1 No. 13. An Act Authorizing the sale of part of the real estate of Daniel Gregory, late of Susquehanna county, deceased. WHEREAS, Daniel Gregory, late of Susquehanna county, died seized of certain timber lands, with a saw mill thereon, situate partly in each of the counties of Susquehanna, Bradford and Luzerne, containing one hundred and sixty-three acres and one hundred and sixteen perches of land, which the Orphans' court of said county of Susquehanna has directed to be sold for payment of the debts of decedent, and it being desirable to sell the same in one body and at one sale; Therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate und House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the administrators of the estate of said Daniel Gregory, be authorized to sell the said timber land and saw mill at public vendue or outcry, after giving at least three weeks notice in one of the public papers printed in each of the counties of Susquehanna and Bradford, which sale, when duly approved and confirmed by the Orphans' court. of Susquehanna county, shall be good and sufficient, notwithstanding said lands lie partly in three several counties, as aforesaid. APPROVED-The eighth day of February, Anno Domini,. one thousand eig hthundred and thirty-seven. JOS: RITNER. No. 14. A Supplement To an act passed the twenty-ninth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and three, entitled "An act to establish a Board of Wardens for the Port of Philadelphia, and for the regulation of Pilots aud pilotages, and for other purposes therein mentioned." SECTION 1. 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 lieu of the compensation now allowed to pilots, there be allowed for conducting ships or vessels from the city of Philadelphia to the capes of Delaware, or from the capes of Delaware to the city of Philadelphia, for every half foot of water which any inward bound vessel shall draw under and up to twelve feet, the sum of one dollar and fifty cents, and for any inward bound vessel drawing over twelve feet, the sum of one dollar and sixty-seven cents for every half foot of water, and for every half foot of water which any outward bound vessel shall draw under and up twelve feet, the sum of one dollar twelve and a half cents, and for any outward bound vessel drawing over twelve feet, the sum of one doliar and thirty-three cents, for every half foot of water except that when any vessel is towed by a steam boat from the city of Philadelphia to the buoy of the brown, or the breakwater, or from the buoy of the brown or the breakwater to the city of Philadelphia, the rates of pilotage shall continue to be as established by the act to which this is a supplement. LEWIS DEWART, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THOMAS S. CUNNINGHAM, Speaker of the Senate. to APPROVED-The ninth day of February, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven. JOS RITNER. No. 15. An Act For the relief of William Hall and others, soldiers of the revolutionary war. SECTION 1. 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 the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and required to pay to William Hall and Benjamin Garison of Washington county, John Shields of Indiana county, Jacob Deilcord of Lehigh county, Samuel Reed of Perry county, Peter Schlosser of Adams county, Michael Waugh of Westmoreland county, Michael M'Girk of York county, Philip Kreiner of Schuylkill county, Jacob Blackford of Fayette county, Barnabas Hart of Lancaster county, soldiers of the revolutionary war, or their respective orders, forty dollars to each immediately, and an annuity of forty dollars to each during life, payable half yearly, to commence on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven : Provided, That Col. George Miller be appointed a trustee to take charge of the pension hereby granted to the foregoing Jacob Deilcord, and to make such disposition thereof as his comfort and welfare may require. SECTION 2. That the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and required to pay to Peter Witmyer of Lebanon county, and John Unangst of Northampton county, or their respective orders, forty dollars to each immediately, as a gratuity, in full for their revolutionary services; the foregoing pensions and gratuities to be paid in conformity to the existing laws. LEWIS DEWART, Speaker of the House of Repres:ntatives. THOMAS S. CUNNINGHAM, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The ninth day of February, Anno Domii, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven. JOS: RITNER. No. 16.. An Act To incorporate the Laurel Hill Cemetry company, in Penn town. ship, Philadelphia county.. WHEREAS, The practice of burying in populous cities is becoming more objectionable, and more burdensome and expensive to the community, by reason whereof it is thought expedient to make some other provision for the decent respect which is due to the dead, free from the inconveniences above mentioned: And whereas, several citizens of this commonwealth hereinafter named, have associated for the purpose of Preamble. establishing a cemetry at Laurel Hill, in the neighborhood of the city of Philadelphia, intending that so much of the tract known by that name, containing in the whole about thirtytwo acres, as lies westwardly of the ridge turnpike road, shall be used only for the purposes of interment, and the part Jying eastwardly of said road, to be cultivated as a garden, with convenient buildings, and have desired that they and their successors may be incorporated for establishing such cemetry, with such powers as are necessary for that object : And whereas, it seems reasonable and necessary to provide for the permanence of the establishment, so that those who bury there may be assured of continued protection to the remains of relatives and friends who have been committed to the earth, and of the decent preservation of the ground; Therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re presentatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, "That Nathan Dunn, Benjamin W. Richards, Corporators. John J. Smith, jr., Frederick Brown, William M. Meredith, Edward Coleman, George N. Baker, Henry Toland and Nicholas Biddle, and their successors, be, and they hereby are made a body politic and corporate in law, under the name, style, and title of the "Laurel Hill Cemetry company," and by that name shall be able and capable in law to have and to use a common seal, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and do all such other things as are incident to a corporation. Style and ti tle. SECTION 2. That the first four persons named above, shall be inanagers of the said Laurel Hill Cemetry company, and Powers. shall have power (first having the consent of the owners thereof to lay out and ornament the grounds, to remove or alter the old buildings and erect new ones, to dispose of and arrange burial lots, and to make such by-laws, rules and regulations relative to election and duties of managers and their successors, the appointment of suitable officers and agents, and their several duties and compensations, and to make such rules and regulations from time to time, for the government of lot holders and visitors to the cemetry, as they may deem necessary: Provided, That the extent of said ground to be appropriated under this act, shall in no case 2d Proviso. exceed sixty acres : And provided further, That so much of the ground as lies westwardly of the ridge turnpike road, shall be kept and devoted to the purposes of a public cemetry alone. Proviso. SECTION 3. That the said Laurel Hill Cemetry company Company shall be able and capable in law, if it shall seem to them exmay pur- pedient, to purchase and hold the said land, and to sell and chase & dis-dispose of the same, and also to have and to hold so much Land and hold personal estate, and no more, as may be necessary for the some person- purposes of this incorporation, or with the consent of those pose of the al estate. Proviso. who now are or hereafter may be proprietors of the ground not granted for burial lots, to assume the management, direction and disposal of the same, according to the powers herein before given: Provided, That the land westwardly of the ridge turnpike road, as aforesaid, shall never be granted but for burial lots, and that the burial lots so granted shall be subject to the powers of this act. SECTION 4. That the act for the establishment of Laurel Hill College, in Penn township, county of Philadelphia, passed the thirteenth day of April, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, be, and the same is hereby repealed. SECTION 5. That no streets or roads shall hereafter be opened through the lands of the said corporation occupied as a burial ground, except by and with the consent of this corporation. LEWIS DEWART, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. JOS: RITNER. APPROVED-The ninth day of February, Anno Dominit, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven. |