Domini one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, entitled "An act to provide for the erection of a poorhouse in the county of Clarion," be and the same is hereby repealed. Approved-The 2d day of May, A. D. 1901. WILLIAM A. STONE. Repeal. No. 107. AN ACT To repeal an act, entitled "An act to provide for the erection of a poorhouse in the township of Piney, in the county of Clarion," approved the tenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the act of Assembly approved the tenth day of April, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, entitled "An act to provide for the erection of a poorhouse in the township of Piney, in the county of Clarion," be and the same is hereby repealed. Approved-The 2d day of May, A. D. 1901. WILLIAM A. STONE. acts of Burgesses irregularly elected or appointed. No. 108. AN ACT To validate official acts done and performed by burgesses, holding offices under irregular elections or appointments. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That where in the several boroughs of the Commonwealth, since the passage of the act of May twenty-third, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, regulating the time for the Validating official election of the chief burgess of the said boroughs, any person has been elected to the said office at a time different from that prescribed by the said act; or, since the passage of the act of July second, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, regulating the filling of vacancies in the said office, any person has been appointed for a term different from that prescribed by the said act, and having been so elected or appointed has assumed and performed the duties of his said office; all these acts so done and performed in his official capacity, in good faith and the regular course of business as burgess, aforesaid, shall be taken and considered as Approved-The 2d day of May, A. D. 1901. WILLIAM A. STONE. No. 109. AN ACT Authorizing and empowering councils of boroughs within this Commonwealth to contract with any incorporated water company, authorized to do business within such municipality, for a supply of water for fire protection and for other municipal purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That councils of boroughs within this Commonwealth are hereby authorized and empowered to receive bids from any and all incorporated water companies, authorized to do business within such municipality, for a supply of water for fire protection and for other municipal purposes, and to contract therefor with such company offering terms which to said council shall seem most advantageous to said borough. Approved-The 2d day of May, A. D. 1901. WILLIAM A. STONE. Authorizing Borcontract for ough councils to water supply. No. 110. AN ACT Approving the removal of the library of the Pittsburgh Library Association, and authorizing the keeping and maintaining thereof at any place in the city of Pittsburgh, or borough or suburb adjoining the said city. Whereas, The Pittsburgh Library Association, in- Whereas I. corporated under an act of Assembly approved Febru ary twelfth, one thousand eight hundred and fortynine, entitled "An act to incorporate the Young Men's Mercantile Library and Mechanics Institute of the City of Pittsburgh," for many years maintained in the city of Pittsburgh a public library, in a building incorporated by the Mercantile Library Hall Company, which company was incorporated by an act of Assembly approved March eighteenth, one thousand eight Whereas II. Pittsburg Library Removal of Library approved. hundred and forty-nine, entitled "An act to incorporate the Mercantile Library Hall Company of the City of Pittsburgh," one of the purposes of the incorporation of which was the maintenance of a building for the use of the aforesaid library; and, Whereas, The building erected and maintained by said library hall company, in which said library had been maintained, was in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine sold at sheriff's sale, and purchased by a private individual, and thereupon said library association was compelled to remove said library from said building and seek a home therefor, and so removed the same to the borough of Knoxville, a suburb adjoining the city of Pittsburgh, therefore: Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the action of the said Pittsburgh Library Association, a corporation existing under the act of Assembly approved February twelfth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, entitled "An act to incorporate the Young Men's Mercantile Library and Mechanics' Institute of the City of Pittsburgh," in removing its library in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine from the building theretofore occupied by it, known as "Library Hall," in the city of Pittsburgh, to the borough of Knoxville, adjoining the city of Pittsburgh, be and the same is hereby approved; and the said Pittsburgh Library Association is hereby authorized and empowered to keep and maintain said library at any place in the city of Pittsburgh, or any of the boroughs or suburbs adjacent thereto, that the board of directors of said Pittsburgh Library Association may from time to time elect. Approved-The 2d day of May, A. D. 1901. WILLIAM A. STONE. No. 111. AN ACT Directing how to proceed, when a county has been divided and a new county erected therefrom, on mortgages, judgments, liens and other records, which have been made or entered in the original county and relate to or affect lands or tenements in the new county. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That whenever a county is or has heretofore been divided and a new county erected therefrom, the lien of all mortgages, judgments, mechanics' or other liens, verdicts, orders, decrees, awards of arbitrators, and all records which shall have been made or entered in the original county and relate to be made and county. to or affect lands or tenements in the new county, shall not be affected by the establishment of such new county; but, to proceed thereon, certified copies thereof Certified copies shall be made by the recorder, prothonotary, clerk, recorded in new register, or other proper officer, which shall be entered by the like officer in the new county, as part of the records of his office, and like proceedings be had thereon, the same as if originally entered in such new county. Section 2. Where in any proceedings taken in accordance with the provisions of this act the satisfaction of any mortgage, judgment, mechanics' or other lien, decree, order or other record shall be ordered, upon the production of a copy of such order duly certified, the recorder, prothonotary, clerk or other officer of the original county shall satisfy the original record. Approved-The 2d day of May, A. D. 1901. WILLIAM A. STONE. No. 112. AN ACT To repeal an act, entitled "An act relative to roads in East Marlborough and New London townships, Chester county," approved the twenty-first day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, so far as the same relates to the said township of New London. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That section one of an act, entitled "An act relative to roads in East Marlborough and New London townships, Chester county," approved the twenty-first day of March, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, which reads as follows: "Section 1. That the provisions of an act, entitled Repeal. 'An act relative to the opening and making of new roads and building of bridges in the township of West Marlborough in the county of Chester, and relative to repairing roads in said township,' approved the twelfth of February, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, be and the same is hereby extended to the townships of East Marlborough and New London, Chester county," be and the same is hereby repealed, so far as the same relates and applies to the said township of New London. Approved-The 2d day of May, A. D. 1901. WILLIAM A. STONE. Power and authority of boroughs to supply water. Contracts not to abridge powers. Repeal. No. 113. AN ACT Authorizing boroughs to provide a supply of water for the use of the public, either by the erection and operation of water works or by contracts with persons or corporations authorized to supply water within the limits of said boroughs, or by both methods. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That every borough of this Commonwealth shall have power and authority to provide a supply of water for the use of the public within such borough, either by erecting and operating water works or by entering into a contract or contracts with one or more persons or corporations authorized to supply water within the limits of said borough, or partly by the erection and operation of water works and partly by entering into a contract or contracts, as aforesaid. Section 2. No contract for the supply of water, entered into by any borough with any person, persons or corporations, shall in any wise effect or abridge the power of said borough to construct and operate water works as hereinbefore provided, but such power shall remain in full force and effect as though such contract had not been made. Section 3. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. Approved-The 3d day of May, A. D. 1901. WILLIAM A. STONE. No. 114. AN ACT To amend sections one and sixteen of an act, entitled "An act creating the office of county controller in counties of this Commonwealth containing one hundred and fifty thousand (150,000) inhabitants and over, prescribing his duties, and abolishing the office of county auditor in said county," approved June twenty-seventh, one thousand eight hundred and ninetyfive, so as to make it apply to all counties containing one hundred and fifty thousand (150,000) inhabitants, and authorizing the Governor to fill vacancies. Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That the first and sixteenth sections of the act, entitled "An act creating the office of county controller in counties of this Commonwealth containing one hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants and over, prescribing his duties, and abolishing the office of county auditor in said county," approved June twenty-seven, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, which read as follows: |