of Southwark sembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the fame, That the commiffioners of Commiffioners the diftrict of Southwark, be, and they are empowered to hereby authorised and empowered to appoint appoint woodone or more proper officer or officers, for corders; fuch time, and under fuch fecurity and penalties, as to them may appear neceffary, for the infpection and measurement of all cordwood which may be landed or offered for fale within any part of the diftrict aforefaid; and the officer or officers fo appointed, fhall be entitled to receive, as a compenfation for his or their fervices, at the rate of fourpence per cord, for all wood fo measured and infpected, one moiety thereof to be paid. by the feller, and the other moiety by the purchafer. and fubfcribe mation to per Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, That every perfon appointed who shall take a corder or infpector of wood, agreeably to the an oath or affirprovifion of this act, fhall, before he enters upon form the duties the duties of his office, take and fubfcribe an of the office oath or affirmation, before fome juftice of the with fidelity. peace, that he will perform his duty with fidelity and impartiality. fons not au fice. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, That if any perfon or perfons Penalty on perfhall, from and after the first day of March thorifed, exernext, exercise the office of corder or infpector cifing faid ofof cord-wood within the district aforefaid, unlefs he or they be duly authorised by the commiffioners thereof, he or they fo offending, fhall on conviction thereof, forfeit and pay the fum of two dollars for every fuch offence, one moiety thereof to the overfeers of the poor of the faid diftrict, and the other VOL. V. moiety I moiety to the perfon who fhall fue for the fame. ISAAC WEAVER, junior, Speaker APPROVED-February the thirteenth, 1802: of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. township in Somerset county made an election diftrict. CHAPTER XXVII. An ACT erecting the township of Conemaugh, in the county of Somerset into a separate election diftrict. Section 1. B House of Representatives of the E it enacted by the Senate and Commonwealth of Pennfylvania, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the auConemaugh thority of the fame, That from and after the paffing of this act, Conemaugh township, in the county of Somerset, fhall be an election diftrict, and the electors thereof fhall hold their general elections at the house now occupied by John Horner, junior, in the town of Conemaugh, in faid township, and fhall henceforth be called Conemaugh diftri&t. ISAAC WEAVER, junior, Speaker APPROVED-February the thirteenth, 1802: THOMAS M'KEAN, Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. CHAP CHAPTER XXVIII. An ACT erecting certain election districts in the county of York. Section 1. BE E it enacted by the Senate and House of Reprefentatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the fame, That the townfhips of War- Place for holding elections rington, Reading and Huntingdon, fhall be a within the fifth separate district, to be called the fifth election diftrict of York diftrict, and the electors thereof fhall hold their county. general elections at the houfe of James M'Millen, in Rofstown. diftrict erected. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, That the township of Mana- Sixth election han, fhall be a feparate district, to be called the fixth election district, and the electors thereof fhall hold their general elections at the house now occupied by Leonard Eichelberger, in faid township. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, That the township of Shrewf. Seventh district bury, fhall be a district, to be called the feventh election district, and the electors thereof fhall hold their general elections at the house of the late Thomas Ehrhart, deceased, of faid township. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, That the townfhip of Codo- Eighth district. rus, fhall be a feparate election district, to be called the eighth diftrict, and the electors thereof fhall hold their general elections at the house now occupied by Adam Zigler, in faid township. Sec. 5. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted by the au Ninth district thority aforefaid, That the township of Dover, fhall be a feparate election diftrict, to be called the ninth diftrict, and the electors thereof fhall hold their general elections at the house now occupied by Patrick M'Farlin, in Dovertown, in faid township. ISAAC WEAVER, junior, Speaker, SAMUEL MACLAY, Speaker APPROVED-February the thirteenth, 1802: of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. CHAPTER XXIX. An ACT for the relief of Michael Cox. W the legiflature, that a certain Jofeph HEREAS, it hath been reprefented to Terrance, purchased at public fale, of the agents of forfeited eftates, one hundred and fifty-fix acres and one half of an acre of land, with the appurtenances, fituate in German township, in the county of Fayette, which had been confifcated to this commonwealth, as the eftate of Anthony Yeldall, and which by deed poll, dated the twenty-third day of February, in the year one thoufand feven hundred and ninety-three, was, under the hand of Thomas Millin, then governor, governor, and the great feal of the faid commonwealth, conveyed in fee-fimple to the faid Jofeph Terrance, who, together with his wife, by indenture, conveyed the fame to William Oliphant, who, together with his wife, conveyed the fame to the faid Michael Cox, who, on the thirteenth day of December, in the year one thoufand and eight hundred, was, in due form of law, evicted from the faid tract of land, by a title paramount in a certain Edward Green: And whereas, by the laws of this commonwealth, the faid Michael Cox is entitled to be paid out of the treafury of the flate, the value of the faid tract of land at the time of the faid eviction: Therefore, the land from Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and Houfe of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennfylvania, in General Affembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the fame, That The value of the court of common pleas, in and for the faid which M. Cox county of Fayette, is hereby authorifed and re- was evicted & quired, on the petition of the faid Michael alfo of the meine profits Cox, to award a writ of appraisement, di- to be afcerrecting the fheriff of the faid county, to fum- tained, mon an inqueft to appear and afcertain, on oath or affirmation, the value of the faid tract of land, containing one hundred and fifty-fix acres and one half of an acre, with the appurtenances, fituate in German township, in the county aforefaid, at the time of the faid eviction, and alfo the value of the mefne profits of the faid tract, in the hands of the faid Michael Cox, and to make a due return thereof; and for amount of the faid court, if they approve of the fame, ing the mefne fhall certify all the proceedings had in purfu- profits, he is to ance of this act, to the Governor, who fhall have a warrant thereupon deduct the mefne profits from the valuation of the faid tract, and draw a warrant on which, deduct on the treasury |