RESOLUTIONS. CHAPTER I. The secret RESOLVED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the monwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, That the ry of the etary of the commonwealth, be, and he is hereby authorized commonrequired to cause the act, entitled "An act to alter and wealth to end the several laws of this commonwealth," relative to do cause an act relative to stic attachments, to be printed as soon as conveniently may be, domestic ata pamphlet form, on good paper, and to send to the prothon- tachments to ry of each county, a number of said pamphlets, equal to be printed in able the number of the aldermen of the city, and of the jus- form and dipamphlet es of the peace in said county, and the prothonotary on receiv- tributed. the same shall give public notice thereof, and distribute them follows; one copy to each judge of the court and justice of peace of the county, one copy for the use of the court, one by for his office, and the remainder shall be delivered to the astables of their respective townships, and by them to be desited at the usual place of holding public meetings in their re ective townships, for the use of the citizens thereof. SIMON SNYDER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. PPROVED-the eighteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and seven. THOMAS MCKEAN. CHAPTER II. furnished to RESOLVED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the mmonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, That the Laws to be retary of the commonwealth shall deliver one copy of the laws the members Pennsylvania, printed by Carey and Bioren, and the seventh of the legis lume thereof printed by said Bioren, to each member of the lature, &c. esent legislature, who has not heretofore received the same, so one copy of said laws to the clerk of the House of Represen cives. SIMON SNYDER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. PPROVED-the eighteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and seven. THOMAS M.KEAN. U. S. laws passed du. ring the 1st session 9th congress how to be CHAPTER III. RESOLVED by the Senate and House of Representatives of Cmmonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, That th secretary of the commonwealth shall distribute the laws of the United States, passed during the first session of the ninth car gress, the property of this commonwealth, in the manner follo distributed. ing: viz. To the governor, secretary of the commonwealth, a deputy secretary, each of the officers of the land-office, the r gister and comptroller general and state treasurer each one cop to each member of the present legislature, and to each of clerks one, to the clerk of the senate for the use of that bo eight, to the clerk of the House of Representatives for the of that body twenty, and that he distribute what shall remain the manner prescribed by an act which provides for the distrib tion of the laws of the United States, passed the twenty-seco day of March, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three. SIMON SNYDER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-the first day of February, in the year one tho sand eight hundred and eight. THOMAS McKEAN. Master of the rolls within what time to furnish copies for the use of the prin of the laws ter. CHAPTER IV. RESOLVED by the Senate and House of Representatives of t Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, That the Master of the rolls shall, and he hereby is directed to furnish t the secretary of the commonwealth a copy of every law and re solution deposited in his office for enrolment within fifteen day after he shall receive the same, in order that the printer of the laws may be furnished with copies in time to comply with the re quisition of the first section of the act, entitled "An act to provide for the distribution of the laws and journals of the Genera Assembly of this commonwealth," passed April sixth, one thou sand eight hundred and two. SIMON SNYDER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-the fifteenth day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eight. THOMAS MCKEAN. CHAPTER V. HEREAS by an act of the Legislature, passed the tenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and seven, the Secretary of the Commonwealth was authorized and directed to rocure from John Bioren three hundred copies of Carey & Bioen's edition of the Laws, with an equal number of copies of Bio-en's continuation, to be placed in the Secretary's office for distrioution, in consequence of which, the said laws have been so procured and now remain in the Secretary's office : tribution of RESOLVED by the Senate and House of Representatives, That Further disthe Secretary of the Commonwealth be, and he is hereby directed Carey & Bioto furnish one set of the copies of the said laws to each judge and ren's laws. justice of the peace, in the State, who has not heretofore been supplied in consequence of any former Law or Resolution; and on the removal from office of any such judge or justice, by death, resignation or otherwise, to be delivered over to his successor in office, or to the nearest judge or justice who may not have been supplied with such laws, and so on as often as a removal of any judge or justice of the peace shall take place. SIMON SNYDER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED the twenty-eighth day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eight. THOMAS MOKEAN. CHAPTER VI. RESOLVED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, That it Certain dushall be the duty of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, to for- ties enjoined ward to the Prothonotaries of the several counties in the state, on the Secretary of the a copy of the laws passed during the present session, and also a Commoncopy of the eighth volume, now printing by John Bioren, to each wealth. of the members now representing such counties in the legislature, with the name of such member written on the title page of such copies respectively, as may apply at the Secretary's office for that purpose; and it shall be the duty of the Prothonotaries to deliver said copies to such members as soon as they shall be applied for, after such Prothonotaries shall have received the same: Provided always, That members receiving the copies as aforesaid, shall be entitled to other copies at the next session of the legislature. SIMON SNYDER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-the twenty-eighth day of March, in the year one tho sand eight hundred and eight. THOMAS McKEAN. Certain laws CHAPTER VII. RESOLVED by the Senate and House of Representatives, That directed to the Secretary of the Commonwealth be directed to have forthbe printed with published in six of the newspapers of this Commonwealth, in the news- « An act providing that the person of a debtor shall not be liable wapers. to imprisonment for debt, after delivering up his estate for the benefit of his creditors, unless he hath been guilty of fraud or embezzlement;" and the act to revive the same; and that the aforesaid act be published among the acts of the present session, and an act to amend certain parts of an act entitled " An act sup plementary to the several acts of this Commonwealth concerning partitions, and for other purposes therein mentioned," " A supplement to an act directing the mode of settling accounts in the land office, and to prevent frauds in obtaining land warrants," be also published in said newspapers. * SIMON SNYDER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED the twenty-eighth day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eight. THOMAS MCKEAN. *"newspaper" in the original. |