation, under any power, formally acsufficiently authorizing the same, and shall have been infor- knowledged by mally executed, or acknowledged, by any officer, de facto, of corporations, such corporation, or shall have been executed, or acknow- made valid. ledged, by the officers of such corporation, in the manner prescribed by law, for the acknowledgment of deeds and mortgages, by individuals, such deed, mortgage, or instrument, shall be taken to be of the same validity, and effect, as if executed, and acknowledged, in the manner prescribed by law, for the execution, and acknowledgment, of deeds, mortgages, and other instruments, by corporations: Provided, That no case, Proviso. heretofore judicially decided, shall be affected by this act.

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APPROVED-The twenty-second day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.

A. G. CURTIN.

No. 538.

An Act

To provide for the payment of the Militia, called into service by the proclamation of the Governor, and the order of the eleventh day of September last.

WHEREAS, The military of this state, to the number of twenty- Preamble. five thousand men, promptly, and gallantly, responded to the

vates to receive fifteen days'

proclamation of the governor, and the order of September last, and rendered most important services, in defence of the state,. and in aid of the army of the Potomac:

And whereas, These men are justly entitled to some remuneration for their expenditures, and services; therefore, '

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assem bly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same Officers, non- That the officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates, of commissioned the militia, called into the service of this state, and the United officers and pri- States, by the proclamation of the governor, and the order of the eleventh day of September last, shall each be entitled to pay and subsist- receive fifteen days' pay, and subsistence, at the same rate, per month, as is prescribed by the act of congress, for the payment of the regulars and volunteers, in the service of the United States: Provided, That should the federal government make payment to said militia, within six months, it shall be taken to be in lieu of the payment provided by this act.

ence.

Proviso.

Adjutant general to report to the auditor general, from the

rolls of the

companies,

cer

tified by the captains. Warrants to be

SECTION 2. That the adjutant general of the state shall ascertain, and report, to the auditor general, from the rolls of the respective companies, certified, under oath, by the respective captains, the names of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates, thus called, and certified, by their commanding officers, to have, actually, gone in service; and shall draw his warrants upon the state treasurer, in favor of each person, entitled as aforesaid, and for the amounts herein directed to be paid, out of any moneys in the state treasury, not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That the warrants, issued by the adTo be approved jutant general aforesaid, shall, first, be countersigned, and apby auditor gen- proved, by the auditor general.

issued by the adjutant gene

ral.

eral.

receive the

amount appro

SECTION 3. That the governor is hereby authorized to receive, The governor to from the treasury of the United States, the amount appropri ated by an act of the late congress of the United States, for priated by Con- the pay and subsistence of the militia, thus called into service, and to accept the same, in full, of such pay, and subsistence; the state of Pennsylvania hereby assuming to pay the same, according to the provisions of this act.

gress.

JOHN CESSNA,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
GEORGE V. LAWRENCE,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The twenty-second day of April, Anno Domini

one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.

A. G. CURTIN.

No. 539.

An Act

To extend the jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace to certain crimina proceedings, in the county of Venango.

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 provisions of the act, approved the first day of May, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, entitled "An Act to change the mode of criminal proceedings in Erie and Union counties," with its several supplements, be and the same are hereby extended to the county of Venango.

JOHN CESSNA,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
GEORGE V. LAWRENCE,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The twenty-second day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.

A. G. CURTIN.

No. 540.

An Act

Repealing an act to appoint commissioners to keep in repair the East and West State road, in M'Kean county.

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, That the act appointing commissioners to keep in repair the state road, leading from Warren to Smethport, and known as the East and West State road, and the supplements thereto, be and the same are hereby repealed.

JOHN CESSNA,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
GEORGE V. LAWRENCE,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The twenty-second day of April, Anno Domini

one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.

A. G. CURTIN.

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