Broad street and the south side of Walnut street; West Locust bounded by the west side of Broad street, the north side of Spruce street, the river Schuylkill and the south side of Walnut street, East North bounded by the north side of Market street the east side of Broad street, the south side of Mulberry street and the west side of Delaware Seventh street; West North bounded by the west side of Broad street, the north side of Market street, the river Schuylkill and the south side of Mulberry street; East South Mulberry bounded by Delaware Seventh street, the north side of Mulberry street, the east side of Broad street and the south side of Sassafras street; West South Mulberry bounded by the west side of Broad street, the north side of Mulberry street, the river Schuylkill and the south side of Sassafras street; East North Mulberry bounded by the west side of Delaware Seventh street, the south side of Sassafras street, the east side of Broad street and the south side of Vine street; West North Mulberry bounded by the west side of Broad street, the north side of Sassafras street, the river Schuylkill and the south side of Vine street; and the qualified electors, residing within such precincts, shall at all such elections vote at windows in the state house and on the south and east sides of the county court house, in the city of Philadelphia, to be provided by the county commissioners according to existing laws, each window to be designated with the name of the ward and precinct aforesaid. Elections how when and where held. SECTION 2. That the inspectors and judges, who shall be elected on the third Friday of March next and those who shall Inspectors & be elected in every year thereafter, to conduct the general and judges may special elections in said Cedar, Locust, North, South Mulberry appoint addiand North Mulberry wards, shall as soon as conveniently may & inspectors. tional judges be after the said election appoint additional inspectors and judges as follows; each inspector shall appoint an additional inspector Appoint❜ents and cach judge an additional judge, to act as judge and inspec- how made. tors in the precinct for which he shall be appointed, each additional inspector and judge to be a resident and qualified elector of the precinct for which he shall be appointed. SECTION 3. No inspector in said precincts shall receive any ticket from any person other than an elector residing within the Qualified clecsaid precincts, and the additional inspectors, to be appointed tors. under the provisions of this act, shall have the power to appoint clerks; and the said additional inspectors and judges shall, Clerks. within their respective precincts, take the same oaths or affirma- Oaths, &e tions, and perform the same duties as are now by law imposed duties. on and taken by inspectors and judges, and in case of a vacancy Vacancy. in the place of such additional inspector or judge the same shall be filled by the inspector or judge who made the original appointment. SECTION 4 It shall be the duty of the commissioners of the county of Philadelphia to furnish to the additional inspectors and judges to be appointed under the provisions of this act the County coms. same ballot boxes, blank forms, lists of taxables and all other to provide bal- matters which are now by law furnished to judges and inspectors of elections within the said city. lot boxes. SECTION 5. That on the closing of the polls in the said precincts and the counting of the votes, the judges of the precincts, hereby erected in each of the said wards, shall add together the number of votes received in the said precincts, so as to make a single return for the said ward, and in the choice Returns and of return judges. a return judge for the said city the said additional judge shall not vote but the same shall be elected as heretofore provided for by law. Elections, held. SECTION 6. That the electors residing within East North where & how Mulberry, West North Mulberry, East South Mulberry, West South Mulberry and East North precinct, shall vote at windows, to be provided on the south and east sides of the county court house at the corner of sixth and Chestnut streets in the said city, and the electors of West North precinct, Chestnut ward, High street ward, Lower Delaware ward, Upper Delaware ward, North Cedar precinct, South Cedar precinct, New Market ward, East Locust precinct, West Locust precinct, Pine ward, Dock ward, South ward, Walnut ward and Middle ward, shall vote as heretofore, at windows to be provided in the state house. Not to affect the present division of wards. SECTION 7. That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to affect or interfere with the present division of the wards of the city of Philadelphia or the officers thereof, except as hereinbefore specified. SECTION 8. That the additional inspectors and judges and clerks, herein appointed, shall be entitled to the same comCompensat❜n. pensation as is now by law allowed. Electors boro' to elect 10 councilmen. SECTION 9. That it shall be lawful for the electors, residing of Manayunk in the borough of Manayunk, in the county of Philadelphia, hereafter, to elect ten councilmen exclusive of the burgess or president, provided to be elected by the borough law, a majority Quorum. of whom shall constitute a quorum upon all occasions, and that High Cons. to the high constable of said borough shall be required to give give security. security in the same amount to the court of quarter sessions of the county of Philadelphia as other constables of the county, but the said constable shall have no jurisdiction except within the said borough. NER MIDDDESWARTH, Speaker, pro tem of the House of Representatives. CHAPLES B. PENROSE, APPROVED-This twenty seventh day of February, A. D. eighteen hundred and forty one. Speaker of the Senate. DAVID R. PORTER. [No. 29.] AN ACT To provide for the erection of a house for the employment and support of the Poor, in the county of Lycoming. Commis❜is. chase real es tate, &c. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvunia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Joseph Grafius, (tinner) Charles Lloyd, Edward G. Lyon, Nicholas Funston, John Bennett, jr., William Piatt, jr., George Crane, Samuel Stewart, Benjamin Tomb, William Cox Ellis, John Thomas, William A. Petrikin, John H. Cowden, and Abraham Updegraff, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners, whose duty it shall be, Duty to puror a majority of them, on or before the first day of August, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, to determine upon and purchase such real estate as they shall deem necessary for the accommodation of the poor of Lycoming county. And it shall be lawful for said commissioners, or a majority of them, to take conveyances therefor in the name and for the use of the corporation mentioned in the third sec- Certify protion of this act; and they shall certify their proceedings therein ceedings to under their hands and seals, to the clerk of the court of quarter quarter ses'ns. sessions of Lycoming county, to be filed in his office; and at the next general election thereafter, the qualified electors shall elect three reputable citizens of the said county, to be directors Election of of the poor and of the house of employment, for the county of directors. Lycoming, for the ensuing year; and the judges of the election of said county, shall immediately, on receiving the returns from the several election districts, and casting up the number of votes therein, or within three days thereafter certify under their hands and seals, the names of the persons so elected directors, to the clerk of the court of quarter sessions, of the said county, who shall file the said certificate in his office, and forthwith give notice in writing to the said directors, of their being elected; and the said directors shall meet at the court house, Meeting and classification. in the said county, on the first Monday of November next ensuing their election, and divide themselves by lot into three classes: the place of the first to be vacated at the expiration of the first year, of the second at the expiration of the second year, and of the third at the expiration of the third year; so that those who shall be chosen after the first election, in the mode above described, may serve for the term of three years, and one may be chosen annually thereafter. SECTION 2. The directors elected in manner aforesaid, or appointed as directed by the eleventh section of this act, shall within ten days after being notified of such election or appointment, and before entering upon the duties of said office, take and subscribe an oath or affirmation, which any justice of the peace of the said county is hereby authorized to administer, that he will discharge the duties of the office of director of the poor for the said county, truly, faithfully and impartially, to the best of his knowledge and ability; and in case of neglect or refusal to take the said oath or affirmation within the time neglect or re- aforesaid, he shall forfeit and pay the sum of ten dollars, for the use of the poor of said county; which fine shall be recovered by the directors for the time being, as debts of similar amount are by law recoverable; and the directors qualified as aforesaid, are hereby authorized to administer oaths or affirmations in any case when it shall be necessary in the discharge of the duties of their office. Penalty on fusal to take oath of office. Incorporation Name. Privileges. SECTION 3. The said directors shall forever hereafter, in name and in fact, be one body politic and corporate in law, to all intents and purposes whatsoever, relative to the poor of the county of Lycoming, and shall have perpetual succession, and may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, by the name, style and title of the directors of the poor and of the house of employment for the county of Lycoming, and by that name shall and may receive, take, and hold any lands, tenements, and hereditaments, not exceding the yearly value of ten thousand dollars; and any goods and chattles whatsoever, of the gift, alienation or bequest of any person or persons whatsoever, to purchase, take and hold any lands and tenements in fee simple or otherwise, and erect suitable buildings for the reception, use and accommodation of the poor of said county, to provide all things necessary for the lodging, maintenance and employment of said poor; to appoint a treasurer annually, who shall give bond, with full and sufficient surety, for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office; and at the expiration thereof, for the payment and delivery over to his successor in office, of all moneys, bonds, notes, book accounts, and other papers to the said corporation belonging, which shall then be remaining in his hands, custody and possession; and said directors shall have power to employ, and at pleasure remove, a steward or stewards, matron or matrons, physician or Power of di physicians, surgeon or surgeons, and all other attendants that out apprenti- may be necessary for the said poor respectively, to bind out apprentices so that such apprenticeship may expire, if males, Term of ser- at or before the age of twenty-one years; if females, at or before the age of eighteen years, such poor children as shall come under their notice, or as may be bound apprentices by the overseers of the poor: Provided, That no child may be bound at a greater distance than slxty miles from the poor Treasurer to give bond. rector to bind ces. vice. Proviso. house; and the said directors shall exercise and enjoy all such To estimate expense. SECTION 4. The said directors as soon as may be after their election and organization as aforesaid, shall make an estimate of the probable expense of purchasing the lands and building, or erecting the necessary building or buildings, and furnishing the same, and maintaining the poor within the said county for one year; whereupon the county commissioners of the said Commis'rs to county shall, and they are hereby authorized and required, to increase the county tax one-fourth part of the sum necessary for the purpose aforesaid, and shall procure on loan on the Loan credit of the taxes herein directed to be levied, the remaining three-fourths thereof, to be paid in instalments with interest, increase co. tax. out of the county taxes: Provided always, That if such loan Proviso if loan cannot be made, the whole amount of the sum necessary for cannot be the purpose aforesaid, or such part thereof as may be deemed made. proper, shall immediately be added to the county tax, to be paid by the county treasurer to the directors aforesaid, on orders drawn in their favor by the county commissioners, as the same may be found necessary. mis'rs with annual esti mate. SECTION 5. It shall be the duty of the said directors, on or Directors to before the first day of November in each year, to furnish the furnish comcommissioners of said county with an estimate of the probable expense of the poor and poor house for one year; and it shall be the duty of said commissioners to assess and cause to be collected the amount of said estimate, which shall be paid to said directors by the county treasurer, on warrants drawn in their favor by the county commissioners, as the same may be found necessary; and the said directors shall at least once in every year, render an account of all moneys by them received Settle with and expended, to the auditors appointed to audit and settle the auditors. county accounts, subject to the same penalties, rules, and regulations as are by law directed respecting the accounts of the county commissioners, and shall at least once in every year, lay before the court of quarter sessions and grand jury of said county, a list of the number, ages and sex of the persons maintained and employed in the said house of employment, or supported or assisted by them elsewhere, and of the children by them bound out to apprenticeship as aforesaid, with the names of their masters or mistresses, and their trade, occupation or calling; and shall at all times when thereunto required, submit to the inspection and free examination of such visiters as shall Inspection by from time to time be appointed by the court of quarter sessions visiters, of the said county, all their books and accounts, together with the rents, interests and moneys payable and receivable by the said |