Powers of it, the burgess of said borough of Elizabeth, shall be invested Burgess. with the powers of a justice of the peace. SECTION 41. The town council of the borough of Easton Town Coun-be, and are hereby authorized and empowered to rent out, cil of Easton from time to time, upon such terms, to such individuals, and in such manner as they may deem expedient, the public wharves of the said borough which now are or hereafter may be constructed. empowered to rent out wharves. 29th Section SECTION 42. The benefits and provisions of the twentyof act of June ninth section of the act of sixteenth June, eighteen hundred 16, 1836, ex- and thirty-six, relating to the liens of mechanics and others tended to the upon buildings, are hereby extended to the borough of Easton, borough of aforesaid, so as to enable the corporation of the said borough, Easton. Tax on Dogs. Vacancies how filled. Proviso. or any person or persons furnishing curbstones for the pavement of any building within the said borough, to file a claim of lien therefor against the said building, agreeably to the provisions of the said act. SECTION 43. That the town council aforesaid be, and are hereby authorized and empowered to levy and collect a tax on any dog or dogs, owned or kept within the limits of the said borough, which tax shall be levied and collected in the same manner, and applied to the same purposes as the other taxes of the said borough, and that they be further authorized to pass all ordinances necessary to effect the said purpose. SECTION 44. In case the place of any member of the town council of said borough shall become vacant, by the death, resignation, or otherwise, the said vacancy shall be supplied by an appointment made by the council, and any person so appointed, shall hold his office until the next borough election: Provided, That any member resigning, shall be liable to the same penalties as if he had originally refused to serve, and any person refusing to serve, when duly appointed by the town council aforesaid, shall be liable to the same pen. alties. LEWIS DEWART, Speaker of the House of Representatives. J. R. BURDEN, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The third day of April, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven. JOS: RITNER No. 81. An Act For the relief of Joseph Fulton and others, soldiers and widows of soldiers of the Revolutionary and Indian wars. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in Gen- Annuities & eral Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority 840 each, to gratuities of of the same, That the State Treasurer be, and he is hereby Jos. Fulton, authorized and required to pay to Joseph Fulton of Co- and others, lumbia county, Boreck Becktel, Evan Evans, Alexander Nes- soldiers etc. bit, and Felix Chrisman of Chester county, and Henry Davidsheiser of Berks county, soldiers, and Margaret Schaum of Lancaster county, Christina Camp of Crawford county, and Margaret Shitzell of Philadelphia county, and Catharine Hood of the city of Philadelphia, the widows of soldiers of the revolutionary war, or to their respective orders, forty dollars to each immediately, as a gratuity, and an annuity of forty dollars each during life, payable half yearly, to commence on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven. Jacob Gerber SECTION 2. The State Treasurer is hereby authorized Gratuities & and required to pay to Jacob Gerber of Lancaster annuities of county, Alexander Shaw and David Shaw of Westmoreland $40 each, to county, soldiers of the Indian war, or to their respective and David orders, forty dollars to each immediately, as a gratuity, and Shaw. an annuity of forty dollars each during life, payable half yearly, to commence on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven. the use of SECTION 3. The State Treasurer is hereby authorized Gratuity and and required to pay to John Rice of the borough of North- annuity of ampton, in the county of Lehigh, or to his order, the sum of $40 each, to forty dollars immediately, in trust for the use and benefit of John Rice for Gertrude Rinker of Lehigh county, the widow of a soldier of Gertrude the revolutionary war, and an annuity of forty dollars during Rinker. the life of the said Gertrude Rinker, payable half yearly, to commence on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, which said gratuity and annuity, shall be applied by the said trustee towards the maintenance and support of the said Gertrude Rinker, from time to time, as in his opinion her necessities may require. SECTION 4. The State Treasurer is hereby authorized and required to pay to Frederick Keefer of Franklin county, and Gratuity of Samuel Morrison of York county, soldiers of the revolutiona$40 each, to ry war, or to their respective orders, forty dollars each, in F. Keefer & full for their military services during the revolutionary war; S. Morrison the foregoing gratuities and annuities to be paid in conformity with existing laws. LEWIS DEWART, Speaker of the House of Representatives. J. R. BURDEN, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The third day of April, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven. JOS RITNER. No. 82. An Act Authorizing James Worth, a surviving executor of the last will and testament of Isaac Knight, and trustee appointed therein, to cut and sell certain wood upon the estate devised to him in trust, and to authorize the sale of the estate of John Brown, deceased. 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 it shall and may be lawful, if the Orphans' Jas. Worth, Court of Montgomery county shall approve thereof, for James Ex'r. of Isaac Worth, sole surviving executor of the last will and testament Knight of of Isaac Knight, late of Abington township, in the county of Montgomery Montgomery, deceased, and devisee in trust of a certain co. deceased, messuage and plantation, or tract of two hundred acres of inay sell land, more or less, for Mary Elizabeth Worth and her children, to cut down or sell so much of the standing wood and timber on the said plantation or tract of land, as may be cut Monies aris- or sold without injury to said land, and the moneys thereing therefrom arising, to invest under the order of the Orphans' court from to be in- for the county of Montgomery, in such securities as are here wood, etc. vested. Proviso. inafter provided for, and the income and interest of the ing, the wood and timber herein before mentioned, he shall, together with two or more sufficient sureties, to be approved of by the Orphans' court of Montgomery county, become bound to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for the use of the parties interested, by recognizance, in the sum of twelve thousand dollars, lawful money of the United States, upon condition that he shall duly and faithfully account for the proceeds of the sale of the wood and timber aforesaid, and duly and faithfully make such appropriation and investment thereof as is hereinbefore directed. ས་ trustee of J. sell certain real estate. SECTION 2. Samuel J. Robbins, the trustee named in the last will and testament of John Brown, late of the city of S. J.Robbing, Philadelphia, deceased, be, and he is hereby authorized to Brown, late sell and dispose of, by public or private sale, all that mes- of Philadelsuage and lot of ground situate on the north side of South phia, dec'd., street in Hudson's Square, in the city of Philadelphia, con- authorized to taining in breadth east and west on said South street, (now called Commerce street,) sixteen feet and eight inches, and in length or depth thirty-three feet and eight inches, being the same messuage and lot of ground that Samuel Wetherill, Junior, and Sarah his wife, by deed poll, dated the seventh day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three, granted and conveyed to the said John Brown, in fee, and that the said trustee shall have full power and authority to execute deeds to the purchaser or purchasers thereof: Provided, That the same Proviso. shall be taken and held by the purchasers, discharged from the trusts aforesaid, and without any liability on the part of the purchaser as to the application of the purchase money: Provided however, That the said trustee, before the 2d Proviso. sale or disposal of said estate, shall give such security for the faithful application of the proceeds thereof, according to the directions of the said will of the said John Brown, as the Orphans' court of the city and county of Philadelphia shall and may direct: And Provided further, That the said trus- 3d Proviso. tee shall, as soon as practicable after such sale, invest the proceeds thereof in other real estate, and shall take a title for the real estate so purchased, to himself, as trustee for all the persons having an interest in the same, under and according to the terms of the will of the said John Brown. LEWIS DEWART, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The third day of April, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven. JOS: RITNER. Job Mann, guardian of the minor No. 83. An Act To authorize Job Mann, guardian of the minor children of John Tod, to sell and convey certain real estate, and relative to the sale of real estate of James Coleman, deceased. 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 Job Mann, guardian of Julian, Rachel and Isabella Tod, minor children of the Honorable John Tod, deceased, is hereby authorized and empowered to sell at pubchildren of J. lic outcry, upon reasonable notice, a certain tract of land, situTod, dec'd., ate on the Cove mountain, on the road from the Snake spring authorized to to Morison's cove, in Bedford county, containing two hundred sell certain and twenty acres, being part of the real estate of said John Tod, deceased, and to make and to execute a deed, conveying to the purchaser or purchasers thereof, all the right, title and interest of the said minors, of, in and to the said tract of land, in fee simple; said Job Mann, before proceeding to the sale of said property, shall enter into a recognizance, with sufficient security, to be approved of by the Orphans' court of Bedford county, for the faithful application of the money arising from said sale, agreeably to the directions of said court. real estate in Bedford co. Guardians of minor chil SECTION 2. That the guardian or guardians of the persons dren of Jas. and estates of the minor children of James Coleman, late of Coleman, de-Lancaster county, deceased, and the administrator or adminceased, auth-istrators of the said James Coleman, deceased, be, and they orized to sell are hereby authorized to sell, either at public or private lands in Tio-sale, as shall be most advantageous to the interest of the said ga co. Proviso, estate, any and all lands late of the said deceased, situate in the county of Tioga, in this commonwealth, and to convey the same to the purchaser or purchasers thereof: Pro vided, That before the execution of any such conveyance, the said guardians and administrators shall give security in the Orphans' court of Lancaster county, in such sum, and in such manner as the said court shall direct, for the faithful application of the proceeds of the sale or sales hereby authorized. LEWIS DEWART, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The third day of April, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven. JOS: RITNER. |