Centre township, situate on Cherry run, adjoining lands of William M Kee and others, containing one hundred and thirty acres, be the same more or less, surveyed in pursuance of a warrant granted to Agness Simpson, late Agness Allison, deceased, bearing date the tenth day of April, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three, which conveyance when executed, shall be as good and effectual in law, as if the same had been done by the said Robert and Agness, previous to the death of the said Agness. JOHN TOD, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twelve. SIMON SNYDER, ficient deed CHAPTER CLXXVI. An ACT enabling Elizabeth Wilson and George Spangler, a committee appointed by the court of common pleas, of York county, to convey part of a certain tract of land to James Patterson. WHEREAS it appears by a certified copy of the proceedings of the court of common pleas of York county, that Elizabeth Wilson and George Spangler were appointed a committee to take care of the person and estate of Thomas Wilson, a lunatic, and that the said Thomas and James Patterson were jointly seized of a tract of two hundred and eighty-one acres and one hundred and forty-seven perches, situate in Chanceford township, in said county, as tenants in common, which for the mutual benefit of the said parties has been divided, but by reaşon of the lunacy of the said Thomas, he is unable to release or confirm to the said James the part allotted to him. SECT. I. Be it enacted by the senate and bouse of representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in general assembly met, G, Spangler and it is bereby enacted by the authority of the same, That and E. Wil- it shall and may be lawful for Elizabeth Wilson, and George son, &c. em- Spangler, or the survivor of them, to make, execute, and depowered to execute a suf. liver to James Patterson, of York county, yeoman, such deed or deeds, conveyance or conveyances, as may be necessary to for all the es- convey, release, and assure to the said James, all the right, title, mas Wilson, interest, and estate of Thomas Wilson, of the said county, now a lunatick, in a lunatic, to one hundred and thirty-two acres and one hundred a certain tract and eleven perches, part of a larger tract of land situate in of land, &c. Chanceford township, in the county of York, heretofore held by the said Thomas and James, as tenants in common, adjoining lands of Joseph Reed and others, and such deeds, releases, of tate of Tho conveyances shall be as valid and effectual, to all intents and purposes, as if the same were executed by the said Thomas Wilson, and he were of sound mind and memory. JOHN TOD, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twelve. SIMON SNYDER. CHAPTER CLXXVII. An ACT to make perpetual the act, entitled" An act concerning contempts of court." *SECT I. BE it enacted by the senate and bouse of representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in general assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That The act conthe act, entitled "An act concerning contempts of court," cerning con. passed the third day of April, one thousand eight hundred and tempts of nine, and every matter and thing therein mentioned, (except the limitation clause, be and the same is hereby made perpetual. JOHN TOD, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twelve. courts, made perpetual except, &c. SIMON SNYDER. CHAPTER CLXXVIII. An ACT to dissolve the marriage contract between William WHEREAS it appears to the legislature, that about sixteen years since, a certain William McGlaughlin, now of White-Deer township, in the county of Northumberland, intermarried with Isabella M'Curly; that they continued to live together for near six years; that the cruel treatment of the husband to his wife was such as to compel her to leave him, or to remain at the eminent hazard of her life; she chose the former. SECT. I. Be it enacted by the senate and bouse of representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania in general assembly met, and it is bereby enacted by the authority of the same, That The marriage the marriage contract entered into between William McGlaugh- contract of lin, now of White-Deer township, in the county of Northumberland, and Isabella his wife, be and the same is hereby dis- and Isabella * The words " Sect. 1," omitted in the original. William his wife, dis- solved as fully as if they were never joined in wedlock: Provided, solved, &c. nothing herein contained, shall be so construed or understood so Proviso. as to render illegitimate the offspring of the said William and Isa bella had during the coverture. JOHN TOD, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twelve.. SIMON SNYDER. ers. CHAPTER CLXXIX. An ACT to authorize the governor to appoint commissioners for the purpose of laying out a state road. SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in general assembly met, Governor to and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That appoint three the governor be, and he is hereby authorized to appoint three commission- disinterested commissioners, one of whom shall be a practical surveyor, but neither of them an inhabitant of Fayette or Greene Their duty. counties, to lay out and mark a state road from the intersection of the state road, (leading from the white horse tavern on the top of the Allegheny mountain, through Berlin in Somerset county, and Connelsville in Fayette county,) with the United States turnpike road, by the nearest and best route for a public road, to the town of Waynesburg in Greene county, and thence by the nearest and best route to the western boundary of this state, in a proper direction towards the flats of Grave creek; and the said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall proceed to perform the duties by this act required of them, on or before the first Monday of June next, and shall cause a draught of the said road to be deposited in the office of the secretary of a this commonwealth, and shall also deposit a copy of said draught in the office of the clerk of quarter sessions of the respective counties through which said road may pass, which shall be a record of said road, and from thenceforth shall be, to all intents and purposes, a public highway, and shall be opened and repaired in all respects as other roads are opened and repaired, which are laid out by order of the court of quarter sessions, in said counties. When to be performed. And deposit copy of the draught, &c. Commission ers shall take an oath, &c. SECT. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That each of the said commissioners, before they enter upon the duties of their appointment, shall take and subscribe, before some justice of the peace, an oath or affirmation, faithfully and impartially to perform the duties required of them by this act ; and they shall each receive two dollars for each day they shall be necessarily employed in the said work, together with a rea- When acsonable allowance for chain carriers, and one marker; and the counts shall accounts of said commissioners shall be adjusted and settled by be settled by the accountant officers, in the usual manner, and their accounts ant officers. paid by the state treasurer out of the state funds. JOHN TOD, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight the account hundred and twelve. SIMON SNDYER. CHAPTER CLXXX. An ACT for the relief of William Tenant, an old soldier, wounded at the storming of Stony Point. 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 $40 to be the state treasurer be, and he is hereby directed to pay William paid to W. Tenant, of Lancaster county, or order, the sum of forty dellars immediately after the passing of this act. JOHN TOD, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twelve. Tenant. SIMON SNYDER. CHAPTER CLXXXI. An ACT to validate and confirm the proceedings of certain justices of the peace, of the county of Centre, and of Frederick Haymaker, a justice of the peace of the county of Crawford. certain cases validated. 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 The acts of all acknowledgments of deeds, powers of attorney, and other justices in instruments of writing, taken prior to the first of January, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, before justices of the peace who had been commissioned for districts within the counties of Mifflin, Northumberland, Lycoming, or Huntingdon, which were included within the county of Centre, by the act for erecting the said county of Centre into a separate county, and all judgments rendered by the said justices prior to the said first day of January last, and all other the official and judicial acts of the said acts made justices, be and they are hereby declared to be valid and effectual to all intents and purposes, as if the said act had not been passed, or as if the said justices had been appointed and commissioned for the county of Centre; and all deeds and other instruments recorded, which were acknowledged before any justice of the peace aforesaid, the recording thereof is hereby declared to be as valid and effectual, to all intents and purposes, as the record of any other deed or conveyance within this commonwealth. F. HaymaSECT. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, ker's official That all the official acts of Frederick Haymaker, a justice of the valid in Craw. peace for Allegheny county, performed in and for Crawford ford county. county, be, and they are hereby confirmed, and made as valid as if he had been commissioned a justice of the peace for Crawford county: Provided, that no costs be recovered on any suit in his docket. $40 to C. Fisher, and an annuity. JOHN TOD, Speaker of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight CHAPTER CLXXXII. An ACT for the relief of Catharine Fisher, widow of the late 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 Catharine Fisher, or order, forty dollars immediately, and an annuity of twenty dollars, commencing the first of January, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, 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 thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twelve. SIMON SNYDER. CHAPTER CLXXXIII. An ACT to incorporate the Monongahela manufacturing society. SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in general assembly met, and |