Compensation of the Trustees & how paid. The Trustees within the trusts vested in paid by the treasurer of Centre county, on orders from the commissioners of said county, out of the taxes levied in the county district of McKean. SECT. III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, six months That within six months from and after the courts of law, and after the or- board of commissioners shall have been established and opened ganization of Mc.Kean by law, in and for said county, the said trustees shall surrender county to and convey to the said commissioners and their successors in ofsurrender fice, in trust, for the use of the county, all the trust and trusts vested in them, or a majority of them by this act, and the said them by this commissioners of the county, are hereby empowered and required to do and perform the several duties which may remain to be done, and the said county commissioners shall have power, and it shall be their duty to call upon, and if necessary, compel the aforesaid trustees or either of them, by suit, to settle their duties of said accounts and pay over to the treasurer of the county, any mocommission. nies which may remain in their hands, or in the hands of either of them, due to the county of M'Kean, from the sale of the town act to the commissioners of said county, Powers and ers. A return of lots aforesaid. the survey and 150 the Recor of the Town SECT. IV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said trustees shall, as soon as may be, file a draught and acres of land return of the survey of the said town, and one hundred and fifty to be filed in acres of land, together with their proceedings under, and by ders office of virtue of this act, in the proper books, in the office of the recorCentre coun- der of deeds in and for the county of Centre, or in the said office ty or M'Kean for the county of McKean if such office be then established by law. SIMON SNYDER, Speaker county. of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED the fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seven. THOMAS McKEAN John G. Lowry ap. pointed a trustee of CHAPTER XXX. An ACT appointing a Trustee in Centre County. SECTION I. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of RepresentaᏴᎬ tives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same,, That John G. Lowry be, and he is hereby appointed a trustee Centre coun- for Centre county, in the room and stead of Robert Boggs, Esq. ty, &c. deceased: And the said John G. Lowry is hereby invested with all and singular the powers and authorities and subjected to all the duties which by law are vested in, and required of a trustee of said county. SIMON SNYDER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED the fourth day of March, one thousand eight hun dred and seven. THOMAS McKEAN. CHAPTER XXXI. An ACT for the relief of Andrew Patterson. WHEREAS it appears to the Legislature, that Andrew during the war, and served as an artificer in a company of artificers commanded by captain Thomas Wiley, but from a wound received in his wrist, after serving about three years, was discharged, and left the service without receiving any of his bounty or clothing: Therefore, to A. Patter SECTION I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- A tract of tes of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, Donation and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the officers land granted of the land office, are hereby authorized and required to issue a patent to Andrew Patterson, for such quantity of donation land, as he would have been entitled to, had he served to the end of the war. SIMON SNYDER, Speaker APPROVED the fourth day of March, one thousand eight hun- THOMAS MOKEAN. son. CHAPTER XXXII, An ACT to enable Jonathan Mifflin to convey a part of a certain tract of land therein mentioned. WH THEREAS it is represented to the legislature, that Jonathan Mifflin intermarried with Frances Mifflin, who at the time of the said intermarriage was seized and possessed of certain tract of land, containing three hundred and ninety-three acres, and one hundred and fifty-four perches situate, lying and being on the east side of French creek, surveyed and returned in the name of Fanny Mifflin, adjoining lands of Peter Levy, and tertain lots of donation land, numbered one thousand five hun Jonathon Mifflin ena bled to con vey to J. Dix on one hundred acres dred and twelve, and one thousand five hundred and thirteen, and lands of Emily Mifflin and Paul Levy, now in the county of Crawford: That the said land was by law subject to certain conditions of settlement and improvement, without which the title thereto could not be completed: That in order to complete the title thereto, the said Jonathan Mifflin by certain articles of agreement, covenanted with a certain James Dixon to settle and improve the said tract of land, agreeably to the directions of the act of Assembly in such case made and provided, and as an encouragement thereto, did grant and agree to and with the said James Dixon, to convey to him one hundred acres of the said tract of land in manner and form as is particularly set forth in the said articles of agreement: That the said James Dixon faithfully complied with the covenants and engagements by the said articles on his part to be done and performed, and settled and improved the said tract of land agreeably to law, so that an indefeasible estate in fee-simple of, and in the said land, vested in the legal representatives of the said Frances Mifflin : But that the said Frances Mifflin is since deceased, leaving issue not capable by reason of minority, to convey the said one hundred acres of land, and the said Jonathan Mifflin, now claiming only an estate for life as tenant by the courtesy, cannot by law complete the contract so made as aforesaid, all which premises have been made manifest, and it is just and proper to provide a remedy: Therefore, SECTION I. 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 Jonathan Mifflin be, and he is hereby authorized by a sufficient deed in the law, to convey to James Dixon one hundred acres of land, part of a tract of land surveyed and returned in the name of Fanny Mifflin as above described and set forth, in fee simple, of land, situ. agreeably to the articles of agreement thereof, made and execu ate in Craw- ted by and between the said Jonathan Mifflin and the said James ford county, Dixon, which said deed shall be as effectual to all intents and in discharge of a former purposes to vest an estate in fee simple, of, in, and to the said contract. one hundred acres of land in the said James Dixon, as if the said Frances Mifflin were now living, and the said deed had been legally executed and acknowledged by the said Jonathan Mifflin and Frances his wife. SIMON SNYDER, Speaker APPROVED the fourth day of March, one thousand eight hun dred and seven. ་ THOMAS McKEAN. CHAPTER XXXIII. An ACT for the relief of James Ralston. SECTION I. 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 Three huntame, That the Governor be, and he is hereby authorized to dred and draw his warrant on the treasurer, for the sum of three hundred seventy three dol seventy-three dollars and sixty-seven cents, as a compensation lars seventy in full for the services rendered by the said James Ralston as three cents agent under an act to prevent intrusions on lands within the granted to counties of Northampton, Northumberland and Luzerne. James Ralston. SIMON SNYDER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED the fourth day of March, one thousand eight hun dred and seven. THOMAS McKEAN. WH CHAPTER XXXIV. An ACT for the relief of William Sherrard. HEREAS it hath been represented to the legislature by William Sherrard, the father of William Sherrard, junior, of Washington county, deceased, accompanied by satisfactory evidence, that this commonwealth issued a warrant to Philip Whiteby, dated the twenty-fifth of October, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four, for four hundred acres of land, situate on the waters of Fish-Creek, supposed to be within the county of Washington: And the said Whiteby afterwards, viz. on the twenty-ninth day of July, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, conveyed his right and title of the said warrant and land to John Hughes, and Timothy Ryan: And on the fourth day of August, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, a patent was issued to the said John Hughes, and Timothy Ryan for the same: And the said Timothy Ryan conveyed his right in said tract to John Hughes, who conveyed the said four hundred acres of land to William Sherrard, junior, who since died between the age of twenty-one and twenty-two years, intestate, leaving neither widow, nor lawful issue: That the said land on running the permanent western boundary line of this state, was ascertained to be without this state, and withthe state of Virginia; and that the agreement and laws of compromise between the two states, relative to the security of the titles in each, contiguous to, and likely to be * affected by scertaining said boundary, do not provide for his case because * Effected (in the original.) favour of William Sherrard, &c. the warrant and patent issued for said land, subsequently to th said agreement and laws of compromise, and previously to th running and opening of the said western boundary line: Ther fore, SECTION I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa tives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly me Provision in and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the boar of property upon the application of William Sherrard, (father William Sherrard, junior, deceased) or his legal representativ or representatives, whose tract of land patented to John Hughe and Timothy Ryan, under date of the fourth of August, on thousand seven hundred and eighty five, has been ascertained t lie in the state of Virginia, on the waters of Fish-Creek, on hi making legal surrender of said patent to this commonwealth which he is hereby authorized to do, shall liquidate the amoun of payments heretofore made, into the state treasury for the said land, exclusive of office fees, and certify the same to the Receiver-general, who shall thereupon deliver a certificate of certificates of such sum, with interest thereon, from the time i shall appear to have been paid to the state, to the said Wil Ham Sherrard, or his legal representative or representatives, and enter a credit on his books for the same, which certificate or certificates shall be transferable and admitted in said office in payment of the arrears of any former grants of lands, but in no other manner. SIMON SNYDER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED the fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seven. THOMAS McKEAN. Part of Brush cree in Bedford county, de clared a public stream or highway. CHAPTER XXXV. An ACT declaring part of Brush creek in the county of Bedford, same, part of |