Manheim bo. ted. No 339. AN ACT Supplementary to the act incorporating the borough of Manheim, in Lancaste county; relating to licenses in the borough of West Chester; to the pubic common of the borough of Hanover; to the Germantown water company; & an election district in Lebanon county; and to Jarvis street in the district c Southwark. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representstives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the borough lines of Manheim, in Lancaster county, be extended on the rough, Lancas- northwest side by the following courses and distances: beginning at a ter county, erec- post in the public road leading from Elizabethtown to Manheim; then along the same and by land of John Schwartz's, school house lot, and lands of John Brosey, north fifty-three degrees east fifty-six perches and six-tenths to a post; thence by lands of John Brosey, Benjami Brandt, and Daniel Brandt, respectively, north thirty-eight degrees and one-half west thirty-one perches to a post, in the public road leading from Manheim to Lebanon; thence by land of Ulrich Shaffner and Urich Lehman, south fifty-three degrees and one-half west fifty-four perches to a post; thence by land of Ulrich Lehman and John Swartz, south thirty-six degrees east thirty-two perches to the place of beginning, containing ten acres, one hundred and forty-two perches, nea: Boundaries. Trustees. Term of office. measure. SECTION 2. That the burgess and town council of the borough of Manheim, Lancaster county, shall have power to lay out, and open an alley of the width of fourteen feet, commencing on the northwest side of High street, in said borough, between the properties of Philip Arndt and Catharine Grosh, and thence extending in a northwestern course, crossing a public alley and Granby street, to intersect a public road leading from Manheim to Elizabethtown: Provided, That the propertyholders over whose lands said alley shall be constructed shall be at the expense of the opening the same. SECTION 3. That the provisions of the second section of the act of the fourteenth of April, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, entitled "An Act relating to the granting of tavern licenses in the coun ties of Allegheny and Clarion," be, and the same are hereby extended to the borough of West Chester, in Chester county. SECTION 4. That William Albright, John Bair, Junior, William Grumbine, Rufus Eckert, and Andrew Soliday, be, and they are hereby appointed trustees, and it shall be their duty to supervise, keep clear of incumbrances, &c., &c., the public common lying within the borough of Hanover, in the county of York, according to the provisions, intent, and meaning conveyed in the deed of the executors of Richard M'Callister, deceased. SECTION 5. That the term of the aforesaid trustees shall, and does commence with the passage of this act, and will end at the expiration of five years, when it may and shall then be lawful for the citizens of said borough to elect (every five succeeding years), according to the borough election laws, five inhabitants who shall have supervision over said common. SECTION 6. That in case of death, or the resignation, or removal from Vacancies. the borough, of any of the board of trustees, the board shall have power to fill such vacancy until the ensuing election. SECTION 7. That all necessary expenses incurred by said board of Expenses. trustees, during the performance of their duty, shall be paid out of the borough treasury. SECTION 8. That the Germantown water company shall have the Germantown right to lay conduit pipes, and supply water in and through School water company, House lane, in the township of Roxborough, as fully as if said lane or to lay conduit road were exclusively within the limits of the borough of Germantown. pipes, &c. SECTION 9. That the qualified voters of the township of North Leba- North Lebanon non, in the county of Lebanon, shall hereafter hold their general and tp., Lebanon co. township elections at the mansion house tavern of Conrad H. Borgner, in the town of North Lebanon, in said township. SECTION 10. That the commissioners of the district of Southwark, Jarvis street, inin the county of Philadelphia, are hereby authorized and empowered to crease the width increase the width of Jarvis street, between Front and Second streets, of. in the said district, to the distance of thirty feet from the north line of said street, and the damages accruing shall be paid as is now provided by law in the case of other streets in said county: Provided, That the expense shall not exceed the sum of five hundred dollars: Provided, That the county of Philadelphia shall pay no damages for the widening of said street. JOHN S. RHEY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN H. WALKER, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fourth day of May, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. WM. BIGLER. No. 340. AN ACT Relating to the levying of a school tax in the borough of Clearfield; to an election district in Clearfield county; declaring West Creek, Larrie's Creek, and Trout Run, public highways; relating to the collection of taxes in Clarion county; to the sale of a school house in Adams county; legitimating Anna Matilda Bard, of Lancaster county; relating to an election district of Carbon and McKean counties. 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 board of school directors of the borough of Clearfield, in the county School directors of Clearfield, are hereby authorized to levy a school tax on the assessed to levy a tax. valuations in said borough of any amount they may deem advisable, not exceeding ten mills on the dollar, and not less than eight mills; one Proviso. Pike tp. and Curwinsville borough. Eldred tp. Trout run de clared a public highway. West creek de clared a public highway. Provisions of tended. half of the amount so raised, said board of school directors shall appro priate towards paying the debt now due upon the building erected in said borough for common school purposes and for completing the same, and the other half towards defraying the expenses of the common schools: Provided, That this act shall only remain in force until the debt upon the building is paid. SECTION 2. That the place of holding the general and township elec tions in Pike township, and the borough of Curwinsville, in said township, in the county of Clearfield, shall hereafter be held at the house of Isaac Bloom, Junior, in the borough of Curwinsville. SECTION 3. That the general and township elections in the township of Eldred, in the county of McKean, shall hereafter be held at the Eldred hotel in said township. SECTION 4. That Trout Run, in the county of Clearfield, from the mouth of said run to the saw mill of Joseph Shaw upon said run, be, and the same is hereby declared a public highway. SECTION 5. That West Creek, in the county of McKean, be, and the same is hereby declared a public highway from the mouth of said creek to the Elk county line. SECTION 6. That so much of the act entitled "An act to reduce the certain act ex- expenses of collecting State and county taxes in the county of Ve nango, &c.," approved the third day of April, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, as relates to the collection of taxes in the county of Venango, is hereby extended to the county of Clarion. Hartman school house authorized to be sold. Larrie's creek SECTION 7. That Jacob Hartman, John Banblitz, and Daniel Baker, the present trustees of Hartman school house, in the township of Hamilton, county of Adams, be, and they are hereby authorized and directed to sell the said school house and lot of ground upon which the same is erected at public sale, and appropriate the proceeds thereof as a majority of those interested may direct. SECTION 8. That from and after the passage of this act, that part of declared a pub- Larrie's creek, in Lycoming county, from where the State road crosses lic highway. the same, thence up said creek the distance of five miles, be, and the same is hereby declared a public highway. Anna Matilda ted. SECTION 9. That Anna Matilda Bard, wife of Henry Bard, and Bard legitima daughter of Adam Wolff, of Ephrata township, Lancaster county, shall have and enjoy all the rights and privileges of a child born in lawful wedlock, and shall be able and capable in law to inherit and transmit any estate whatsoever, as fully and effectually as if she had been born in lawful wedlock. Franklin tp. SECTION 10. That hereafter the qualified voters of the township of Franklin, in the county of Carbon, shall hold their township and gen eral election at the public house owned by Edward Weiss, in the village of Weissport, in said township. JOHN S. RHEY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN H. WALKER, Speaker of the Senate. APPROVED-The fourth day of May, A. D., one thousand eight hun dred and fifty-two. WM. BIGLER. No. 341. AN ACT In reference to Clifton street, in the county of Philadelphia; relative to a certain wharf in Southwark, Philadelphia county; to inquisition on real estate; to Wallace township, Chester county; to the borough of Danville, in Columbia county; authorizing the canal board to examine the claim of David Lee, for damages; relative to limitation of actions; incorporating the Lock Haven and Flemington plank road company relative to the Hand-in-Hand fire company; to Penn's Treaty ground in the district of Kensington; to the Watchmen's beneficial society; to the Western hospital; to actions in partition; to an election district in Lancaster county; authorizing the Female Medical college of Philadelphia to make a loan; relative to Mifflinburg bridge company; authorizing Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Society of Philadelphia to extinguish certain rent charge, and relative to Johnstown State road. 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 Clifton street, in the district of Moyamensing, and county of Philadel- Clifton street, phia, shall be reduced in width from a fifty to a forty feet street, by Moyamensing, vacating along the Western boundary thereof a street of ten feet in reduction in width, which portion shall be vested in fee in the owner or owners of width. property on the west side of said street: Provided, however, neverthe- Proviso. less, That before the said act shall take effect, for the purpose aforesaid, the written consent of all the owners of property bounded on the said street shall be first obtained, and that as to the church built on the said street, it shall be sufficient if the written consent of the trustees thereof be first obtained, which said written consent shall be filed of record in the office of the Clerk of Quarter Sessions of the said county, when the said court shall make an order directing the reduction of the width of said street, as aforesaid. wark. SECTION 2. That the owners and lessees of the wharf on the south Use of certain side of Queen street, in the district of Southwark, Philadelphia, and of wharf in the the two docks on each side of it now occupied by the Pennsylvania steam- district of Southship company, shall have the exclusive right to use and occupy the same for the purposes of any steamship or other vessel owned or chartered by, or consigned to them, or of any barge or barges, or other vessels used in the loading and unloading thereof; and at the request of such owner or lessee, it shall be the duty of the harbor master of the port of Philadelphia forthwith to remove or cause to be removed any vessel or vessels which shall be so moored or laying as to obstruct the free ingress and egress to or from or the use and occupancy as aforesaid of either the said wharf, docks, or berth or berths, opposite the river front, owned or leased as aforesaid: Provided, That the usual charge for occupancy in such cases be paid by said steamship company, to the owner or owners of such side wharves. SECTION 3. That in all cases of real estate mainly valuable as de- Inquisition upon veloped mineral lands, levied upon by virtue of a writ of fieri facias, mineral lands. and an inquest shall be held thereon in pursuance of the provisions of the forty-fourth section of the act of the sixteenth of June, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, entitled "An Act relating to executions," it shall be the duty of the inquest, in ascertaining the yearly rents and profits of such real estate to take into consideration the amount of rent Springton tp., or mineral leave paid, and which said real estate may produce from the iron ore, coal, or other minerals mined from such estate, and which in capacity, as developed mineral land may or shall produce, and said quest shall estimate the rent or mineral leave aforesaid, with the other rents and profits of the same for the next succeeding seven years, and in case such rent, mineral leave and profits shall be sufficient to satisfy the judgment upon which said execution was issued, with interest and costs of suit beyond all reprizes within said seven years, it shall be the duty of the inquest to extend said real estate and determine the amoun of rental to be paid, in each of the next succeeding seven years, spectively. SECTION 4. That the new township of Springton in the county name changed. Chester, shall be hereafter known by the style and title of the town ship of Wallace. Provisions of tended. SECTION 5. That the provisions of the act of General Assembly, p certain act ex- sed the third day of April, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, entitie "An Act regulating boroughs," are hereby extended and made appl cable to the borough of Danville, in Montour county, and all former laws relating to said borough, are hereby repealed, so far as the sand are inconsistent with or supplied by the provisions of said act. Claim of David Construction of certain act. Cominissioners. Capital stock. Width of track. SECTION 6. That the Canal Commissioners, be, and they are hereby authorized and required to examine the claim of David Lee, of Can bria county, for damages sustained by him by reason of two sections his section boat having been thrown off the track of the Columbia ra road, between Kinzer's and the Gap, on the thirteenth day of Apri last, and report the facts to the Legislature. SECTION 7. That the fifteenth section of an act entitled "An Art relative to the commencement of actions, and for other purposes," proved the fourteenth day of April, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, is hereby construed to extend to and apply only to writ of right and other writs pertaining to manorial lands in the city and county of Philadelphia. SECTION 8. That James G. Clawater, David M'Cormick, Rober Irwin, George A. Crawford, William Fearon, Junior, Philip Krebs. Robert M'Cormick, John S. Logue, D. K. Jackman, Hugh Devling L. A. Mackey, J. A. Crawford, William White, J. Grafius, Simon Scott, John Fleming, James Fearon, C. J. Housel, J. M. Tuiggel, J. G. Brown, Proctor Myers, and D. M. Lusk, be, and any three of them are hereby appointed commissioners, to open books, receive subscriptions, and organize a company, by the name, style, and title of "The Lock Haven and Flemington Plank Road Company," with power to construct a plank road, commencing at the western termination of Main street, in the borough of Lock Haven, or at such other point at the borough of Lock Haven, as they may see proper; thence by the nearest and best route to the Bald Eagle bridge, near Flemington, subject to all the provisions and restrictions of an act regulating turnpike and plank road companies, approved on the twenty-sixth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, and the supplements thereto, except as hereinafter provided. SECTION 9. That the capital stock of said company shall consist of four hundred shares of ten dollars each, with privilege of increasing said stock, if necessary, to complete said road. SECTION 10. That the road shall consist of a track of not less than eight, nor more than fourteen feet wide, with power to lay a double track, if the company shall deem it expedient, each eight feet wide, and to construct said road on a grade that shall in no place rise or fall more than will form an angle of three degrees from a horizontal line. |