several returns, and shall execute under their hands and seals, one general and true return of the whole district, that is to say, And places of the judges of the first district, composed of the city and county meeting. of Philadelphia, and the county of Delaware, shall meet at the state house in the city of Philadelphia; the judges of the second district shall meet at the house now occupied by Joshua Evans, in Trediffrin township, Chester county; the judges of the third district shall meet at the house now occupied by Michael Coble, in Elizabethtown, in the county of Lancaster; the judges of the fourth district, shall meet at the court-house in the borough of York; the judges of the fifth district shall meet at the house now occupied by Patrick Cochran, in the town of Shippensburgh; the judges of the sixth district, shall meet at the court-house in the borough of Easton; the judges of the seventh district, shall meet at the house now occupied by Abraham Bailey, in the town of Hanburg, in the county of Berks; the judges of the eighth district, shall meet at the court-house in the town of Bedford; the judges of the ninth district, shall meet at the house now occupied by William Mc. Alevy, in Hun-tingdon county; the judges of the tenth district, shall meet at the house now occupied by John Jones, in the town of Berwick, in the county of Northumberland; the judges of the eleventh district, shall meet at the house now occupied by Joseph Elder, where the great road from Greensburg to Indiana, crosses Conemaugh river, at the place commonly known by the name of Elder's ford; the judges of the twelfth district, shall meet at the court-house in the town of Washington; the judges of the thirteenth district, shall meet at the house now occupied by Jeremiah Davison, Luzerne township, Fayette county; the judges of the fourteenth district, shall meet at the house now occupied by Sarah Carnahan, in Allegheny county; the judges of the fifteenth district, shall meet at the court-house in the town of Mercer, on the third Tuesday of October next, and on the Time of third Tuesday of October biennially thereafter, during the meeting. continuance of this act; and within the space of ten days after the said election, the judges of each respective district of the gene. so convened, shall cause one copy of the said general return to ral return. be deposited in the office of the prothonotary of the county in which they meet, and a duplicate thereof signed and sealed in Copy to be the same manner as the said return, under a sealed cover, di- sent to the rected to the secretary of the commonwealth, shall be by the the commonsaid judges placed in one of the nearest post-offices or otherwise, wealth, within twenty days safely delivered to him; and they shall also l'ersons ewithin twenty days, transmit to each of the persons elected, a lected to have certificate of the returns of his election; and it shall be the duty of the governor, on the receipt of the returns transmitted to the Governor to secretary of the commonwealth, to declare by proclamation, the proclaim, &c. name or names of the person or persons to him returned as duly Ꭱ secretary of notice. Retuns to be made to the house of re presentatives of the U. S. elected in each respective district; and he shall also as soon as conveniently may be thereafter, transmit the return so to him made, to the house of representatives in the congress of the United States. JOHN TOD, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED the twentieth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twelve. SIMON SNYDER. Court to appoint CHAPTER LXXXIII. An ACT authorizing the court of quarter sessions of Lancaster county, to appoint viewers to view part of a certain road therein mentioned. SECT. I. BE it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in general assembly viewers to view met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the court of quarter sessions, of the county of Lancaster, ses through Bart shall be, and is hereby authorized to appoint viewers to view that part of the road which pas township Lan caster county. that part of the road laid out in pursuance of the act of March twenty-second, one thousand eight hundred and nine, which passes through the townships of Bart and Dromore, in the county of Lancaster, and to proceed therein as in common when confirmed, cases of views and reviews of roads; and if any alteration Viewers report to be filed and remain of record, &c. shall be made by such viewers or reviewers, which shall be finally confirmed by the said court and filed among the records thereof, the said road so altered, shall from thenceforth be taken to be part of the road laid out by the commissioners appointed in pursuance of the said act, to lay out a road from John G. Parks' in Chester county, by M'Call's ferry, on the Susquehanna to the Maryland line, in a direction towards the city of Washington; and it shall be the duty of the clerk of the said court, to transmit under his seal of office, a copy of the record of such alteration and confirmation to the secretato be by him fi- ry of the commonwealth, who shall file the same with the original return of the said commissioners. Clerk of the court to trans mit a copy of the record the secretary of the commonwealth, led. JOHN TOD, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED the twentieth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twelve. SIMON SNYDER. CHAPTER LXXXIV. An ACT granting 10 Thomas Campbell, two tracts of donation land. nation land 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 Tracts of dothe secretary of the land-office be, and he is hereby directed to draw and patent to Thomas Campbell, of Franklin county, Thomas two tracts of donation land, of two hundred acres each, in full Campbell. for his services during the revolutionary war, JOHN TOD, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-the twentieth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twelve. granted to SIMON SNYDER. CHAPTER LXXXV. Actual set A further SUPPLEMENT to an act, entitled "An act directing the mode of selling unseated lands for taxes.” 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 tlers having in all cases where a contract or contracts have been entered contracted into, between any actual settler or settlers, residing north and with warrant west of the rivers Ohio and Allegheny, and Conewango creek, holders or and any company or companies, person or persons, claim- lands west of ing land, lying as aforesaid, by warrant or otherwise, for the river Oa certain part or parts of any tract or tracts of land there situ- hio, &c. for ate, and where there is now no dispute between said parties parts oftractsof land, and or any other person relative to said contract or contracts, and have paid tax where for want of the, said actual settler or settler's part or es upon the parts being run off, or otherwise, they have been compelled whole of the to pay the whole amount of tax due, on the whole of said tract rized to file a or tracts, it shall be lawful for such actual settler or settlers, copy of the where one or more year's tax have been paid by said actual contract in settler or settlers, to file a copy of his or their contract or the commis. contracts, in the office of the commissioners of the county, sioners of the where the land lies, together with the deposition of the person proper counor persons so filing said copy, attesting that it is a true copy of ty, attesting said contract or contracts, and that there is or are no other con- on oath its tract or contracts between him or them, and any of the par- and that there. ties aforesaid relative to the payment of said tax, which said are no concopy shall be compared with the original by the said commis- tracts relasioners, it shall then be the duty of the commissioners, after tive to paying having made a due estimate of the whole amount of taxes paid tracts, autho the office of correctness, taxes. Which copy to be compared with the origi nal. Commissioners by the actual settler. as aforesaid, and deducted therefrom, that part which appears in justice ought to have been paid by said settler, or settlers, to proceed and sell that part of said land which appears to beto estimate the long to said company or companies, person or persons, as in proportion of tax other cases of unseated land; unless the said taxes and all which ought to have been paid costs legally incurred, are paid by the warrantee or his assignee; and the parties shall be entitled to the same remedy, and out of the monies arising from said sale, the said commissioners shall pay and satisfy the said settler or settlers, the taxes he or they have paid thereon, with legal interest from the time of payment: Previded always, that none of the said land shall be sold for at least one year after the passing of this act, nor shall any of said land be sold where there is now a dispute relative to said land, until one year after the determination of such dispute. sell that part of And proceed to the tract belong ing to the war rant holders, or others, for taxes unless the taxes are paid. And refund to the actual set tler the taxes he has overpaid. Proviso. Assessors to discriminate in their assessments and make return of that part of a tract belonging to an actual settler in the remainder to his name, and return as unseat. ed lands, altho division lines have not been run. The treasu rer to sell such unseat ed lands as in other cases, SECT. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in each and all cases where a contract has been made between any settler as aforesaid, and any company or companies, person or persons, claiming land lying as aforesaid, by warrant or otherwise, and where the settler's part has not yet been run off, it shall be the duty of the assessors of the respective townships, to assess and return that part only which is the property of the settler, agreeable to his contract in the name of such settler, and return the residue of said tracts of land in the name of the warrantee, if known, if not, in the name of the person claiming the land by agreement, to the commissioners of the county as unseated land, in the same manner as if the division line had been run between said parties; and it shall be the duty of the commissioners and treasurer to proceed and sell the same, as in other cases of unseated lands, for taxes: Provided, that nothing in this act shall be construed so as to alter any agreement heretofore made respecting the payment of taxes. JOHN TOD, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED the twentieth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twelve. SIMON SNYDER. CHAPTER LXXXVI. An ACT for the relief of Magdalena Ennes, widow of the late lieutenant Benjamin Ennes, who was slain in battle by the Indians, during the revolutionary war. SECT. 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 pay unto Magdalena Ennes, or order, the Gratuity and sum of forty dollars, immediately after the passing of this act, an annuity, and an annuity of forty dollars commencing the first of Janu- granted to ary last, payable half yearly during her life. Magdalena Ennes. JOHN TOD, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED the twentieth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twelve. SIMON SNYDER. CHAPTER LXXXVII. An ACT for the relief of the Lutheran and Calvanist congregations of Row's Church, in Penn township, Northumberland county. Calvanist Northumberland county, 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 Elders of the the elders of the Lutheran and Calvanist congregations, be- Lutheran and longing to the church, in the township of Penn, in the county congregaof Northumberland, commonly called Row's church, or a tions, Peun majority of them, for the time being, whether they are township, known in law as such or not, be and they are hereby authorized and empowered, to sell and convey in fee simple, or for authorized to a lesser estate, not exceeding one half of the land or tract be- sell and convey longing to Row's church congregations, on which said tract tract of land be of land the church aforesaid now stands, and to apply the money church congre arising from the sale, in building a new church, or repairing Proceeds of sale the old, in such manner as the elders for the time being, to be appropriatof both the congregations, or a majority of them, may direct. or repair the old JOHN TOD, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-the twentieth day of March, one thousand eight one half of a longing to Row's gation. ed to build a new one. hundred and twelve. SIMON SNYDER. CHAPTER LXXXVIII. An ACT granting a sum of money to the trustees of Bedford SECT. 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 the g 2000 grantstate treasurer be authorized and required, to pay to the trus- ed to the tees of the Bedford Academy, the sum of two thousand dol- trustees of |