to the shares owned by each, for which shares so distributed the president shall issue certificates, countersigned by the treasurer, under the seal of the corporation; and all the dividends of the income and profits of said company shall be upon the capital stock so increased.

JAMES COOPER,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
CH. GIBBONS,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The eighth day of March, one thousand eight hundred

and forty-seven.

No. 195.

FRS. R. SHUNK.

Commissioners appointed.

Lay out a state road from M'Elroy's in West

moreland county, to Kuhn's in Armstrong county.

sioners.

AN ACT

To authorize the laying out of a state road from a point on the Greensburg and Freeport road, in Westmoreland county, to the farm of David Kuhns, in Armstrong county, and in relation to a state road in Chester county, and the collection of certain taxes on unseated lands.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly mel, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That John F. M'Cullough and William Ross, of Westmoreland county, and John Turney, of Armstrong county, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view and lay out a state road from a point on the road leading from Greensburg to Freeport, at or near the farm of John M'Elroy, in Allegheny township, Westmoreland county, to a point on the Pennsylvania canal, at or near the farm of David Kuhns, in Armstrong county, by the nearest and best route, marking the same plainly and distinctly upon the ground.

SECTION 2. The said commissioners after taking and subscribing an Duty of commis- oath or affirmation before some justice of the peace to perform the duties enjoined on them by this act with fidelity and impartiality, shall proceed to view the ground and lay out the road as near to a straight line, between said points, as the nature of the ground will permit, so that the vertical departure from a horizontal line shall at no point exceed five degrees, except at crossing ravines and streams, where by a moderate excavation, filling or bridging, the declination of said road may be preserved within that limit.

Compensation.

SECTION 3. The said commissioners shall meet on or before the first Time of meeting. day of September next, and proceed to complete the view of said road; and they are hereby authorized to employ one surveyor, at a per diem not exceeding two dollars, two chain bearers and one axeman at a per diem of one dollar each; and the said commissioners shall each receive a per diem not exceeding one dollar and fifty cents for each day necessarily spent in the discharge of the duties enjoined by this act; and the accounts of the said commissioners, for their own pay and the pay of the surveyor, chain bearers and axeman, shall be paid by the commissioners of the counties of Armstrong and Westmoreland, by warrants

drawn on the county treasurers, in proportion to the time spent in lo- How to be paid. cating said road within each county respectively.

SECTION 4. It shall be the duty of the said commissioners to make

out a fair and accurate draft of the location of said road, noting courses Draft. and distances, improvements, roads, township lines and waters; one copy whereof shall be deposited in the office of the secretary of the commonwealth, on or before the first day of February, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, and one copy in the office of the clerk of the court of quarter sessions of each county in which said road may lie; and from thenceforth the said road shall be a public highway, and shall be Public highway. opened and repaired in all respects as roads are opened and repaired which are laid out by order of the said court of quarter sessions.

commissioners.

SECTION 5. It shall be the duty of the said commissioners to endeavor to procure from all persons, through whose land said road may be Further duties of located, release for all claims or damages which might arise from opening the same; and in every case where they cannot obtain such release, it shall be their duty to assess the damages, and make report thereof, signed by a majority of them, and return the same, together with the releases, to the court of quarter sessions of the respective county in which such damages may accrue.

view part of state

SECTION 6. That Richard M. Barnard, William Taggart and Levi Commissioners Hays are hereby appointed commissioners to review that part of a state appointed to reroad laid out from Downingtown, in the county of Chester, by the way road, from Downof Parkersville, to the Delaware state line, commencing at Downing- ingtown to Brantown and terminating at the bridge over the Brandywine creek. dywine bridge.

SECTION 7. It shall be the duty of said commissioners, or a majority Duty of commisof them, (first taking an oath or affirmation before some justice of the sioners. peace to perform the duties enjoined on them by this act with impartiality and fidelity,) to proceed, as soon after the passage of this act as convenient, to review that part of said road beginning and ending as

aforesaid, and alter and change the same as they shall deem expedient; May change locaand also to vacate any part or parts of said road that shall or may be tion. supplied or rendered useless by the aforesaid alteration; and the said road shall thenceforth become a public highway, under all the regulations and provisions of the act authorizing the laying out of the said road: Provided, The vertical departure from a horizontal line shall not Proviso. exceed five degrees, except at the crossing of streams and ravines, where reasonable allowance shall be made for cutting and filling.

SECTION 8. That the method of collecting the tax on unseated lands, Collection of authorized to be assessed and levied by the first section of an act, enti- taxes on unseated tled An Act regulating the assessments and collections of township lands in Bradford, rates in the counties of Bradford, Tioga and Potter, and fixing the man- Tioga and Potter ner of reviewing and confirming roads, and of assessing damages where counties. roads are laid out through improved lands in said counties," passed the thirtieth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, shall be in all respects similar to the method pursued in collecting the tax assessed on unseated lands for road purposes: Provided, That a separate Proviso. warrant or order shall be drawn by the commissioners of said counties in favor of the respective road commissioners of the several townships thereof, upon the county treasurer, for the amount of the unseated land tax first above mentioned.

JAMES COOPER,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

CH. GIBBONS,

Speaker of the Senate.

FRS. R. SHUNK.

APPROVED-The eighth day of March, one thousand eight hundred

and forty-seven.

No. 196.

A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT

To the charter of the borough of York, and borough of New Castle and Waynesboro'.

SECTION 1. 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 Relative to paving all the provisions contained in the charter of the borough of York, and footways in Cen- its supplements, concerning the pavements or footways on the streets of said borough, are hereby extended to the pavements and footways on the centre square thereof, with the like effect, and to all intents and purposes, as if the same were hereby vacated and re-enacted in detail.

tre square.

Width of foot

SECTION 2. That wherever the width of the pavements or footways on High or George streets, in said borough, shall be increased to sixways and gutters. teen feet, then one foot of the sixteen next to the street or wagon way shall be constructed, according to the directions of the regulators, and under the control of the burgesses, as part of the gutter between such footways and the street, to carry off the water from the same; and the burgesses and assistant burgesses of said borough, shall have the same power and authority to require and compel the construction, renewal and repair of the gutters, as they now have in regard to the pavements and footways in said borough: Provided, That by no increase of the width of the pavements or footways, shall the width of the street or wagon way be reduced to less than eighteen feet between the market houses and the corners of High street and the Centre square.

Proviso.

Extension of porches and cellar doors.

Borough of New

Castle may pave, &c., file liens, give notice, &c.

Waynesboro',

SECTION 3. That wherever such an increase as aforesaid of the width of the pavements or footways shall be made, there the porches, cellar doors and steps, may be extended one foot beyond the present limits.

SECTION 4. That from and after the passage of this act, the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth sections of an act, approved the eleventh day of April, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and forty, relating to the grading of streets, and paving and repairing of side walks, in the borough of Norristown, Montgomery county, be and the same is hereby extended to the borough of New Castle, Mercer county, and the officers and town council of said borough of New Castle shall have all the powers conferred on the officers of the borough of Norristown, by said sections, as fully as if the said sections had been originally passed for said borough of New Castle.

SECTION 5. That the provisions of the first section of an act, entitled Franklin county, "An Act authorizing the burgess and town council of the boroughs of to provide a lock- Johnstown and Blairsville, in the counties of Cambria and Indiana, to up house. provide lock-up houses," approved the thirteenth day of February, eighteen hundred and forty-six, be and the same are hereby extended to

the burgess and town council of the borough of Waynesboro', in the county of Franklin.

JAMES COOPER,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The eighth day of March, one thousand eight hundred

and forty-seven.

FRS. R. SHUNK.

No. 197.

AN ACT

Relating to the tax on dogs in certain townships in the county of Chester.

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

from and after the passage of this act, the provisions of the first, To levy a tax on second, third, fourth, fifth and seventh sections of an act, entitled "An dogs in certain Act laying a tax on dogs in the borough of West Chester, and certain townships. townships in the county of Chester, and for other purposes," approved the fourteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, be and the same are hereby extended to the townships of East Caln, West Bradford, Kennett and East Fallowfield, in the said county of Chester.

SECTION 2. That if at the expiration of any fiscal year, there shall Balance of sheep remain a balance in the hands of the treasurers of the sheep fund of fund to be paid said townships, after paying all orders then due, it shall be the duty of to treasurer of the said treasurers to pay the same to the treasurers of the school fund school fund. of said townships, to be applied to common school purposes therein, under the direction of the proper school directors.

SECTION 3. That all such portions of existing laws as are inconsis- Repeal. tent herewith, be and the same are hereby repealed, so far as relates to the said townships of East Caln, West Bradford, Kennett and East Fallowfield.

JAMES COOPER,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

CH. GIBBONS,
Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The eighth day of March, one thousand eight hundred

and forty-seven.

FRS. R. SHUNK.

Extended to the counties of Lebanon, Elk, Cumberland, Perry, Carbon, Berks and Fayette.

No. 198.

A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT

To an act supplementary to the acts relating to hawkers and pedlers, and regulating auctions in the county of Schuylkill.

SECTION 1. 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 the provisions of the act, entitled "An Act supplementary to the acts relating to hawkers and pedlers, and regulating auctions in the county of Schuylkill," approved the seventeenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, be and the same are hereby extended to the counties of Lebanon and Elk, Cumberland and Perry, Carbon and Berks, and also to the county of Fayette, with reference to carrying from place to place, and exposing to sale articles of tin and copper ware. JAMES COOPER,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

APPROVED-The eighth day of March, one thousand eight hundred

and forty-seven.

FRS. R. SHUNK

No. 199.

AN ACT

To erect part of Norwegian township, in Schuylkill county, into a new township, to be called East Norwegian township, 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 East Norwegian So much of the township of Norwegian, in the county of Schuylkill, township erected. as is now embraced in the general election district, whose electors vote at the town of Port Carbon, be and the same is hereby established and erected into a new township, to be called the township of East Norwegian.

Elections of su

SECTION 2. That the qualified electors of said township shall, at the usual time for holding the township elections in the county of Schuylpervisor and trea- kill, elect one person for supervisor and one person for township treasurer; and that the said supervisor and treasurer shall lay a rate or assessment, not exceeding one cent in the dollar, in the manner, upon the

surer.

Assess a tax.