inspector of domestic distilled spirits, in the said borough, and in the township of Manor. SEOT. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority afore said, That each of the persons who shall be appointed, in Inspectors compliance with the requisition of the foregoing section, bonds. shall, prior to the performance of any of the duties prescribed by this act, execute bonds to the Governor on behalf of the Commonwealth, in the sum of five hundred dollars, with one or more sufficient sureties, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties imposed on them by this act; and if the said inspectors, or either of them, shall make use of a false hydrometer or guaging instrument, knowing them to be such, or in any other manner misbehave, or abuse the power hereby granted to them, the Governor shall cause said bonds to be put in suit, and the said inspectors shall each take and subscribe an oath or affirmation, before some judge or justice of the peace, in the city or county of Lancaster, in the words following, to wit: I, A. B., do swear or affirm, (as the ease may be,) that I will honestly and faithfully guage, inspect, and Their oathe, mark spirituous liquors, of domestic manufacture, to the best of my skill, in the manner directed by the act, entitled "An act providing for the inspection of spirituous liquors." passed the fourteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and fourteen, and the supplement thereto, passed the thirteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and fifteen; and the said inspectors, before they enter on the duties of their office, shall cause a certified copy of such oath or affirmation to be filed in the office of the prothonotary of the court of Common Pleas of the county aforesaid. SECT. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority afore &c. struments. said. That each of the said inspectors, before they shall pro- Inspectors to ceed to execute the duties prescribed by this act, shall pro. procure and cure a correct set of guaging instruments, that is to say, keep in order scales, callipers, and rod; and also, Deca's Liverpool patent guaging inhydrometer, and they are hereby required to keep the same constantly in good order, and perform the duties enjoined in the acts aforesaid: Provided, That the duties enjoined in the Proviso. tenth section of the said act, upon the mayor of the city of Philadelphia, shall be performed by any justice of the peace of the county of Lancaster, to whom application may be made for the purpose provided for in said section. SECT. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority afore said, That the vendor of each cask, barrel, or hogshead, of domestic distilled spirits, shall pay twelve and a half cents to the inspector, who shall have gauged, inspected, and marked the same. SECT. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Governor be, and he is hereby authorized and required, on or before the first day of April next, to appoint and commission a fit person, residing in or near the town of Inspectors to be paid by vender. 84 whose duties the one ap pointed for Columbia. Governor to Wrightsville, in the county of York, to be a guager and appoint an in- inspector of domestic distilled spirits, for the town of spector for Wrightsville, in the county aforesaid, who shall give a bond Wrightsville, to the Governor on behalf of the Commonwealth, in the sum & liabilities of two hundred dollars, with one or more suficient sureties, shall be simi- for the faithful performance of the duties imposed on him by lar to those of this act, he shall take and subscribe the same oath or affirma. tion, and file the same in the prothonotary's office of the county aforesaid; procure the same kind of instruments; perform the like duties; be subject to the same penalties; and receive the like fees-to be subject to all and singular the same rules and regulations that are provided in the preceding sections of this act for the inspection of spirituous liquor, in and for the borough of Columbia, in the county of Lancaster: Provided, That the duties in the third section of this act, required to be performed by some judge or justice of the peace, in the city or county of Lancaster, shall be performed by some judge or justice of the peace, of the county of York. Proviso. SAM'L. ANDERSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JESSER BURDEN, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The eighteenth day of March, Anno Domini, eighteen hundred and thirty-three. GEO WOLF. Present mem No. 50. AN ACT To incorporate the "Philadelphia Fire company." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa tives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That all and every the persons who shall, at the bers incorpo- time of the passing of this act, be members of the association called the Philadelphia Fire company, shall be and they are hereby created and declared to be one body politic and corporate by the name, style and title of The Philadelphia Fire company;" and by the same name shall have perpetual succession, and shall be able to sue and be sued, implead and rated. Corporate Proviso. Income limit be impleaded, in all courts of record or elsewhere; and to Privileges, purchase, receive, have, hold and enjoy to them and their immunities, saccessors, lands, tenements, rents, annuities, franchises, &c. and hereditaments, goods and chattels, of what nature, kind or quality soever, real, personal or mixed, or choses in action, and the same from time to time to sell, grant, devise, alien or dispose of: Provided, That the clear yearly value or income of the real and personal estate of the said corporation shall not exceed the sum of two thousand dollars, and ed to $2,000. also to make and have a common seal, and the same to break, Of the seal, alter and renew at pleasure, and also to ordain, establish by-laws, &c. and put in execution such by-laws, ordinances and regulations as shall appear necessary and convenient for the government of the said corporation not being contrary to this charter or to the constitution and laws of the United States, or of this Commonwealth, and generally to do all and singular the matters and things which to them it shall lawfully appertain to do for the well being of the said corporation, and the due management and ordering of the affairs thereof. SECT. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority afore said, That the following shall be the fundamental articles of the said corporation. Article I, The object of the company shall be the promo- Articles of tion of the public good by the extinguishment of fires.. Article II. The funds of the company shall be appropria ted to no other objects than those for which the association was instituted. SAM'L. ANDERSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JESSE R. BURDEN, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The eighteenth day of March, Anno Domini, eighteen hundred and thirty-three. association. GEO. WOLF. No. 51. AN ACT To incorporate sundry Fire companies. 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 all and every the persons who shall, at the time of the passing of this act, be members of the association callLiberty Fire comp. No. 1, ed the Northern Liberty Fire company, No. 1, shall be, and incorporated. Northern Proviso. they are hereby created and declared to be one body politic, and corporate, by the name, style, and title of The Northern Liberty Fire company, No. 1, and by the same name shall Privileges have perpetual succession, and shall be able to sue and be and liabilities sued, implead and be impleaded in all courts of record or elsewhere, and to purchase, receive, have, hold, and enjoy, to them and their successors, lands, tenements, rents, annuities, franchises, hereditaments, goods, and chattels, of what nature, kind, or quality soever, real, personal, or mixed, or choses in action, and the same from time to time, to sell, grant, devise, alien, or dispose of: Provided, That the clear Income limit- yearly value or income of the real and personal estate of the ed to $2,000. said corporation, shall not exceed two thousand dollars, and also to make and have a common seal, and the same to break, alter, and renew at pleasure; and also, to ordain, establish, and put in execution such by-laws, ordinances, and regulations as shall appear necessary and convenient for the government of the said corporation, not being contrary to this charter, or the constitution and laws of the United States, or of this commonwealth, and generally to do all and singular the matters and things which to them it shall lawfully appertain to do, for the well being of the said corporation, and the due management and ordering of the affairs thereof. Of the bylaws, &c Articles of SECT. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the following shall be the fundamental articles of the szil corporation: Article I, The object of the company shall be the promothe corpora. tion of the public good by the extinguishment of fires. tion. Reliance fire Article II, And the funds of the company shall be appropriated to no other objects than those for which the association was instituted. Secr. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority afore. said, That all and every the persons who shall, at the time Wilkesbarre of the passing of this act, be members of the association callCo., Alleghe ed the Wilkesbarre Reliance Fire company; the Allegheny ny Eng. and Engine and Hose company; the Eagle rire Engine and Hose Hose Co., Ea. company, of the city of Pittsburg; and the United States gle co. Pitts Hose company, of Philadelphia, and such as shall hereafter be burg, and the associated with them, shall be, and they are hereby respectincorporated ively created and declared to be bodies politic and corporate, under similar by the names, style and title of the Wilkesbarre Reliance regulations, Fire company; the Allegheny Engine and Hose company; U.S. Hose co. &c. the Eagle Fire Engine and Hose company, of the city of Pittsburg; and the United States Hose company, of Philadelphia, and that the powers and privileges conferred in this act on the Northern Liberty Fire company, No. 1, be, and the same are hereby extended to and conferred upon, the Wilkesbarre Reliance Fire company; the Allegheny Engine and Hose company; the Eagle Fire Engine and Hose company, of the city of Pittsburg; and the United States Hose compa ny of Philadelphia. SAM'L. ANDERSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JESSE R. BURDEN, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The eighteenth day of March, Anno Domini, eighteen hundred and thirty-three. GEO. WOLF. No. 52. AN ACT Relative to Swine running at large in M'Kean county, and for other purposes. Proviso. 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 from and after the first day of June next, ensuing From let June, swine the publication hereof, no swine shall be suffered to run at prohibited large within the county of M'Kean, without rings and yokes, running at under the penalty of forfeiting one half the value thereof to large, unthe overseers of the poor of the township in which said yoked, &c. swine shall be found at large; the other half to be paid to the owner or owners thereof: Provided, The costs of sale, and expense of keeping such swine, to be paid out of the proceeds Sale of offenof the sale thereof-therefore, if any swine, hog or hogs, shoat ders. or shoats, or pigs, shall be found at large within the county aforesaid, without rings in their noses, sufficient to prevent their turning up the ground, and triangular or three cornered yokes about their necks, and to extend at least six inches from the angular point or corner, sufficient to keep them from Manner of breaking through fences, it shall be lawful for him, her, or proceeding. them, finding the same, all such swine, hogs, shoats or pigs, to take and drive, or carry away, and being so taken and carried away, the said takers shall forthwith acquaint a justice of the peace thereof, and being by him legally attested, that the said swine were taken as aforesaid, without yokes, bows, and rings, then the said justice shall thereupon issue his warrant, directed to the constable of the township, where said swine were so found and taken, or to one of the supervi sors of such township, commanding the said constable or su |