No. 541. An Act To authorize the treasurer of Greene county to pay the salary of the brigade inspector of the Fourteenth brigade, of the Seventeenth division, Pennsylvania militia. 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 first and second clauses of the tenth section of the act, entitled "An Act for the regulation of the militia of this commonwealth," be and the same are hereby repealed, so far as respects the counties of Greene and Washington; and that the respective treasurers of said counties are hereby authorized to pay to Henry L. Barnes, brigade inspector of the fourth brigade, and Thomas S. Irwin, brigade inspector of the third brigade, of the seventeenth division, of Pennsylvania militia, the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars each, out of any money in their hands belonging to the military fund of said brigades, not otherwise appropriated, in full satisfaction of their salaries, as brigade inspectors, for the year ending January first, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, in the same manner as though the account of said brigade inspectors had been regularly audited, and an order issued therefor to the county trearurers of said brigades. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-second day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 542. An Act Creating two additional assessors for the Twentieth ward of the city of Philadelphia. 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 city commissioners, of the city of Philadelphia, are Commissioners hereby authorized, and directed, to appoint two additional as- authorized to sessors, for all that portion of the Twentieth ward, of said city, appoint two adlying west of Broad street, to serve until the next election of assessors. ditional asses sors. election. SECTION 2. That at the next election of assessors, the quali- Four to be fied voters, of the said Twentieth ward, shall elect four asses- elected at next sors, in lieu of the two now provided by law, two of whom shall be for that portion of the ward lying east of Broad street, and two of whom shall be for that portion of said ward, lying west of said Broad street; that each of the qualified voters, of the said Twentieth ward, shall be entitled to vote for two persons, for the said office of assessor, and the four persons, receiving the highest number of votes, shall be severally declared elected to fill said office. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-second day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 543. An Act Vacating part of Mud lane, or Old Montgomery street, in the Nineteenth ward of the city of Philadelphia. 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 so much of Mud lane, or Old Montgomery street, in the Nineteenth ward of the city of Philadelphia, as lies east of Hancock street, and is not included in, or does not form a part of, Columbia avenue, as at present laid out, on the approved plan of that part of the city of Philadelphia, be and the same is hereby vacated; and the title to that part of the soil, of the said Mud lane, or Old Montgomery street, hereby vacated, is hereby vested in the owners of the property fronting on each side of said vacated lane, or street, to the middle thereof. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. APPROVED The twenty-second day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 544. An Act Supplementary to an act to incorporate the Shamokin Valley and Pottsville railroad company. 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 any lawful lessee, successor, or assignee, of the Shamokin Valley and Pottsville Railroad Company, is hereby authorized to have, use, and enjoy, all the corporate rights and privileges of said company, as fully as the said company, itself, have, use, possess and enjoy, under existing laws, provisions, limitations, and restrictions, and shall possess all the rights and privileges given by the general railroad law of this commonwealth, and the several supplements thereto. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-second day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 545. An Act Granting certain additional powers to the courts of common pleas in the several counties of this commonwealth. 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 same powers which now exist in the district court of the city of Philadelphia, so far as the same regards the directing of non-suits, and entering judgments on reserved points, be and the same are hereby extended to the courts of common pleas of the several counties of this commonwealth; subject, however, to the same rules and regulations, in regard to writs of error from the supreme court. 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. 546. A Supplement To an act incorporating the Little Schuylkill Navigation, Railroad and Coal Company. 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 Little Schuylkill Navigation, Railroad and Coal Company be and they are hereby authorized, from time to time, to sell, and convey, such portions of the lands held, and which may be held, by said company, and upon such terms as the board of managers thereof may think proper. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-second day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 547. An Act Authorizing the sale of the Lebanon Female Seminary property. 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 Levi Kline, and Simon J. Stine, be and they are hereby authorized to sell, at public, or private, sale, the house and lot of ground, with the appurtenances, situate on the south-east corner of Walnut and Water streets, in the borough of Lebanon, and known as the "Lebanon Female Seminary" property, and to re-invest the proceeds of such sale in other property, to be held for educational purposes, and the same to remain under the control and management of the present board of trustees, and their successors; the said sale, and re-investment, to be approved of by the court of common pleas of Lebanon county. JOHN CESSNA, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The twenty-second day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three. A. G. CURTIN. No. 548. An Act Relating to the publication of legal notices in certain counties of this commonwealth. 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 whenever any writ, notice, rule, or orders, shall be required, under any law of this commonwealth, to be published in any newspaper in the counties of Berks, Northampton, Lehigh, Lancaster, Schuylkill, Lebanon, Bucks, Montgomery, of York, it shall be lawful for the proper court to designate, by general rule, or special order, the paper, or papers, in which such publication shall be made; and such publication, under |