CHAPTER LXXXIV. An ACT authorizing John Baird, Hugh Baird, and Samuel Adams, executors of the last will ana testament of John Baird, deceased, to make a title for a certain tract of land, therein mentioned. WHEREAS, it appears that John Baird, late of Beaver coun ty, deceased, did in his life-time, sell to a certain James Mc Kee for the consideration of four hundred and fifty dollars, four hundred and ten dollars of which, was paid to said John Baird, a certain tract of donation land, in district number one, containing two hundred acres, it being lot number sixty-eight; but as there was no written agreement between the parties, consequently the existing laws on the subject gives no authority to the court, to complete the title to the land aforesaid: Therefore, SECTION I. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the Commonwealth of Pennyslvania, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the executors aforesaid, be, and they are hereby empowered so Executors of John Baird soon as the said James Mc Kee shall fully comply with the verempowered bal agreement aforesaid, to make and execute to the said James to execute a Mc Kee, a deed of conveyance for all the right, title, estate and deed of con interest, that the said John Baird had in his lifetime, to the tract of land aforesaid, which deed shall vest the title in the said Mc.Kee, as fully as if the said John Baird had conveyed the same in his lifetime to the said James Mc.Kee. veyance to James Mc.Kee. JOHN WEBER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate, APPROVED the nineteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ten. :0: SIMON SNYDER. CHAPTER LXXXV. An ACT authorizing William Liggins to receive a patent for a donation tract of land in trust for Mary bis wife. YHEREAS it has been made appear to the legislature, that Thomas Davis enlisted as a soldier in Colonel Moses Hazen's regiment, early in the revolutionary war: That he died of the wounds he received by the bursting of a shell at the siege of Yorktown, and that he left a widow who has since intermarried with William Liggins, now with his wife resident in the State of Ohio, who has petitioned the legislature to be allowed to receive a patent for a donation tract of land, to which his wife is in equity entitled: Therefore, SECT. 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 same, A patent for That the land-officers, be, and they are hereby directed to issue tract of land a patent for two hundred acres of donation land to the said Wil a donation " liam Liggins, in trust for the use of Mary his wife, late Mary Davis, her heirs and assigns in the usual manner. JOHN WEBER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED the nineteenth day of March, one thousand eight to be issued to William Liggins, in trust for Mary his wife. hundred and ten. :0: SIMON SNYDER. CHAPTER LXXXVI. An ACT to regulate the Fisheries in the River Delaware, and før other purposes. SECT. 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 same, That in compliance with the request of the honourable the legis lature of the State of New-Jersey, the Supplement enacted by them, dated November twentieth one thousand eight hundred and nine, to prolong the time for catching shad below the River Lehigh, to the Falls of Trenton, until the fifteenth day of No shad to June; and above the River Lehigh to the station point, until be caught in the twentieth day of June, is hereby ratified and confirmed, and certain parts shall be as valid within this commonwealth, as if it had been re- River withenacted section by section, and shall be printed and annexed, as in certain other laws of this state usually are, and shall go immediately into periods. operation. JOHN WEBER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED the nineteenth day of March, one thousand eight -- hundred and ten. :0: SIMON SNYDER. STATE OF NEW-JERSEY. An ACT supplementary to the act, entitled "An act to regulate the fisheries in the river Delaware, and for other purposes," passed November 26th, 1808. 1. Be it enacted by the Council and General Assembly of this state, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That it shall be lawful to make use of shad seines, or shad nets, for the purpose of catching fish in the river Delaware, within the limits of this state, between the foot of the falls of Trenton, and opposite the mouth of the river Lehigh, until the fifteenth day of June, and between the mouth of the river Lehigh, and the Station Point, or north west corner of this state, until the twentieth day of June in each and every year, subject in all cases, to the same regulations, fines and penalties, pointed out in the act to which this is a supplement. 2. And be it enacted, That his excellency the governor of of Delaware this state, is hereby directed to transmit an attested copy of this act to the Legislature of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and so soon as they shall comply with the provisions herein contained, then this shall be, and is hereby ratified and confirmed. 3. And be it enacted, That all such part or parts of the second section of the act to which this is a supplement, as comes within the purview of this act, be, and the same is hereby repealed. House of Assembly, November 10th, 1809. This bill having been three times read and compared in this House, Resolved, That this bill do pass. By order of the House, LEWIS CONDICT, Speaker. This bill having been three times read in Council, By order of Council, JOSEPH BLOOMFIELD, President. I, James Linn, Secretary of the state of New-Jersey, do hereby certify, that the foregoing is a true copy of an act of the Legislature of said state, remaining filed in the office of the said secretary. Witness my hand at Trenton, the sixth day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred JAMES LINN. and nine. JOSEPH BLOOMFIELD, Governor of the State of New-Jersey, To all to whom these presents shall come : Know ye, That the name, "James Linn" subscribed to the certificate hereunto annexed, is the proper hand writing of James Linn, who was at the time of subscribing the same, and now is, the secretary in and for the aforesaid state: Therefore due faith and credit is and ought to be given to his proceedings and certificates, as secretary of said state. [L.S. In testimony whereof, the great seal of the said state By the Governor, WE CHAPTER LXXXVII. An ACT for the relief of Martin Hyleman. WHEREAS it appears to the legislature, that Martin Hyleman was enlisted in Captain M'Kissik's Company, Colonel Baxter's regiment of the flying camp, and was taken prisoner at Fort Washington; after his release, he again engaged in the army, in Colonel Lacy's regiment; received two wounds; one in his head, and the other in his hand, from a horseman's sword; and in consequence of his wounds, fatigues, and the hardships he underwent whilst a prisoner, together with the infirmities of old age, renders him entirely incapable of procuring a livelihood by. labour: Therefore, SECT. I. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen Forty dollars tatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assem to be paid to bly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Martin Hythe treasurer is hereby authorised and required to pay unto Mar- leman. tin Hyleman or his lawful attorney, the sum of forty dollars, im- And an annuity of like mediately after the passing of this act, and an annuity of forty dollars to be paid him half-yearly during life, out of any unappropriated money in the treasury. 1 JOHN WEBER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED---the nineteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ten. amount, :0: SIMON SNYDER. CHAPTER LXXXVIII. An additional supplement to the act entitled " An act to empower the Wardens of the city of Philadelphia to extend the Market-house in High street, from Third street to Fourth street, from Delaware River; and to continue the same from time to time westwardly from one street to another in the middle of High street, as the wardens of the said city shall think necessary, and for other purposes therein mentioned." Markethouse may markethouses may SECTION I. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, be extended, in General Assembly met, and it is bereby enacted by the authority &c, of the same, That it shall and may be lawful for the corporation and other of the city of Philadelphia,when, and as often as they shall think proper, to extend the Market-house in High street or elsewhere be built. in the said city, to build a market-house or houses, to let or de- Stalis in, mise the one half of the stalls which they may erect to such how they sons from the country, as send or carry the produce of their farms may be disto the said market and to no others, and to let the other half of the stalls so erected at their discretion to such person or persons, butchers or victuallers, as to them it may seem proper: any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. per posed of. No beef to SECT. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, be soid in That whenever the market-houses in High street shall be ex the Western tended, it shall not be lawful for any victualler to sell any beef in part of any the western moiety of any market-house or shambles that may market house that street, &c. Nor in a may be erec. be erected at any time hereafter in High-street; but that the ted in High western moiety shall be let to such persons from the country, who send or carry the produce of their farms to market, and to no others; and that the one half of the stalls that may be erected elsewhere, shall also be let to such persons from the country, who send or carry the produce of their farms to market, and to no others: Provided, that the annual rent so to be charged and received, shall not exceed twenty dollars per stall. moiety of the stalls built elsewhere. Annual rent thereof not to exceed JOHN WEBER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED the nineteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ten. SIMON SNYDER. $101 10 cts. Frederick chards and William Weir or or der. CHAPTER LXXXIX. An ACT to provide for the payment of ammunition, for the regiment of artillery in the city and county of Philadelphia, and other artil lery corps of this commonwealth. SECT. I. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa tives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the state treasurer shall, and he is hereby directed to pay to Frederick Erringer, Samuel Richards and William Weir or their order, one hundred and one dollars and ten cents, out of any unappropriated monies in the treasury. SECT. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the accounts of persons furnishing the ammunition, which the governor shall direct to be delivered to the commandant of Powder for the regiment of artillery of the city and county of Philadelphia, the different and to the commandants of other artillery corps of this commonartillery corps, how wealth, from time to time, by the eleventh section of an act entipaid for. tled "A supplement to the act for the regulation of the militia Not to ex- of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ;" passed the twenty-sixth per ann. for day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eight shall after each compa- settlement thereof by the accounting officer, agreeably to the ceed 20 dols. ny. common usage, the amount thereof shall be paid out of any unappropriated monies in the treasury, according to law: Provided it does not exceed twenty dollars per annum for each company. JOHN WEBER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED the nineteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ten. SIMON SNYDER, |