shall not be so construed as to impose a tax on the running or book accounts of merchants or others, for goods sold or work done. JAMES COOPER. Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. WILLIAMSON, APPROVED-The fifteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven. FRS. R. SHUNK. No. 330. A SUPPLEMENT To the act, entitled "An Act relative to lien creditors becoming purchasers at judicial sales, and for other purposes," passed twentieth April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six. 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 so much of the sixth section of the said act, as relates to actions of Relative to actions trespass, quare clausum fregit, then pending, be and the same is hereby of trespass. repealed, and the provisions of said section shall be held to apply only to such actions instituted, or to be instituted after the date of the pas sage of said act. tion of acts of 26 Feb'y, 1845. SECTION 2. And be it further enacted, That the act, entitled "A supplement to an act, passed July sixteenth, eighteen hundred and forty- Fines and forfeitwo, entitled An Act concerning the trust estate of Hugh Roberts, tures, construcdeceased, and for other purposes,' passed the twenty-sixth day of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and forty five," shall not be so construed to affect suits pending at the date of the passage thereof, that is to say, that the said act of the twenty-sixth of February, eighteen hundred and forty-five, shall not be so construed as to have a restrospective operation. SECTION 3. Whereas, By the thirty-sixth section of the act, entitled "An Act relating to executions," passed the sixteenth day of June, Preamble. Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, it is made the duty of the officer charged with the execution of a writ to attach debts in the hands of a garnishee, to serve a copy of said writ upon the defendant; against whom the proceeding is had: And whereas, The supreme court decided, that without the said service being made upon the original defendant, the attachment was invalid and of no effect: And whereas, The general assembly of this commonwealth, by an act passed the twenty-ninth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, declared that said proceedings in attachments should be valid without said service in certain cases: And whereas, Said last mentioned act may operate great injustice in cases where persons relying upon the law, as it stood before the passage of said act, have paid the moneys due to the Proceedings on attachment in certain cases, regulated. Proviso. defendant in the attachment, or in cases where the property or moneys attached may have been bona fide assigned or transferred to third persons; for remedy of which, SECTION 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in all cases of proceedings to attach debts, rights, credits or property of any description, had prior to the passage of said act of twenty-ninth April, eighteen hundred and forty four, where the writ was not served on the original defendant, and where, before the passage of said act, the garnishee had paid to the original defendant the moneys due or had. returned to him the goods, rights and credits in his possession, as well as where bona fide assignments had been made to third persons, without notice of the original attachment, in all such cases it is hereby declared that said attachments, so executed as aforesaid, shall not be held valid; any thing in said act of twenty-ninth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided, That this act shall only apply to proceedings now pending where final judgments have not been rendered. JAMES COOPER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. APPROVED—The fifteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven. FRS. R. SHUNK. Act detaching parts of Buffalo township for election purposes, repealed. into North and South Buffalo. No. 331. AN ACT For the division of Buffalo township, in Armstrong county. 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 so much of any act of assembly of this commonwealth, as attaches portions of the township of Buffalo, in the county of Armstrong, as election districts, to the boroughs of Kittanning and Freeport respectively, be and the same are hereby repealed SECTION 2. That the aforesaid township of Buffalo shall be divided Township divided into two distinct townships, for all purposes whatsoever; the northern part to be known as North Buffalo and the southern part as South Buffalo, and the line dividing the aforesaid North Buffalo and South Buffalo townships, shall begin on the Butler county line, at the northwest corner of sub-school district number three of said township; thence along the north line of said sub-district to its termination, on the lands of John Wray; thence by a direct line to the south-west corner of a tract of land patented to Jacob White, (now in the occupancy of Jehu Woodward) on the bank of the Allegheny river; and that the commissioners of said county shall appoint a competent surveyor, who shall run and distinctly mark the dividing line aforesaid, and return to said commissioners an accurate draft thereof, and the expenses thereof to be paid out of the county treasury. SECTION 3. That the qualified electors of North Buffalo shall hold their first township election at the house of John Bonney, senior, and the qualified electors of South Buffalo shall hold their first township election at the house of Andrew Shraeder, at which time and place they shall severally decide, by ballot, upon the place in each township at which the township and general elections shall thereafter be held; and James M'Cullough is hereby appointed judge, and David Beatty and John B. Smith, inspectors of the elections in said North Buffalo township; and John Haman, judge, and William Hughes and James Tracy, inspectors of the elections in said township of South Buffalo. Elections. SECTION 4. That it shall be the duty of the present constable of Buffalo township, to give the notice now required by law, in each of the Duty of constable. aforesaid townships of North Buffalo and South Buffalo; that the elec tion officers elected at the last township election, in the township of Buffalo, shall serve in the respective townships of North Buffalo and South Buffalo, in which they may severally reside; and all vacancies in the board of election officers shall be filled on the morning of the election by the qualified voters present, agreeably to the existing laws of this commonwealth, for filling vacancies in boards of election officers. SECTION 5. That all taxes heretofore assessed, (except the last as Taxes. sessment) shall be collected and applied as if this act had not been passed. Vacancies, how supplied. Collector of SECTION 6. That the collector that may have been appointed for Buffalo township, be the collector for that township in which he may taxes. reside, and that the commissioners of the county aforesaid appoint a special collector for the remaining township, and make out, as early as practicable, separate duplicates for each township. JAMES COOPER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. WILLIAMSON, APPROVED-The fifteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven. FRS. R. SHUNK No. 332. AN ACT For the relief of certain soldiers and widows of soldiers of the Revolutionary and Indian wars. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Coinmonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the state treasurer be and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay to John Gibson, of Butler county; John Finron, of Beaver county; Ebenezer Beatty, of Butler county; William M'Geary, senior, of Butler county; and John Caldwell, of Portage county, Ohio, soldiers of the Revolutionary and Indian wars, or to their respective orders, an annuity of forty dollars each during life, payable half yearly, to commence on the first day of January, Anno Domini eight hundred and forty-seven; and to Jonathan Clift, of Philadelphia county, a soldier of the Revolutionary war; and Mary Garey, of Westmoreland county, a widow of a soldier of the Revolutionary war, or to their respective orders, each a gratuity of forty dollars; and to George Rutter and Rhea Vananum, of Greene county; William Pace, of Luzerne county; and Catharine Boston, of Luzerne county, or to their respective orders, an annuity of forty dollars each during life, payable half yearly, to commence on the first of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty seven; and to Ann Cromlow, of Greene county; Daniel Repine, of Indiana county; Thomas Wilson, of Westmoreland county; and Daniel Perky, of Holmes county, Ohio, or to their respective orders, each a gratuity of forty dollars. JAMES COOPER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. APPROVED-The fifteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven. FRS. R. SHUNK. No. 333. AN ACT To authorize the commissioners of Blair county to borrow money. 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 the commissioners of the county of Blair be and they are hereby authorized to borrow a sum of money for county purposes, not exceeding five thousand dollars, at a rate of interest not exceeding six per cent., and for a period not exceeding three years. APPROVED-The sixteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven. FRS. R. SHUNK. No. 334. AN ACT Authorizing the commissioners of M'Kean county to appropriate, out of the county funds, three thousand dollars for road purposes. from Mill Grove 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 Appropriate out the commissioners of M'Kean county be and they are hereby authorized of county funds to appropriate, out of the county funds, three thousand dollars to repair for repair of road the road leading from Mill Grove to Coudersport, and that the said to Coudersport. commissioners are hereby authorized to appoint three competent persons, whose duty it shall be to expend such money in repairing and improving such part of said road as lies in said county of M'Kean, who shall give bonds for the faithful expenditure of such money, which said bonds shall be approved by the court of quarter sessions, and shall on or before the first day of January in each year, settle their accounts with the auditors of M'Kean county, in such manner as the accounts of other county officers are now settled, until the whole sum so appro-repair of part of Appropriate for priated shall have been expended. road from Smeth SECTION 2. That the aforesaid commissioners are authorized to make port to Lock the further appropriation of two thousand dollars, to be laid out in Haven. |