recovered,

prescribed by the commanding officer, and be thereof convicted, he or they shall forfeit and pay the sum of five dollars, to be Fines how to be recovered in the same manner as debts of equal amount are by law recoverable, the one moiety thereof for the use of the person prosecuting for the same, and the other moiety to be paid and appropriated as fines for delinquencies in said regiment are directed to be paid..

How fines are to

SECT. XIV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, be collected and That all fines incurred under this act shall be collected and appropriated to the use of the corps in the same manner as is vided by the militia law of this state.

appropriated.

pro

SECT. XV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person who after the passing of this act shall serve in any company of foot or horse artillery now formed, or that may be hereafter formed, (except in the regiment before named,) and shall actually uniform himself and serve in said company of foot or horse artillery for ten years, in addition to the privileges and exemptions allowed by this act shall be forever thereafter exempted from doing militia duty in this state excepting in of invasion, &c. cases of insurrection or invasion; and the certificate of the captain of such company shall be ample and complete evidence of such service.

Ten years service in an artillery company to exempt from future service.

Except in cases

Privileges of the regiment.

The cavalry in the city and County to be formed into a regiment. Number of.

And officers.

Certificates of appointment how signed.

SECT. XVI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said regiment shall be entitled to all the privileges heretofore granted them and be under the same restrictions as heretofore, except where the same is altered or supplied by this act; Provided always, That nothing in this act contained shall be construed or understood so as to deprive the regiment of its present organization, but the said regiment shall continue in full operation as heretofore until the provisions contained in the second section of this act shall warrant this act to go into operation.

SECT. XVII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passing of this act the cavalry within the city and county of Philadelphia shall be formed into a regiment to be No. 1, which regiment shall be officered in the following manner; that is to say, there shall be one colonel commandant, one lieutenant colonel, two majors, and a regimental staff to consist of one adjutant, one quarter-master, one paymaster, one surgeon and one surgeon's mate; one sergeant-major, and one quarter-master sergeant; which staff shall be appointed by the field officers of said regiment who shall give a certified copy to each person so appointed, signed by a majority of them; Provided always, That whenever there shall be twelve or more troops of cavalry in the said city and county, any six of the said troops may organize themselves into a separate regiment to be officered in like manner.

S CT. XVIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That as soon as two hundred and forty shall be enrolled in said

are enrolled,

regiment, and notice thereof given in writing to the inspector when 240 men of the first brigade of the said city and county, it shall be his elections to be duty to hold elections for field-officers in such regiment as bri- held, gade inspectors are required to do in other regiments in this

commonwealth.

SECT. XIX. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, Regiment to be

That as soon as the election of the said field-officers shall be de- divided into termined they shall with the least possible delay divide the afore- squadrons, said regiment into squadrons, each squadron to consist of two

troops or companies, each troop to consist of one captain, one and companies. first lieutenant, one second lieutenant, one cornet, four ser- Officers of, and geants, four corporals, one farrier, one saddler, and one trumpeter or bugler, and at least thirty privates

privates.

SECT. XX. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, Majors to superThat it shall be the duty of the majors of the aforesaid regi- pany-elections. ment to attend and superintend the elections of the company officers of their respective squadrons or troops in like manner in all respects as are required of other majors within this commonwealth; and each and every officer or private belonging to said regiment, shall furnish himself with a good and serviceable horse, of at least fourteen hands and an half high; and shall size of the uniform, arm and equip himself in every respect as is by law Equipments. required of troopers to do in this commonwealth; Provided Proviso. always, That nothing in this, or any former act contained, shall

be construed so as to alter the uniform of any troops or corps now organized.

horses.

SECT. XXI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, of trainings. That the regiment of cavalry so formed shall exercise and train in regiment squadrons, and companies, on each and every day, and in like manner as the other militia of this state are by law required to do, and under the like fines, forfeitures and penalties for non-attendance and other breaches of law as the militia of this state in similar cases are liable to.

to train with

aforesaid, Not to be obliged exercise other militia,

&c.

SECT. XXII. And be it further enacted by the authority That the aforesaid regiment shall not be compelled to or train with any other of the militia of this state or any other state except in actual service, and shall have power to make and of by-laws, &c. carry into effect such by-laws, rules and regulations for the discipline and exercise of the troops composing the said regiment as the commissioned officers or a majority of them shall agree upon; provided such by-laws, rules and regulations shall be compatible with the constitution and laws of the United States and of this State.

JOHN WEBER, Speaker

of the House of Representatives. P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-the thirtieth day of March, one thousand eight

hundred and eleven,

SIMON SNYDER.

shall be held.

CHAPTER CX.

A SUPPLEMENT to an act, entitled, “An act to enable the own-
ers of the lands called the "Pigeon swamp," in the township
of Bristol, in the county of Bucks, to dig, maintain, and keep open
a ditch through the said swamp, and to raise money to defray the
expense thereof."

WHEREAS it has been represented to the legislature, that
the law to which this is a supplement hath in part been defeat-
ed by the law obliging the managers and treasurer of the said
company to be "inhabitants of the said township;" Therefore,

SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly When elections met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That all future elections for manager and treasurer of said company shall be held on the second Monday in April hereafter, and the said officers shall be inhabitants of the township of Bristol, the borough of Bristol, or the adjoining townships.

Owners of the

"Pigeon swamp"

to prevent back

water.

Course of the ditch.

How to be kept

open,

And whereas the ditch opened through the said meadows, empties itself at an angle in the mill-creek, which from being very level ground, in high water occasions so much back water on the said meadows as to defeat the advantages to the proprietors contemplated by the law to which this is a supplement; Therefore,

SECT. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, may open a ditch That the owners of the lands called the Pigeon swamp, in Bristol township, shall have full power and authority to open a ditch for the preventing of back water from the mill-creek through Lands of Joshua Wright, Joshua Headley, and John Hutchinson, being a course south twenty-four degrees east four perches on Joshua Wright's land, seventy-two perches on Joshua Headley, and three perches on John Hutchinson's land; which shall be kept open by the owners of said meadows in the same way and under the same regulations and penalties as other ditches. are directed to be, by the law to which this is a supplement, and to throw gravel in said mill-creek to force the water into said ditch; Provided, That if either the said Joshua Wright, Joshua Headley, or John Hutchinson, shall consider themselves in any degree injured by the opening of the said ditch, it shall and of lands through may be lawful for them or either of them, on due notice to the other owners, to have three, five, or seven viewers appointed in the manner provided by the existing laws of this commonwealth for the appointment of arbitrators, and the said viewers taking into consideration as well the advantages derived by the complainant or complainants from the making of said ditch,as the injury he or they may sustain therefrom, shall, if the latter preponderates, award the amount of its excess to be paid by the other owners of said swamp to the party or parties so sustaining injury by reason of the opening of the said ditch.

How the value

which the ditch

is cut, to be ascertained.

And amend made.

tion.

SECT. III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, Repealing secThat so much of the law to which this is a supplement as is hereby altered or supplied, be, and the same is hereby repealed.

JOHN WEBER, Speaker

of the House of Representatives.

P. C. LANE, Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED the thirtieth day of March, one thousand eight

hundred and eleven.

SIMON SNYDER.

CHAPTER CXI.

4 SUPPLEMENT to an act, entitled, " An act for laying out and keeping in repair the public roads and highways within this commonwealth, and laying out private roads."

to issue orders

for the amount of

road taxes due on unseated lands.

the amount re

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 from and after the commissioners passing of this act, it shall be the duty of the commissioners of the respective counties within this commonwealth on receiving the transcripts of road taxes due on unseated lands, which the supervisors of the different townships are by the existing road-laws required to furnish, to issue their order to the county treasurer for the amount thereof; and also immediately to transmit copies thereof to the said treasurer, who is hereby required to enter them in a book to be kept for that purpose; and it shall Treasurer to pay be the duty of the said treasurer on receiving the said taxes, or ceived by him to any part thereof, and not before, to pay over the amount there- the supervisors. of to the supervisors who shall respectively be entitled to the No land to be same; Provided, That no land shall be sold for road taxes until sold for road twelve months after the said transcripts have been delivered to the treasurers aforesaid, and notice given in the manner prescribed by the second section of an act directing the mode of selling unseated lands for taxes, passed the third day of April, 1804; Provided also, That so much of the existing road laws Proviso. as requires the treasurers to pay the amount of road taxes due on unseated lands to the supervisors immediately on the orders of the commissioners being presented to them, be, and the same is hereby repealed.

taxes until, &c.

county lires are

SECT. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, How roads on That on petition of the inhabitants of any two adjoining to be allowed counties to lay out a road on the lines which divides the said and laid out. counties the justices of the court of quarter sessions of each county are hereby empowered and required to appoint respectively, three reputable freeholders from the neighbourhood

How bridges are to be erected

where the road is requested; and the said six freeholders or any five of them shall proceed to view the said ground, and make report to the court of each county respectively in the manner prescribed by the first section of the act to which this is a supplement; and if the said justices respectively shall approve thereof the same shall be confirmed and recorded agreeably to the provisions of the said act.

SECT. III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, over streams di- That on petition by the inhabitants of any two adjoining counviding counties. ties to erect a bridge over any creek or rivulet being the line of the said counties, the justices of the said courts of quarter sessions respectively are hereby empowered and required to ap point a view in the same manner as for laying out a road on county lines; and if on the report of the said viewers it appears to the courts, grand jury, and commissioners of the respective counties that such a bridge is necessary, and agreeably to the provision of the twenty-first section of the act to which this is a supplement, the same shall be erected and kept in repair by the joint expense of both counties.

Proceedings to

reports do not agree on the county line.

SECT. IV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, bo had when the That in all cases where separate views and reports of roads supposed to be on the dividing lines of counties have been made under the authority of the respective courts of quarter sessions of the adjoining counties, and the said reports do not agree as to the line, then and in such cases, on petition of the supervisors of the highways or inhabitants of the said counties to the justices of the court of quarter sessions of each county, it shall be the duty of the said justices, and they are hereby empowered and required to appoint viewers, and proceed in the same manner as is directed by the second section of this act, and when so confirmed shall be considered as on the county line, and be kept in repair at the joint expense of the adjoining townships; Provided always, That the viewers in such cases shall have power to vacate any part of the old road for which the new road is to be a substitute.

Proviso.

Penalty on super

to put and keep

SECT. V. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, visors neglecting That from and after the passing of this act, if any supervisor up index-boards. or supervisors of any township in this commonwealth shall, after ten days notice, neglect or refuse to put up and keep in complete repair, the index-boards directed to be set up by the twenty-fourth section of the act to which this is a supplement, every supervisor so offending and being thereof legally convict ed by the oath or affirmation of one or more credible witness or witnesses before any justice of the peace, or before the court of quarter sessions of said county, shall respectively pay a sum not exceeding ten dollars in the discretion of the court or justice before whom such conviction shall be had, to be applied and ex

How to be expended,