Preamble rel. No. 124. AN ACT For the relief of the "Mount Rock Light Infantry" of Cumberland county, and the "Jackson Guards" of Montgomery county. WHEREAS, it is represented to the Legislature, that the to services of Mount Rock Light Infantry" of Cumberland county beMt. Rock L't. came organized as a company of volunteers, in the year Infantry. seventeen hundred and ninety-seven, and have ever since October, eighteen hundred and ten, been under the command of Captain James Piper, their present commander, and that said company have, from their first organization, been at all times completely uniformed and equipped according to law, and have served a tour of duty during the last war on the northern frontier: And whereas, there are now in said company about forty-five members who served as aforesaid during the war, an who still continue to do duty in the company, and are desirous of keeping up the company, provided they are not compelled to be attached to any regiment or battalion, but to remain an independent company: Therefore, 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 Comp. autho- same, That the Mount Rock Light Infantry" company of rized to train Cumberland county shall, after the passage of this act, be independent exempted from training with any regiment or battalion, ex ly. Proviso. cept at the discretion of said company: Provided, That the above named company shall meet the proper number of days required by law in their company capacity. WHEREAS, by the forty-seventh section of an act entitled, Preamble rel. "An act for the regulation of the militia of this Commonto the Jack-wealth," passed the second of April, one thousand eight son Guards. hundred and twenty-two, it is enacted that " every person who shall have been uniformed and equipped agreeably to this act, and faithfully served as a member of any organized volunteer corps for seven successive years, since the first of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and shall produce a certificate of such service from the captain or commanding officer of the corps in which he so served, he shall forever thereafter be exempted from militia duty, except in time of an invasion, insurrection or actual war:" And whereas, a number of citizens of Montgomery county, under the guarantee of said section, embodied themselves into a volunteer company, under the name of "Jackson Guards" as a rifle corps, and being duly equipt were in spected, (and) on the twenty-ninth of August, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, commissioned: And whereas, said corps, being desirous of changing from rifle to infantry, but unwilling to forfeit the portion of the seven years served by them as aforesaid: Therefore, SECT. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority of rized, &c. the same, That the company of Jackson Guards, of Mont- Change from gomery county, be and the same is hereby changed from a Rifle to Inrifle to an infantry corps, and that the seven years service fantry authoof said company shall be calculated from the twenty-ninth of August, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, and each individual member from the respective date of his enrolment in said company. SAM'L. ANDERSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THO'S. RINGLAND, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The eighth day of April, Anno Domini, eighteen hundred and thirty-three. GEO. WOLF. No. 125. AN ACT Relative to certain school lands in Toboyne township, Perry county. SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre sentatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Jacob Bloom, Richard D. Morrison, and Daniel School trusGarber, the present trustees, or a majority of them, be au- toes in Tothorized and empowered to sell at public or private sale, for boyne, Perry the best price that can be gotten for the same, the following co. authorized to sell certain described tract of land, to wit: a tract of land situate in To- land. boyne township, Perry county, described in the act of Assembly, approved the twenty eighth of March, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, as containing ten acres, more or less, adjoining lands of John Fleicher, John Ernst and others, but said to contain by actual measurement thirty-two acres and three perches and allowance, and to execute to the purchaser thereof, a deed in fee simple, for as good a title as was vested in the said trustees by the Commonwealth. Application of proceeds of sale. Trustees to account to township auditors. SECT. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Jacob Bloom, Richard D. Morrison, and Daniel Garber shall apply the proceeds of the said land, one half to the repairing of the present school house at the German stone church in said township, or in building a new school house thereat, as may be thought best, and the other half to repairing the preseut school house at the English Presbyterian church in said township, or in building a new school house thereat, as may be thought best; and the said trustees, or the survivor or survivors of them shall settle an account of the manner in which they shall have expended the proceeds of the said sale with the township auditors of the said township of Toboyne, within one year after they shall have made the said sale; and on neglect or refusal to do so, after being notified, the said auditors shall have power to compel them by attachment to make settlement, and to apply any balance that may be found in their hands to the purposes before mentioned, agreeably to the true intent and meaning of this act. SAM'L. ANDERSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THO'S. RINGLAND, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The eighth day of April, Anno Domini, eighteen hundred and thirty-three. GEO. WOLF. Preamble. No. 126. AN ACT To enable the trustees of the German Reformed church, in the borough of WHEREAS, it is represented to the Legislature that the German Reformed congregation of the borough of Reading own certain real estate, and have erected, at a considerable expense, a large and commodious brick church or meeting house, which is in part unpaid for, and that part of the said real estate may be converted into money for the payment of said debts: Therefore, 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 trustees of the German Reformed church, in the borough of Reading, in the county of Berks, and their Authority to successors for the time being, be, and they are hereby au- sell or mort thorized and empowered to sell or mortgage such part or gage, and parts of the real estate belonging to said congregation, as purchase other propermay be deemed necessary for the payment of their debts, and for the purchase of such other real estate as they may deem necessary for the use of the church, and to make and execute such deeds and mortgages, and other conveyances and assu rances in the law, as the case may require: Provided, That Proviso. the real estate, so purchased, shall not in amount and value exceed the sum of five thousand dollars. SAM'L. ANDERSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THO'S. RINGLAND, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The eighth day of April, Anno Domini, eighteen hundred and thirty-three. ty. GEO. WOLF. No. 127. AN ACT Granting compensation to the legal heirs and representatives of George Foltze, for a certain tract of land situate in Salem, one of the seventeen townships in the county of Luzerne, and for other purposes. SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre sentatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That if George Foltze, or his legal heirs shall require Duty of exa it, the board of property shall examine into the title of the mination ensaid George Foltze, or his heirs, to a tract of land situate in joined on the township of Salem, one of the seventeen townships in board of property. the county of Luzerne, surveyed on a warrant dated the seventeenth of July, one thousand seven hundred and ninetythree, in the warrantee name of George Foltze, containing four hundred and sixty-eight acres; and if they find that the said land has been certified to Connecticut settlers, under the provisions of the act for adjusting the titles to lands in the seventeen townships in Luzerne county, and that the said George Foltze was fully, and fairly, and exclusively entitled to the said tract of land, except as against the hold rer. Certificate to ers of the certificate granted to Connecticut settlers, then State Treasu- they shall ascertain the amount of said tract of land at seventy-five cents per acre, and issue a certificate to the said George Foltze, or his legal heirs or representatives, for the amount of said land, or so much thereof, as may have been certified as aforesaid; and the State Treasurer is hereby directed to pay the amount so ascertained out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That the said George Foltze, or his heirs, release unto the Commonwealth all the right, title and interest, they have in and to the land aforesaid. Proviso. Release to Commonwealth. M'Clure and SECT. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforeSimilar duty said, That if James M'Clure and Hezekiah Pancoast, or enjoined on either of them, shall require it, the board of property shall board in the examine into the title of the said James M'Ciure and Hezecase of James kiah Pancoast, to a certain tract of land situate in the township of Salem, in the county of Luzerne, surveyed onwarrant, dated the eighteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, in the names of Even Owen and Jane Brady, containing two hundred and fifty-four acres, and if they find that the said lands have been certified to Connecticut claimants, under the provisions of the laws for adjusting the titles to lands in Luzerne county, and that the said James M'Clure and Hezekiah Pancoast were fully, fairly and exclusively entitled to the tract of land, except as against the holders of the certificates granted to Connecticut claimants, under the laws aforesaid, then they shall ascertain the amount paid into the treasury of this Commonwealth by the said Connec ticut claimants, to whom the same was, or so much thereof as has been certified to the said Connecticut claimants, and calculate the interest thereof, and shall issue a certificate to the said James M'Clure and Hezekiah Pancoast, or Certificate to either of them, for the aggregate amount thereof, as has State Treasubeen certified, and the State Treasurer is hereby directed to pay the amount out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That the said James M'Clure and Hezekiah Pancoast release to the Commonwealth all the rights, title and interest they respectively have in and to the land aforesaid. rer. Release to Commonwealth. SAM'L. ANDERSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. THO'S. RINGLAND, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The eighth day of April, A. D. one thousand cight hundred and thirty-three. GEO. WOLF. |