No 184. AN ACT For the relief of Jacob Hogleberger, a Soldier of the Indian war. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represenlatives of the Commonwealth 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 required to pay to Jacob Hogleberger, of Crawford county, a soldier of the Indian to his order, an annuity of forty dollars, commencing on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, payable half yearly on the first day of January and July. JOHN S. RHEY, war, or APPROVED-The seventh day of April, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. WM. BIGLER. No. 185. A SUPPLEMENT To the act entitled 'An Act to provide for the erection of a house for the employ ment and support of the poor, in the county of Westmoreland;" regulating certain election districts, and erecting an independent school district in said county; repealing an act relative to the destruction of fish in said county; incorporating the Evangelical Lutheran and German Reformed Congregations of Ligonier; and relative to the estate of James Donaldson, deceased. 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 it shall be the duty of each and Duties of Con. every constable of Westmoreland county, upon the receipt of, and stables in West order, or warrant, signed by two justices of the peace, and to him di- moreland co. rected to take and convey the poor person or persons therein named, to the house of employment of said county, and deliver him or them to the steward or keeper thereof, and upon delivery of the person or per Fees. Proviso. Proviso. Poor persons who cannot be removed, how furnished with relief. notified. sons, he shall receive from the directors of said poor house, the sum of thirty-seven and a half cents for executing the order or warrant, eight cents for each mile circular, counting from the office of the justice from which the order or warrant issued, and one dollar for conveyance, if under fifteen miles, and for any greater distance the sum of one dollar and fifty cents: Provided, That if there are more than one name contained in the order or warrant, the foregoing fees shall be charged and no more: Provided, That no justice of the peace shall issue an order or warrant as provided in this section, for any person having a settlement out of the township in which said justice resides. SECTION 2. That if, upon receipt of an order or warrant directed to him, the person or persons therein named cannot be removed to the house of employment of said county, by reason of sickness or other bodily injury, sustained by him or them, then in such case the constable shall make suitable provision, and furnish such relief as their situation may require, having regard to the interests of the county, and as soon Directors to be as convenient thereafter, notify the directors of the poor in writing of the facts of the case, who shall make provision for the payment of the same, and for which services he shall receive the sum of fifty cents, and three cents for each and every mile circular, and as soon as the person or persons named in the order or warrant, are able to be removed, it shall be the duty of the constable to convey the person or persons to the house of employment, and deliver him or them to the steward or keeper thereof, and in case of neglect or refusal to perform the duties Penalty for ne- hereby enjoined on him, he shall be liable to indictment, for misdeglect. meanor in office, and shall be fined in any sum not less than ten and not exceeding fifty dollars, at the discretion of the court. Fees. Funeral expen ses. Form of warrant. Repeal. SECTION 3. That it shall not be lawful for the directors of the poor to pay any funeral expenses or other charges, after the death of any person on a warrant issued by two justices of the peace for that purpose, where there were five or more days' time before the death of such person, for him or some one in his behalf, to procure an order or warrant, signed by two justices of the peace, and directed to a constable, who shall proceed in the manner directed in the foregoing second section, and receive the same fees as therein directed. SECTION 4. That the order or warrant shall be in the following form, viz. To the constable of complaint hath been made unto us, two and for said county, by came to the house of township, greeting: Whereas, of the justices of the peace, in of said township, that a certain and there fell dan gerously sick or otherwise, as the case may be, and the said [Seal] [Seal] SECTION 5. That all laws hereby altered or supplied, so far as are inconsistent with the act, and this supplement to the act, are hereby repealed. SECTION 6. That hereafter the qualified voters of South Huntingdon South Huntingtownship, Westmoreland county, shall hold their general and township den township, Westmoreland elections at the house of William Turner, in said township, and all that co. part of Unity township, in said county, known by the name of Kuhn's district, shall hold their general elections at the house of George Shabondys, in said township. Westmoreland county. SECTION 7. That all that part of Sewickly township, Westmoreland Sulphur Spring county, known as Sulphur Spring school district, shall be erected into school district a separate independent school district, with all the powers and privileges erected in of any district in said township, and that Jacob Grenewalt, and Jacob Wilson, shall serve as school directors for one year, and Alexander Guffey, and Thomas Moore, shall serve for three years, and Samuel McDonald, and Samuel Smith, for three years, from and after the passage of this act; the first election for school directors shall be held on the first Thursday of April, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, and every successive year thereafter, at the stone school-house, in said district, and the president and secretary of said board shall hold said elections. SECTION 8. That the fourth section of the act of the eighth day of Repeal. April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, entitled "An Act relative to the destruction of fish in the counties of Cumberland, Franklin, Westmoreland, and Clarion, and for other purposes," be, and the same is hereby repealed, so far as relates to Westmoreland county. SECTION 9. That the present members of the Evangelical Lutheran Corporation. and German Reformed congregations, and all persons who may hereafter become regular members of said congregations, in Ligonier, Westmoreland county, are created into a body corporate in fact and in law, to be known by the style and title of "The Evangelical Lutheran and German Reformed congregations of Ligonier, Westmoreland county," to have perpetual succession, to be capable in law to sue and be sued, Privileges. to plead and be impleaded in any court of law or equity, in this State, or elsewhere, to be able to make, have, and use a common seal; the same to break, alter, or amend, at pleasure, and also to ordain and establish such by-laws and ordinances as shall be necessary for the regulating of their temporal concerns, and for promoting piety among their members: Provided, The same shall not be repugnant or contrary to Proviso. the laws of this Commonwealth. SECTION 10. That the business of said corporation shall be conducted Trustees to conby six trustees, who shall choose from their number a president and duct business, secretary, and may appoint a treasurer, or treasurers, or such other &c. officers as they may deem necessary, and until others shall be appointed, as hereinafter provided; the following named persons shall be appointed trustees, viz: Michael Kaffer, William Ambrose, Jacob Loury, John Trustees. Wills, John Barron, and Henry Brant, to continue in office until the first Saturday of January, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fiftythree, or until their successors shall be elected; and on the said first Saturday of January, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, or as soon as practicable thereafter, two weeks' notice thereof having Meeting for been given from the pulpit, the members of said congregation shall election of offimeet and elect six persons, three of whom shall be members of the cers. Evangelical Lutheran congregation, and three of whom shall be members of the German Reformed congregation; one of whom from each con gregation shall serve three years, one of whom from each congregation Term of office. shall serve two years, and one of whom from each congregation shall serve one year; the term of service to be designated by the electors on their ballot, and their places, respectively, shall be supplied by annual election: Provided, That in the case of vacancy, by death, or other- Proviso. Further privileges. Proviso. wise, the remaining trustees shall appoint a person of the same con gregation to fill the said vacancy until the next annual election, and any person in regular standing in said congregations, and contributing to the support of the same, shall be entitled to vote at the elections of said corporations. SECTION 11. That said corporations shall be able and capable in law to have, purchase, take, receive, and hold, lands, tenements, results, annuities, and hereditaments, which may be sold, devised, bequeathed, or in any other way conveyed to them for their use, or in trust for their use: Provided, That the yearly value or income of said estate shall not at any one time exceed two thousand dollars, and shall not be ppropriated to any other than religious or benevolent purposes. Spiritual gov. SECTION 12. These congregations shall each respectively be controlled ernment of con- in their spiritual government, as follows, to wit: the Evangelical Lugregation. theran congregation by the rules, regulations, and discipline, successively recommended by some one of the regular Evangelical Lutheran synods of the United States, which, at a regular meeting, said congregation may adopt; and the German Reformed congregation by the rules and discipline of the German Reformed church, or some one of its synods in regular standing in the United States, which, at a regular meeting, said congregation may adopt. Guardians of SECTION 13. That the guardians of the minor heirs of Elizabeth children of Jas. Stirlen, deceased, and of Polly Johnston, deceased, both of whom were Donaldson, dec. children of James Donaldson, deceased, of Westmoreland county, are to sign releases. hereby authorized to sign and execute releases for the interest and titles of said heirs in certain real estate in said county. APPROVED The seventh day of April, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. WM. BIGLER. No. 186. AN ACT Relating to taxes for borough purposes, in the borough of Carlisle; to collect a dog tax in the borough of Newville, in the county of Cumberland, and to lay out a State road from a point at or near Wagoner's lane, in Newton township, in said county, on the State road leading from Carlisle, in said county, to Roxbury, in Franklin county, to intersect the State road running from Lewistown, in Mifflin county, to Shippensburg, in said county of Cumberland, at or near the Three Square hollow; and also, to the erecting of a bridge over the Conedoguinet creek, in the county of Cumberland, on the line of said road. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That all personal property, moneys at interest, bonds and mortgages, of the taxable inhabitants of the borough of Carlisle, county of Cumberland, Property taxanow taxable for State, county, and school purposes, shall hereafter be ble in the bortaxable for borough purposes. ough of Carlisle Commissioners. SECTION 2. That the tax authorized to be assessed and collected by Tax on dogs in the directors of common schools, of the borough of Newville, Cumber- the borough of land county, on each and every dog owned or harbored by any citizen Newville, Cumof said borough, by the seventh section of the act of the ninth day of berland co. April, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, entitled "An Act to authorize the school directors of the borough of Pottsville to sell certain real estate," etc., shall hereafter be collected in the same manner as the school tax is now collected in said borough of Newville. SECTION 3. That Hugh Stuart, John Sterrett, and William Ker, of Cumberland county, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to view and lay out a State road from a point at or near Samuel Waggoner's lane, in Newton township, Cumberland county, on the State road leading from Carlisle, in said county, to Roxbury, in Franklin county, to interseet the State road running from Lewistown, Mifflin county, to Shippensburg, in said county of Cumberland, at or near the Three Square hollow, in Cumberland county, and also to authorize the building of a Bridge over bridge by the county commissioners of Cumberland county, over the Canadoguinet Conedoguinet creek, in said county of Cumberland. Location. creek. SECTION 4. That it shall be the duty of the commissioners appointed Duties of comby this act, or a majority of them, after taking and subscribing on oath missioners. or affirmation, before some eompetent authority, to perform the duties enjoined upon them by this act, with impartiality and fidelity, to carefully view the ground over which the said road may pass, and lay out the same on the nearest and best ground, and in no place to exceed an clevation of five degrees from a horizontal line, except on crossing ravines where moderate filling is required. SECTION 5. That it shall be the duty of said commissioners, plainly Further duties. and distinctly to mark the ground on the route agreed upon for the road aforesaid, in such manner as to enable the supervisors readily to find the same, and for the purpose of fulfilling the duties of this act enjoined, the said commissioners are hereby authorized to employ, at a per diem allowance not exceeding one dollar each, two chain-carriers, Compensation. and one surveyor at a per diem allowance of one dollar and fifty cents per day, and the said commissioners, respectively, shall receive a per diem allowance of one dollar and fifty cents per day for each day necessarily expended in the discharge of the duties imposed by this act, in the laying out said road, to be paid in the manner and form as hereinafter directed. filed. SECTION 6. That it shall be the duty of the said commissioners to Drafts to be make out a fair and accurate draft of the location of said road, respec- made out and tively noting the courses and distances as they occur, the improvements, and also the crossing of township lines, roads, and waters, with such other matter as may serve for explanation, one copy whereof shall deposited in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, on or before the first day of January next, and one copy in the office of the clerk of Quarter Sessions in the said county of Cumberland, or as much sooner as practicable, which shall be a record thereof, and from thenceforth the said road shall be to all intents and purposes a public highway, and shall be opened to the breadth of thirty-three feet at least, and repaired in all respects as roads are opened and repaired which are laid out by order of the court of the said county of Cumberland. SECTION 7. That the accounts of the said commissioners for their Accounts of own and the pay of their surveyor and chain-carriers shall be made out and others, and returned to the county commissioners of said county of Cumber- how settled. commissioners, |