No. 368. AN ACT To annul the marriage contract of Elizabeth Kuhns and Samuel Kuhns. 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 marriage contract entered into between Elizabeth Kuhns and Samuel Kuhus, of the county of Somerset, be and 'the same is hereby annulled and made void, and the parties released and discharged from said contract, and from all the duties and obligations arising therefrom, as fully, effectually and absolutely, as if they had never been joined in marriage. JAMES COOPER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. CH. GIBBONS, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The sixteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven. FRS. R. SHUNK. Commissioners No. 369. A SUPPLEMENT To an act to authorize the governor of this commonwealth to incorporata a company for the purpose of making and erecting a bridge and road over the Northeast Branch of the Susquehanna, in the county of Northumberland, from the public highway opposite the plantation of Thomas Grant, to Shamokin island, through the public highway of Shamokin island, to the shore opposite Northumberland, and from thence to the town of Northumberland, passed the twentyfifth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and nine, and for other pur poses. 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 commissioners of the county of Northumberland, or a majority of of Northumber- them, be and are hereby authorized to subscribe, on behalf of said county, one hundred and twenty shares (being three thousand dollars) in the new stock lately created by the Northumberland bridge company, in pursuance of an act of assembly, passed the twenty-eighth day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and forty-six. land authorized to subscribe stock in the North bridge company. SECTION 2. That the commissioners of said county, or a majority of Right of voting. them, and all others holding new stock in said bridge created in pursuance of the act before recited, shall be allowed at all and every election of managers under the original act of incorporation, and the supplement thereto, to give one vote for every share under five, and one vote for every five shares in addition of new stock aforesaid, held by said elector respectively: Provided, That to entitle such person to vote Proviso. as aforesaid, he shall have held said stock at least thirty days before such election. APPROVED―The sixteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven. FRS. R. SHUNK No. 370. AN ACT To provide against damage from gun cotton. WHEREAS, An article called gun cotton, with properties of ignition and explosion similar to those of gun powder, and equally or more dangerous in towns and cities, has been introduced; therefore, gun cotton into 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 no gun cotton shall be introduced into Philadelphia, nor placed in storage To prevent the therein, in greater bulk or quantity in any one place, than is permitted introduction of by existing laws with regard to gun powder; and that all the pains, Philadelphia, to a penalties and forfeitures imposed by an act, entitled "An Act for secur- certain extent. ing the city of Philadelphia, and the neighborhood thereof, from damage by gun powder," passed on the twenty-eighth day of March, seventeen hundred and eighty-seven, and a supplement thereto, passed on the fourteenth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighteen, shall apply and be extended to gun cotton in the same manner, and with the same effect, as if the word gun cotton were inserted in the said act. JAMES COOPER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. WILLIAMSON, APPROVED-The sixteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven. FRS. R. SHUNK. Proceedings in partition or valuation of a wife's estate. Orphans' court authorized to decree vacant real estate of minors to be let on ground rent. No. 371. A SUPPLEMENT To an act, entitled "An Act relating to orphans' courts," approved the twentyninth of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represente tives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, Thai the provisions of the forty-eighth section of the act of general assembly, passed the twenty-ninth of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, entitled "An Act relating to orphans' courts," are hereby extended to proceedings in partition or valuation on sale of the wife's real estate, on proceedings in partition in the common law courts hereafter to take place, or that have heretofore taken place, where the share due the wife or to the husband in right of the wife still remains in court: Provided, The declaration made by the wife shall be filed in the court where the suit is instituted. SECTION 2. That from and after the passage of this act, that the orphans' court in and for any city or county of this commonwealth, in which vacant ground belonging to the estate of any minor may be situ ated may, upon application of a guardian, setting forth that the said vacant ground is unproductive and expensive, and that it would be to the interest and benefit of such minor, that the said ground should be let on ground rent, it shall be lawful for said orphans' court to make a decree authorizing the guardian to let the same, or any suitable par thereof on ground rent, and make and execute the proper and necessary deeds and conveyances therefor, reserving thereout such a yearly ren as to the said court may seem reasonable and just, to be secured in the usual manner, and making the principal or consideration money, to be come payable after the period at which the said minor shall become of full age. JAMES COOPER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. WILLIAMSON, APPROVED-The sixteenth day of March, one thousand eight hur dred and forty-seven. FRS. R. SHUNK No. 372. AN ACT To annul the marriage contract between Eliza Allen Whale and Charles F. Whale. 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 marriage contract entered into between Eliza Allen Whale and Charles F. Whale, be and the same is hereby annulled and made void, and the parties released and discharged from said contract, and from all duties and obligations arising therefrom, as fully, effectually and absolutely, as if they had never been joined in marriage. JAMES COOPER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Speaker of the Senate. I do certify that the bill, entitled "An Act to annul the marriage contract between Eliza Allen Whale and Charles F. Whale," passed on the fifth day of February, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, which has been disapproved by the governor, and returned with his objections, to the House of Representatives in which it origi nated, was agreed to by two-thirds of the House of Representatives on the thirteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fortyseven, and that the foregoing is the act so agreed to by the said House. JAMES COOPER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ATTEST:-D. FLEMING, Clerk of the House of Representatives. I do certify that the bill, entitled "An Act to annul the marriage contract between Eliza Allen Whale and Charles F. Whale," passed on the thirteenth day of February, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, which has been disapproved by the governor, and returned with his objections, to the House of Representatives in which it originated, was approved by two-thirds of the Senate, agreeably to the constitution, on the fifteenth day of March, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, and that the foregoing is the act so approved by the Senate. ATTEST-GEO. W. HAMERSLY, WM. WILLIAMSON, Clerk of the Senate No. 373. AN ACT Declaring obstructions to private roads to be a public nuisance, and for other purposes. 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 from and after the passage of this act, all obstructions to private roads shall be considered a nuisance, and shall be subject to the same fines, clared a nuisance. forfeitures and penalties, and to be proceeded against in the same way as in cases of obstructions to public roads or highways. Obstructions to private roads de Compensation of managers of Hanover and Carlisle turnpike road company. SECTION 2. That the compensation of the five managers of the Hanover and Carlisle turnpike road company shall be one dollar per day, and shall not exceed twenty dollars per annum to each of the managers; and the compensation of the sequestrator of said road shall be one dollar per day, and shall not exceed one hundred dollars per annum, and no extra allowance shall be made either for traveling expenses or counsel fees; Of sequestrator. the whole annual expenditures for managers, sequestrator, gate keepers, and for repairs, shall not exceed three-fourths of the receipts of tolls for said year; and all tolls shall be collected without any deduction. Penalty for sell ing or offering to sell lottery tick ets. Purchaser not punishable. SECTION 3. That if any person hereafter shall sell, or expose or keep for sale, any lottery ticket, to be drawn in a lottery of any kind, either in this state or any of the United States, or elsewhere, or any device in the nature of a lottery ticket, or any lottery policy, or any paper with let ters or figures that evidence the same, or in any way represents the draw ing of any such lottery wherever established, or who shall assist in the sale thereof, or act as agent or broker in affecting the sale of the same, on conviction thereof, before any court of competent jurisdiction in this state, shall, for each offence, be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, and to undergo an imprisonment in solitary confinement at labor, either in the state penitentiary or county jail and prison, for any period not exceeding three years, at the discretion of the court, and may, if deemed necessary, be required to give bail for his future good behavior against a repetition of the offence, in a reasonable sum, if the circumstances of the case require it; and the purchaser of any such lottery ticket or device, in the nature of a lottery ticket or lottery policy, or paper as above mentioned, shall not be held liable to punishment by this or any other law of the state, but shall be a competent witness in the cause; and any indictment shall be held good which charges this crime in the language of the law, without setting forth therein the number or date of the ticket, or the device, or any thing in the nature thereof, or policy, or that which represents the same, or the name of the lottery or where the same is located. SECTION 4. That so much of an act, approved the thirtieth day of School tax in Up- July, eighteen hundred and forty-two, entitled "An Act to provide for per Dublin town- the education of the poor in the non-accepting districts of this commonship, Montgomwealth, and for other purposes,' as makes it the duty of the school ery county, how to be collected. directors, in non-accepting districts, to issue their warrants to the township supervisors, be and the same is hereby repealed, so far as relat to Upper Dublin township, Montgomery county; and that the school |