surers, and for other purposes, passed May twenty-seventh, eighteen FINDLEY PATTERSON, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The tenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. FRS. R. SHUNK. No. 235. A SUPPLEMENT To an act to incorporate the Perry county mutual fire insurance company, passed the eighteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three. SECTION 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 sare, That Extension of the Perry county mutual fire insurance company, incorporated by the business. act of the eighteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, may and they are hereby authorized to effect insurances in any of the counties of this commonwealth. FINDLEY PATTERSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WILLIAM P. WILCOX, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The tenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. FRS. R. SHUNK. Preamble. No. 236. AN ACT Confirming the title to certain real estate in John F. Lamb. WHEREAS, William Overington and wife, by indenture, dated the fourteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, granted and conveyed to the Right Reverend Francis Patrick Kenrick, of Philadelphia, a certain lot of ground in the borough of Frankford, in the county of Philadelphia, to hold to the said Francis Patrick Kenrick, his heirs and assigns, in trust, nevertheless, for the Roman Catholic congregation of the borough of Frankford, in the county of Philadelphia: And whereas, The said lot having been found unsuitable for the purpose of said congregation, the said Francis Patrick Kenrick, by indenture, dated the tenth day of June, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, granted and conveyed the said lot to John F. Lamb, M. D., of said borough of Frankford, free and discharged from the said trust, and took and received from the said John F. Lamb, a conveyance of another lot in the said borough, to the use of the said Roman Catholic congregation: And whereas, By reason of the defective organization of the said Roman Catholic congregation, no assent could be given by said congregation to the said conveyance and exchange: And whereas, Doubts have arisen whether the title, vested in the said John F. Lamb, is free and discharged from the said trust; therefore, SECTION 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 Title to John F. the title of the said John F. Lamb, and of all and every person or perLamb confirmed. sons hereafter lawfully to claim under him by purchase, descent or otherwise, of the said lot of ground, conveyed to him by the said Francis Patrick Kenrick, as is hereinbefore recited, on the tenth day of June, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, shall be, and the same is hereby confirmed and made valid, free, and discharged from the said trust, to the same extent and effect, to all intents and purposes, as if at and before the execution of the said deed, the said Francis Patrick Kenrick had full power and authority to convey the said lot, free and discharged from the said trust, and as if the said Roman Catholic congregation had been duly and legally organized, and their assent thereto duly signified and made. FINDLEY PATTERSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WILLIAM P. WILCOX, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The tenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. FRS. R. SHUNK. No. 237. AN ACT Relating to the election of path masters in the township of Jackson, in the county of Susquehanna, and for other purposes. SECTION 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 hereafter the qualified voters of Jackson township, in the county of Susquehanna, may at their township elections elect any number of path masters, not to exceed ten; the said path masters to be amenable to the supervisors of the township for the faithful performance of their duties, and to receive the same pay as other laboring hands receive on the highways: Provided further, That in case of refusal or neglect to elect the said path masters, the supervisors of the said township have authority to appoint the same. SECTION 2. That hereafter the qualified voters of the township of Wyoming counMonroe, in the county of Wyoming, may elect three supervisors of ty, supervisors in roads, annually, at their spring elections. Monroe township FINDLEY PATTERSON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WILLIAM P. WILCOX, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The tenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. FRS. R. SHUNK. Berks county, auditors. Township lines, &c. Lebanon county, auditors. Montgomery co., No. 238. AN ACT Regulating the pay of auditors in Berks county, and for other purposes. SECTION 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 whenever auditors are appointed by the orphans' court of Berks county, or the court of common pleas of said county, they shall each be entitled to receive the sum of one dollar and fifty cents for each day they shall necessarily attend to the duties of their appointment: Provided, That the pay of any one of the auditors shall in no case exceed the sum of four dollars and fifty cents, without the special order of the court. SECTION 2. That whenever application by petition shall be made to the court of quarter sessions of Berks county, for the purpose of erecting a new township, or altering the lines of any township, or of ascertaining and establishing the lines or boundaries of any township, the three impartial men appointed by said court, upon any such application, together with all other charges and expenses, shall be paid by the parties applying. SECTION 3. That whenever auditors are appointed by the orphans' court of Lebanon county, or the court of common pleas of said county, they shall each be entitled to receive the sum of one dollar for each day they shall necessarily attend to the duties of their appointment, and the additional sum of three dollars for making the report: Provided, That the daily pay of any one of the auditors shall in no case exceed the sum of five dollars, without the special order of the court. SECTION 4. The commissioners named in the fourth section of the act, entitled "An Act relating to views of roads and damages in the counties of Monroe and Montgomery, and for other purposes," approved April seventh, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five, are hereby authorized and required to view and widen Sweede street, mentioned in said section, between Chesnut street and the north-east borough line, or any part of the same which is not sixty-six feet wide to that width, in the same manner, and under the same provisions, as they are authorized to widen any other street or road mentioned in said section; and the fifth section of the above recited act is hereby repealed. APPROVED-The tenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. FRS. R. SHUNK. No. 239. AN ACT Relative to the Kishacoquillas feeder, at Lewistown. WHEREAS, The Kishacoquillas feeder, near the borough of Lewistown, in the county of Mifflin, has been abandoned by the canal com- Preamble. missioners as useless: And whereas, The commonwealth, by her agents, had agreed to keep the dam and feeder in repair which supplied the said feeder: And whereas, The late and present owners of said dam claim damages from the commonwealth for repairs done the said dam and feeder; therefore, SECTION 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 in consideration of John Sterrett and James Potter, jr., (the alienees of James Milliken, with whom the contract above set forth was made,) releasing all claims of any and every kind against the commonwealth'; and also, obtaining a like release from James Milliken, for, or on account of repairs to the said dam across Kishacoquillas creek and feeder, and agreeing to keep the same in repair at their own expense, the commonwealth hereby releases to the said John Sterrett and James Potter, Release. jr., their heirs and assigns, all, and every claim, right, benefit, use and privilege which the said commonwealth has, of, in, to, or out of the said dam and feeder, except so much of said feeder, including the aqueduct over Kishacoquillas creek, as is situated between said creek and the Pennsylvania canal, and the same is hereby vested in the said John Sterret and James Potter, jr.: Provided nevertheless, That the said Proviso. John Sterrett and James Potter, jr. shall, within twenty days after the passing of this act, file their release of damage in the office of the audifor general. FINDLEY PATTERSON, WILLIAM P. WILCOX, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The tenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five. FRS. R. SHUNK. |