der act of March 30, 1831, to pay

SEST. 9. And be it further enacted by the authority Comm'rs. un. aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the said commissioners appointed in pursuance of the act of Assembly passed the thirtieth of March, one thousand eight hundred and off loans from thirty-one, as aforesaid, for erecting the said prison, and proceeds of their successors in office, and they are hereby expressly ensale of Wal- joined and required, so soon as they receive the moneys nut, Prune & arising from the sale as well of the said Walnut street Arch street prison and Prune street apartment and the lots thereunto prisons.

Counties of

transferred

belonging, as also all that lot and piece of ground whereon the prison and debtors apartment are erected commonly called the Arch street prison, bounded as is hereinbefore described, together with all the rights, privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging, to satisfy and discharge all sum or sums of money which they may have borrowed, as well by virtue and under the authority of the aforesaid act of the thirtieth March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty one, as by virtue and authority hereof, and all other debts by them contracted in pursuance of the act of the thirtieth March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty one, and the provisions of this act.

SECT. 10. And be it further enacted by the authority aforeCentre, Mif said, That the counties of Centre, Mifflin and Juniata, flin & Juniata from and after the passage of this act, be and the same are from Western hereby attached to the Eastern district of Pennsylvania, to Eastern so far as regards the punishment of offenders convicted in peniten. dist. said counties.

SAM’L. ANDERSON,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

JESSE R. BURDEN,
Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The twenty-seventh day of February, Anno Domini, eighteen hundred and thirty-three.

GEO. WOLF.

Preamble.

No. 31.

AN ACT

To enable Thomas Laird, of the borough of Eric to perfect his title to out-lot number four hundred and twelve of the second section of the town of Erie.

WHEREAS it has been represented that out-lot number four hundred and twelve of the second section of the town

of Erie was sold by the commissioners of sales of the lots of said town, at the original sales of said lots, and purchased by John F. Jones: And whereas it is also represented that said lot was in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifteen by the commissioners of the county of Erie, sold to Thomas Laird, of the borough of Erie, and that said Laird has been in possession of said lot ever since: And whereas the title to said lot cannot be perfected by reason of a defect in the power of the commissioner of sales: 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

Sec. of Land

the same, That the commissioner of sales of the in and out Commission. lots of the town of Erie is hereby empowered and directed er to issue to issue and grant to Wilson Smith, of the town of Water- certificate to ford, Erie county, a certificate of the sale of out lot number W. Smith. four hundred and twelve of the second section of the town of Erie, according to the entry and sale made to the aforesaid John F. Jones by the commissioner of sales of the town aforesaid, and the Secretary of the Land Office is hereby directed and required, on the application to him made, and on Office to the production of such certificate of sale as aforesaid, to grant patent grant to the said Wilson Smith, his heirs or assigns, a patent upon paym't. for the aforesaid out lot number four hundred and twelve, of fees, puron condition that the said Wilson Smith, his heirs or assigns, &c. pay into the treasury of the commonwealth the usual office and patenting fees, and the purchase money due upon said lot, according to the terms of the entry and sale of said lot made by the commissioner of sales to John F. Jones, with interest, to be computed thereon from the eighth day of March, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be taken or Proviso. construed to affect the right or title of any other person.

SAM'L. ANDERSON,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

JESSE R. BURDEN,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The twenty-seventh day of February, A. D.

one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.

GEO. WOLF.

chase money,

Preamble.

No. 32.

AN ACT

For the entire abolition of lotteries.

WHEREAS, by certain acts of Assembly heretofore enacted, the right to raise by way of lottery certain sums of money, was granted to the Union Canal company of Pennsylvania: And whereas, it appears to the Legislature that the said right has been fully exercised and exhausted: And whereas, all other rights to raise money by lottery, heretofore granted by the Legislature have either been exercised and exhausted, or have been abandoned, and it being the intention of the Legislature to put an entire stop to the evils arising from lotteries and the sale of lottery tickets.

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 Lotteries de- the same, That from and after the thirty first day of De clared unlaw. cember, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, all and every lottery and lotteries, and device and devices in the nature of lotteries, shall be utterly and entirely abolished. and are hereby declared to be thenceforth unauthorized and unlawful.

ful from and after Dec. 31,

1833.

Penalty and imprisonment on conviction of sel

SECT. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority afore. said, That from and after the day aforesaid, any person or persons who shall sell or expose to sale, or cause to be sold or exposed to sale, or shall keep on hand for the purpose of sale, or shall advertise or cause to be advertised for sale, or shall aid or assist, or be in any wise concerned in the sale, or or of being in exposure to sale, of any lottery ticket or tickets, or any any way con- share or part of any lottery ticket, in any lottery or device cerned in the in the nature of a lottery within this commonwealth, or elsemanagement, where, and any person or persons who shall advertise or &c. of lotte- cause to be advertised, the drawing of any scheme in any

ling tickets,

ries.

Preamble,

lottery, or be in any way concerned in the managing, conducting, carrying on or drawing of any lottery or device in the nature of a lottery, and shall be convicted thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction, shall, for each and every such offence, forfeit and pay a sum not less than one hundred dollars, and not exceeding ten thousand dollars, or be sen tenced to undergo an imprisonment not exceeding six months, at the discretion of the court.

SECT. S. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whereas the Union Canal company of Pennsylvania have opened a water communication between the

Governor au

stuck.

cate of loan

Susquehanna and Schuylkill rivers, forming an essential link of connection between the public improvements and the city of Philadelphia, the completion of which has for a long period been identified with the prosperity of this Commonwealth: And whereas, by the last annual report of the managers of said company it appears that their works require extensive repairs and improvements to render them more perfect and permanently useful to citizens inhabiting distant parts of this Commonwealth: And whereas the pecuniary means of the company are at present inadequate to accomplish those objects: Therefore, for the purpose of aiding said company, the Governor of this Commonwealth be and he is thorized to hereby authorized and required to subscribe, on behalf there- subscribe of, on or before the tenth day of April next, for one thou- 1000 shares sand shares of the capital stock of the Union Canal company of the Union of Pennsylvania, for the payment of which subscription he canal comp. is hereby authorized and required to issue to the said Union. Canal company of Pennsylvania, a certificate of loan for two. hundred thousand dollars, bearing an interest of four and an To be paid for half per centum per annum, payable half yearly on the first by a certifidays of February and August, the principal to be redeema- at 44 per ct. ble at any time after the tenth day of April, one thousand redeemable eight hundred and sixty three, for the faithful payment of after 1863. the principal and interest of which loan, the faith of this Commonwealth is hereby pledged: Provided always, That Proviso. it shall be the duty of the managers of the said company to Application apply the proceeds of any parts of said loan which they of proceeds to may sell, exclusively to the making and completing such repairs and repairs and improvements on the works of said canal, as improvement may render the same as extensively useful as practicable: of canal. Provided, That before any subscription shall be made, the 2d proviso. Union Canal company shall file in the office of the Secretary Company to of the Commonwealth a release of the guarrantee of interest tary's office provided for by the first section of the act entitled "An act certain refor the improvement of the state," passed the twenty-sixth leases prior to March, eighteen hundred and twenty-one, and also a release subscription. of all claims upon the Commonwealth arising under any grant of lottery rights; also a like release of all claims upon the state for any guarrantee of interest heretofore at any time made by the state to the said company, or to its stockholders, or any of them.

SAM'L. ANDERSON,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

JESSE R. BURDEN,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The first day of March, Anno Domini, eigh

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teen hundred and thirty-three.

GEO. WOLF.

No. 33.

AN ACT

For the relief of Zachariah Closson, Jacob Booz, Henry Bloss and George Swetzer, soldiers, and Elizabeth Henry, widow of a soldier of the revolutionary war.

SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General As sembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the $40 grat. and same, That the State Treasurer be and he is hereby auann. granted thorized and required to pay to George Swetzer, of York to G. Swetzer, J. Booz, and county, or to his order; Jacob Booz, of Montgomery county, or to his order; and Zachariah Closson, of Montgomery county, or to his order, the sum of forty dollars each immediately, and an annuity of forty dollars to each, payable half yearly during life, to commence on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.

Z. Closson.

H. Bloss.

SECT. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority 840 grat. to aforesaid, That the State Treasurer, be and he is hereby authorized and required to pay to Henry Bloss, of Northampton county, or to his order, the sum of forty dollars immediately, as a gratuity in full for his revolutionary services.

SECT. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority afore said, That the State Treasurer be and he is hereby author$40 grat. and ized and required to pay to Elizabeth Henry, of Lancaster,

ann. to E.

Henry.

the widow of a revolutionary soldier, or to her order, the sum of forty dollars immediately, and an annuity of forty dollars, payable half yearly during life, to commence on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.

SAM'L. ANDERSON,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

JESSE R. BURDEN,

Speaker of the Senate:

APPROVED-The first day of March, A. D. one thousand

eight hundred and thirty-three.

GEO. WOLF.