ny county, or order, the sum of forty dollars, immediately, and an annuity of forty dollars from the first of January last, to be paid half yearly during his life. JOHN TOD, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED the twenty-fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twelve. SIMON SNYDER. 4 Name of On tario county changed. Bradford, Ti CHAPTER CIX. An ACT to organize for judicial purposes, the counties of 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 county of Ontario, within this commonwealth, shall be called and known by the name of Bradford. SECT. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, oga, Susque- That from and after the second Tuesday of October next, the hanna, and inhabitants of the counties of Bradford, Tioga, Wayne, and Wayne coun. ties to have Susquehanna, shall each enjoy and exercise in judicial concerns, judicial pow. all and singular the jurisdictions, powers and privileges whatsoers and privi- ever, within the same, which the inhabitants of other counties leges. do, may, or ought to enjoy, by the constitution and laws of this commonwealth. Formed into for. SECT. III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforea judicial dis- said, That the counties of Bradford, Tioga, Wayne, and Sustrict, No. 11. quehanna, be and the same are hereby erected into a separate President to judicial district or circuit, to be called the eleventh district, and be appointed a person of legal knowledge and integrity be appointed and commissioned by the governor, to be president and judge of the And associate courts of common pleas within the said district, and two other judges. proper persons shall be appointed and commissioned judges of the court of common pleas, in and for each of the said counties of Bradford, Tioga, and Susquehanna, which said president and judges shall, after the second Tuesday of October next, respectively have the like salaries, and have and execute all and singular the powers, jurisdictions, and authorities, of judges of the courts of common pleas, judges of the courts of oyer and terminer and general jail delivery, judges of the orphans' court, and justices of the courts of quarter sessions of the peace, agreeably to the constitution and laws of this commonwealth. Their salaries. And powers. Oaths to be SECT. IV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, taken by, &c. That the persons who shall be appointed associate judges for the counties of Bradford, Tioga, and Susquehanna, shall take the ed as hereto réquisite oaths or affirmations of office before the prothonotary of the court of common pleas of the county of Luzerne, who And filed. shall file a record of the same in the several offices of the prothonotaries of the counties of Bradford, Tioga, and Susquehanna, who may be appointed at any time after the passing of this act, and all writs of certiorari directed to, and appeals from the Certain apjudgment of any justice of the peace of either of the said coun- peals, &c. to ties of Bradford, Tioga and Susquehanna, and all criminal pro- be prosecutsecutions which may originate in either of the said counties, be- fore, until, fore the test days herein after mentioned, shall be proceeded in &c. as heretofore in the courts of common pleas and quarter sessions of the peace, of the several judicial districts to which the said several counties are attached, and all process to issue from the courts of the said counties of Tioga, Bradford, and Susquehanna, returnable to the first term in the said counties, respectively, Test day. shall bear test as of the second Monday of January next. SECT. V. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, Judges of the That the judges of the supreme court shall have the like powers, supreme jurisdictions and authorities, within the said judicial district, as court to have jurisdiction, by law they are vested with in other judicial districts of this &c. state, and the said district is hereby annexed to the middle dis- Annexed to trict of the said supreme court. the middle district. SECT. VI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sheriffs, coroners, treasurers, and all such other offi- Sheriffs and others to give cers as have usually given, or as are or may be by law directed to give bail for the faithful discharge of the duties of their respective offices, who shall hereafter be elected or appointed in either of the said counties, shall before they enter on the duties of their respective offices, give sufficient sureties in the like sums, like manner and form, and for like purposes, as similar officers are required to do in the other organized counties of the commonwealth. bail. erected. SECT. VII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, Public buildThat it shall and may be lawful for the commissioners of Tioga ings to be county, and the commissioners of Bradford and Susquehanna counties, (after such are elected,) and they are hereby required to erect or cause to be erected, on such parts of the public squares, which are given for the purpose in the respective counties, as they may deem best calculated for the purpose, a courthouse, prison, and offices, for the safe-keeping of the papers and records for each of the said counties; and until such public Where the buildings are erected, the courts of justice shall after the said courts to be held, until, second Tuesday of October next, for the county of Tioga, be opened and held at the house belonging to James Smith, junior, in the town of Wellsborough; for the county of Bradford, at the dwelling house of William Means, in the township of Towanda, and for the county of Susquehanna, at the dwelling house of Isaac Post, in the town of Monstrose; and for the county of &c. Tioga, the courts shall be opened and held on the second MonAnd when. days of January, April, August and November; for the county When sher iffs and other officers may be elected. of Bradford, on the Mondays next following the courts in Tioga; for the county of Susquehanna, on the Mondays next following the courts in Bradford; and for the county of Wayne, on the Mondays next following the courts in Susquehanna. SECT. VIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the inhabitants of the counties of Tioga, Bradford, and Susquehanna, qualified to elect shall on the second Tuesday of October next, choose suitable persons for sheriffs, coroners and commissioners, and all other necessary officers for the said counties respectively, in the same manner and under the same regulation and penalties, as similar officers are chosen in the other counties of this state, and the officers chosen and qualiPowers and fied as aforesaid, shall have and enjoy all and singular the powprivileges of. ers, privileges and emoluments, arising out of, or incident to their offices respectively, and until it shall be otherwise directed When elec- by law, the qualified electors in each of the said counties shall continue to elect for executive and legislative officers, at the same places and in the same manner as heretofore; Provided, that Proviso as to this act shall not go into operation so far as the same respects Susquehanna the county district of Susquehanna, until the persons who have offered lands or made other propositions to the trustees appointed by the act, entitled "An act to erect parts of Luzerne and Lycoming counties into separate county districts," passed the twenty-first day of February, one thousand eight hundred and Arbitrators ten, have fairly complied with their proposals; and in case of to be appoint- dispute between the said trustees and persons who have heretoed in case of fore made proposals as aforesaid, the same shall be tried and dedispute. tions to be held. county. termined by three arbitrators, to be appointed by the court of common pleas of Luzerne county, and the said court is hereby directed to appoint such arbitrators upon the application of either of the said parties. JOHN TOD, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED the twenty-fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twelve. SIMON SNYDER. CHAPTER CX. An ACT for the relief of Levi Griffith, David Edgar, and 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 state treasurer be and he is hereby directed to pay unto Da- David Edgar. vid Edgar, of Bucks county, or his order, the sum of forty dol lars. fith and SECT. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, Levi GrifThat the state treasurer pay unto Levi Griffith, of Fayette county, and George Funk, of Lancaster county, or their order, George Funk: the sum of forty dollars immediately, and an annuity of forty dollars each, payable half-yearly during their lives, to commence on the first of January, one thousand eight hundred and twelve. JOHN TOD, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED the twenty-fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twelve. SIMON SNYDER. CHAPTER CXI. A further SUPPLEMENT to an act, entitled “ An act to enable the governor of this commonwealth to incorporate a company, for making an artificial road from the intersection of Front street and the Germantown road, in the Northern Liberties, of the city of Philadelphia, through Frankford and Bristol, to the ferry at Morrisville, on the river Dela ware. to be extend 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 Frankford the president, managers, and company, of the Frankford and and Bristol Bristol turnpike road, and their successors, be and they are here- turnpike road. by authorized to construct and carry on the said turnpike road, ed. in, over and upon Smith street, and Bridge street, so as to terminate at the bridge erected over the river Delaware, near Trenton, instead of making it to the ferry at Morrisville on the said river, as directed by the act to which this is a further supplement ; and for the purpose of so constructing and carrying on the said Powers road, they shall have all and singular the rights, powers, privi- granted for leges, and authorities, and be subject to all the duties and re- effecting the strictions to which, at any time previous to the passage of this act, they were entitled or subjected, in carrying on the said road to the ferry at Morrisville: Provided always, that nothing in Provisor this act contained shall authorize the said president, managers, and company, to construct, erect, or make the said artificial, or turnpike road, over or upon the dam, or bridge, that is constructed, from the main land to Morrisville island, without first obtaining the consent, and approbation of the owner, or owners same. Repealing section. of the Morrisville island, mill dam and mills, as well as the Delaware bridge company: And provided also, that the said managers and company, shall not erect or fix a gate or gates upon or across said road, within the limits of the borough of Morrisville. SECT. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That so much of the act to which this is a further supplement, or of any supplement thereto, as is hereby altered and supplied, and no more, be and the same is hereby repealed. JOHN TOD, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED the twenty-fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twelve. SIMON SNYDER. CHAPTER CXII. An ACT for the relief of Henry McEuen, a wounded soldier, and of Mary Gordon, widow of Thomas Gordon, a soldier deceased. SECT. I. BE it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in general assembly Henry M'Eu- met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the treasurer be, and he is hereby directed to pay unto Henry M'Euen, of Centre county, or order, the sum of sixty dollars for his sufferings in the revolutionary war. en. Mary Gordon. SECT. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the state treasurer pay unto Mary Gordon, of Bedford county, or order, the sum of forty dollars immediately, and an annuity of forty dollars from the first of January last, to be paid half yearly, during her life. JOHN TOD, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-the twenty fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twelve. SIMON SNYDER. CHAPTER CXIII. An ACT for the relief of John Schriber, and Sebilla Schriber. WHEREAS a warrant was granted to Peter Schriber, on the nineteenth day of August, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-six, for two hundred acres of land, in Manchester town |