Franklin town ship, Carbon county, into a separate elec tion district. Towamensing township, Car bon county. Franklin township, Susque Lanna county. Forkston town No. 39. AN ACT Regulating election districts. 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 township of Franklin, Carbon county, is hereby erected into an election district. The school house in the village of Weiss Port, in said township, shall be the place for holding the township and general elections, and that the third Friday of March next, and each succeeding third Friday of March thereafter, shall be the time of holding the township elections of said township. David Bowman is hereby appointed judge, and Edward Weiss and William Kern inspectors, for holding the next township election. SECTION 2. That hereafter, the place of holding the township and general elections in Towamensing township, Carbon county, shall be at the house of Daniel Stemler, in said township. SECTION 3. The qualified voters of the township of Franklin, in the county of Susquehanna, shall hereafter hold their general election at the school house near Jacob Allards, and their township election at the school house near Rufus Tuttles. SECTION 4. That on and after the passage of this act, the general ship, Wyoming and township elections for the township of Forkston, in the county of Wyoming, shall be held at the house of Hiram Hitchcock, now occupied by Austin P. Burgess, in said township. county. ty. Rush township, SECTION 5. That the qualified voters of Rush township, Schuylkill Schuylkill coun-county, shall hereafter hold their general and township elections at the public house now occupied by Stein and Lindner, in said township. Eldred town- SECTION 6. That the qualified voters of Eldred township, Schuylkill ship, Schuylkill county, shall hereafter hold their general and township elections at the house now occupied by Peter W. Kutz, in Zimmermanstown, in said township. county. Morris town SECTION 7. That from and after the passage of this act, the qualified ship, Clearfield voters of Morris township, Clearfield county, shall hold their general and township elections at the public house of James Lohman, in said township. county. Monroe town SECTION 8. That the qualified voters of the township of Monroe, in ship, Bedford the county of Bedford, shall hereafter hold their general, special, and township elections, at the house of Philip Evans, in the town of Clearville, in said township. county. county. Blacklick townSECTION 9. That the qualified electors of the township of Blacklick, ship, Cambria in the county of Cambria, are authorized to hold their general, special, and township elections at the house of Enoch Rees, in said township; and that James Duncan be appointed judge, and John Gillan and Enoch Rees be, and are hereby appointed inspectors, to hold a township election for said township on the third Friday of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one; and in conducting said election they shall be governed by the election laws of this Commonwealth. SECTION 10. That the township of Cameron, in the county of Nor- Cameron townthumberland, be, and the same is hereby erected into a separate and ship, Northumindependent election district, the qualified voters whereof shall hereafter berland county, hold their general and township elections at the house of Jacob Haupt, in said township; and that Jacob Wagner shall act as judge, and John tion district. Hine and Michael Derk as inspectors of the elections aforesaid, until their successors shall be duly qualified. erected into a separate elec SECTION 11. The qualified electors of the borough of Providence, Providence in the county of Luzerne, shall on and after the passage of this act, borough, Luhold their general and borough elections at the public house now occu- zerne county. pied by S. Bristol, in the said borough. SECTION 12. That the general and township elections in Sugarloaf, Sugarloaf townLuzerne county, shall hereafter be held at the public house now kept ship, Luzerne by James W. Rhodes, in said township. county. SECTION 13. That if the new township of Wright, in the county of Wright town. Luzerne, shall be absolutely confirmed by the court, the place of hold- ship, Luzerne ing the general and township elections shall be at the public house of county. William Albert, in said township; if the said township shall not be absolutely confirmed, then all that district set off by the commissioners appointed by the court of Quarter Sessions of said county, shall be a separate election district, and the elections shall be held at the place above specified: That at the approaching general election, William Albert shall be judge of the same, and Samuel Stivers and John Shafer inspectors, to conduct said election. SECTION 14. That the qualified voters of Shenango township, Mercer Shenango towncounty, shall hereafter hold their general and township elections at the ship, Mercer school house in the village of West Middlesex, in said township. county. SECTION 15. That from and after the passage of this act, the Fifth Spring Garden, Ward, in the district of Spring Garden, in the county of Philadelphia, fifth ward, relashall be divided into two election precincts as follows, to wit: Begin- tive to. ning at the corner of Green and Thirteenth streets, thence northwardly along the middle of said Thirteenth street to the middle of Brown street, thence eastwardly along the middle of Brown street to the middle of Twelfth street, thence northwardly along the middle of said Twelfth street to the northern boundary of said district; and all that part of said Fifth Ward lying between the said dividing line and Eleventh street shall be the first precinct, and all that part of said Ward lying between the above dividing line and Broad street shall be the second precinct. ward. SECTION 16. That all general, special, and ward elections shall be Place of holding held at the following places, to wit:-The qualified voters of the first elections in said precinct shall hold their elections at the public house now kept by William Teany, in Coates street above Eleventh street; and the qualified voters of the second precinct shall hold their elections at the public house now kept by William T. Miller, at the north-east corner of Broad and Coates streets; and the qualified voters of each of said precincts shall, on the third Friday in March next, and annually thereafter, elect one judge and two inspectors, in the manner now provided by law. SECTION 17. That for the purpose of conducting the election on Officers of electhe third Friday in March next, the present judge and inspectors of tion. said Fifth Ward, shall be the judge and inspectors of the first precinct; and the present judge shall appoint one person to act as judge of the second precinct; and, in like manner, the present inspectors shall each appoint one person to act as inspectors for the second preeinet: Provided, That in case the present judge and inspectors, or either of them, are not present on the day of the election, to perform Commissioners furnish ballotboxes, &c. the duties aforesaid, then the persons appointed in their stead shall appoint the said judge and two inspectors. SECTION 18. That it shall be the duty of the Commissioners of the of the county of county of Philadelphia to furnish the judges and inspectors of each Philadelphia to of said precincts the necessary ballot-boxes, blanks, forms, and lists of taxable inhabitants as are now furnished to judges and inspectors of elections within said district of Spring Garden; and the said additional inspectors shall each appoint one person to act as Clerk, who, together with the additional judge and inspectors, shall take the same oath or affirmation, perform the same duties, and receive the same compensation, as is now provided by law for election officers: Provided, That the place of holding the elections in each precinct shall be changed-in accordance with the provisions of an act entitled "An Act relating to the elections of this Commonwealth," passed the second day of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine. Price township, SECTION 19. That hereafter, the place of holding the township and Monroe county general elections in Price township, Monroe County, shall be at the house now in the occupancy of John S. Price, in said township. SECTION 20. That hereafter, all township and general elections in ship, Allegheny Patton township, Allegheny county, shall be held at the house now occupied by Abraham Taylor, on the Northern turnpike. Patton town county. Wilkins town SECTION 21. That all township and general elections in Wilkin's ship, Allegheny township, Allegheny county, shall be held at the house now occupied by John Shaffer, on the Greensburg turnpike. That Henry Chalfant is hereby appointed judge, and William G. Hawkins and John Horner inspectors, to conduct the first election to be held in March next. county. Collins town county. SECTION 22 That all township and general elections in Collins township, Allegheny ship, Allegheny county, shall be held at the house now occupied by William M'Call, junior, in East Liberty. That Robert Baxter and William Warmkessel are hereby appointed inspectors, and John Barr judge, to hold and conduct the first election in March next. M'Nair's town county. SECTION 23. That all township and general elections in the township, Allegheny ship heretofore known as M'Nair's, in the county of Allegheny, shall be held at the house now occupied by Robert Donaldson, on the Leechburg road. That said township shall hereafter be known and called by the name of "Penn;" and that C. Snively and Robert Donaldson are hereby appointed inspectors, and Henry B. Stotter judge, to hold and conduct the first election in March next. ty. Perry township, SECTION 24. That the north end of Perry township, in Jefferson Jefferson coun- county, as divided by the court of said county, be, and the same is hereby erected into a separate election and school district, to be called "Oliver;" and the qualified electors thereof shall hereafter hold their general and township elections at the house of William McKinstry, in said township; and that David Harl act as judge, and John Coulter and Samuel Gaston, senior, act as inspectors, to hold the township elections for the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, which shall be held on the fourth Monday in April next; and that the township elections shall be holden on the fourth Monday in February in each year thereafter. Perry township, SECTION 25. That the qualified voters of Perry township, in JefferJefferson coun- son county, shall hereafter hold their general and township elections at the house of Irwin Robinson, in Perrysville, in said township. ty. Perry township, SECTION 26. That from and after the passaage of this act, the qualified voters of Perry township, in Clarion county, shall hold their elections at the school house in sub-district No. 1, in said township. Lake township, SECTION 27. That the township of Lake, in the county of Mercer, Mercer county. is hereby erected into a separate election and school district; and the qualified electors thereof shall hold their township, school, and general elections, at the house of William Rey; and Benjamin Slater is hereby appointed judge, and Alexander McGaw and James McCormick are hereby appointed inspectors, to hold the first township election therein. SECTION 28. The township of Fairview, in the county of Mercer, Fairview townis hereby erected into a separate election and school district, and the ship, Mercer qualified electors thereof shall hold their school, township, and general county. elections, at school house No. 5, east, in said township; and Samuel Nichols is hereby appointed judge, and James Miller and Lebbens Simmons are hereby appointed inspectors, to hold the next spring elections for said township. SECTION 29. That the qualified electors of Mahanoy township, in the Mahanoy towncounty of Schuylkill, shall hereafter hold their general and township ship, Schuylkill elections at the public house now occupied by Samuel Miller, in said county. township. SECTION 30. That hereafter, the qualified electors of the township Muhlenberg of Muhlenburg, in the county of Berks, shall hold their general and township, Berks township elections at the house of Gabriel Gehret, in said township; and county. that John Ulrich is hereby appointed judge, and George Dalicker and Solomon Horning inspectors, to hold the next township election, which shall be conducted in accordance with the general elections of this Commonwealth. SECTION 31. That the qualified voters of the borough of Newton Newton HamilHamilton and Wayne township, in the county of Mifflin, shall here- ton and Wayne after hold their general and township elections at the new school house townships, Mifflin county. in said borough of Newton Hamilton. SECTION 32. That hereafter, the borough of Newcastle, Lawrence New Castle, county, shall form a separate school and election district, subject to the Lawrence counlaws and regulations of townships and boroughs, in such cases made ty. and provided. SECTION 33. That the general and township elections in the town- Beaver township of Beaver, Columbia county, be hereafter held at the house of ship, Columbia Charles Michael, in said township. county. SECTION 34. That the township of Benton, in the county of Colum- Benton townbia, is hereby erected into a separate election district, and the general ship, Columbia and township elections therein shall be held at the house of Ezekiel county. Cole, in said township; and William Cole is hereby appointed judge, and Thomas Mendenhall and John McHenry inspectors, to conduct the first election in March next. SECTION 35. That the qualified voters of the North-west Ward of the N. W. ward, borough of Pottsville, shall hereafter hold their ward and general Pottsville, elections at the public house now occupied by George Betz, in said Schuylkill ward. county. SECTION 36. That the qualified electors of Farmington township, in Farmington the county of Tioga, shall hereafter hold their general elections at the township, Tioga house of Peter Mowrey, in said township. county. SECTION 37. That the qualified voters of the township of Cogan Cogan House, House, in the county of Lycoming, shall hereafter hold their general Lycoming counand township elections at the house of Cassimer Wittig, in said town- ty. ship. SECTION 38. That the township of Coolspring, in the county of Coolspring Mercer, is hereby erected into a separate election school district; township, Merand the qualified electors thereof shall hold their school, township, and cer county. general elections, at the house of William L. Muse, in said township; and Joseph Alexander is hereby appointed judge, and William Miller and Robert Simcox inspectors, to hold the first spring election therein. Jackson township, Mercer county. SECTION 39. That the township of Jackson, in the county of Mercer, be, and the same is hereby erected into a separate school and election district; and the qualified electors thereof shall hold their school, township, and general elections, at the school house near Esbin Turner's; and Nicholas Mourer is hereby appointed judge, and William Clark and William Service are hereby appointed inspectors, to hold the first spring election therein. JOHN CESSNA, APPROVED This tenth day of February, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one. WM. F. JOHNSTON. Boundaries. No. 40. AN ACT Erecting the villages of Mount Joy and Richland, and their vicinity, in the county of Lancaster, into a borough, to be called the borough of Mount Joy. 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 villages of Mount Joy and Richland, and their vicinity, in the county of Lancaster, with all the territory lying within the following bounds, commencing at number one, a corner of Daniel Maurer's land or out-lot, east by south-east twelve and one-half degrees three hundred and forty-four rods in a line, crossing the intersection of the branches of the Marietta turnpike to an oak tree on land of Emanuel Cassel, opposite in a line with the road leading from said Cassel's to the village, being corner number two, thence along said road north ninety-five rods to the Lancaster and Harrisburg turnpike to a corner B., opposite said road on land of A. S. Hackman, thence in a line north thirty degrees west sixty-eight rods to a tree on the rocky bluff or bank of the mill dam to corner number three on land of said A. S. Hackman, thence west by north-east twelve and one-half degrees two hundred and eighty-eight rods in a line along the north side of a grave yard passing between the house and stable of Andrew Tanger, at the junction of Railroad street with the Manheim road at D., to a corner number four in the field of Christian N. Sherrick, thence in a line south eighteen degrees south-west one hundred and sixty rods, crossing the intersection of the Harrisburg and Lancaster turnpike and railroad to the place of beginning, shall be, and the same is according to the foregoing lines, declared to be erected into a borough, to be called the "borough of Mount Joy," and to be divided into east and west wards by Railroad street, each ward to elect an equal number of councilmen. |